About the Project
Developed in 1996 as GALILEO's first digital conversion initiative and redesigned in 2009, the Georgia Government Publications database serves as a digital repository of publications released by agencies of Georgia's executive branch.
The Georgia Government Publications (GGP) database consists of over 51,000 documents produced by Georgia state agencies. The majority of the documents are scanned images; however, with the passing of an amendment to the law (O.C.G.A. 20-5-2) in 2000 requiring state agencies to submit publications in electronic format a greater percentage of searchable pdf files are included in the database and are noted as electronic text.
Georgia state agencies are required by law to submit publications that they produce for the public to the official depository at the University of Georgia Libraries. These publications are all included in the GGP and include not only print and electronic formats but also posters, bookmarks, maps, videocassettes, CDs, and DVDs. The array of publications ranges from Guide to Alligator Hunting in Georgia to Members of the General Assembly of Georgia, Senate and House of Representatives. Among the first color images in the GGP were the rack cards of the Georgia state parks and song birds from the Traveling Songsters in Georgia poster.
In addition to archiving Georgia state publications from 1994 to the present, the Georgia Government Publications database is currently adding pre-1994 serials on an ongoing basis. The following titles have already been added to the database:
- Georgia Agricultural Facts, 1900-present
- Georgia Consolidated Vote, 1950-1994
- Georgia Department of Agriculture Annual Report, 1874-2003
- Georgia Department of Education Annual Report, 1871-1976
- Georgia Department of Revenue Statistical Report, 1932-present
- Georgia Governors' Messages, 1872-1975
- Georgia Official and Statistical Register http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/statregister
- Georgia State Highway Maps, 1921-present
- Georgia Statistical Abstract, 1951-2007
- Georgia Vital Statistics, 1949-2006
- Governor's Budget Report, 1932-33, 1963-present
- Journals of the Georgia House of Representatives, 1975, 1980-2010
- Journals of the Georgia Senate, 1975, 1980, 1981-2010
- Members of the General Assembly of Georgia, Senate and House of Representatives (Picture Book) 1913, 1919-1920, 1923-24, 1953-present
- Occasional Papers in Cultural Resource Management Series, Georgia Dept. of Transportation, 1982-present
- Official State of Georgia Tabulation by Counties, 1950-1994
- SCORP (Georgia Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan) reports, 1968-present
- Summary of General Statutes Enacted, 1971-present
- Transcripts of meetings of the Georgia Select Committee on Constitutional Revision, 1977-1981
GGP is winner of the American Association of Law Libraries' 2003 Public Access to Government Information Award