creator Griffin, Luke A. creator Ahrens, Aric G. The article presents information on Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). The majority of the twentieth century saw a marked growth in the number of libraries participating in FDLP. The FDLP was established by Congressional resolution on December 27, 1813. On December 1, 1814, the American Antiquarian Society of Worcester, Massachusetts received the first documents distributed to a non-governmental body and became the first depository library. The primary purpose of the program was preservation of the historical record, not dissemination. Staff and funding issues and the availability of resources via the Internet points to the weight that libraries may be placing on the ability to provide information via the Internet on their decisions to remain in or to leave the FDLP. In today's work environment, in which increased productivity is expected and doing more with less is essential, the Internet can be an obvious alternative to physical collections, which require space and greater staff time and resources. In the last decade, the essential association between the ability to provide access to government information and participation in the FDLP has broken down. Submitted by Aric Ahrens (ahrens@iit.edu) on 2010-11-09T16:28:52Z No. of bitstreams: 11 GriffinAhrens2004finalpreprint.doc: 633856 bytes, checksum: 30061448714c5ba28733fa8da97f6fc7 (MD5) GriffinAhrens2004edrev4markup.doc: 644096 bytes, checksum: ba9235b59d6e9cf53f0014e62a18a302 (MD5) GriffinAhrens2004edrev3markup.doc: 646656 bytes, checksum: fdb25b164e5565b8d1566387fa13d428 (MD5) GriffinAhrens2004edrev2clean.doc: 632832 bytes, checksum: eca51d84626ea136ae9aef8086382d91 (MD5) GriffinAhrens2004edrev2markup.doc: 633856 bytes, checksum: cdd21924b1e91823eb31ca2a8d01c3c1 (MD5) GriffinAhrens2004edrev1clean.doc: 641536 bytes, checksum: 239bd2233bd21e239c638e5b701f87a3 (MD5) GriffinAhrens2004edrev1markup.doc: 653312 bytes, checksum: d76f0203c96139bc35079fe3c14ebbc1 (MD5) GriffinAhrens2004ver1rev1.doc: 71680 bytes, checksum: d59d4e28c44072737e48c4d23c1ce5c2 (MD5) GriffinAhrens2004ver1.doc: 68096 bytes, checksum: 01eae5bf50c1625e6a381135360cff6f (MD5) license_rdf: 19710 bytes, checksum: aa65da15f424ff71c620a992a187295c (MD5) license_text: 20924 bytes, checksum: 2007e731b83279338882cd4d9f98fc08 (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2010-11-09T16:28:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 11 GriffinAhrens2004finalpreprint.doc: 633856 bytes, checksum: 30061448714c5ba28733fa8da97f6fc7 (MD5) GriffinAhrens2004edrev4markup.doc: 644096 bytes, checksum: ba9235b59d6e9cf53f0014e62a18a302 (MD5) GriffinAhrens2004edrev3markup.doc: 646656 bytes, checksum: fdb25b164e5565b8d1566387fa13d428 (MD5) GriffinAhrens2004edrev2clean.doc: 632832 bytes, checksum: eca51d84626ea136ae9aef8086382d91 (MD5) GriffinAhrens2004edrev2markup.doc: 633856 bytes, checksum: cdd21924b1e91823eb31ca2a8d01c3c1 (MD5) GriffinAhrens2004edrev1clean.doc: 641536 bytes, checksum: 239bd2233bd21e239c638e5b701f87a3 (MD5) GriffinAhrens2004edrev1markup.doc: 653312 bytes, checksum: d76f0203c96139bc35079fe3c14ebbc1 (MD5) GriffinAhrens2004ver1rev1.doc: 71680 bytes, checksum: d59d4e28c44072737e48c4d23c1ce5c2 (MD5) GriffinAhrens2004ver1.doc: 68096 bytes, checksum: 01eae5bf50c1625e6a381135360cff6f (MD5) license_rdf: 19710 bytes, checksum: aa65da15f424ff71c620a992a187295c (MD5) license_text: 20924 bytes, checksum: 2007e731b83279338882cd4d9f98fc08 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2004-07 2004-07 0091-2085 http://hdl.handle.net/10560/1323 en Federal Depository Library Program Government Printing Office Government Documents Government Information Article born digital application/msword In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/ Open Access