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Attempting to focus discussion, can we make comments on this particular
area?  We should make comments on the special needs of spatial information
in the depository program.  Since MAPS-L has librarians and members of the
user community, perhaps constructive comments from both groups could provide
us with information to add to the discussions in Chicago.
 
The Depository Program might not mean users coming to libraries to get informat
ion, but libraries acting as local or regional  gateways to information.  I
frankly have a hard time seeing Washington controlling GIS collections at
the town or municipal level.  I do see the Map Library at the Homer Babbidge Li
brary utilizing a Library gopher to point to information at the federal, state
and local levels, as well as data in the library.  What are the special constra
ints to spatial data.  It is not text.  How can a WAIS handle it?  We need to
get these ideas on the Chicago table through Melissa and others.
 
Patrick McGlamery
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     AREA 2    Framework for the Program
               WORK GROUP A:  Role of Libraries in Program
               WORK GROUP B:  Administration of Program
 
 
AREA 2:  Framework for the Program  (Facilitator:  Diane Garner,
Harvard University).
 
This AREA is concerned with developing the framework for a
consensus model for the NEW federal information access and
dissemination program.  It will be based on the various aspects
of the government information life cycle adopted by the Dupont
Circle Group.  This includes the creation, distribution, access,
use, evaluation, and preservation of government information.
Participants in this AREA will examine the Association of
Research Libraries model outlined in the Depository Library
Council report on alternatives for the future of the DLP, and the
Federal Information Service Centers and Government Information
Access Centers models proposed by the Dupont Circle Group.  The
Depository Community Consensus model will include the appropriate
elements of these models and other proposals which arise in the
discussions.  Work in this AREA must be based on the overall
mission of the program.  Consequently, WORK GROUPS in this AREA
will need to communicate with AREA 1.
 
Work Group A:  This group will delineate the organization and
role of libraries within the NEW program.  It will consider how
depository libraries/service centers will be organized and
"networked" to meet the future mission and goals of the
DLP/government information access and dissemination system.  In
this work the group will consider the questions:  1) will there
be different types of libraries in the system;  2) what will be
the function of the libraries;  3) should different types of
libraries be responsible for different services;  4) what types
of organizational relationships will be required among the
libraries/service centers;  and 5) should the program/system be
laid out geographically or according to some other plan? In
short, how will the libraries within the NEW program be organized
to best provide user access and services?
 
Work Group B:  This group will delineate how the NEW library
program will be administered by the government and the libraries.
Questions this group will examine are:  1) will the program be
administered under a single central federal agency;  2) if so,
which agency should that be;  3) how will libraries participate
in an have influence over administration of the program; and 4)
what will the new depository/access agreement be between
participating institutions and the government?  The group will
concentrate on the goals and mission of the government
information access and dissemination program based on the
elements of the life cycle of government information.
 
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  PATRICK MCGLAMERY
  MAP LIBRARIAN U-5M
  HOMER BABBIDGE LIBRARY
  UNIV. OF CONNECTICUT
  STORRS, CT 06268
  (203) 486-4589
  LIBMAP1@UCONNVM