Level: Beginning
Prerequisite: None
Cost: $285 (nonmember, $335)
Attendance Maximum: 22

Instructor(s): Cassandra Hartnett, librarian, US Documents and Women Studies, Government Publications, Suzzallo Library, University of Washington-Seattle, and Eric Forte, librarian, Economics and International Documents, Davidson Library, University of California-Santa Barbara

Offered: Friday, May 18, 1:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

Government information has long been considered a unique and separate area of reference service, with its own classification schemes, Internet domains, and most importantly, its own specialist librarians. But current government information, which has made a transition from print formats to free, Web formats probably faster and more comprehensively than any other genre of information, is more accessible to nongovernment specialists than ever before. This session will empower participants to discover and use the wealth of statistical and regulatory information that is available from governments.