E-Government & libraries
Tum Susman, Ropes & Gray, Washington, DC presentation
1. Libraries are increasingly called on to deliver an array of services. Intermediary for e-gov. Emergency service provider of choice preparation, response and recovery.
Government sends citizens to the Libraries to get access to their forms (FEMA, etc.) After Hurricane, many citizens went to public libraries to reconnect with family members.
2. Governments at all levels and the public look to libraries to perform these services (e-gov and emergency).
Remarkably unresponsive government on doing these.
He read great study from FL (? Chuck McClure) and became an expert overnight. 
3. ON plane to Atlanta last month, ALA and OITP with Florida insitutions put together round-table discussion on e-gov and emergency services. After the hurricane, libraries remained standing because they were case hardened to hold the weight of books.
What should we do?
Government is still going to be spending money despite zero sum budgets and woe is me scenarios. He believes that Libraries are going to be in a resource constrained environment.
