what was lost, now is found: using google books and internet archive to rebuild what hurricane rita...

What Was Lost, Now Is Found:What Was Lost, Now Is Found:

Using Google Books and Internet Archive Using Google Books and Internet Archive to Rebuild What Hurricane Rita Destroyedto Rebuild What Hurricane Rita Destroyed

Rebecca BlakeleyRebecca BlakeleyMcNeese State UniversityMcNeese State University

Hurricane RitaHurricane Rita

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The solution…The solution…

Nothing beats reading the print…Nothing beats reading the print…

Digital gov docs

Digital gov docs have their have their benefits too…

benefits too…

Google Books “Gov Doc Library”Google Books “Gov Doc Library”

RSS Feed AlertRSS Feed Alert

Quality is less than perfect…Quality is less than perfect…

Searching for State DocsSearching for State Docs

LA State Doc in Google BooksLA State Doc in Google Books

Modifying the RecordModifying the Record

The Completed Record!The Completed Record!

Don’t have the record in your OPAC? Don’t have the record in your OPAC? Just retrieve it from OCLC and modify Just retrieve it from OCLC and modify accordingly.accordingly.

Internet Archive: www.archive.orgInternet Archive: www.archive.org

American Libraries CollectionAmerican Libraries Collection

Advanced SearchAdvanced Search

Search for Louisiana = 423 Results, Search for Louisiana = 423 Results, 121 considered state documents!121 considered state documents!

Dang right!

Internet Archive “Bookmarks”Internet Archive “Bookmarks”

Government Documents CollectionGovernment Documents Collection

Ctrl + F to browse for a state or topicCtrl + F to browse for a state or topic

IDTF Program – Digital Collections and IDTF Program – Digital Collections and Collaborative Collection DevelopmentCollaborative Collection Development

Saturday June 28, 20064:00pm – 5:30pmMarriott Anaheim – Platinum 5

Discussion:• What are you doing at your library to deal with digital documents?• Do you collect digital documents? How? What tools do you use?

Do you have an agreed upon acq/cat workflow?• Do you have a collection policy for digital documents?• Would you be willing to participate in a collaborative digital

collection project?

Let’s come up with solutions…

And bring ALL types of government documents to the people!