Government Documents Task Force GDTF

Established7/15/98


Type of committeead hoc


Charge

The Government Documents Task Force shall discuss and determine activities that might be undertaken by the Orbis consortium and other collaborators in the Northwest to coordinate and improve bibliographic access, collection development, and maintenance of government documents, including local, state, regional, U.S., UN and other international documents. Specific GDTF activities will include:

1. Coordination of collection development.
2. Coordination of bibliographic access, retention, and preservation of retrospective documents collections.
3. Improvement of finding aids and borrowing procedures for government documents not included in the Orbis union catalog.
4. Coordination of cataloging and linking to government Internet resources.

* Council amended the charge at its meeting 10/19/99, asking that the committee continue until July 2000 to further identify options, and report to Council by June 16, 2000.


Timeline

GDTF is an ad hoc group charged with completing its work by July 1999. Meeting minutes should be produced and distributed to committee members and Orbis staff for further Council distribution or summarization. The completion of these activities will take the form of written recommendations presented to the Orbis Council and collaborating organizations as appropriate.


Funding


Membership

Chair:Dena Hutto, Reed College

Members:Each Orbis member institution may designate one staff person as a member of GDTF.
Portland State University, as the regional federal depository library for Oregon, is also invited to designate one staff person to participate in GDTF.

Friday, October 16, 1998