K-State libraries to celebrate federal depository centennial

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Friday, March 30, 2007

K-STATE LIBRARIES TO CELEBRATE FEDERAL DEPOSITORY CENTENNIAL

MANHATTAN -- Kansas State University's K-State Libraries will recognize the 100th anniversary of participation in the Federal Depository Library Program.

A centennial celebration program will be 3:30-5 p.m. Tuesday, April 10, in the Government Documents area at K-State's Hale Library. Making remarks will be U.S. Rep. Nancy Boyda of Kansas and state Rep. Sydney Carlin, Manhattan.

K-State, along with 42 other land-grant universities, was added to the Federal Depository Library Program in 1907. Through the program, K-State has received government publications on paper, microfiche, floppy disk, CD-ROM and DVD. An increasing number of publications also are being made available online.

Students, faculty and staff, as well as the general public, can use these publications and receive assistance from trained library staff. Resources include current and historical laws and regulations, congressional activities, essential and baseline statistical information, and research reports on subjects from agriculture to business and energy. The collection currently has more than 3 million items.

Outreach to non-university users is an important part of K-State's land-grant mission, and serving as a federal depository is one way this mission is achieved at the K-State Libraries.

Established by Congress, the Federal Depository Library Program provides the citizens of the United States with vital access to government information. Public, no-fee access to this information remains the highest priority of all federal depository libraries.

Nearly 1,250 libraries participate in the Federal Depository Library Program today. K-State is one of 18 depository libraries in Kansas.