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Item Indiana Library Federation Publication Subscription Information(H.W. Wilson Company, 2003) Indiana LibrariesItem Exploring an Unknown Gold Mine: U.S. Government Documents on National Security(H.W. Wilson Company, 2003) Chapman, BertThe September 11, 2001 Al Qaida terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center and Pentagon brutally taught Americans that our status as the world’s sole superpower does not immunize us against military attack. These attacks resulted in a partial loss in public access to government information as some federal agencies withdrew from their web sites material they regarded as sensitive for national security reasons.Item U.S. Government Electronic Information Resources: A Start-Up Kit for Small and Medium-Sized Libraries(H.W. Wilson Company, 2003) Truesdell, Cheryl B.The U.S. Government is the largest producer of information in the world. Through its agencies it creates, gathers, and produces information on topics from the arts to the sciences and for all types of library users –children to senior citizens. Since 1858 the Federal Depository Library Program (F.D.L.P.) has been responsible for collecting, organizing, maintaining, preserving, and providing information from the federal government. Congressionally- designated libraries (up to two per congressional district) receive selected classes of government resources at no cost, and in return are obligated to provide open and free access to this material. These include some of the most useful reference sources at the information desk – the Occupational Outlook Handbook, Statistical Abstract of the United States, and the World Factbook. While depository libraries receive these items free, non-depository libraries have had to purchase these materials from the Government Printing Office (G.P.O.) or a repackaged version from a commercial publisher.Item Department of Interior and the Indian Trust(H.W. Wilson Company, 2003) Smedberg, HeatherOn Wednesday, December 5, 2001, the web sites of the United States Department of Interior, including all related bureaus, agencies, and organizations, were removed from the World Wide Web, without notice or any information on when would-be-users could expect restored service. The shutdown was a result of that day’s ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth in connection with a long-running civil lawsuit between members of various American Indian tribes and the Department of the Interior. The lawsuit deals with the mismanagement of Indian Trust Monies for over a hundred years by the Department of the Interior, but was brought to the attention of the wider public audience when it caused this widespread interruption of Internet service.Item Indiana Libraries: Indiana Library Federation Professional Journal Advertising Reservation Form(H.W. Wilson Company, 2003) Indiana LibrariesItem Indiana Libraries: Instructions to Authors(H.W. Wilson Company, 2003) Indiana LibrariesItem Indiana Libraries Guest Editor Guidelines(H.W. Wilson Company, 2003) Indiana LibrariesItem What's Shaking? Government Information on the Environment and Natural Science(H.W. Wilson Company, 2003) Zellmer, Linda R.Shortly after noon on June 18, 2002, people in southern Indiana were surprised by a magnitude 5.0 earthquake. While people near the epicenter experienced ground shaking, people further away, noticed little things, such as a wobbling computer monitor and a slight pop of the windows. When a geologist from the Indiana Geological Survey, who was working in the Geology Library, said that it may have been an earthquake, I immediately checked the National Earthquake Information Center’s web site (http://neic.usgs.gov) for information. Before the calls from the press and the public started five minutes later, I had learned that initial reports placed the location of the earthquake in southern Illinois; within 30 minutes the location of the epicenter had been changed to Darmstadt, Indiana. Information on the earthquake is still available on the NEIC web site(http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqinthenews/2002/usfnbk/map.html).Item Government Databases, Documents and Web Sites in Health and Medicine(H.W. Wilson Company, 2003) Skopelja, ElaineWithin the last few years, the United States government has initiated a major effort to make government publications available in electronic format. Although there are still print materials produced, the trend for publicly available materials or those designed for mass distribution has been to make electronic copies available for printing or downloading. In some cases, the electronic version is the only version, leading to some concerns about future access to electronic-only materials and the archiving of such documents. In fact, there now exists the possibility that documents may be easily and permanently removed from public access, because of the electronic-version only policy. However, the trend towards having electronic-only versions will likely continue.Item Indiana Federal Depository Libraries Directory(H.W. Wilson Company, 2003) Conrads, DougThis directory includes the following information as provided by the institution: Name of institution (federal depository number in parenthesis); Address; Telephone number for documents; FAX telephone number; E-mail address; Collects: indicates categories of documents collected(federal, state, and local) and relative size of federal documents selected (percentage); Depository for: indicates categories of documents library receives as a designated depository and year designated as depository; Contact: name of librarian(s) or staff to contact concerning document collections.