Denise Jones' presentation.

1. F O R Y O U A N D F R O M Y O U
D E N I S E J O N E S
S T A T E P U B L I C A T I O N S C L E A R I N G H O U S E L I A I S O N
M A Y 2 1 , 2 0 1 3
North Carolina State
Government Information

2. North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources

3. State Library of North
Carolina
• LIBRARY FOR BLIND AND
PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED
• LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT
• GOVERNMENT AND HERITAGE
LIBRARY

4. State Library of North Carolina

5. Government and Heritage Library
 Collects and maintains NC and state government
information for public access
 Permanent depository of North Carolina state agency
produced publications – including UNCW publications
 Librarians and staff are experts in government, historical
and genealogical research
 Rich print AND digital collections

6. State government publications collection
 Print and digital formats spanning more than 200
years
 250,000+ state publications in the print collection
 13,000+ state publications in the digital collection
 Includes born digital publications and digitized older
publications - some as old as 1817

7. Collecting state publications
 G.S. 125-11 states that state agencies are required to
send copies of all paper and digital publications
 10 copies of free publications and 5 for paid publications
 April 2013
 90 paper titles received by Clearinghouse
 303 digital titles received by Clearinghouse
 March 2013
 91 paper titles received by Clearinghouse
 340 digital titles received by Clearinghouse

8. State Publications Clearinghouse
 Collects state agency publications – paper and digital
 Catalogs the state publications – records used by libraries,
legislative library, other state agencies, OCLC
 Maintains and makes available collection of state publications
at GHL
 Digitally preserves and makes available the digital
publications through ncgovdocs.org
 Distributes the paper publications to the Library of Congress
and the North Carolina depository libraries

9. NC State Government Publications Clearinghouse

10. State agencies AND the Clearinghouse
 Only by working together can state agencies and the
Clearinghouse ensure that vital government
information will be available to all North Carolinians
 UNCW publications will NOT be available at other
North Carolina libraries, unless publications are first
sent to the Clearinghouse
 Help ensure accessibility of state publications

11. Sending your publications
 Email the URL or PDF to:
Slnc.digitaldocs@ncdcr.gov
 Mail paper publications (10 or 5 copies) to:
State Publications Clearinghouse
State Library of North Carolina
4643 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-4643

12. Searching ncgovdocs.org

13. Search results

14. UNCW Magazine

15. Permanent URL

16. Will always link to UNCW Magazine collection