The Documents Expediting Project, 1946–2004
The Documents Expediting Project, 1946–2004
Date
2019-06-18
Authors
Sinclair, Gwen
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American Library Association
Abstract
The Documents Expediting Project (DocEx), an acquisition
and distribution service for federal documents that operated
out of the Library of Congress (LC) from 1946 to 2004,
was an important source of non-depository items, second copies,
and fugitive documents. In addition to distributing documents
to subscribing libraries and other organizations, DocEx
supplied documents to the Superintendent of Documents for
inclusion in the Monthly Catalog of United States Government
Publications (MoCat). DocEx stands as a model of cooperation
between libraries, library associations, LC, federal agencies,
the Superintendent of Documents, and vendors to facilitate
the acquisition and distribution of millions of documents that
would otherwise have disappeared.
Description
Journal article published in DttP: Documents to the People, Vol 47, No 2 (Summer 2019)
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Sinclair, G. (2019). The Documents Expediting Project, 1946-2004. DttP: Documents to the People 47(2): 8-15.
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