The Federal Depository Library Program continued to expand the formats available through the Program and in 1988 the first CD-ROM was distributed to depository libraries and talk began of an electronic future. The 1984 proposed revisions to the Office of Management and Budget Circular A-130, promoting less government agency competition with the private sector in the distribution of government information. This Circular created quiet a stir among documents librarians and more than any other issue served as the catalyst for organized advocacy of a revision of Title 44 and a new federal information policy.
Current Federal Depository Libraries who joined the Program during the 1980's are: University of Houston, Clear Lake, 1980; South Texas College of Law, 1981; Baylor University, 1982; St. Mary's University Law Library, 1982; Texas Southern University, 1982.
The Texas Publications Clearinghouse continued its efforts to expand its services to State Depository Libraries and Texas documents specialists like Catherine Harris, Texas Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations published Texas documents reference tools. And the Texas State Library and Archives Commission continued to promote Texas libraries through its Texas Libraries.
Many Texas depository libraries began adding the GPO electronic cataloging records available through vendors such as Marcive, Inc. and also began downloading the Texas documents OCLC cataloging records input by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Cataloging Department. Access to documents through the various library online catalogs did more to open documents collections to the public than any other service had up to that time.
The Texas Library Journal (vol. 26, no. 1- , Mar. 1950- ) continued to expand the coverage of the Association's new and professional librarianship in Texas. The TLA Government Documents Round Table members agreed on the need to publicize documents to the general TLA membership and create an interest in the use of documents. Conference program topics were developed for this purpose.
During the 1980's an expanded TLA Conference Program was published. The following excerpts from the Journal, the TLA GODORT Meeting Minutes, the TLA Conference Program, and articles from the literature are included to chronicle interest in government information and documents librarianship in Texas.
Items of Interest from the 1980's
Spring 1980 (Government Documents Round Table Meeting Minutes, April 17, 1980) TLA Conference Program, April 15-19, 1980
Officers elected:
Chair - Frank Pouzar, Dallas Public Library
Vice-Chair/Chair Elect - Pat Weaver Myers, ???
Secretary-Treasurer - Mary Ann Higdon, Texas Tech University
Councilor: Frank Pouzar, Dallas Public Library; Alternate: Pamela Morris, University of Texas at Arlington
By-laws amended (Diana Houston has a copy handy, if needed)
Conference Program: Jennifer Reavis and Wally Cotton, discussed micrographic systems in documents collections and special libraries
Spring 1981 (Government Documents Round Table Meeting Minutes, April 1-2, 1981) TLA Conference Program, March 31-April 3, 1981
Officers elected:
Chair - Pat Weaver Myers, ????
Vice-Chair/Chair Elect - Marie Hartman, Dallas Public Library
Secretary-Treasurer - Jane King, Arlington Public Library
Councilor - Pamela Morris, University of Texas at Arlington; Alternate: ???
Conference Program:
The April 1, program included a morning and an afternoon session presented by Bob Walton on building an in-house data base.
The minutes report that a workshop in Houston covered state and local government publications. "The workshop, sponsored by the Round Table Committee Promoting Documents Use, had 45 in attendance and received very positive responses from the attendees."
Membership count: 81 (Texas Library Journal, vol. 57, no. 3, Fall, 1981, page 81)
Spring 1982 (Government Documents Round Table Meeting Minutes, March 31, 1982) TLA Conference Program, March 30-April 2, 1982
Officers elected:
Chair - Marie Hartman, Dallas Public Library
Vice-Chair/Chair Elect - Bill 0lbrich, Baylor University
Secretary - Treasurer - Audrey Taylor, ????
Councilor - ????; Alternate - ?????
Conference Program: "Databases: Business Reference Sources in Government Documents and Related Publications" Sponsored by GODORT and Special Libraries (Notes from the Conference Program page 7)
October 27, 1982 (Letter to Depository Librarians, From Bonnie Grobar, Federal Depository Program State Plan Project) Preliminary Proposal for Texas State Plan
"The following representatives met in Austin on August 23, 1982 and drew up the preliminary plan for the Federal depository program in Texas.
Bonnie Grobar, Texas State Library; Mary Ann Higdon, Texas Tech University; Barbara Bridges, Tarlton Law Library, U.T.- Austin; John Budrew, University of Texas at Dallas, Health Science Center; Judy Myers, University of Houston; Bill Olbrich, Baylor University; Barbara Turman, U.T. at Austin; Barbara Kile, Rice University; Marie Hartman, Dallas Public Library; Brenda McDonald, El Paso Public Library; Jeannie Reynolds, U.T. - El Paso; Odis Kindle, Navarro College; Kay Schleuter, State Law Library; Pam Morris, U.T. - Arlington.
Spring 1983 (Government Documents Round Table Meeting Minutes, April 13, 1980) TLA Conference Program, April 12-16, 1983, San Antonio
Officers elected:
Chair - Bill Olbrich, Baylor University
Vice-Chair/Chair Elect - Pamela Morris, University of Texas at Arlington
Secretary - Treasurer - Karen Locher, University of Houston-Victoria College
Councilor - ???
Notes from the TLA Conference Program
Documents Round Table business Meeting April 13, 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Marie Hartman, Dallas Public Library, presiding (Program, page 12)
Conference Program:
"The 1980 Census: Programs, Problems and Possibilities." Steve Murdock, Dept. of Rural Sociology, Texas A&M and Al Mirabel, Bureau of the Census – Marie Hartman, Dallas Public Library, presiding (Program, page 17)
Spring 1984 (Government Documents Round Table Meeting Minutes, April 6, 1984) TLA Conference Program, April 3-6, 1984
Officers elected:
Chair - Pamela Morris, University of Texas at Arlington
Vice-Chair/Chair Elect - Karen Locher, University of Houston-Victoria College
Secretary-Treasurer - Melody Kelly, North Texas State University
Councilor - Mary Ann Higdon, Texas Tech University; Alternate Councilor - Janet Fisher, ????
Adoption of the Texas State Plan for federal depository system;
Adoption of regulations for TLA-GODORT telephone tree
Pre-conference April 4:
"Planning Future Developments of Texas Documents Collections: A workshop" Co-sponsored with Texas State Library. Speakers: Nancy Usery, Texas State Library, Sally Walton, Asst. Coord., State Library Publications Clearinghouse; Jane Ann Mullane, Documents Bibliographer, Texas State Library, Presiding: Jim Scheppke (Program, page 1)
Conference Program:
Mary Lee O'Brien, U.S. GPO, "Marketing your library" – Bill Olbrich, Baylor University, presiding (Program page 5)
Spring 1985 (Government Documents Round Table Meeting Minutes, April 25, 1985) TLA Conference Program, April 23-26, 1985
Officers elected:
Chair - Karen Locher, University of Houston -Victoria
Vice-Chair/Chair Elect Karen Lohrding, Abilene Christian University
Secretary-Treasurer - Elka Tenner, ????
Councilor - Mary Ann Higdon, Texas Tech University; Alternate - Melody Kelly, North Texas State University
Conference Program:
Business Meeting and Program, "Sources of State Statistics." Speakers: Catherine Harris, Texas Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations and Darlene J. Montgomery, Managing Ed., Statistical Reference Index; Presiding: Pam Morris.
Fall 1985 (Texas Library Journal, vol. 61, Fall, 1985, page 86-87) "Information/Reference: Government Information Policy"
By Melody S. Kelly
Abstract: A review of recent changes in government information policy by the proposed revisions to Office of Management and Budget Circular A-130. This revision places emphasis on non-competition by federal agencies with the private sector publishers, encourages the privitization of government information, and alters definitions of various government information formats. If implemented as proposed, OMB Circular A-130 could place restrictions on the type of materials received by Federal Depository Libraries.
Spring 1986 (Government Documents Round Table Meeting Minutes, April 10, 1986) TLA Conference Program, April 8-11, 1986
Officers elected:
Chair - Karen Lohrding, Abilene Christian University
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect - Annette Nall, West Texas State University
Secretary-Treasurer - Jane Bartlett, El Paso Public Library
Councilor - Bonnie Grobar, Texas State Library and Archives Commission; Alternate - Melody Kelly, North Texas University
Pre-conference:
"Administration of State Documents Collections." Co-sponsored by TLA-GODORT and Texas State Publications Clearinghouse. The workshop focused on the best of the best in Texas; better ways to access legislative and Texas Education Agency materials. Discussions followed on a variety of topics in which the attendees could choose to participate. (Program, page 4)
Business Meeting and Program, "Unmined Texas Treasures: Records of the General Land Office." Speakers: Mile Hooks, Director of Archives, Texas General Land Office and Record Division. Karen H. Locher, Presiding (Program, page 11)
Spring 1987 (Government Documents Round Table Meeting Minutes, April 9, 1987) TLA Conference Program, April 7-11, 1987
Officers elected:
Chair - Annette Nall, West Texas State University
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect - Teresa Blodgett, Texas Tech University
Secretary-Treasurer - Pamela Morris, University of Texas at Arlington
Councilor - Bonnie Grobar, Texas State Library and Archives Commission; Alternate - Melody Kelly, North Texas University
Officers Meeting, April 7, 1:00-2:30 (Program, page 6)
Conference Program:
"Public Information Access and Privatization." Panel: Bernadine Hoduski, U.S. Joint Committee on Printing; Judith Krug, ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom and David Peyton, Information Industry Association. Co-Sponsored with the Intellectual Freedom Committee - Moderator: Rose Mary Magrill, North Texas State University, SLIS. Presiding: Annette F. Nall. (Program page 17)
Spring 1988 (Government Documents Round Table Meeting Minutes, April 21, 1988) TLA Conference Program, April 19-23, 1988
Officers elected:
Chair - Teresa Blodgett, Texas Tech University
Vice-Chair/Chair Elect - Robin Gruner, Southern Methodist University
Secretary-Treasurer - Douglas Bates, Texas Tech University
Councilor - Bonnie Grobar, Texas State Library and Archives Commission; Alternate - Melody Kelly, North Texas University
New bylaws and standing rules adopted. (Copy available from Diane Houston, Texas State Library and Archives Commission)
Contributed Papers: "Government Documents: The Importance of Publicity" presented by Douglas Bates, Texas Tech University (Program, page 25)
"Government Information in Electronic Formats: Are we ready?" Presented by Jan Swanbeck and Charlotte Ross, Texas A&M University. (Program, page 26)
Conference Program:
"Documents for Your Library: Cost Saving Acquisitions" presented by Marilyn Moody, Head of Access Services, Iowa State University and editor of Government Information in RQ. Teresa Blodgett presiding and sponsored by the Conference Program Committee. (Program, page 27)
Spring 1989 (Government Documents Round Table Meeting Minutes, April 17, 1989) TLA Conference Program, April 11-15, 1989
1989 – Did not have access to a conference program.
Chair - Robin Gruner, Southern Methodist University
Vice-Chair/Chair Elect - John Wilson, Baylor University
Secretary-Treasurer - Karen Locher, Victoria College
Councilor - Melody Kelly, North Texas University; Alternate - Bonnie Grobar, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
