EPA Broadens Access to Library Materials
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing broader access to a larger audience by making its library materials available through its web site. Individuals will be able to locate and retrieve materials by using the EPA's online collection and reference services.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing broader access to a larger audience by making its library materials available through its web site. Individuals will be able to locate and retrieve materials by using the EPA's online collection and reference services.
To date, more than 22,000 of 51,000 EPA documents are available through the web site and all EPA unique documents will be online within two years. Documents from libraries within the network that no longer have physical space will be online as of January 2007.
EPA documents remain available via interlibrary loans during the digitization process. Regional offices will continue to provide library services through the EPA's library network. Materials that are not EPA unique remain available through the archive at the EPA headquarters or through the interlibrary loan program.
The EPA has been examining ways to modernize the library system since 2003. EPA is adhering to the American Library Association's guidance and criteria for reviewing the library collection.
For more information about the EPA libraries, visit
http://www.epa.gov/natlibra/index.html.
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