ENCOURAGING AN INFORMED CITIZENRY II: MORE INFORMATION ON LOCATING AND USING CRS REPORTS Starr Hoffman Librarian for Digital Collections | University of North Texas Libraries 10.22.2008 | Federal Depository Library Program Fall Conference
Jun 08, 2015
ENCOURAGING AN INFORMED
CITIZENRY II: MORE INFORMATION ON LOCATING AND USING CRS REPORTS
Starr Hoffman
Librarian for Digital Collections | University of North Texas Libraries
10.22.2008 | Federal Depository Library Program Fall Conference
What is a CRS Report?
About CRS American Law Domestic Social Policy Foreign Affairs Defense and Trade Government and Finance Information Research Resources, Science and Industry
Current Public Access
Current Public Access OpenCRS CRS Report Archive at University of North Texas Thurgood Marshall Law Library Federation of American Scientists National Library for the Environment U.S. State Department Franklin Pierce Law School
Efforts Toward Public Access 1998
S. 1578 H.R. 3131
1999 S. 393 H.R. 654
2001 S.R. 21
2003 S.R. 54 H.R. 3630
2007 H.R. 2545 S.Res. 401
CRS Reports Archive at UNT
http://digital.library.unt.edu/govdocs/crs/
http://digital.library.unt.edu/govdocs/crs/
New browse subjects Climate change Cold War Gay rights Global warming Internet Media Terrorism Torture War on terror Weapons of mass destruction
New Features
New Features
http://digital.library.unt.edu/govdocs/crs/
Abstracts
New Features Geographic Browse
http://digital.library.unt.edu/govdocs/crs/
Workflow Identify & capture reports Create metadata Subject classification OCR the PDF file Upload
UNT CRS Access Data single-day record: 2,438 visits (07/05/2007) avg. visits per month: 20,887
UNT CRS Access Data
Popular reports…
RL33153 China Naval Modernization: Implications for US Naval
Capabilities IB97056
Products Liability Illegal Overview IP0281
Grace Commission
http://digital.library.unt.edu/govdocs/crs/
Obtaining a CRS Report
find your Representative: http://www.house.gov/writerep/
find your Senator: http://www.senate.gov/
Write Your Member of Congress
Writing Your Member of Congressthree-paragraph letter:
1. purpose of letter
2. report’s importance title & CRS report number
3. request & address
Writing Your Member of Congress addressing your Senator
The Honorable (full name)
(Room #) (Name) Senate Office Building
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
open the letter with, "Dear Senator:"
Writing Your Member of Congress addressing your member of Congress
The Honorable (full name)
(Room #) (Name) House Office Building
United States House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
open the letter with, "Dear Representative:”
Writing Your Member of Congress addressing the Chairperson of a Committee:
Dear Mr. Chairman Dear Madam Chairwoman
addressing the Speaker of the House: Dear Mr. Speaker Dear Madam Speaker
…Questions? Contact:
Starr HoffmanLibrarian for Digital Collections
Government Documents Department
University of North Texas Libraries
940.565.4150
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