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1025.173 4 0&&01 1291 d / / c.3 The Illinois State Library FEB 2 7 1985 I IMHIQ HOPI IMCTEvnl Lai! iwlu wWvUIViCi i l| THE ILLINOIS DOCUMENTS DEPOSITORY PROGRAM Providing Documents Depository Program documents to the public Public access to government informa¬ The depository program provides Examples of tion is the foundation of a strong democ¬ state agencies an economical means to Documents make their publications widely available racy. The Illinois General Assembly recog¬ to Illinois citizens. Depository libraries nized the need to provide Illinois citizens are located throughout the state of Illi¬ The publications include: with state government information in 1967. nois and provide citizens local access to By law, each state agency must deposit 40 state government information. • annual reports copies of all its publications with the Illi¬ All depositories make publications • the budget nois State Library. State universities are available for public use according to the • government guides required to deposit three copies of their regu lations govern i ng the deposi tory pro¬ • legislative materials publications, and university presses de¬ gram. These depositories are selected on • research reports posit two copies. the basis of their ability to provide public • rules and regulations The State Library adds these publica¬ access to the material deposited, their • maps tions to its Illinois Documents Collection interest in the publications of the state of • agricultural information and distributes them to depository and Illinois, and their geographic location. • business information exchange libraries. Depository libraries are inspected peri¬ • recreational information The State Library also publishes and odically to ensure compliance with the • statistical reports distributes a monthly listing, Illinois Docu¬ program requirements. ments List, and an annual compilation, The depositories are all members of They come in many forms: Publications of the State of Illinois, of all ILLINET (Illinois Library and Information items received through the Illinois Docu¬ Network) and share their resources. Any • magazines ments Depository Program. library in the state may request docu¬ • books Please contact the State Library about ments from a depository library for use • pamphlets the program if you have any questions or by local library users. The publications • maps would like to receive any of its publica¬ are sent through the Intersystems Library • microforms tions. Delivery Service, which serves libraries • recordings throughout the state. George H. Ryan Secretary of State and State Librarian Depository Libraries Belleville — Belleville Public Library Carbondale — Southern Illinois Uni¬ versity, SIU Law Library Charleston — Eastern Illinois Univer¬ sity Champaign — University of Illinois Law Library Chicago — Chicago Public Library, Chi¬ cago State University, Loyola Uni¬ versity, Northeastern Illinois Uni¬ versity, University of Illinois atChi- cago DeKalb — Northern III inois University Edwardsville — Southern Illinois Uni¬ versity Evanston — Northwestern University Lisle — III inois Benedictine College Macomb — Western Illinois University Normal — Illinois State University Oglesby — Illinois Valley Community College Peoria — Bradley University Quincy — Quincy Public Library Rock Island — Augustana College Rockford — Rockford Public Library Skokie — Skokie Public Library Springfield — Sangamon State Univer¬ sity Streamwood — Poplar Creek Library District University Park—Governors State Uni¬ versity Urbana — University of Illinois at UC ILLINOIS STATE LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS-URBANA 3 0112 116627602 Exchange Lioraries The Library of Congress, Washington, D. C. Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois Council of State Governments, Lexington, Kentucky National Conference of State Legislatures, Denver, Colorado State Library Agencies: California • • Massachusetts • Michigan The British Library For More Information Write or call: Documents Coordinator Illinois State Library 300 South Second Street Springfield, Illinois 62701-1 796 (217) 782-4887 Printed by authority of the State of Illinois February 1995 — 5M — 789 LD A-71