EditorialReconciling government documents and e-government: Government information in policy, librarianship, and education
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From government documents to e-government
As aspects of electronic government (e-government) services are implemented by public authorities, several critical questions about digital government information management, dissemination, access, and preservation within traditional library organizations still remain. The widespread acceptance of digital services and resources by public official and citizen leaves librarians little time to consider how to reconcile their traditional bibliographic approaches to government information
Technology and access to government information
Government information, and the underlying data generated by the public authorities, remain the essential lifeblood of effective governance and the democracy. In the paper and print tradition, government documents were often interpreted (and used) as a format that processed and integrated of a variety of public data sources. But the ability of users to take snippets of data, text, images, and sounds to fashion their own public information source, places a different perspective on librarians and
Social networking, politics, and government information
We are now at an interesting crossroads in use of internet-enabled technologies to deliver government information; e-government services and resources; open the government; and engage in governance efforts (i.e. advocacy and elections). Whereas previous presidents, and those seeking the office, used a range of technology-based proposals to promote efficient and effective government, none was truly an advanced user of Web-based technologies such as flickr (http://www.flickr.com/), YouTube (//www.youtube.com/
Policy, libraries, and the nature of government information
This explosion of digital public information resources challenges longstanding library traditions of how to include these civic resources in their institutions. Indeed, the relationship between libraries and e-government remains a contested point in the professional library literature over the last 15 years. In particular, since the GPO Access Act was signed into law in the early 1990s, the Government Printing Office (GPO) issued a series of reports that clearly outlined its goals and purposes
Preparing for the future of government information
These challenges pose a number of consequences for government agencies, libraries, and educators. For government agencies, this means more thoughtful consideration to into the design (and implementation) of the electronic delivery systems of government information. If the vast majority of people seek government information online prefer to try to find it through Google and other commercial search engines — then the design, function, and perceptions of e-government sites clearly are not meeting
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