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ProQuest / GODORT / ALA Recognizes ASERL for Innovation in Managing Federal Documents:

The Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL) was recently awarded the 2012 "Documents to the People” Award, presented by ProQuest, the American Library Association (ALA), and ALA’s Government Documents Round Table (GODORT). This award is presented each year to an individual or organization that has most effectively encouraged the use of government documents in support of library service.

ASERL’s Collaborative Federal Depository Program (CFDP) was selected for this award in
recognition of its “achievable and sustainable plan for the development and preservation of
comprehensive depository collections on a multi-state level.” ASERL’s program for managing federal documents began in 2005 to coordinate the future development of these important library collections within the Southeast region. The program seeks to create “Centers of Excellence” within depository libraries, to develop comprehensive-as-possible documents collections relating to a government agency, SuDoc stem, subject matter, or format. This allows researchers to identify the best documents collections for their selected areas. The collections are also supported by expert librarians who manage the Centers of Excellence.  Further development of the program was supported by a 2009 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) as well as by the Government Printing Office (GPO).

The entire press release can be found here: http://laurientaylor.org/2012/03/16/aserl-govdocs-work-recognized-with-documents-to-the-people-award/