ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline
Volume 11, Number 27
April 8, 2002

In This Issue: 

[1]  Memo on Removal or Destruction of Federal Depository Library Documents Released
[2]   New Public Printer Nominated

[1]  Memo on Removal or Destruction of Federal Depository Library Documents Released
On March 21st, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) released a memo, prepared by Thomas Susman of Ropes & Gray, that responds to questions raised by a number of ARL directors. It addresses important questions concerning the removal and/or destruction of federal depository library documents, including factors that libraries might consider concerning public access to copies of withdrawn FDLP materials. The memo reviews the legal responsibilities of both the federal depository libraries and the Government Printing Office while highlighting a number of key policy considerations. Although we are also witnessing the removal of information from a number of state agencies, this memo only addresses these issues at the federal level. 

The Memo is at http://www.arl.org/info/frn/gov/Susman.html


[2]   New Public Printer Nominated
On Friday, March 29th, the President announced his intention to nominate Bruce R. James to be the Public Printer.  A graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology, James was CEO of  Barclays Law Publishers until retiring in 1993 at the age of 51. James is the Chairman of the Congressional Roundtable of Printing Industries of America, a trustee of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, was president of Printing Industries of California (a trade association for more than 7,000 printing firms), executive board member of the Government Affairs Council of the Printing Industries of America, and member of the Information Industry Association and World Affairs Council. 

He has been a candidate for the U.S. Senate from Nevada.

For more background information on the nominee, see http://www.rit.edu/~930www/Proj/NewsEvents/1998/May02/james.html

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