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Survey of Management of Government Information Holdings (MGIH)
National Library of Canada
April 1999 Survey
Table of Contents
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1.0 Introduction
- 1.1 Background
- 1.2 Objectives and scope
- 1.3 Organization of the report
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2.0 Results
- 2.1 Methodology
- 2.2 Findings
- 3.0 Conclusions and Recommendations
Bibliography
Appendices
- A - Departments and Agencies Surveyed
- B - English Questionnaire
- C - French Questionnaire
- D - Bilingual Follow-up letter
List of tables
2.1 Comparison of distribution of responding departments,
by number of employees
2.2 Comparison of responses by department size and
presence of an MGIH official (%)
List of figures
Q3. How has the MGIH official communicated the MGIH policy as it relates to published material?
Q4. Is there a particular responsibility centre(s) responsible for implementation of the MGIH Policy as it relates to published material?
2.1 Q5. Information holdings are available for public dissemination
2.2 Q6. Information holdings are available for use by other institutions within the government
2.3 Q7. The institution's published information holdings are listed
in an up-to-date publications catalogue
2.4 Q8. All publications are deposited in the institution's library
2.5 Q9. Published material is catalogued according to
established standards
2.6 Q10. The resulting cataloguing information is made available
to other libraries
2.7 Q11. All material published by the institution is easily accessible
to decision makers within the institution
2.8 Q12. All material published by the institution is available
to the public on request
2.9 Q13. The institution manages electronic publications in a manner
consistent with other forms of media
2.1 Q14. Institutional publications are stored and protected in the
institution's library
2.1 Q15. Published material is disposed of in accordance with
the National Library Act
2.12a Comparison of questions 5 to 15 - organization, transmission,
use and retrieval of published material - % agree
2.12b Comparison of questions 5 to 15 - organization, transmission,
use and retrieval of published material - % disagree
2.1 Q17. What vehicles do you use to make departmental
publications available to the public?
2.1 Q19. What is the coverage of the publications catalogue(s)?
2.1 Q23. Which formats are deposited in the departmental library?
2.1 Q24. Average hours of operation of the departmental library
2.1 Q26. To which of the following does your library lend
departmental publications?
2.1 Q28. How is the library catalogue made available
to your clients?
2.1 Q31. How important were the following barriers in the
implementation of the MGIH Policy
2.2 Q32. What assistance could the National Library provide in
implementing your MGIH policy?
2.2 Q33. Are changes required in existing government policy
on published government information?
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