Michigan Documents in the 21st Century

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Michigan Documents in the 21st Century

• Revised Michigan Documents Depository Program

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Revised MichDoc Depository Program

• Switching primary format from print to electronic
• Existing legislation (PA 540, 1982) allows State
  Librarian to designate formats
• HB5132 example of most recent proposed
  legislation (2005)
• Shipping only Core List titles and documents not
  available online in tangible formats
• New criteria for Core List
• Cease shipping ephemera (posters brochures)

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Revised MichDoc Depository Program

• Reduced number of depositories
• 60 mile service area, less overlap, more
  responsibility
• 11 depositories (down from 54)
• New training requirements
• Mandatory annual training (under development)
• Online training modules (under development)
• Depository performance monitored and evaluated

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Revised MichDoc Depository Program

• New program requirements
• Proactive
• ENTHUSIASM, collection promotion, cataloging,
  maintaining mdoc web presence, annual report of
  activities
• Interactive
• Staff training, Michigan Documents Depository
  Council participation

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Depository library roles

• Depositories as interactive, proactive
  participants in e-government information
• Despite prevalence of the Internet, not all state
  citizens will have ready access when they need
  it, depository libraries provide access
• Although citizens are expected to use
  e-government features, most have little knowledge
  of state government roles and functions,
  depository librarians provide expertise and
  direction

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Depository library roles, contd

• Depositories as interactive, proactive
  participants in e-government information
• State agency staff are not always readily
  available, nor is answering information requests
  always their primary job, they rely on the state
  agency web pages and phone trees to perform
  this function. Providing state government
  information is a primary function of a depository
  library
• State agency staff are not always expert at
  understanding and interpreting information needs
  of citizens, librarians are skilled at asking the
  right questions and getting all the answers