Wisconsin Document Depository
Program Update
Gov Info Day 2015
May 29, 2015
UW-Madison, Memorial Library
Collaborative Partners
Wisconsin Historical Society - Eileen Snyder
 Legislative Reference Bureau - Keely Merchant
 Wisconsin State Law Library – Jaime Healy-Plotkin
 UW-Madison - Denis Brunke
 WI Dept. of Transportation - Wendy Brand
 RL&LL - Mary Hutnik and Abby Swanton
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Depository Libraries
Thank you for your ongoing support!
Print Statistics
Print distribution
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2012 - 434
2013 - 450 (This total includes LFB Informational Papers)
2014 - 417
2015 - 254 (As of April)
Fewer high quality
◦ Encouraging state agencies not to distribute photocopies or documents
we can digitally archive
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Lower distributions
◦ Legislative Service Agency documents reduced to LTD distribution in
2015 so even fewer full distribution docs in 2015
◦ Most print documents get distributed to regional and state depository
libraries
◦ More combined distributions (i.e. May/June print)
Electronic Statistics
Electronic distribution
 1049 new items added to WIDAG in 2014
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Currently 7485+ docs in the collection
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Greater ability to add content with new staff in place
◦ More serials updates and better overall management
Legislative Service Agency
Distribution Changes
◦ Legislative Service Agencies print now limited
distribution
◦ LRB Digital Collections
 Same technology as WIDAG
 Electronic access through LRB Digital Collections
 All Legislative Service Agency docs to be moved from WIDAG to
LRB
 Persistent URL so it won’t matter, URL won’t change
 WDDP still “distributes” leg documents
Distribution Trends
Are State Agencies publishing less government
information?
◦ What is distributed through the WDDP not always a true indicator
◦ More information than ever but more difficult to get
 Formats
 Web designs
◦ Collaboration is key for using the right technology to capture content
 OCLC Web Harvester
 WHS Archive-IT
 Working directly with state agencies
 Prevailing Wage reports
◦ Managing content we can’t archive
 Cataloging state agency data warehouses and databases
 WISEdash
 WORKnet
 WHS vital statistics and health statistics
Usage
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2013 pretty consistent usage
◦ About 2000-2500 items a month viewed
◦ 30,010 items viewed for the year
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2014 showing steady increase
◦ Jan. 4035 items viewed
◦ Apr. 7678 items viewed
◦ May 7599 items viewed
◦ 69,393 items viewed for the year 130%
increase!
Access
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Library websites (digital collections pages)
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Direct from a link in an OPAC
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BadgerLink
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#1 Google searches 44%!
Outreach and Promotion Increases Use
WI Libraries for Everyone blog
 Twitter
 State agencies linking from webpages
 BadgerLink webpage
 Cross-promotion of programs at RL&LL
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2014 Collection Projects DONE!
Legislative Fiscal Bureau Informational Papers
 Office of the Commissioner of Insurance
 Office of Justice Assistance
 Dept. of Revenue
 Dept. of Transportation
 Wisconsin Hospital Association
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2015 Collection Projects
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Serials Updates
◦ Retro and current
 Dependent on what state agencies have posted
 Content ebbs and tides
◦ Filling in gaps
 Wayback Machine
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Redesign WIDAG homepage
Access to Gov Info
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DPI is working with Google to claim and provide
full-text access to documents in Google Books that
have limited or snippet view.