Outsell Survey Deadline Extended to May 2!

Be sure your agency is included in the results of Outsell's annual
study, "The Changing Roles of Content Deployment Functions."  (For
information about the study, please see the original announcement
below.)

You can access the survey by pointing your browser to:

http://www.digisurvey.com
User: Outsell
Password: survey

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(Original Announcement Follows)
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Attention Members of the Federal Library and Information Community:
(Please excuse duplicate messages.)

We are pleased to announce that the Federal Library and Information
Center Committee (FLICC) is once again cooperating with Outsell, Inc.'s
(http://www.outsellinc.com) annual study, "The Changing Roles of Content
Deployment Functions."  This study is targeted at information
professionals; knowledge management professionals; market, competitive
and business intelligence professionals; librarians; training and
learning professionals; and portal managers.  It focuses on
organization, budget, users, staff, services, content management,
content types, content deployment, vendors, and strategic management.

You can access the survey by pointing your browser to:

http://www.digisurvey.com
User: Outsell
Password: survey

FLICC has worked with Outsell in the design of the Web-based
questionnaire to ensure its relevancy to federal libraries. Our hope is
that a manager or administrator from every federal library and
information center will complete the study.  For those in headquarters
or central libraries, please forward this message on to your colleagues
in other agency libraries for their participation.

The results will provide valuable insights into the strategic direction
of government libraries and will update the findings of the last
official census of federal libraries, conducted in 1994. Because there
are no plans for another census in the foreseeable future, broad
participation in the Outsell survey is our best opportunity to learn
about the current state of federal libraries and information centers.
Outsell, Inc. will be providing federal respondents to the survey with a
copy of their government sector report.

In order to ensure that the data gathered is as complete and
representative as possible for all federal libraries and information
centers, FLICC strongly encourages your participation in this study.
Please note that responses to the survey will be treated as
confidential, will be reported only in the aggregate, and will not be
used for marketing purposes.

The survey will be available online through Wednesday, April 23, 2003.
If you have any questions about the survey or if you would like more
information regarding this study, please send an email to
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Thank you for your help with this important project.


Sincerely,

Susan M. Tarr, Executive Director
Federal Library and Information Center Committee
The Library of Congress
Washington, DC  20540-4935