John S. Walters is Head of Documents/Maps at the Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University. He has served in this position for the past 15 years, previously having worked at the University of Alabama and the University of Richmond. John is a four-time recipient of the Bernard M. Fry/Journal of Government Information Award, and the only author to have won it more than once. The award is given annually for the year’s best article. John is also the author of U.S. Government Publication: Ideological Development and Institutional Politics from the Founding to 1970 (Scarecrow Press, 2005).
Articles
Seeds of Change: Farm Organizations in Depression and Post-War Utah (with Robert Parson and Emily Gurr-Thompson), Utah Historical Quarterly (2011)
As Utah continues to move further and further away from its agricultural base, it is...
The Ideological Development of U.S. Government Publication, 1820-1920: From Jefferson to Croly, Journal of Government Information (2002)
Abstract-This paper traces the development of an ideology for U.S. government publication, focusing primarily on...
Informing the Nation Jacksonian Style: The Ideological Impetus for, and Impediments to, the U.S. Government’s Informing Function During the Antebellum Period, Journal of Government Information (2000)
This article examines the development of the U.S. government's informing function during the antebellum period....
Whose Vision Fulfilled? Toward a Rightful Ideological Progenitor for the U.S. Federal Depository Library Program, Journal of Government Information (1999)
This article addresses the assertion, advanced by the Depository Library Council (DLC) to the Public...
The Republic of Federal Scientific Publication: The Not-So-Public Domain, Journal of Government Information (1998)
This article examines the forces that have made federal scientific publication an essentially private enterprise....
Books
U.S. Government Publication: Ideological Development and Institutional Politics from the Founding to 1970 (2005)
Examines the forces that have deflected U.S. government publication from becoming the public enterprise conceived...
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