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After more than 25 years of operation, STAT-USA is closing its doors. This was not an easy decision, but the world of access to government information has evolved to the point that STAT-USA’s business model, as a fee for service office, is no longer viable. In its early years, STAT-USA was on the progressive edge of government data delivery. Its mandate from Congress, to serve as a central collection and delivery mechanism for economic and trade information from all the federal agencies, was a much-needed innovation. Since then, the Internet and information technology in general have grown and changed at dazzling speed. Information sharing, data tools, and social media have become intrinsic parts of American life. In this new atmosphere, STAT-USA/Internet’s historic role as a straightforward storehouse of static government information releases has become outdated.

IUB received STAT-USA free on a restricted basis through the U.S. Federal Depository Program but in order for users to have broad remote access (i.e. outside the library) we held an additional subscription. All access will cease after September 30. We will work with other librarians nationwide to create finding guides to the more popular services including the Area Handbook Series, Country Commercial Guides, historical datasets (in excel dating back to 1929), among others.