ADMINISTRATIVE NOTES

'.S. Government Printing Office

Superintendent hocumemts

Lirpapy AND StAT'JTORV DISTRIBUTION SERVICE

Vol. 1, No. 4 November 1980

FROM TIE OFFICE OF THE DIRFCTOP:

One of the first problems brought to my attention as the now Director of

L3DS was that a group of j>out 50 titles that had not boon obtained in

sufficient quantities for full depository distribution had boon sent to

Regional Depository libraries only. The fronoral reaction to this was negative and we have not t alien this approach since. Wo presently have on hand approximately 640 hardcopy titles (including the 50 "regional only"

titles) which were received with inadequate stock for full depository

distribution.

We have put forth every effort to obtain additional .copies but have had

success on only a few. Our only cost effective alternative! to get this

information to you appears to be to convert and distribute in microfiche

format. Conversion will obviously cause you some inconvenience, particularly when the publication is part of a serial or continuing type material.

However, I have presented this to the Depository Library Advisory Council

and have discussed it with many other depositor}- librarians and the unanimous agreement has boon that it would lie better to have the material in

microfiche than not get it at all.

Therefore, we plan to take this approach from now on. In some cases, we

will be mixing distribution in order to make use of the hardcopies we did

receive. If distribution is mixed, we will make evory effort to rotate

hardcopy and microfiche among all selective libraries.

Please keep in mind that titles offered for sale in hardcopy through GPO's

Sales Program will also be converted to microfiche format whenever we are unable to draw additional copies from the Sales inventory, but that will not

mean that the microform version is being sold by this Office.

We will place a notation (Mixed Distribution) on the Shipping List beside

any title being distributed in both formats. In addition, the plus ( + ) symbol will be added to the entry to indicate that the microfiche version

is not for sale by the Superintendent of Documents.

Tvvo examples of these Shipping List entries are listed below for your

in formation

1. 140-A-G Construction Reports, New One-Family C 3.215/0:80-7

Houses Sold and For Sale, C 25-80-

7, July 1080 (Mixed Distribution )+

2. 142-G New Structures and Equipment by Using C 50.11: 35

Industries 1072: Detailed Estimates

and Methodology, REA-SP 80-033

Sopterrtoer 1080, S/N 00:5-010-00070-7,

*$5.00, (Mixed Distribution) +
We will continue to make every effort to keep your collection of documents

as uniform as possible. Our shortano rate is less than 1 percent, which

is very good. However, this still means that we may be talking about as many as 400-500 titles a year that will fall into this category.

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DLSOO^riNlTF? SERIALS AND PERIODICA!^

Hie following three publications of the National Bureau of Standards

Cryogenic Data Cer* r will lie discontinued at the end of 1980.

C 13.37/5:(nos. ) Superconducting devices ft materials (Quarterly)

Non-deposit- >ry

C 13. 37/0: (nos;. ) Liquefied natural p;as (Quarterly) Non-depository

C 13.51 :(nos.) A biweekly cryogenics current awareness sorvieo.

Item 247-F.

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change onr survey deadt.pte

The deadline has been extended until Docori>or 5, 19S0 f for the OCLf

Survey. Please complete and return the questionnaire to onr, 1125

Kinnear Road, Columbus, Ohio 43211k ********************************* *****************************************

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( )Ri (TO ORIENTATION FOR DEPOSITORY LIBRARIAN'S

The monthly "GP0 Orientations for repository Librarians" for March through

July 1981 have been filled. Letters of confirmation will be mailed soon to

each participant.

To' make reservations for the remaining Orientations (August -November 1981) or

to be placed on a "wait list" in case of cancellation, submit your request in

writing providing a complete mailing address and telephone number with area

code as soon as possible to: U. S. Government Printing Office, Attention:

Dianne Smith, 5236 Piscnhower Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia 2230*1 , (705) 557-2050.

Please indicate vour complete mailing address below your signature,

(FULL) January 28 through 30, 1981 (In conjunction w/ALA Meeting)

February 198] - b

T o Orientation Scheduled

(FULL) March 1.8 tit rough 20 , 1981

(FULL) April 22 through 24, 1981

(FULL) May 20 through 22 1981

(FULL) dune 2<1 tli rough 20, 1981 (In con i unction w 'AM.! Mat']. Convention)

(MILL) Jnlv 22 throng 2-1, 1981

Vcgust :.J

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" i rough 21 , 1981

Septori >or 10 through. 18, 1981

October bl through 10, 1981

November 18 througli 20, 1981