Press Coverage and Commentary
Links to coverage on our report.
Interim Study
The Chronicle of Higher Education: Research Librarians Discuss How to Sell Scholars on Open Access, and More
Library Journal: ARL Members Weigh Changes to Federal Depository Library
Bob Tapella, the Public Printer of the United States:
“I, along with other GPO employees, was interviewed and provided data towards this effort. I have read Documents for a Digital Democracy: A Model for the Federal Depository Library Program in the 21st Century, an Interim Summary, and I must say I am very impressed with the work.
But, I have one question for all of you after you’ve had a chance to read it: “What’s next?” At our spring meeting, Council recommended that GPO seek funding for an outside consultant to deliver a range of models for the future of the FDLP. We did and it was approved by Congress. So again I ask “What’s next?”
We are going to need to work closely with Council and through our oversight committee, the Joint Committee on Printing, on a spend plan for this, along with defined requirements for our expected outcomes, through a competitive bid process. For those of you unfamiliar with Federal procurements, it can be a lengthy process. I encourage you therefore, to look at this Ithaka report as a building block that we will use as part of a larger process that Council recommended to GPO.”