United States Government Information: Policies and Sources (Library and Information Science Text Series) - Hardcover

Hernon, Peter; Relyea, Harold C.; Dugan, Robert E.; Cheverie, Joan F.

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9781563089787: United States Government Information: Policies and Sources (Library and Information Science Text Series)

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ISBN 10: 1563089785 ISBN 13: 9781563089787

Publisher: Libraries Unlimited, 2002

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The first text to provide a comprehensive introduction to the information policies of the United States government and basic source material, this book provides students with an understanding of the underlying importance of policy and how it is formulated. It also shows how to locate information produced since the founding of the government in the 18th century, and traces policies and sources from that time to the emergence of electronic government resulting from the advent of the Internet. The discussion of finding aids and legislative history is reinforced with the inclusion of examples in the text as well as exercises. In addition to covering the three branches of the government, the text explains terminology and lists sources likely to provide relevant information on presidential communication and more. Chapters also cover the Freedom of Information Act and Declassified Records, administrative law, intellectual property, statistical sources, maps and geographical information systems, depository

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Provides a comprehensive introduction to the information policies of the United States government and basic source material.

About the Author:

PETER HERNON is Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College, Boston, Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Academic Librarianship, Founding Editor of Government Information Quarterly, Co-Editor of Library & Information Science Research, and an internationally acclaimed author of numerous books in the area of government information.

HAROLD C. RELYEA is Specialist in American National Government with the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress.

ROBERT E. DUGAN is Library Director, Mildred F. Sawyer Library, Suffolk University, Boston.

JOAN F. CHEVERIE is Head of the Government Documents and Microforms Department, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

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