ASERL-Selectives Mailing List: FW: GPO and LC Collaborate on Congressional Record App

[John Burger (jburger]

FYI, in case you hadn't seen via other channels.


--jeb

John Burger, Executive Director
Association of Southeastern Research Libraries
   ASERL
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This message was cross-posted. Please excuse the duplication.
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Once again the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) and the Library of 
Congress (LC) have collaborated to increase access to the Congressional Record 
(CR). At the request of the House Administration Committee, LC created an iPad 
app that provides access to the daily edition of the CR dating from January 4, 
1995. The app uses CR files and associated metadata provided by GPO.

The app allows users to: 

*  Browse editions of the Congressional Record by date.
*  Perform keyword searches within individual documents or sections within 
documents.
*  Identify the latest bills and resolutions considered daily on the floor of 
the U.S. House of Representatives. 
*  Identify the latest bills, resolutions, treaties, and nominations considered 
daily on the floor of the U.S. Senate.
*  Save documents to your preferred iPad PDF reader. 
*  Share documents via email.

GPO will play an ongoing role in enabling LOC to determine when updates to 
Congressional Record content are available through access to site maps on GPO's 
Federal Digital System (FDsys). The link for the new app is: 
<http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-congressional-record/id492077075> or you 
can search in the App Store for "The Congressional Record."

"The GPO appreciates the opportunity to participate in this project, and is 
pleased that our partnership with the Library of Congress continues to evolve 
in the digital age," said Acting Public Printer Davita Vance-Cooks. "GPO is 
here to meet the information dissemination needs of Congress, and this new 
Congressional Record app is one more way that GPO is supporting Congress and 
its daily legislative functions."

For the full press release, see: 
http://www.gpo.gov/pdfs/news-media/press/12news04.pdf .

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