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Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration

2010

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Constitution Day At Your Library: Promoting Your Federal Depository, Yadira V. Payne Jul 2010

Constitution Day At Your Library: Promoting Your Federal Depository, Yadira V. Payne

Georgia Library Quarterly

The article discusses how U.S. public libraries can promote federal depositories. According to the author, there are many benefits for libraries in applying for or retaining their federal depository status. The author says that a major benefit of being a federal depository is that all materials, including books, compact disks, and electronic documents, are provided free to the library by the Government Printing Office (GPO).


Dekalb County Makes Construction Progress Jan 2010

Dekalb County Makes Construction Progress

Georgia Library Quarterly

The article features the two projects completed in the library bond program of DeKalb County Public Library in Georgia. The Northlake-Barbara Loar branch and the Toco Hill-Avis G. Williams branch reportedly expanded to 15,000 and 18,000 square feet respectively. It is stated that the Hairston Crossing and Salem-Panola branches have began renovation and that new Tucker-Reid H. Cofer and Embry Hill libraries will emerge in 2010.