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Winner of the 2019 Margaret T. Lane/Virginia F. Saunders Memorial Research Award

Government documents, both physical and electronic, constitute a rich and varied resource that calls for special attention. And because government information is useful and pervasive in nearly every kind of library, more and more librarians of all types need to know how to work effectively with federal, state, and international resources. This contributed volume gathers the expertise of experienced government information librarians from across the country. Providing real-world insight into the work, collections, and interests of this discipline, this book

surveys the wide variety of government information and the people who use it; discusses what it's like to be a government documents librarian, from the first day on the job through taking on a management role; addresses networking, training, and other essential tools for collaboration and learning; covers space planning, streamlining, disaster preparedness and response, the increasing prevalence of digital information, and other key collection issues; offers best practices for connecting library users with government information; looks at research guides, workshops, and other teaching and training topics; and explores advocating for transparency and access to information, promoting government documents to library users, and using exhibits as community outreach.

With more government publications becoming freely available, this volume fills an important need, presenting concrete guidance that will help librarians flourish in this crucial field.

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• Introduction: Government Documents and the People Who Use Them(p. ix)
• Part I Advice for the new document professional
• 1 Networking and Training: Essential Tools for Collaboration and Learning(p. 3)
• 2 Experience of a New Government Documents Librarian(p. 15)
• 3 Middle Management: Strategies for Success(p. 23)
• Part II Collection Management
• 4 Visualizing Space: Your Depository Library as Place(p. 39)
• 5 Space Planning: Weeding, Moving, and Providing Access to Government Information(p. 47)
• 6 Streamlining Collections: Disasters, Consolidation, and the Digital Landscape(p. 55)
• 7 Growth and Maintenance of Digital Collections(p. 69)
• Part III Working with Collections
• 8 The Hunt for the Elusive: Finding and Using the History in Government Documents(p. 83)
• 9 Federal Maps and the Depository Library(p. 101)
• 10 Help! I'm New Here and I Speak Spanish: Government Information for Spanish Speakers(p. 119)
• Part IV Teaching and Training
• 11 Teaching with Library Guides: Using Collections with Government Information(p. 137)
• 12 Creating More Powerful Library Guides(p. 147)
• 13 Documents to the Students(p. 157)
• 14 Navigating Government Information: Working with Midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy(p. 169)
• Part V Advocacy and Events
• 15 Advocating for Transparency and Access to Information(p. 179)
• 16 A Cupcake, an Eagle, and a War: Promoting Government Documents(p. 189)
• 17 Exhibits and Community Outreach(p. 199)
• Appendixes
• A General Resources(p. 213)
• B Sample Project Plan(p. 216)
• C Sources for Space Planning-Best Practices(p. 218)
• D Map Resources(p. 219)
• E Spanish-Language Resources(p. 221)
• F Library Guide Resources(p. 223)
• Author Biographies(p. 225)
• Index(p. 229)

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CHOICE Review

The volume provides basic, practical information in several areas of US government document librarianship in five sections and six appendixes. Novice and experienced librarians will find the variety of topics helpful in the management of documents collections. The first section provides information on networking, tips for a new documents librarian, training, and management. The collection management section covers creating your depository space within the library, weeding, providing access to resources, and managing disasters. A pertinent chapter within this section is the growth and maintenance of digital collections--as government documents are increasingly available electronically. The third section takes up working with collections and includes information on maps (weeding, cataloging, storing) and resources in Spanish. The teaching and training section provides ideas on creating library guides and teaching students about documents. In the chapter on working with students in a military academy, the author illustrates how she assists students in locating government information on a variety of topics. The last section, on advocacy and events, focuses on outreach and increased access to the numerous resources government documents provide. Appendixes include a sample project plan and map and space planning resources. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students through professionals. --Karen Evans, Indiana State University

Booklist Review

Government information, vital to library users of all levels, is an area of librarianship that is often managed by staff having a wide range of training and education. Some are experts, some self-taught, some just filling in. Longtime documents librarian Caro (University of Montana, Missoula) has assembled a collection of excellent chapters written by individuals well versed in the field who offer cogent and detailed information on all aspects of using, collecting, housing, weeding, and marketing government information. Though documents come from all areas of government, this focuses primarily on those from the U.S. government. Topics of chapters include digital collections, maps, LibGuides creation, exhibits, and others. It ends with appendixes that offer additional useful resources. Documents librarianship is a changing field, and librarians of all skill levels rely on the community of their peers for support and guidance. This book would be an excellent addition to that community of information for libraries that deal with documents at all levels. Available in multiple formats.--Hoover, Danise Copyright 2018 Booklist