The Inspection Process:	
It's Not That Bad, Really!
Inspection Process	
• 10th Annual Federal Depository Library Conference
• October 17, 2001
• Robin L. Haun-Mohamed, Chief Depository Services, Library Programs Service, U.S. Government Printing Office
• (202) 512-1119   
• rhaun-mohamed@gpo.gov
Inspection Process
• Reasons to Inspect
– Title 44 Requirements
– Response to Complaints
• Inspection Team
– Walter Zoller
– Regina Koo
– Kathy Brazee
• Only One Day of Your Life
History of the Inspection Process
• Inspections often done in conjunction with other trips such as visits to GPO Bookstores
• Inspection process as we know it started in 1974
• Originally 2 or more libraries per day inspected (with no advance notice!)
• Move to one library per day with inspectors on the road two weeks at a time

Addition of the Self-Study Process	
• Self-Study Project began in 1996 (tested in 1994-1995)
• Issued as Supplement 3 of the Federal Depository Library Manual
• Reasoning Behind the Self-Study Process
• FAQs for the Self-Study located on the Web at http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/selfstudy/prepare(2000).html
Preparing for the Inspection Once You Have Been Contacted
• Preparing for the Inspection located on the Web at http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/
    selfstudy/prepare(2000).html
  
• Planning for a Library Inspection located on the Web at http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/selfstudy/planning.html


   
Review (or do for the first time!)
Your Self-Study Evaluation
• Make sure the answers are still valid if the Self-Study was completed quite some time ago
• Review the Self-Study Report sent to your library by LPS
• Do a quick review of the Self-Study template, as revisions were made in September 1999.
Take a Fresh Look at Your Library
• Library Signage
– Chilling Effect
– Limited Access
– Lack of Depository Emblem
• Location of the Depository Collection
• Entrances and ADA Compliance
• Overall Library Organization from User Perspective
The BIG Problems
• Access, Access, Access
• Bibliographic Control of Physical Products
• Item Selection Rate and Collection Development Policy
• Physical Limitations of the Library
• Not Responding to Biennial Survey in a Timely Manner
Where is the Inspection Process Going in the Future
• Current Status of Inspections and Self-Studies
• Future Trends for Depository Dissemination
• Role of the Inspection Process in a Mostly Electronic Federal Depository Library Program