U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS, ACQUISITION, PROCESSING AND USE. PROCEEDINGS OF THREE WORKSHOPS (SACRAMENTO, MAY 12, 1966, BAKERSFIELD, MAY 17, 1966, ANAHEIM, MAY 19, 1966)

Abstract

THE CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY SPONSORED A SERIES OF 3 WORKSHOPS ON FEDERAL DOCUMENTS, ATTENDED BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM CALIFORNIA DEPOSITORY AND NON-DEPOSITORY LIBRARIES. TOPICS DISCUSSED AT THE WORKSHOPS INCLUDED--THE GENERAL IMPORTANCE OF FEDERAL DOCUMENTS, SEPARATE PAPERS ON THE ACQUISITION, PROCESSING AND USE OF FEDERAL DOCUMENTS, U.S. BUREAU OF CENSUS PUBLICATIONS AND UNPUBLISHED DATA, AND REPORTS FROM SPECIAL COMMITTEES ON ACQUISITION, PROCESSING AND USE. IN ORDER TO OBTAIN AS MANY POINTS OF VIEW AS POSSIBLE, THE PROGRAMS AT SACRAMENTO AND ANAHEIM WERE DIVIDED INTO A PUBLIC LIBRARY AND A COLLEGE-UNIVERSITY-SPECIAL LIBRARY APPROACH FOR THE PAPERS AS WELL AS THE COMMITTEE REPORTS. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE WORKSHOPS IT WAS DECIDED THAT ANY DIVISION OF LIBRARIES IN THE FUTURE SHOULD BE BASED ON SIZE, WHICH SEEMS TO DETERMINE POLICY MUCH MORE THAN THE KIND OF COMMUNITY SERVED. THIS DOCUMENT IS ALSO AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SECTION, CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY, P.O. BOX 2037, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 95809. (JB)