UF Government Documents department celebrates 100 years as federal depository
The Smathers Libraries’ Government Documents Department, the Regional Federal Depository for Florida and the Caribbean, will host a state-wide depository meeting in conjunction with its 100th anniversary as a participant in the Federal Depository Library Program on Friday, August 17, 2007 in Smathers Library (East). The event will include guest speakers from the Census Bureau, U.S. Government Printing office (GPO), State Library of Florida and Judith C. Russell, Dean of University Libraries and former Superintendent of Documents at the GPO.
The meeting attendees are librarians from a mix of public, law and academic libraries as well as the State Library of Florida. The 44 Selective Depositories in Florida, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are part of a national network that makes information published by the Federal Government accessible and freely available to the general public.
At 1:30 p.m. will be a celebration of the 100th anniversary in room 1A of Smathers Library. Special guest will be Larry Cretul, deputy majority leader from the Florida House of Representatives. UF Provost Janie Fouke will read a congratulatory letter from Governor Charlie Crist. Mickie Edwardson, professor emeritus from the College of Journalism will talk briefly about the importance of the collection to her research. The celebration is free and open to the public.
The U.S. Government Printing Office is the Federal Government’s primary centralized resource for gathering, cataloging, producing, providing, authenticating and preserving published U.S. Government information in all its forms. GPO is responsible for the production and distribution of information products and services for all three branches of the Federal Government. In addition to publication sales, GPO makes Government information available at no cost to the public through GPO Access (www.gpoaccess.gov), and through partnerships with more than 1,250 libraries nationwide participating in the Federal Depository Library Program. For more information, please visit www.gpo.gov.
