Step one: The Brainstorm and the rough outline

• Introduction - 2 pages
  
• Brief History of the FDLP
• Effects of Changes in Technology
• Summary of my argument and the key experts whose work supports my argument.


• Part I: What should FDLP librarian coordinators and non-government documents
  librarians at FDLP libraries be doing about government
  documents? 3 pages
• Part II: What should documents librarians at non-FDLP libraries be doing about
  government documents? 2 pages
• Part III: What should non-government documents librarians at non-FDLP libraries be
  doing about government documents? 2 pages
• Part IV: How should librarians prepare for the future of the FDLP? 2 pages
• Lobbying
• Supporting Research on Government Information Policy
• Staying Informed


• Conclusion - 1 page
  
• Summary of my argument and predictions for the future of government documents.
• Bibliography - 1 page

NB issues:

1. FDLP librarian co-ordinators should not be doing all of the work they should be co-ordinating the work.
2. To whom much is given, much is expected: Analysis of FDLP library program in it's most current incarnation. What do librarians get? What do the public/the library patrons get? What does the GPO/the federal government get?
   
3. Collecting vs. Curating: Ethics, librarianship and government information policies. See Government Information in the Digital Age: The Once and Future Federal Depository Library Program by James A. Jacobs, James R. Jacobs, and Shinjoung Yeo and the article in response by John A. Schuler
4. User needs - Researching the needs of patrons for government information - Tailoring information products to user needs
   
5. Desirable competencies of each type of librarian: Law librarians, public librarians, youth librarians.