100 Years as a Federal Depository

We had our big celebration yesterday for the 100th anniversary of Washington University Libraries as a Federal Depository Library. The physical exhibit looks great and the web exhibit is up and running. We know there are some problems with the web exhibit--let me know if you run into any because it looks like one of my first web projects is going to be aiding in the repair and maintenance of that site.

It was a delightful ceremony. Professor Wayne Fields delivered a funny and profound talk for the occasion, Superintendent of Documents Judith Russell gave us the historical context as well as presenting a very handsome framed certificate accompanied by gold seals, and the bubbly wine was tasty.

Unexpectedly, I missed my dad. He collected government documents like the Uneven-Aged Silviculture for the Loblolly and Shortleaf Pine Forest Cover Types (pdf) and House of Straw - Staw Bale Construction Comes of Age back when you had to request them for a nominal fee from the distribution center in Pueblo, Colorado instead of grabbing them off the Web. The Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP), where the government sends information to more than a thousand libraries across the country, was high on my dad's list of things that make America great. He would have liked that I had a small role to play in celebrating a hundred years of government document collection at the institution where I work. He might have driven to St. Louis for such an event and enjoyed a slice of cake with the FDLP logo on it.     #

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