October 1979

Number 36 GP 3.27:36 U.S. Government Printing Office Assistant Public Printer (Superintendent of Documents)

Nuclear Power

Information is Nearer

Than You Think!

Many of our 1300+ depository

libraries help patrons who are in- terested in local nuclear power facilities. Depending on what a depository happens to have on hand,

or knows is available elsewhere, the

information is provided. One of

many nuclear items offered by our

Depository Library Program is particularly useful. It is item number

1053, the Annual Report of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

(NRC), classification number Y 3.N

88:1/978. It is presently available

for sale by GPO. The price is $5.25

and the stock number is 052-010-

00501-4.

How can this publication prove

especially helpful? Not only does it provide an interesting and well- written overview of activities of the

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

but it also includes information on, and listing of, 138 libraries which

take part in their Public Document

Room Program (see: pp. 218-19,

267-72 of Annual Report 1978).

The listing is arranged by state and

nearest nuclear power facility. Each

library has been carefully selected

by the NRC for its nearness to the

facility. It receives considerable

unique material not available else- where in the state, as well as other

general material. All of the publications are intended to be readily

available to interested members of the public. At present, of the 138

libraries participating, 42 are de- pository libraries.

If you are interested in this fine nuclear informational program, the

NRC will be pleased to hear from

you. Their address is:

Public Document Room

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

1717 H Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20555

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DOCUMENT REVIEW Special Needs

[HIGHLIGHTS welcomes short reviews

by depository librarians of significant recent documents. Just send them

typed double-spaced to the Editor. Our

second such contribution is by Mr.

Victor P. Gendrano, Government Publications Librarian, Huntington Park Li- brary.]

Social and Economic Status of the

Black Population in the United

States: An Historical View, 1790-

1978. (Washington: Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1979.) Pp. x, 271.

$4.50. C3.186:P23/80. (Available through GPO Bookstores, Stock

Number 003-024-01659-1.)

This statistical report details the

growth, development, and changes

in population (including slaves),

labor, employment, occupation, education, family, health, housing,

voting and registration, elected offi- cials, and number in the armed

forces of Black people.

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The statistical tables are summarized in appropriate graphs

clearly showing the pattern of changes for each socioeconomic in- dicator. In addition, the graphs and

tables are discussed highlightingthe more important changes and trends

for the years covered.

In most of the tables, there are comparative figures for whites and

sometimes other races, so one can

readily discern how they compare

with one another.

The report consists of two parts: Part 1 deals with the period from

1790 to 1975, and Part 2 covers the

years 1976 to 1978. Appended are:

list of references, source of data,

definition of terms used, and supplemental tables. By far, this contains the most

comprehensive and up-to-date socioeconomic information on Afro-Americans in one volume. Recommended

for all libraries.

If your depository library has some special needs of a general

or specific nature, let us know. If you can offer discards (long runs

are most desirable), write the

requesting depository a letter (sending a copy to your regional).

The library accepting the material

agrees to pay any postage and

packing costs that may be

necessary.

Specific needs

Cumulative Index Medicus, vol. 6

to conclusion.

Ms. Viola Jean Dunn

Documents Librarian V Government Publications Section

California State College Library

9001 Stockdale Highway

Bakersfield, California 93309

Business Operations Digest, 1974,

Nov.

Department of State Bulletin,

vol. 77, no. 1986; vol. 78, no. 2021.

Economic Indicators, 1976, Jan.; 1977, Jan.-March.

Employment and Earnings, vol. 22,

nos. 5-6.

Federal Reserve Bulletin, vol. 63,

no. 3.

Monthly Checklist of State

Publications, vol. 66, no. 5.

Mr. Herbert Linville, Head

Government Publications

Department

University of California Library

Santa Barbara, California 93106
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Our Best Effort!

[Only two very welcome contributions were received by your Editor during the Summer months. HIGHLIGHTS wants

to hear from you. Write! Also send black and white photos!]

"Probably the most effective pubj J-elations tool for our students has

been teaching a document session

in various academic classes. Ar- rangements for the class are made

with the individual professor.

"This past year, we conducted a documents orientation session for special librarians in the local area. This proved quite successful, and

has resulted in greater utilization of the collection by these libraries. "Another public relations device we use is writing to State and Federal legislators following their election, informing them of the depository and our willingness to serve them, their staff and constituents.

"We also meet frequently with the

Government Services Librarian of the County Public Library to keep

her informed of our acquisitions.

Periodically, we send her the List of

Classes with our selections marked.

We also solicit her suggestions for additional items."

tor

*~ Mary Anne Burns Duffy

Documents and Map Librarian

West Chester State College

West Chester, Pennsylvania

"The supposed fact that Government publications are not utilized to

their fullest potential in college li- brary depositories is continually re- peated in the professional literature. To overcome this situation, a promotional technique used at the Milne

Library is a short selective dissemination bibliography sent to all in- structors teaching classes related to Government subject matter. This

technique, in addition to follow-up

activities, has increased patron use

at least threefold.

"The librarian carefully reviews

the class master schedule approximately three to four weeks before

the new semester. From five to ten

pertinent titles related to the course

subject matter are included on each

standard form [Editor's note: The

form is headed with the statement,

Have you ever wanted to make a special effort to encourage library users to get better acquainted with

Government documents? If so, you

will find the enthusiastic staff of your

nearest GPO Bookstore only too will- ing to assist you. They will gladly

provide information on available

publications, accept orders against

deposit account numbers over the

The Document Section of the College

Library recently received the follow- ing publications which might be of interest to you, your colleagues, and

the students. These materials are now ready for your use in the Document Section.] An invitation to address the class or to tour the collec- tion is also included if there are a large number of worthy titles. "Often the faculty have no idea

of the existence of such titles. In many cases, student assignments

are then centered around them, or the documents are placed on reserve

for the semester. Most faculty also

mention these notes to their classes

which encourages students to visit the collection. A typical enthusiastic

student comment is: 'just what I need; I would never have thought of using the depository if my professor

hadn't mentioned your note' "

David W. Parish

Government Douments

Librarian

Milne Library

College of Arts and Sciences

State University of New York

Geneseo, New York

phone, and supply special quantities

of material for distribution. These in- clude: U.S. Government Publications Order Cards, the Consumers

Guide to Federal Publications, the

booklet Government Periodicals and

Subscriptions Services, and the

most recent issue of Selected U.S. Government Publications.

GPO Bookstores

Are Pleased To Help Depository Libraries
Questions and Answers

Q. Ms. Judith Daso, Documents Li- brarian with the Ohio University Li- brary in Athens, Ohio, writes: "I am

interested in information on standardized statistics for the acquisition

of U.S. documents. I have started to

collect information on definitions of

volumes, periodicals, etc., and have, so far, not been able to really clarify

which items should be included ac- cording to U.S. Office of Education,

etc. One source says documents

should not be included in the total library volume count unless they are cataloged and classified by some

other system than SuDoc. Another

source says they should be. Can you

offer any accepted guidelines that

will help?"

A. At present, neither the Instruc- tions to Depository Libraries, nor the

Guidelines to the Depository Library

System, provide such definitions.

However, the importance of sta- tistics is clearly recognized in guideline 5-8, which states: "The library

should maintain statistics of the col- lection needed for the Biennial Sur- vey." Fortunately, the statistics re- quested in the Survey, and by visit- ing Depository Library Inspectors,

Monthly Catalog

Corner

Users of the Monthly Catalog and

Library of Congress Subject Headings should be aware that the Subject Cataloging Division of the Li- brary of Congress is in the process

of revising its form of legal subdivisions. The effort is intended to en- hance uniformity of style and consistency of application to these subdivisions. Changes in the form of

legal subdivisions will occur periodically overthe coming months.

GPO and the Library of Congress

have discussed the impact of these

changes in the cataloging for the

Monthly Catalog in light of the in- ability of GPO to predict the timing

of the changes, the resulting confusion in subject cataloging practices, and subsequent discrepancies

of application in the printed indexes.

Based on this discussion, it was mutually agreed that GPO would insti- tute unilateral changes in use of the

legal subdivisions in accordance

with the following guidelines prior

to LC.

All legal subdivisions varying from

the forms "Law and legislation"

are very minimal. The prevailing

measurement methods of depositories, while differing, do seem adequate for both the Survey and forthe

Inspectors. That the acceptance of generally agreed upon standards for documents counting would be valuable, is quite true. Perhaps you

would like to consider raising this question with the members of the

Depository Library Council to the

Public Printer, which has already

provided such useful guidelines for so many other areas of the Depository Library Program.

(used under topical subject headings), and "Legal status, laws, etc." (used under classes of persons,

types of occupational groups, or names of ethnic groups), are to be

changed to one of these forms, depending upon the subject, in routine

cataloging usage. This applies to all printed subject headings in the 8th

edition of Library of Congress Subject Headings, and its supplements.

By way of example, if the subdivision "Law and legislation" has

been established by the Library of Congress under a specific ethnic

group, GPO cataloging practice

would change it to "Legal status,

laws, etc." /

The agreement was reached to al- low for uniformity in cataloging and

an orderly appearance of subject

headings in the indexes to the

Monthly Catalog. The Library of Congress will eventually be making the

above changes to all appropriate

headings. The impact of these modifications will be that some headings

will appear, on the surface, to reflect incorrect usage in the Monthly Catalog. When the Library of Congress

completes its process of editorial changes to the legal subdivisio^

GPO and LC practice will again be in consonance.
SUMMER PARTICIPANTS in GPO's Library and Statutory Distribution Workshops.

Georgia Documents

Librarians Are Producing

A Newsletter!

A very informative new documents newsletter is making the

ounds of Georgia libraries. The Editor is willing to send sample copies

to interested librarians—especially

those of neighboring Southern

States. The publication is entitled,

Documents in Georgia, and appears

twice a year at present. For a copy,

write to:

Ms. Sandra McAninch

Documents Librarian U.S. Document Depository

Service

University of Georgia

Libraries

Athens, Georgia 30602

"Murphy's Law"

Was The Joker!

One ' of many alert readers of August's HIGHLIGHTS remarked:

"That the Editor is a Lawrence Welk

fan, and not a riverboat gambler, is now pretty obvious!" The term

"Joker Box" does indeed derive

from the card game, "Poker," and

not the dance, "Polka." Your Editor's nemesis, "Murphy's Law," also

exerted baleful influence on the

masthead of June's HIGHLIGHTS,

where the number should have been

"34."
Aerospace Safety, vol. 28; vol. 31,

nos. 1-9, 11; vol. 32, nos. 2, 9.

Agricultural Economics Research,

vols. 15, 16; vol. 21, no. 4.

Air Pollution Abstracts, vol. 2, no. 4; vol. 3, no. 2; vol. 5, no. 11.

All Hands, nos. 696, 698-704, 706,

713, 715, 729.

American Education, vol. 10, nos.

1, 6, 9.

Children Today, vol. 4, nos. 1, 3-4,

Civil Rights Digest, vol. 6, no. 1; vol. 9, no. 2.

Civil Service Journal, vol. 14, nos. 1-3.

Commerce Today, vol. 1, no. 3; vol. 3, nos. 4, 8.

Commercial Fisheries Review, vol. 22, nos. 1-7.

Department of State Bulletin, vol. 77, nos. 1998, 2002.

Department of State Newsletter,

1970. March-April; 1971-72;

1973, July; 1974, Jan-Oct, Dec.

Dimensions, vol. 57, nos. 1-7; vol. 58, no. 3.

Energy Abstracts for Policy Analysis,

vol. 1, no. 3.

Energy Research Abstracts, vol. 3, no. 8.

F.B.I. Law Enforcement Bulletin,

vol. 43, nos. 1-7.

F. D.A. Papers, vol. 5, no. 10.

Fishery Bulletin, vol. 63, no. 1; vol. 69, no. 2.

Foreign Agriculture, vol. 5, no. 6;

vol. 7, no. 37; vol. 10, nos. 14, 18;

vol. 11, no. 46; vol. 12, no. 46;

vol. 13, no. 2; vol. 16, nos. 8, 24.

G. A.O. Review, 1966, Spring,

Summer; 1967, Winter; 1970,

Summer.

International Commerce, vol. 75,

nos. 43, 47; vol. 76.

Job Safety and Health, vol. 1, no.

8; vol. 2, no. 12.

Monthly Checklist of State

Publications, vol. 60, no. 2.

Monthly Labor Review, vols. 12,

19-20, 22, 25,47, 50, 52; vol. 100, nos. 3-4.

Nuclear Safety, vol. 6, no. 4; vol. 16,

no. 1.

Nuclear Science Abstracts, vol. 31

,

no. 1.

102 Monitor, vol. 1; vol. 2, no. 1; vol. 4, no. 3.

Mr. Jim Walsh

Documents Librarian

Olson Library

Northern Michigan University

Marquette, Michigan 49855

Congressional Record, vol. 120, pt/

2-4, 25-33; vol. 121, pts. 1-32, ^ 34; vol. 122, pts. 1—11.

Ms. Marillyn B. Soulen

Documents Librarian

Hamline University

School of Law Library

1536 Hewitt Avenue

St. Paul, Minnesota 55104

Official Register of the United

States, 1869, 1923, 1926,

1932-35.

Ms. Joan G. Kerschner

Documents Librarian

Nevada State Library

Caoitol Complex

Carson City, Nevada 89710

Census of Population: 1950, vol.

Ill, Census Tract Statistics (all cities).

Mr. Julius Landau f

Government Documents Librarian

Brooklyn Public Library

280 Cadman Plaza West

Brooklyn, New York 11201
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Specific Offers

Contact should be made with the

library making the offer, not with

your Editor! Libraries not having

Regionals may only offer depository

material when they have replaced it with microform or reprint, and have

inquired from depositories within

their state if it is wanted there. Duplicate copies, gifts, purchases, and

other Government documents not re- ceived through the depository pro- gram may also be offered by depositories.

Public Papers of President Herbert

Hoover, 1932-33.

Ms. Debbie Christianson

isistant Clerk

Alaska State Court System Library

303 K Street Anchorage, Alaska 99501

Official Gazette, 1925, Dec. through

1952. Jan.

Ms. Josephine M. Sutton

Documents Librarian

Fresno County Free Library

2420 Mariposa Street Fresno, California 93721

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Yearbooks, as new, 1948 (50), 1955

(125), 1951 (160), 1959 (15),

1960 (35), 1962 (135), 1963

(220), 1964 (230), 1965 (400),

1966 (275), 1967 (10), 1968 (80),

1971 (50); also multiples of good

used copies pre-1900 through the

1930's.

_^s. Louise Cothary, Head

A.P./Gift & Exchange Section

University of California Library

Davis, California 95616

Survey of Current Business, vol. 44,

no. 11; vol. 46, no. 5; vol. 47, nos.

7, 9-12; vol. 48; vol. 49, nos. 1-10,

12; vol. 50; vol. 51, nos. 1-6, 7 (pt.

1), 8-12; vol. 52, nos. 2-4, 5 (pt. 1), 6-12; vol. 53; vol. 54; vol. 55, nos. 3-6.

Mr. Herbert Linville, Head

Government Publications

Department

University of California Library

Santa Barbara, California 93106

House, Banking, Currency and

Housing, 94th Cong., 2nd Sess.,

Federal Reserve Consultations on

the Conduct of Monetary Policy.

House, Interior and Insular Affairs,

94th Cong., 2nd Sess., Omnibus

Wilderness Hearings, pts. 1, 3-6.

House, Professional Sports . . . Select Committee, 94th Cong., 2nd

Sess., Inquiry into Professional

Sports, pt. 1.

House, Science and Technology,

94th Cong., 2nd Sess., Briefing on Mars Exploration; International

Space Law; 1978 NASA

Authorization; Tracking and Data

Relay Satellite System.

House, Veterans Affairs, 94th Cong.,

2nd Sess., Legislative

Recommendation of Veteran's

Organizations, 1976.

Joint Economic Committee, 94th

Cong., 2nd Sess., Allocation of Resources in the Soviet Union and

China—1976.

Senate, Agriculture and Forestry,

94th Cong., 2nd Sess., Food Stamp

Vender Fraud.

Senate, Banking, Housingand

Urban Affairs, 94th Cong., 2nd

Sess., National Consumer

Cooperative Bank Act.

Senate, Commerce, 94th Cong., 2nd

Sess., Earthquake Disaster

Mitigation Act of 1975.

Senate, Intelligence Activities . . . Select Committee, 94th Cong., 2nd

Sess., Supplementary Detailed

Staff Reports on Foreign and

Military Intelligence, book 4,

copies 1-3.

Senate, Judiciary, 94th Cong., 2nd

Sess., Communist Bloc Intelligence

Activities in the U.S.

Senate, Labor and Public Welfare,

94th Cong., 2nd Sess., Emergency

Jobs and Unemployment; Full Employment and Balanced Growth

Act, 1976.

Mr. Erhard F. Konerding

Documents Librarian

Olin Library

Wesleyan University

Middletown, Connecticut 06457

Serial Set, 12792-2-5, 12794-1,

12795-1, 3-5, 12797-2, 4,

12886-5.

Ms. Sandra Sadow

Documents Librarian

Delaware Law School Library

Post Office Box 7475

Concord Pike

Wilmington, Delaware 19803
I.C.C. Reports, vols. 2, 12-14, 17,

123, 167, 262, 264, 268, 281.

I.C.C. Reports, Motor Carrier

Cases, vol. 52.

Letters of Delegates of Congress,

1774-1789, vol.3.

Monthly Checklist of State

Publications, bound, 1967-68,

1970-71, unbound, 1972.

Mr. Martin D. Sugden

Reference Librarian

Swisher Library

Jacksonville University

Jacksonville, Florida 32211

Annual Report of the Council on

Environmental Quality, 9th.

Index of Trademarks, 1928-30,

1933, 1938.

LEAA Newsletter, vol. 6, no. 12;

vol. 7, no. 1; vol. 8, nos. 1, 3.

U.S. Attorney General's Committee

on Administrative Procedure, nos. 2-3 (vols. 1-2), 4-10, 12 (vol. 2),

13-16, 18-19 (vols. 1-2), 20-22

(vols. 1-2), 24 (vol. 1).

Ms. Virginia C. Thomas

Documents Librarian

Chicago-Kent College of Law Library

77 South Wacker Drive

Chicago, Illinois 60606

Department of State Bulletin, vols. 54-57.

Register of Commissioned and

Warrant Officers of the U.S. Navy,

1968-73.

Mr. David W. Parish

Government Documents Librarian

Milne Library State University of New York

Geneseo, New York 14454

1950 Census of Housing, vol. 1, pts.

1-7, vol. 2, pts. 1-4, vols. 3-4.

1950 Census of Population, Special

Reports, vol. 1, vol. 2, pts. 1, 5, 7,

9, 30-31, 45, vol. 4, pts. 1, 1A, IB, ID; pts. 2, 2A, 2C, 2D, 2E; pts. 3,

3A, 3B, 3C, 3D; pts. 4, 4B, 4C, 4D;

pts. 5, 5A, 5B, 5C.

Ms. Thelma Freides, Head

Public Services

SUNY College at Purchase

Purchase, New York 10577

NASA, Scientific and Technical

Aerospace Reports, vol. 1, no. 2

through vol. 14, no. 24.

Mr. Melville Spence

Documents Librarian

Bowling Green State University

Library

Bowling Green, Ohio 43403

American Education, vol. 11, nos. 1-6.

Monthly Catalog, 1976, Jan.-Sept., Nov.-Dec, Cumulative Index,

July-Dec; 1977, Jan.-June,

Cumulative Index, Jan.-Dec.

Resources in Education, vol. 11, i

nos. 5-6.

'

Survey in Current Business, vol. 54, no. 10, vol. 55, nos. 1-12.

Mr. Floyd W. Miller

Librarian

Ruth Scarborough Library

Shepherd College

Shepherdstown, West Virginia

25443

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such material, to edit it, and to af sign priorities of circulation.

Serial Set, 3885/4 (Atlas of Philippine Islands).

Ms. Dorothy Johnson

Documents Librarian

Worcester Public Library

Salem Square

Worcester, Massachusetts 01608