A project of the EPA, Information Renaissance and the
Environmental Law Institute
Libraries as
a Community Resource for Environmental Information
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| 60.0% | (18/30) | Provide staff to respond to email and phone requests for help in locating online resources. |
| 36.7% | (11/30) | Provide citizen guides to the EPA bureaucracy. |
| 36.7% | (11/30) | Provide help for searching the Federal Register. |
| 53.3% | (16/30) | Provide frequently requested FOIA documents online. |
| 43.3% | (13/30) | Put draft policies and reports online. |
| 46.7% | (14/30) | Put permit notification information online. |
| 43.3% | (13/30) | Put paper collections online. |
| 10.0% | (3/30) | Provide suggested reading levels for online documents. |
| 53.3% | (16/30) | Provide supplemental links to industry, NGO and academic material. |
| 46.7% | (14/30) | Provide case studies of citizen involvement in the regulatory and permitting process. |
| 36.7% | (11/30) | Provide a choice of formats in databases. |
| 46.7% | (14/30) | Correct problems with the quality and accuracy of data in reports. |
| 20.0% | (6/30) | Provide a uniform Web-wide feature that allows for error corrections. |
| 23.3% | (7/30) | Monitor online catalogs with sniffers to hunt down dead links. |
| 33.3% | (10/30) | Improve methods for updating data in the IRIS, Heast and Airsdata systems. |
| 30.0% | (9/30) | Design routine data collections for electronic management. |
| 76.7% | (23/30) | Create bibliographic Web sites that lead to books or topical sites. |
| 53.3% | (16/30) | Catalogue standard information products according to a common reference system. |
| 43.3% | (13/30) | Archive old documents online. |
| 23.3% | (7/30) | Post materials on state listserves. |
| 33.3% | (10/30) | Catalog all documents approved for publishing before it is released. |
| 50.0% | (15/30) | Libraries establish small information repositories for community groups. |
| 60.0% | (18/30) | Libraries offer real-time reference service to users of their web pages and databases. |
| 36.7% | (11/30) | Community groups budget cost of mailing materials to libraries. |
| 53.3% | (16/30) | Highlight hot topics using web sites and local news stories. |
| 53.3% | (16/30) | Printed materials can be hard to find in a timely manner. |
| 23.3% | (7/30) | Not everything sent to a depository library stays available at that library. |
| 30.0% | (9/30) | Electronic formatting issues and the Americans with Disabilities Act raise real problems for libraries and their patrons. |
| 56.7% | (17/30) | Most community members don't go to the library to obtain environmental information. |
| 46.7% | (14/30) | The distribution of computer work stations to low-income areas is needed to address the Digital Divide. |
| 53.3% | (16/30) | Many people lack computer literacy needed to retrieve online information. |
| 46.7% | (14/30) | Rural areas may lack access to online materials. |
| 60.0% | (18/30) | Industry has far greater informational resources than citizens or local officials. |
| 56.7% | (17/30) | Constant industry pressure can water down good programs that release environmental information to the public. |
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