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Subject:        Judy Russell (Superintendent of Documents) to retire
Date:   Thu, 14 Sep 2006 07:29:59 -0400
From:   Zellmer, Linda R <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>



Hello,

The following URL will take you to a news release from GPO announcing
Judy Russell's plans for retirement.
_http://www.gpo.gov/news/2006/06news25.pdf_. The text of the Press
Release follows:

"The official most responsible for working with the library community on
establishing an
authentic digital collection of published Government information, has
announced she will be retiring from
the Government Printing Office early next year. Judy Russell has been
with the GPO for nearly a decade,
most recently as Superintendent of Documents. Russell has been key in
designing the Federal Depository
Library Program of the future, creating/ GPO Access,/ and developing
innovative plans for the publications
sales program.

“These past four years have been filled with a range of positive changes
for the GPO, the FDLP and public
access,” said Russell. “We have expanded our content and service
partnerships with Federal agencies and
the depository libraries to improve service to the public and assure
permanent access to digital collections.”
Prior to her appointment by Public Printer Bruce James in 2003, Russell
spent five years at GPO in the 1990s
directing the agency’s electronic dissemination operation and the FDLP.

“Judy has done a tremendous job in helping GPO, Federal agencies and the
library community to give the
public electronic access to some of the Government’s most important
documents,” said James.
Russell has more than 20 years of experience in the private sector and
in public service. Her career
highlights include key positions in libraries and information centers,
as well as the publishing and
information industries. Russell is a graduate of Dunbarton College of
the Holy Cross in Washington, D.C.
She received an M.S. in Library Science from Catholic University.

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_ <file://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_
<file://www.gpo.gov>."


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Linda Zellmer
Head, Geology Library
Geology Building, Room 601
1001 E. 10th Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-1405
Phone: (812) 855-2275 Fax: (812) 855-6614
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