WHO: Public Printer Bill Boarman will address hundreds of librarians from around the country at the Fall Depository Library Council Meeting and Federal Depository Library Conference. Federal Depository Libraries work in partnership with the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) to provide Americans access to authentic, published Government information in digital and print form
WHAT: Boarman will discuss how he is steering GPO through funding cutbacks while still providing essential services to the U.S. Congress, Federal agencies, libraries and the public. Boarman will also talk about how, during these challenging times, depository libraries continue to play a critical role in providing Americans with equal access to information on the workings of their Government.
WHEN:
Monday, October 17, 2011
10:30 a.m.
WHERE:
Doubletree Hotel Crystal City
300 Army-Navy Drive
Arlington, VA 22202
ABOUT GPO: With 2,200 employees, GPO is the Federal Government’s primary resource for producing, procuring, cataloging, indexing, authenticating, disseminating, and preserving the official information products of the U.S. Government in digital and print formats. GPO is responsible for the production and distribution of information products and services for all three branches of the Federal Government, including U.S. passports for the Department of State as well as the official publications of Congress, the White House, and other Federal agencies. In addition to publication sales, GPO provides for permanent public access to Federal Government information at no charge through GPO’s Federal Digital System (www.fdsys.gov) and through partnerships with approximately 1,220 libraries nationwide participating in the Federal Depository Library Program. For more information, please visit www.gpo.gov. Follow GPO on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/USGPO Twitter http://twitter.com/USGPO and on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/user/gpoprinter.
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