ADMINISTRATIVE NOTES 

 Newsletter of the Federal Depository Library Program

Vol. 17, no. 07 GP 3.16/3-2:17/07 May 15, 1996 

 Handling of Online Electronic Products in the FDLP

 Electronic Government information products are being incorporated into the Federal 

Depository Library Program (FDLP). This includes online electronic products which are available 

on the GPO Access Internet site or on other agencies' electronic information services. Some of 

these intangible electronic products may be related to print editions of the same information 

content. The Library Programs Service (LPS) is developing a consolidated approach to presenting 

and identifying online electronic products. This approach carries forward some of the familiar 

elements of the paper-based model, adapted to fit the needs of the electronic environment. 

 The changeable nature of many online electronic products in terms of permanence or location 

contributes to a distributed information management environment instead of a centralized control 

model. Generally, the originating agency, or the agency which has custody of the data, is best 

positioned to assume responsibility for its permanent availability and location. However, as stated 

in the draft report of the "Study to Identify Measures Necessary for a Successful Transition to a 

More Electronic Federal Depository Library Program," there is still a need for Government-wide 

coordination, particularly in providing for bibliographic access to agency electronic products, and 

in arranging for their permanent preservation and availability for public access. These are the roles 

that GPO intends to play on behalf of the FDLP. 

Electronic Products on GPO Access

 LPS has developed a specific Web page listing online electronic Government titles, arranged by 

Government agency and alphabetically by title under each agency. The "Browse Titles" page is 

located at <http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dpos/btitles.html> and can be reached from the 

Pathway Services page. This page has been expanded to list and connect ("point to") electronic 

titles on other agencies' electronic information services (Internet sites). 

Classification

 GPO's Superintendent of Documents classification system is used to assign permanent and 

unique identifiers to physical Government information products. This has enabled libraries to 

shelve and provide access to their physical collections. However, the location requirements of 

intangible electronic data are not met by any current application of the Superintendent of 

Documents classification system. 

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 In the near term, in order to assist librarians and users with the transition to a more electronic 

FDLP, classification numbers will be assigned to electronic titles. This use of the classification 

system should also assist in relating electronic products to their print antecedents. The application 

of the Superintendent of Documents classification system to physical products will be continued. 

 For electronic information products stored in a digital data repository, permanency and 

uniqueness could be ensured by applying the "persistent name" (or URI, Uniform Resource 

Identifier; or "handle"). Over the next few years a standard for "persistent names" should emerge, 

and LPS will investigate utilizing or adapting this approach to identify the electronic information 

products in the FDLP. 

 A Superintendent of Documents classification number will be used for future electronic 

products in order to allow the title to be processed for the various Monthly Catalog outputs, 

including presentation on the GPO Web site. A committee comprised of ALA Government 

Documents Round Table (GODORT) members and LPS staff has agreed in principle to a 

proposal to apply the classification system to electronic online products. 

Notification of Electronic Products in the FDLP

 The Library Programs Service does not intend to issue an "Electronic Products Shipping List" 

for online products available from GPO Access or other agencies' Internet sites. Information 

concerning electronic products in the FDLP is being included in the Administrative Notes 

Technical Supplement in the E-Report column. The "New and Hot" section on the "Browse 

Titles" page on the GPO Web site will also notify depository libraries of online electronic products 

available from GPO Access or from other agencies' Internet sites. 

 However, notification about electronic products should be an interactive process. LPS 

appreciates the efforts of individual documents librarians to identify new or changing Government 

Internet resources and to notify the depository community about them. This individual initiative is 

an important component of bringing additional electronic products into the FDLP, and we would 

encourage librarians to direct such notices to Robin Haun-Mohamed, Chief of the Depository 

Administration Branch, by e-mail at <chiefdab@access.digex.net>. LPS is also encouraging 

publishing agencies to notify us when they initiate, substantially modify, or terminate an electronic 

information product. 

Selection

 New online electronic titles will be assigned item numbers, which will represent the electronic 

products of an agency. For electronic titles which have physical antecedents in the FDLP the 

existing item number under which the physical form was distributed will continue to be used. This 

will assist depository libraries in establishing profiles with vendors so that only selected categories 

of bibliographic records will be added to their online public access catalogs (OPACs). 

Permanent Preservation for Public Access
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 Historically, the FDLP, through the regional depository libraries, has guaranteed permanent 

preservation of and access to tangible Government information products. Regional depository 

libraries provide for permanent access to relatively complete collections of tangible government 

products dispersed throughout the country. 

 For intangible electronic Government information, a parallel mechanism is needed to ensure 

that this information is kept available for permanent public access. The FDLP will take a 

leadership role in coordinating with the publishing agencies, GPO, the National Archives and 

Records Administration (NARA), and regional and other depository libraries to develop and 

establish a distributed system so that Government information products available via Government 

electronic information services will be maintained permanently for public access. 

 To the extent that electronic Government information constitutes Federal records, as defined by 

NARA, each agency is responsible for establishing a records schedule to evaluate and transfer their 

records to NARA. GPO has a records schedule which provides for transfer and permanent 

retention of all printed Government information products listed in the Monthly Catalog. We will 

work with NARA to expand this schedule so that all electronic FDLP information which is under 

our custody and control is also provided to NARA. We will also work with agencies and NARA to 

attempt to ensure that information products identified at agency Internet sites as falling within the 

scope of the FDLP are maintained for permanent public access. 

Cataloging and Locator Services 

 LPS intends to provide AACR2, MARC format cataloging to all appropriate Government 

information products, whether in a physical format or an electronic file accessible at a Government 

electronic information service. Our cataloging emphasis will continue to be on products which are 

not brought under bibliographic control by another Government agency. 

 GPO cataloging records which include information about electronic products available from 

Government Internet sites will include the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) data. The URL will 

be displayed in the Monthly Catalog records at the GPO Web site, and will be "hot linked" to the 

actual electronic content. 

 In addition to the Monthly Catalog on the GPO Access Web site, LPS is developing a suite of 

Pathway services which permit multiple approaches to locating and connecting to Government 

information products on the Internet: 
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Product

Pathway Indexer (prototype), which provides 

a keyword search of Federal Web sites. 

Browse Topics, which uses the subject 

headings from the Subject Bibliographies. 

Browse Titles, a listing with interactive links to 

products on the Internet. 

GILS (Government Information Locator 

Service) records. 

Points to

Individual products, or parts of products such 

as specific pages within a product, from a "seed 

list" of sites. 

Internet sites. 

Government information products from 

agency electronic information services, 

including GPO Access. 

Metadata about agency programs or 

information resources. 

Reach the Pathway Services page at: <http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces760.html> 
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 Public Access to Electronic Government 

Information 

 Provided through Federal Depository Libraries

 The Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) is in a period of transition, during which 

more and more Government information products are being provided to depository libraries in 

electronic formats. These electronic Government information products may be in a tangible, 

physical format, such as CD-ROMs, or they may be accessible only from an electronic 

Government information service, such as GPO Access. Every depository is expected to be able to 

offer public access to electronic information made available through the FDLP. 

Background

 The "Guidelines for the Federal Depository Library Program" were issued as Federal 

Depository Library Manual Supplement 2 and distributed to all depository libraries on February 

28, 1996. Paragraph 7-8 of the "Guidelines" states that: 

Appropriate hardware and software must be provided for public users accessing electronic 

information available through the Federal Depository Library Program (e.g. CD-ROMs, online databases, etc.). This hardware and software should include computer work stations 

capable of providing Internet access that requires GILS-aware software, CD-ROM readers, 

and printers. 

 This functional statement regarding electronic information access will become a FDLP 

requirement effective October 1, 1996. A related article in this issue, "Recommended Minimum 

Specifications for Public Access Work Stations in Federal Depository Libraries," describes a single 

work station capable of meeting this requirement. 

Inspection Criteria

 During a depository library inspection, LPS will use a functional approach to determine 

compliance with this requirement. The LPS inspector will focus on the depository library's ability 

to provide public access to electronic FDLP information. The method selected by the depository 

library to meet this public access requirement is a local determination. For example, public access 

to Government information provided via the Internet may be provided either through mediated 

searches, or by allowing members of the public to use depository library work stations on their 

own. In making such decisions, depository librarians should bear in mind the "rule of thumb" that 

services associated with FDLP information products should be at the same level as those accorded 

to products which are purchased for the library's collection. 
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 Recommended Minimum Specifications for Public 

Access 

 Work Stations in Federal Depository Libraries

 These recommended specifications are intended to assist depository librarians who are 

planning purchases of new personal computers (PCs) for public use in Federal depository libraries. 

 The "Recommended Minimum Technical Guidelines," last published by the Library Programs 

Service (LPS) in January 1995, are superseded. 

Related Issues and Considerations

 The specifications are intended to assist in the purchase of new public access work stations 

capable of using most text-based FDLP electronic information products. Additional or different 

capabilities may be desirable for work stations used by library staff. Some libraries may elect to 

add applications software, such as spreadsheet, word processing, or data base software, to their 

public access work stations, but this is a local resource management decision. 

 LPS has been advised that work stations which conform to these minimum specifications may 

not be adequate for electronic cartographic information, or to run geographic information system 

(GIS) software. LPS is working with the Cartographic Users Advisory Council (CUAC) to develop 

a supplemental set of specifications which support GIS applications. 

 Depository libraries are encouraged to adapt this menu of specifications to fit their local 

situations. Although these specifications describe a robust multi-purpose single work station, many 

institutions are providing electronic access in networked environments. LPS cannot anticipate or 

address every possible depository library computer scenario. Rather, these specifications are 

intended to assist depository staff in making informed purchases which will best achieve the goal of 

providing public access to Federal Government information in a variety of electronic formats. 

 Computer equipment in depository libraries must be sufficient to allow timely and equitable 

public access to the Government electronic information products and should allow printing or 

downloading information selected by the user. 

 Given the large variation in the size of Federal depository libraries and the numbers of users 

served, LPS can not recommend a universal standard for the number of public access work 

stations in any given library. However, when assessing work station needs, librarians should 

consider such local factors as the amount of information provided over the Internet compared with 

the amount from CD-ROM, whether and how the work stations are networked, to what extent 

users are permitted to perform additional information processing at the public access work 

stations, whether users are experiencing extended waiting times at library peak service hours, etc. 

 LPS has deliberately not provided specifications for Apple Macintosh (Mac) or UNIX work 

stations. Based on responses to the 1995 Biennial Survey, Mac's are the computer of choice for a 
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small minority of the depository libraries. However, depository libraries which have a Mac or 

UNIX environment should assess their functional capabilities in light of these specifications. 

 Many depository libraries have existing computer equipment which is no longer "state of the 

art." These specifications are not intended to be applied retrospectively to existing equipment, 

although they may assist in determining the appropriate time for replacement or upgrading. 

 These specifications are not intended to describe the best possible work station. Instead, they 

are the minimum, or baseline, specifications which should be considered when purchasing new 

stand-alone public access work stations. LPS encourages the purchase of equipment which 

exceeds these minimum specifications if economically feasible. The speed at which the computer 

capabilities evolve suggests that a higher initial outlay will result in an extended useful life for the 

equipment. 

Minimum Work Station Configuration

ComputerIBM-compatible Pentium chip computer operating at 100 mhz 

Memory16 megabytes (Mb) of RAM 

Hard Disk Drive1.2 gigabytes (Gb) capacity; 12 ms or less access time; IDE or SCSI interface 

Floppy Disk3.5" high density drive. Consider a 5.25" drive if you have a collection of 5.25" 

diskettes that have not yet been converted to 3.5". 

ExpansionThree free expansion bus board slots; 1 or more additional hard drive bay(s) desirable; 

2 serial ports and 1 parallel ports. 

MonitorSuper VGA (SVGA) compatible, with at least 70Mhz vertical refresh rate at SVGA 

resolution (800X600) non-interlaced, 0.28 or smaller dot pitch; display 

card which supports 800X600 resolution at 70Mhz or faster. 15" 

monitor minimum, but consider 17". Consider 21" to display full page 

images. 

CD-ROM DriveFor stand-alone use, single or multiple platter drive (ISO 9660 standard). 300 

K/byte per second transfer rate, quadruple (4X) speed support. CDROM XA support. 

PrinterInk jet or laser printer which supports PostScript. 2 Mb memory. Consider color. 

Pointing DeviceMicrosoft-compatible mouse or similar pointing device to support programs and 

Microsoft Windows. 

Network ConnectionDirect Internet or SLIP/PPP connection. 
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Or 

Modem28.8 kbps data transfer rate, meeting V.32, V.42, V.42bis or MNP 5 standards and 

compatible with Hayes "AT" command set. 

Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 3.1 or later (requires MS-DOS 3.3 or higher). Device driver 

for CD-ROM drive and MS-DOS CD-ROM extensions. 

CommunicationsPackage which supports multiple file transfer protocols; several terminal 

emulations such as ANSI-BBS, TTY, VT-100. Data transfer rates up to 

28.8 kbps. Supports Hayes "AT" compatible modems; manages telnet 

sessions. Consider ability to "script" log-on files. 

Client SoftwareWorld Wide Web graphical browser with forms support. ANSI Z39.50 

compatible, GILS-aware WAIS client. Consider EINet WinWais 

customized for GPO Access. 

ViewersPDF file viewer. GIF and JPEG graphics viewers. 

Applications Software Options 

DatabasedBASE file format compatible or dBASE and ASCII comma delimited file importing 

database management software; useful to have fixed field format (SDF) 

import ability. 

SpreadsheetLotus .WK1 file format compatible software; support for other formats such as Excel 

and Quattro Pro. 

Word ProcessingSoftware capable of importing major text file formats (Microsoft Word, 

WordPerfect, Multimate, etc.) and ASCII text files. 
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May 2, 1996 

Dear Depository Librarian: 

The U.S. Geological Survey has recently notified the Library Programs Service that the 

publication, Hydrogeology and Potential for Development of Carbonate-Rock Aquifers in 

Southern Nevada and Southeastern California, contains erroneous or misleading information. 

I am requesting that you immediately withdraw this publication from your depository collection 

and destroy it. 

A corrected version will be printed and distributed to all selecting depository libraries at a later 

date. The new version will have the same name and publication number (USGS Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 95-4168), but the cover probably will be a different color. 

Descriptive information on this work is as follows: 

Title: Hydrogeology and Potential for Development of Carbonate-Rock Aquifers in 

Southern Nevada and Southeastern California 

SuDocs: I 19.42/4:95-4168 

Item: 0624-B 

Shipping list: 96-0205-P 

Dated: 4/24/96 

Both LPS and the U.S. Geological Survey regret any inconvenience resulting from the shipment of 

this publication. 

Sincerely, 

WAYNE P. KELLEY 

Superintendent of Documents 
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 UPS Awarded Mailing Contract

 On April 1, 1996 United Parcel Service (UPS) was awarded a small package mailing contract 

from the U.S. Government Printing Office. All depository shipments from the central office were 

included in the contract. 

 The contract was previously held by Roadway Package Service (RPS). Please note that RPS 

will continue to make deliveries for all Separate shipments. 

 GPO Access Training Opportunity in New York 

During ALA

 In conjunction with this July's (1996) American Library Association annual conference in New 

York City, GPO Access training will be available for depository librarians and all other librarians. 

 The training is scheduled for Monday, July 8 and Tuesday, July 9. The training will be hosted 

by the New York Public Library, Science, Industry and Business Library, Electronic Training 

Center, located at 188 Madison Avenue (34th & 35th Streets and Lexington Ave.). 

 There will be two sessions each day: 8:30 a.m.-approximately 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.- 

approximately 4:00 p.m. Seating is limited. The Tuesday sessions will be reserved solely for 

depository librarians; Monday sessions are open to all librarians visiting New York for the 

convention or for librarians in the New York metropolitan area. 

 If you are interested please register as soon as possible by contacting: 

 John Berger, Marketing Specialist 

 Office of Electronic Information Dissemination Services 

 jberger@gpo.gov 

 Fax: (202) 512-1262 

 Tel: (202) 512-1525 
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 GPO Access Training Opportunity in Indianapolis 

During AALL

 In conjunction with this July's (1996) American Association of Law Libraries annual 

conference in Indianapolis, Indiana, GPO Access training will be available for depository librarians 

and all other librarians. 

 The hands-on training is scheduled for Thursday, July 18 and will be hosted by Indiana 

University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, University Library, Room 0106, 755 West Michigan 

St., Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202-5195. 

 There will be two sessions: 9:00 a.m.- noon and again from 1:30 p.m.- 4:30 p.m. Seating is 

limited by the number of terminals available, so get your reservations in early. 

 If you are interested please register as soon as possible by contacting: 

 John Berger, Marketing Specialist 

 Office of Electronic Information Dissemination Services 

 jberger@gpo.gov 

 Fax: (202) 512-1262 

 Tel: (202) 512-1525 

 GPO Access Database Name Changes:

 Jefferson's Manual Now House Rules Manual

 Jefferson's Manual online via GPO Access has been renamed House Rules Manual. The 

database is already accessible via the new name, so please make the necessary changes outlined 

below immediately. After April 26, the old database name and source file information will no 

longer allow you to access the database. 

 If you are accessing the online databases via the World Wide Web, dial-in, telnet, or a gateway 

you do not need to make any changes yourself. Simply note the change in the database name. 

However, if you are using a WAIS client you will need to make several adjustments to your source 

file. Please make the change immediately. 

 If you need to edit your source file, the settings are as follows: 

 Name:House Rules Manual 

 Host:wais.access.gpo.gov 

 Database:house-rules-manual 

 Port: 210 
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 Description (optional) The House Rules Manual online via GPO Access contains the revised 

edition of the Rules and Manual of the House of Representatives for the 103d 

Congress (House Document #103-342). The House Rules and Manual contains the 

fundamental source material for parliamentary procedure used in the House of 

Representatives: the Constitution of the United States; applicable provisions of 

Jefferson's Manual; rules of the House (as of October 7, 1994); provisions pertinent 

decisions of the Speakers and other presiding officers of the procedural authority 

used in the House of Representatives. The rules for the One Hundred Fourth 

Congress were adopted on January 4, 1995, when the House agreed to House 

Resolution 6. This resolution reinstated the rules of the One Hundred Third 

Congress with amendments to various standing rules and with several free-standing 

provisions, as well. Explanations of these changes appear in the annotations 

following each rule in the text of this Manual. Files are available as ASCII text and 

as Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) files. This database will not 

be updated. 

A. Editing a Source File for WinWAIS

 Execute the following steps to edit a source file for an existing database: 

1.Open the WinWAIS software; 

2.Pull down the Edit menu and select the Select Sources menu item; 

3.Click on the database to be edited; 

4.Click on View 

5.Edit the information in the appropriate fields using the information provided above; 

6.Click the OK button in the Edit WAIS Source Definition Window; 

7.Click on Save to overwrite the existing source file; 

8.Click on the OK button in the Selected WAIS Sources Window. 

B. Editing a Source File For MacWAIS

 Execute the following steps to edit a source file for an existing database: 

1.Open the MacWAIS software2.Choose "edit" from the Sources pull down menu 

3.Highlight the database to be modified 

4.Change the database information as indicated above 

5.Click the OK button. 

6.Save as the new database name and click OK 

7.Delete the old source file from the source directory. 

 For further assistance, contact the GPO Access User Support Team by e-mail at 

gpoaccess@gpo.gov, by phone at 202-512-1530 or by fax at 202-512-1262. 
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 Public Printer Names Five to Depository Library 

Council

 Public Printer Michael F. DiMario has named five new members to the Depository Library 

Council to the Public Printer. The Council advises the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) 

on issues related to the public access to Government information through the Federal Depository 

Library Program (FDLP). Administered by GPO, the FDLP is a nationwide geographicallydispersed system consisting of nearly 1,400 libraries acting in partnership with the United States 

Government for the purpose of enabling the general public to have local access to Federal 

Government information at no cost. 

 The newly appointed members bring diversified experience to the Council. They are: 

 Thomas K. Andersen, Head, Government Publications, California State Library, Sacramento, 

CA; 

 Carol Bednar, Senior Assistant Librarian, University Library, California State University 

Fullerton, Fullerton, CA; 

 Denise Davis, Public Library Consultant, Division of Library Development & Services, 

Maryland Department of Education, Baltimore, MD; 

 Diane Eldelman, Documents Librarian, Suffolk Cooperative Library System, Bellport, NY; 

and 

 Margaret S. Walker, Head, Government Documents Department, Florida Atlantic University, 

Boca Raton, FL. 

 The Federal Depository Library Program is one of the major means by which the Federal 

Government fulfills its information dissemination responsibilities to the citizenry. In Fiscal Year 

1995, GPO distributed more than 20 million copies of over 63,000 individual publications in 

paper, microfiche, and electronic formats to depository libraries. 

 Fifty-three "regional" depositories receive all publications distributed through the FDLP for 

permanent retention to ensure that archival resource collections of Government documents 

remain available throughout the United States. The remaining "selective" depositories may choose 

to receive only specific categories of Government documents at no cost. Depository libraries 

maintain tangible Government information products for use by the general public, offer 

professional assistance in locating and using Government information, and provide local capability 

for the general public to access Government electronic information services. 

 The Depository Library Council to the Public Printer consists of 15 representatives of the 

Government information community, who serve for a term of 3 years. Each year, five members 

are appointed by the Public Printer. The newly appointed members will be introduced to Council 

activities and procedures at the fall 1996 meeting in Salt Lake City, UT. 
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 Depository Library Council Members

 Revised April 12, 1996 

TERM EXPIRES SEPTEMBER 30, 1996 

Cynthia Etkin 

Government Services Supervisor 

Helm-Cravens Library 

Western Kentucky University 

Bowling Green, KY 42101 

(502) 745-6441 

Fax: (502) 745-5943 

etkin@wkyuvm.wku.edu 

Linda M. Kennedy 

Head, Govt. Documents Dept. 

Shields Library 

University of California, Davis 

Davis, CA 95616 

(916) 752-1624 

Fax: (916) 752-3148 

lmkennedy@ucdavis.edu 

Wilda Marston 

2001 Turnagain Parkway 

Anchorage, AK 99517 

(907) 248-4793 

Fax: (907) 243-4359 

Daniel P. O'Mahony 

Government Documents Coordinator 

John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library 

Brown University 

Providence, RI 02912 

(401) 863-2522 

Fax: (401) 863-1272 

ap201159@brownvm.brown.edu 

Bobby C. Wynn 

Director of Library Services 

Fayetteville State University 

Charles W. Chesnutt Library 

1200 Murchison Road 

Fayetteville, NC 28301-4298 

(910) 486-1232 

Fax: (910) 486-1746 

bobby@lib1.uncfsu.edu 

TERM EXPIRES SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 

Phyllis R. Christenson 

Director, Information Services Center 

U.S. General Accounting Office 

441 G Street NW. 

Washington, DC 20548 

(202) 512-2647 

(202) 512-8405 

pchristenson@gao.gov 

Susan Dow 

Head, Documents Dept. 

State University of New York at Buffalo 

Charles B. Sears Law Library 

2022 Northwood Drive 

Williamsville, NY 14221 

(716) 645-2347 

Fax: (716) 645-3860 

lwlsusan@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu 

Janice Anita Fryer 

Reference Librarian 

152 Parks Library 

Iowa State University 

Ames, IA 50011 

(515) 294-2849 

Fax: (515) 294-1885 

jfryer@iastate.edu 

Stephen M. Hayes 

Reference & Public Documents Librarian 

115 Hesburgh Library 

University of Notre Dame 

Notre Dame, IN 46556-2956 

(219) 631-5268 

(219) 631-6043 

shayes@vma.cc.nd.edu 

David R. Hoffman 

P.O. Box 247 
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Harrisburg, PA 17108-0247 

(717) 232-7926 

TERM EXPIRES SEPTEMBER 30, 1998 

Eliot J. Christian 

Chief, Data & Information Mgmt. Staff 

Information Systems Division 

U.S. Geological Survey 

802 National Center 

Reston, VA 22092 

(703) 648-7245 

Fax: (703) 648-7069 

echristi@usgs.gov 

Dan Clemmer 

Head Librarian 

U.S. Department of State Library 

IM/IS/OIS/LR, Room 3239 

Washington, DC 20520 

(202) 647-3002 

Fax: (202) 647-2971 

clemmer@class.org 

Lynn G. Walshak 

Head, Government Documents Dept. 

Zach Henderson Library 

Georgia Southern University 

Statesboro, GA 30460-8074 

(912) 681-5117 

Fax: (912) 681-5034 

lwalshak@gasou.edu 

Anne Watts 

Coordinator, Information and Technology 

Services 

St. Louis Public Library 

1301 Olive 

St. Louis, MO 63103 

(314) 539-0377 

Fax: (314) 539-0393 

bookie@vulcan.inlink.com 

Dr. Richard Hume Werking 

Director, Nimitz Library, Associate Dean and 

Professor of History 

U.S. Naval Academy 

Annapolis, MD 21402-5029 

(410) 293-6901 

Fax: (410) 293-3669 

rwerking@nadn.navy.mil 

TERM EXPIRES SEPTEMBER 30, 1999 

Thomas K. Andersen 

Head, Government Publications 

California State Library 

Government Publications Section 

P.O. Box 942837 

Sacramento, CA 94237-0001 

(916) 654-0243 

Fax: (916) 654-0241 

tanderse@library.ca.gov 

Carol Bednar 

Government Documents Coordinator 

Department of Technical Service 

University Library 

California State University Fullerton 

Fullerton, CA 92634 

(714) 449-7035 

cbednar@fullerton.edu 

Denise Davis 

Public Library Consultant 

Division of Library Development & Services 

Maryland Department of Education 

Baltimore, MD 

(410) 767-0437 

Fax: (410) 333-2507 

dd46@umail.umd.edu 

Diane Eidelman 

Documents Librarian 

Suffolk Cooperative Library System 

627 North Sunrise Service Road 

Bellport, NY 11713 

(516) 286-1600 ext. 325 

Fax: (516) 286-1647 

diane@suffolk.lib.ny.us 

Margaret S. Walker 
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Head, Government Documents 

Department 

Florida Atlantic University 

3130 Millwood Terrace, #M109 

Boca Raton, FL 33431 

(407) 367-3788 

walker@acc.fau.edu 

Table of Contents

Handling of Online Electronic Products in the FDLP ................................................. 1 

Public Access to Electronic Government Information Provided through 

 Federal Depository Libraries............................................................................ 5 

Recommended Minimum Specifications for Public Access Work Stations 

 in Federal Depository Libraries......................................................................... 6 

SuDocs Letter: Destroy USGS Document ............................................................... 9 

UPS Awarded Mailing Contract...........................................................................10 

GPO Access Training Opportunity in New York During ALA......................................10 

GPO Access Training Opportunity in Indianapolis During AALL..................................11 

GPO Access Database Name Changes: Jefferson's Manual Now House Rules Manual.........11 

Public Printer Names Five to Depository Library Council ...........................................13 

Depository Library Council Members (Rev. 4/12/96) ................................................14