Each year, the Notable Documents Panel of the American Library Association Government Documents Round Table (GODORT) recognizes outstanding government information resources issued by state and local governments, national governments, and intergovernmental organizations, such as the World Bank and the UN. This year's report from the panel is titled "Digital Diamonds and Budget Cuts," has been published in Library Journal. The report points out that the strides made by GPO during that past year are "tempered by the prospect of massive federal budget cuts that will likely slow down progress." Among GPO's successes this year are the successful migration of millions of documents from GPO Access to FDSys, which has implemented archival standards for long-term preservation of important documents.
The subject matter of this year’s Notable Documents list reflects an essential characteristic of these releases: their diversity. Nearly half of these titles focus on animal and plant life, climate change, and the environment. Half of the remaining titles deal with social topics, such as crime, human rights violations, economic development, the global economic crisis, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. City planning, construction, history, food and gardening, geospatial data, and engineering are among other themes addressed. The number of works available only in print, only online, and in both analog and digital media is roughly equal.
The list of this year's Notable Documents available online includes:
The subject matter of this year’s Notable Documents list reflects an essential characteristic of these releases: their diversity. Nearly half of these titles focus on animal and plant life, climate change, and the environment. Half of the remaining titles deal with social topics, such as crime, human rights violations, economic development, the global economic crisis, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. City planning, construction, history, food and gardening, geospatial data, and engineering are among other themes addressed. The number of works available only in print, only online, and in both analog and digital media is roughly equal.
The list of this year's Notable Documents available online includes:
- The Crime of Family Abduction: A Child's and Parent's Perspective (57 page pdf) distributed by the national Criminal Justice Reference Service
- Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Role in the Secondary Mortgage Market (55 page pdf) published by the Congressional Budget Office
- The State of the Hudson website published by the New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation (online only).
- Gender and Governance in Rural Services: Insights from India, Ghana, and Ethiopia (332 page pdf) published by the World Bank & International Food Policy Research Inst.
- Latin America and the Caribbean: Atlas of Our Changing Environment website published by the UN Environment Programme, includes satellite images, thematic maps and statistics as well as environmental profiels of 65 countries.
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