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Georgia Library QuarterlyVolume 52Issue 1 Winter 2015 Article 111-1-2015Georgia Library Association - GovernmentInformation Interest GroupChris SharpeKennesaw State University, csharpe@kennesaw.eduFollow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/glqPart of the Library and Information Science CommonsThis News is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@Kennesaw State University. It has been accepted for inclusion in GeorgiaLibrary Quarterly by an authorized editor of DigitalCommons@Kennesaw State University. For more information, please contactdigitalcommons@kennesaw.edu.Recommended CitationSharpe, Chris (2015) "Georgia Library Association - Government Information Interest Group," Georgia Library Quarterly: Vol. 52 : Iss.1 , Article 11.Available at: https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/glq/vol52/iss1/11  Georgia Library Association Government Information Interest Group (GIIG)  Last December, the US Congress and President Obama approved GPO's name change from the Government Printing Office to the Government Publishing Office. GPO is the US Federal Government's primary centralized resource for producing, procuring, cataloging, indexing, authenticating, disseminating, and preserving the official information products of the US Government in digital and tangible forms. The new name more accurately reflects the activities of GPO.  §  Congratulations to Hallie Pritchett, head of the Map and Government Information Library at the University of Georgia, for being appointed to serve on the Depository Library Council. Hallie will serve a three-year term starting in 2013 and ending in 2016; she is chair-elect and will become chair later this year. The council advises the Public Printer and the Superintendent of Documents on matters relating to the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).  §  The 2015 Government Information Interest Group (GIIG) officers are:  • Chair: Chris Sharpe, Kennesaw State University  • Vice Chair: Emily Rogers, Valdosta State University  • Secretary: Laurie Aycock, Kennesaw State University 1Sharpe: GLA Government Information Interest GroupPublished by DigitalCommons@Kennesaw State University, 2015

Georgia Library Association - Government Information Interest Group

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Georgia Library Association - Government Information Interest Group

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