ADMINISTRATIVE NOTES

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LIBRARY PROGRAM SERVICE

VOL. NO. 3 APRIL 1983

March 4, 1983

Dear Depository Librarians:

I have now been at the U.S. Government Printing Office for two months. It has

certainly been one of the most challenging periods of time in my career.

The Library Programs Service does have some internal operational problems which

might be affecting the services you receive. I am dedicated to solving these

problems, but \\;ill need your input, your understanding, and your support.

Our participation in meetings and conferences has been limited temporarily to

provide maximum staff resources to plan and implement new procedures, systems and

projects which I hope will lead to a much improved Library Programs Service. I am taking some steps which may, in the interim, cause delays in responses and an impression of disinterest. In the long run these actions will have enormous pay

off in our operations and service to you. I realized very quickly after my arrival

at GPO that we could not continue treating every (luestion and every request as a priority requirement with our present staffing, eciuipment, and facilities and at the same time build a better Library Prograjns Service,

I appreciate the offers of active support I have received from many of you and assure you that we are going to make major improvements in our services.

As a first step, we will begin frequent issues of Administrative Notes to keej) you

informed of what we are doing and administrative changes in departments , agencies

and GPO which will affect the Depository Library Program.

Sincerely yours,

Service

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On survey 83-1, shipping list number 17,780, the "Federal Reserve Bulletin" (item

number 443-C, class number FR 1,3:) was inadvertently listed as microiiche format.

In fact, the title will be issued only m a paper format. If you have already sent

your selection decision to GVO and wish To change the selection you made for item

nuiiiDer 44 '-C, please notify us immediate iy by letter and mail to the fol iowmg adiJ

U.S. Government Printing Office

Survey 83-1

5236 Eisenhowe'f Ave.

Alexandria, VA ^2304

GPO regrets any inconvenience this may have caused.

SARAH T. KADEC

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OFFICIAL TITLE ADDS TO NEW LOOK

FOR HISrORIC SERIAL SET

After 166 years without an official title, the bound and numbered volumes of

Congressional reports and documents (produced by the Government Printing Office

under the authority of the Congressional Joint Committee on Printing for distribution to depository libraries and bylaw recipients) have been designated as the

"U.S. Congressional Serial Set." This action marks the culmination of a 4-year

effort by GPO and the Joint Committee on Printing to improve the Set's physical

makeup and facilitate access to its contents while reducing production costs.

Acting upon the recommendations of an advisory committee authorized by the Joint

Committee on Printing in 1979, GPO has made significant changes in the production

and distribuiiion of the Serial Set. Important savings have been made by producing

microfiche, as well as hard copy, for distribution to depository libraries and bylaw

recipients. In fiscal year 1982, this resulted in a savings of approximately

$1.7 million. Projected savings for fiscal year 1983 are estimated at approximately

$2.98 million.

The elimination of the elaborately bound posterity edition of the Set previously

distributed to 22 bylaw recipients has also aided the cost reduction effort. All

recipients now receive the more economically produced depository library edition,

which has been greatly improved by the use of a stronger buckram binding, acid- free

end papers and other features designed to increase its durability. The format,

style and binding have been standardized in order to increase its usefulness as a reference tool for libraries and the general public in the most cost-effective

way possible.

Commenting on the changes in the U.S. Congressional Serial Set, Public Printer

Danford L. Sawyer, Jr. emphasized their historical and practical consequences.

"The volumes in this series have been bound and numbered since the 15th Congress

in 1817. Both the Govemjnent Printing Office and the Joint Committee on Printing

are gratified to report that these valuable records touching i^^on the legislative

intent of statutes will continue to be available to posterity without imposing an

undue burden on today's taxpayer."

THE CONSTITUTION

The United States Constitution with annotations and analyses, is distributed as a Senate document and as part of the Serial Set . The last basic volume distributed

was 92-82, revised 6/29/72. The Constitution is updated by cumulating pocketparts.

For a complete updated Constitution on your shelves, you would need the basic

volume, 92-82, and pocketpart 96-64.

If your library has selected the Serial Set in microfiche, you have received

pocketpart 96-64 in microfiche. Pocketpart 96-64 is available for sale by GPO if

you would prefer to keep a paper copy pocketpart with the basic. Stock number

052-071-00645-1 costs $9.00 ($11.25, foreign.)