The impact of electronic access to government information: what users and documents specialists think |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Economics, Beijing International Studies University, Beijing, China;2. School of Finance, Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing, China;3. School of Finance, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China;1. Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX;2. Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC. |
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| Abstract: | This article discusses the results of a survey designed to assess the current state of electronic access to government information from both the specialist and the user viewpoint. The first survey, designed to determine the government documents staffs' level of commitment to and opinions of electronic access to government information, was distributed in electronic format to subscribers of GOVDOC-L, a listserv for specialists dealing with government documents. The second survey, designed to provide insight into the user's point of view, was conducted at the University of Illinois Documents Library. This article synthesizes earlier studies and articles on the topic to show that while the consensus is that electronic access represents a positive, beneficial move toward providing access to government information to a wider audience, there is also an acknowledgment that there are many inherent problems that have not been addressed adequately. |
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