MU Has Joined Digital Federal Depository Library Program

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The University of Missouri has joined the LOCKSS-USDOCS project of distributed preservation of US government information published by the Government Publishing Office.

The Digital Federal Depository Library Program, or the “USDocs” private LOCKSS network replicates key aspects of the United States Federal Depository System. The content is held in geographically distributed sites and replicated many times. Citizens have oversight and responsibility for the long-term care and maintenance of the content. All these characteristics mean the content will be preserved so that any alteration of the content (either deliberate or accidental) will be detected and repaired. For all documents, preservation in a tamper-evident environment is important, but for government documents, this is essential.

Our current focus is harvesting and preserving all collections hosted on GPO's Federal Digital System (FDsys).

For more information on the project, see the LOCKSS-USDOCS page:

http://lockss-usdocs.stanford.edu

Thanks and Congratulations to Byron Stewart of MSU Libraries

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Marie-and-Byron

Marie Concannon traveled to Missouri State University’s Meyer Library in Springfield to honor Byron Stewart, MSU Libraries' Head of Research and Instructional Services, on the occasion of his retirement. Byron was instrumental in helping MU Libraries through its two disasters, particularly as they affected the Government Documents collection.  Marie gave a congratulatory speech and presented Byron with an MU lapel pin on behalf of MU Libraries.

Byron Stewart was at MU from 1968-1980. In the late 1970s, he worked as a graduate library assistant under Sally Schilling in Ellis Library's Government Documents office. It was there that he met his future wife. Sally Schilling, former Head of Government Documents and more recently president of MU Libraries' Friends Group, traveled with Marie to congratulate her former student.