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AC05 ALCTS Resolution GPO
Resolution on the Distribution of Government Information by the Government Printing Office
Association of Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS)
A division of the American Library Association
June 13, 2005
Whereas, the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) is “the federal government’s primary centralized resource for gathering, cataloging, producing, providing, authenticating, and preserving published information in all its forms;” and
Whereas, a citizen has the right to immediate and long-term access to such information; and
Whereas, an increasing proportion of U.S. federal information is created and published in digital form; and
Whereas, long-term access to digital information depends upon business, financial, personnel, and technical structures as yet neither commonly understood nor widely deployed; therefore be it
Resolved, that the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services encourages the U.S. Government Printing Office to work in close collaboration with the library and information communities to develop efficient and effective mechanisms for the dissemination and preservation of government information in digital form.
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