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Welcome to the NIDL Wiki!
Thanks for coming! If you've discovered this site, you may already be interested in government documents, government document depository libraries, or how NIDL helps promote cooperation and communication among librarians throughout (though chiefly Northeastern) Illinois who work with government documents.
What is NIDL?
NIDL is Northeastern Illinois Depository Librarians. NIDL was organized in 1990, following the dissolution of the Chicago Academic Library Council. NIDL consists largely of individuals from northeastern Illinois, interested persons from throughout the state are welcome to attend meetings. NIDL has no dues.
When is NIDL?
Meetings are held twice a year in the spring and the fall. The next meeting will be held Friday, May 4, 2012 at the Mount Prospect Public Library. See here for more details.
Where can I find more about NIDL?
The NIDL Wiki site is made available by NIDL for use by its members. Please visit Northwestern's hosting Website or go directly to NIDL's Website.
What are government documents?
The short answer is that government documents are any documents, on any subject, in any format, published by any level of government. For a longer answer, see here. For a lengthier explanation of local documents, see this page. For a lengthier explanation of United Nations documents, see this slide show.
How to Create an Account with Editing Privileges
1. At the right hand top of the Wiki page, is your first click path, “Log in/create account.”
2. Clicking that, you will get the Log In box, with the message “Don’t have a login? Create an account.” Click on the highlighted “Create an account.”
3. Fill in all the requisite information—username, password, retype password, email, and real name. The email and real names are not required. For Robert Pruter of Lewis University, he invented the tag LewisGovDocs to identify immediately to other people who he is. Aric Ahrens of IIT used his name, “aricahrens.” The password, which nobody sees, should be something you can easily remember.
Now that you have created your account, you can go back to the main page, and click “Log in/create account,” and enter your username and password.
News and Announcements
Revised Federal Depository Library Legal Requirements
Have you read the revisions yet? If not, the revised text is available online here.
New Co-Coordinators Elected
At the spring meeting, two new co-coordinators were elected: Nanette Norton and Scott Casper. Congratulations to you both!
Blogs By NIDL Members Get Recognition
Walter Baumann at DePaul University's Rinn Law Library recently reported that one of the DePaul librarians discovered an honorable mention for two of the blogs done by NIDL members. The web site "Online University Lowdown," which compiles useful listings of resources along with other information for its readership, in its "50 Best Blogs for Law Librarians" listed both Kevin McLure's blog "Gov Docs Guy" and Walt Baumann's blog for the DePaul Univ. College of Law (actually for the Rinn Law Library). were included in "50 Best Blogs for Law Librarians". Reported Baummm, "Not a biggie, but nice to know someone is actually reading the postings and finds them worthwhile."
Archives--News and Announcements
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NIDL Member Blogs
Check out blogs maintained wholly or in part by NIDL members to keep up with what is happening on issues impacting government documents.
NIDL Listservs
NIDL-L Listserv - General Listserv for all NIDL Members
NIDL Training Team-L Listserv - Specific Listserv for those interested in the activities of the NIDL Training Team
NIDL Membership Directory
A NIDL Membership Directory has been created. As member institutions create individual pages, they can be linked to this central location.
Should any institutions wish to create a page and would like assistance in doing so, feel free to contact Aric Ahrens at Illinois Institute of Technology
NIDL Minutes
The minutes as well as notes and minutes of NIDL meetings going back to the Fall 1997 meeting can be accessed at the NIDL Minutes page.
There was at one time several gaps in the minutes listings, some meetings where no minutes were taken (these have been filled in with notes), some minutes that got lost on the NIDL site, and some meetings where no minutes had been submitted. Fortunately, we have been able to retrieve most of the minutes by rummaging through our files and some detective work, but one remains unavailable:
April 25th, 2003 Minutes, Northern Illinois University
NIDL Annual Reports
Prior to the adoption of the new Constitution and Bylaws in the spring of 2005 an annual report by the Coordinator was required to be written and posted on the NIDL website. This was not always done, but the following are posted at NIDL Annual Reports.
NIDL Officers and Committees
NIDL Constitution and Bylaws
The NIDL Constitution and Bylaws can be found on the following Wiki page, NIDL Constitution and Bylaws.
NIDL Speakers Bureau
The NIDL Speakers Bureau is designed to promote awareness and use of government information through education. More information will be coming soon.
Site Updates and Getting Started with NIDL Wiki
Consult the User's Guide for information on using the wiki software.
- Getting Started 1-2-3 Not sure how to get started on Wiki? Click on the highlighted section and you can make your contribution to the NIDL Wiki.
