Publishing and Depository Services

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Publishing and Depository Services

• CLA Conference 2006
• The Future of Accessing Government Information
  Programs and PartnershipsJune 15, 2006 130 pm
• by
• Gay Lepkey
• Manager, Depository Services Program

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Depository Services Program

• Created by Order-in-Council in 1927.
• In 2003 administration merged with Canadian
  Government
• Publishing (CGP) to form Publishing Depository
  Services (PDS)
• Acquires, catalogues and distributes federal
  government
• publications in all formats to a network of
  depository libraries
• as well as federal parliamentarians free of
  charge.
• Acts as the Governments information safety net,
  collecting
• government publications and making them widely
  available to
• the Canadian public through the Depository
  library network.
• Web site http//dsp-psd.pwgsc.gc.ca/index-e.html
  

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Accessing Government Information

• Outline
• Depository Services Program
• Preservation
• Access
• Depository Library Resources Stewardship
• Depository Services Program Compliance

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Preservation

• Persistence
• Version Control
• Document Integrity
• Technology Migration

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Access

• Identifying and locating publications
• General and Computer Literacy
• Connectivity
• Economic barriers
• Printing

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Library Resources Stewardship

• Collection Integration
• Electronic Publications
• Shared Off-Site Storage Facilities
• Statistics

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Depository Services Program Compliance

• De-centralization
• Funding
• Solutions

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Conclusion

• Statistics