The Collaborative Federal Depository Program: ASERL's Plan for Managing FDLP Collections in the Southeast

摘要

In 2011, Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL) members unanimously approved the ASERL Southeast Region Guidelines for Management and Disposition of Federal Depository Library Collections, a common set of collection management and disposition policies, procedures and best practices that form ASERL's Collaborative Federal Depository Program (CFDP). This plan represents the product of a process that first began in 2006 through the collaborative efforts of ASERL library deans and directors and documents librarians. In 2009, ASERL was awarded a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to support ongoing development of the model, testing three pilot sites: the University of Florida, the University of Kentucky, and the University of South Carolina. Today, 222 Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) participating libraries in the southeast actively address the increasing cost of managing, preserving, and providing print and digital access to these critical collections through the CFDP.