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Subject:        DttP: 2008 Student Papers issue
Date:   Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:31:13 -0500
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Student Papers Issues - DttP Documents to the People

The student papers issue of DttP is designed to showcase the talents and interests of current library school students. Papers should focus on substantive issues in government information at all levels of government (local, state, federal, international) librarianship, including:

- contemporary or historical problems related to government information access, dissemination, or preservation
- challenges to providing reference and instructional services in public, academic, school, or government libraries
- bibliographic control of government information
- government efforts to promote and/or restrict access to information
- development of specific government programs that promote access to information (e.g. DOE Information Bridge)
- government/private sector partnerships providing access to information


Specs on length (2000-3000 words)

Style guidelines are available at
http://www.ala.org/ala/godort/dttp/instructionsforauthors/instructionsforauthors.doc  DttP is a professional journal. Class papers which do not conform to editorial guidelines should be reformatted to receive consideration.

Papers must be nominated and forwarded by a faculty member.

Deadline:  June 15, 2008

If you are teaching government documents course or know someone who is, please contact

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Ben Amata
Contributions Editor
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916.278.5672 Voice
916.278.5661 FAX

Or

Andrea Sevetson
Lead Editor
P.O. Box 10835
Colesville, MD 20914
phone: 301-951-4749
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