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Greetings,
I need a little input on what other Depositories do with Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs).
Do you keep and catalog local EIRs for historic purposes?
Are there some that are not "historic" and therefore don't need to be kept?
Should the final copy be kept, not drafts?
How substantial does an EIR have to be, to be retained?
Should EIRs outside of jurisdiction be kept in Documents according to your judgment (SuperFund Sites) and the rest discarded after the relevant comment time period?
TIA, thanks in advance
Gover'nance
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written by gsinclair, January 21, 2009
I'm a big fan of redundancy. That is, you and the other libraries in your area should work out which of you are going to maintain comprehensive collections of EIRs. I think it's unwise to designate one library or office as the sole repository. In Honolulu, the University of Hawaii collects and catalogs EIRs and there is also a collection at the state Office of Environmental Quality. We retain all of them permanently, both draft and final.
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As drafts often include data or other information not contained in the final version, it's important to weigh that in considering whether to retain them. Retaining titles of local interest which are not online (draft + final) is be easier to justify than trying to collect and retain a national-level collection.
On a related note, offering unneeded out-of-region titles to the national needs and offers list allows them to be picked up by libraries which may need them to fill gaps. Document delivery between libraries has become fairly efficient, making it less critical that each library hold so many low-use materials.