1. GPO, OPACs and Bibliographic Access in the 21 st Century Laurie Beyer Hall, Director Office of Bibliographic Services U.S. Government Printing Office ALA GODORT Preconference Orlando, Florida June 24, 2004

2. Bibliographic Services Office

3. Office Responsibilities Implement National Bibliography Program Plan Cataloging/Bibliographic Control Metadata (MARC, ONIX, DC, etc.) ILS OCLC Archive Initiative Cooperative cataloging projects CRM

4. Action Plan Fill positions Move operation to 5 th floor Implement ILS  Cataloging, Serials Control, OPAC Review policies & practices  Solicit input from library community Implement the OCLC Archive

5. Modernizing and the ILS Create our own database of records Records will date from July 1976, initially Catalog serials in OCLC Catalog monographs in ILS Serials control Holdings True OPAC OPAC products

6. These Times They Are A Changin’ 600,000 cataloging records since July 1976 During ILS implementation:  Record clean-up  Batch load to OCLC & CDS  Backlog reduction  Making necessary workflow changes

7. Impact of Changes Recognize that changes at GPO will affect libraries and vendors Practices among depositories are divers; impact will vary from library to library GPO will work with stakeholders to minimize impact  Keep open lines of communication

8. What About Pre-1976 Records? 1,000,000 + records GPO’s historic shelflist Checklist of U.S. Public Documents, 1789-1909 Documents Catalogue, 1895-1940 Monthly Catalog OCLC

9. Retrospective Conversion Plan Contract retrospective conversion services (brief MARC records) Cooperative cataloging projects Record sharing agreements w/agencies Retrospective conversion by GPO staff

10. OBS, GPO, OPACs & Access Create comprehensive National Bibliography Use power of ILS, OPAC & federated search Create new tools and services Seek more proactive role in the professional arena by involvement in  Standard setting bodies  Federal activities such as the Interagency Committee on Government Information

11. Ultimate Goal Preservation of and access to the nation’s history through its publications and information products

12. Resources of Interest Format Determination Handout Draft Collection of Last Resort Plan Draft National Bibliography Plan Look for a draft Retrospective Conversion Plan in the near future