Announcing DGI’s Election Results for 2010 Executive Board Positions

The DGI Nominations Committee has certified and announced the following election results for the 2010 Executive Board positions:

Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) Conference Social/Happy Hour

The Government Information Division, along with ALA's Government Documents Roundtable (GODORT) invites you to attend the FDLP Conference Social/Happy Hour at this year's Federal Depository Library Program Conference in Arlington, VA. The Social/Happy Hour will be held on Monday, October 19th from 4:30 to 9:00 pm in the Skydome Lounge at the DoubleTree Hotel in Arlington (the conference hotel).

All About Succession Planning in Libraries, Part 1: Case Studies

Part one of the two-part session on sucession planning panel reported the necessary measures to be taken to successfully implement a succession planning plan.

Census 2010: Not Your Grandmother's Census

Census 2010: Not Your Grandmother's Census discussed the differences between the upcoming census and past censuses, and the American Community Survey (ACS), which has replaced the long form of the decennial census.

Think Tanks' Contribution to Government Information

The panel for DGI’s session on Think Tanks consisted of Stephen Godwin with the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies and Forrest Frank from the Institute for Defense Analyses, with the remarkably adaptive Gail Kouril pinch hitting as moderator and an off-the-cuff representative from the RAND Corporation.