Approved-By:  "McKinzie, Steven" <MCKINZIE@DICKINSN.BITNET>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.govdoc-l
Date:         Tue, 29 Sep 1992 08:39:12 EDT
From:         "McKinzie, Steven" <MCKINZIE@DICKINSN.Bitnet>
Subject:      GPO Reorganization:
Comments: To: govdoc-l@psuvm.bitnet

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Subject: Re: re: GPO Reorganization:

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>From: "McKinzie, Steven" <MCKINZIE%DICKINSN.BITNET@pucc.Princeton.EDU>
>Subject:      GPO Reorganization:
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>From: "Duncan Aldrich" <duncan@EQUINOX.UNR.EDU>
>Subject: GPO Reorganization
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>Folks:
>
>To those of you who have been around even a short while you realize the
>far reaching nature of the recent reorganization of the Government Printing
>Office.  As outlined in a recent Administrative Notes, a number of people
>we are accustomed to working with have been shuffled around -- and in a
>couple of cases seem to have been shuffled clear out of the deck.
>
>I am posting this message in hopes that any of you who have any concern on
>the recent GPO organization will express your opinions.  My main personal
>concern is that Joe McClane has been moved out of the DLP completely.  I
>have always thought Joe to be a person who understood the day to day problems
>that depository librarians face and who one could communicate with frankly
>concerning those problems.  From my perspective, Joe seemed to function as
>an ombudsman for the librarians.  It is my hope that his successor can keep
>this upbeat manner that Joe brought to the job and maintain the level of
>trust and communication that currently exist between the depository libraries
>and the GPO.
>
>sincerely,
>duncan
>
>  ***********************
>
>Duncan M. Aldrich
>Head, Government Publications Department
>Main Library
>University of Nevada, Reno
>Reno, Nevada 89557-0044
>
>(702) 784-6579
>duncan@equinox.unr.edu
>duncan@equinox.bitnet
>
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Since we are not a depository library, we don't really have much of a voice
in the matter.  I am dismayed however, that all my reliable contacts are no
longer where they should be!  The whole "reorganization" deal seems totally
out of line, in particular with the displacement of Joe McClane.  I just
can't fathom how in the world this is supposed to help anyone!  It almost
seems like punishment!

Like I said, our opinion doesn't count for much, but here's our two cents
anyway!

Joan Chapa
Mgr., GPO Services
MARCIVE, Inc.

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