Administrative Notes 

Newsletter of the Federal Depository Library Program

Vol. 21, no. 14 GP 3.16/3-2:21/14 October 15, 2000 

Library Programs Service FY 2000 Annual Report 

Summary 

The pace of change in the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) accelerated dramatically 

in FY 2000, caused by a combination of emerging technologies used by Federal publishing 

agencies and funding constraints imposed on the Government Printing Office (GPO). 

In the emerging Electronic FDLP, the Library Programs Service (LPS) is increasingly engaged in 

managing an Electronic Collection (EC). This is done through updated versions of several of our 

traditional functions: to identify, evaluate, select, organize, and catalog Government information 

products in all formats, and assure that they remain permanently accessible to the public. These 

services will continue, and are critical elements of our Electronic Collection management 

activities. 

In the last fiscal year, more business was conducted with depositories via the Internet. Although 

some libraries are finding it expedient to leave the depository program, there is still strong 

commitment to public service among the more than 1,300 libraries that remain part of the FDLP. 

Indeed, depository libraries are helping to build and use the FDLP Electronic Collection; 95% 

meet minimum technical requirements and more than 1000 have web-based catalogs. 

However, there is still a significant tangible products component in the FDLP, and a large 

amount of LPS’ resources remain devoted to the acquisition, classification, format conversion, 

cataloging, and distribution of tangible products. Reshaping the organization remains a key 

challenge for LPS as major elements of the work evolve. 

LPS Highlights for 2000 include: 

 

 Rapid growth of online electronic content delivery 

 Reduced distribution of tangible products 

 Electronic archive 

 Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government Information 

 New content partnerships 

 FDLP Desktop 

 Permanent Public Access Website

 Digital archiving project with OCLC

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Moving Toward the Electronic FDLP 

FY 2000 expenses for the four Salaries & Expenses programs (FDLP, Cataloging & Indexing, 

By-Law, and International Exchange) are expected to use all of the available appropriated funds, 

or $29.9 million. But for FY 2001, these same programs will have $2 million less, as well as 

significant additional expenses, including $1.6 million for the 2000 edition of the bound U.S. 

Code. 

Two of our biggest expense categories are printing and shipping costs, so we must realize 

savings in those areas. LPS staff are searching for print products that are also available 

electronically and changing them to online electronic dissemination. The program is simply not 

being funded at a level that permits us to continue to make dual format distribution on a routine 

basis. 

There are two major reasons for speeding up the transition to the EFDLP: 

 The $2 million funding reduction to $27.9 million in FY 2001. 

 Both the House and the Senate have told GPO to emphasize electronic dissemination. 

This was articulated most recently in the Conference report [House report 106-796], 

which said “[e]mphasis should be on streamlining the distribution of traditional paper 

copies of publications which may include providing online access and less expensive 

electronic formats.” 

LPS is implementing a policy on distribution to Federal depository libraries that will accelerate 

the transition to a primarily electronic program. As an operational guideline, U.S. Government 

publications will be furnished to Federal depository libraries solely in online electronic format 

unless certain criteria or circumstances exist. 

Many format changes are already underway. LPS has established the requirements for 

depository copies for many products that will be printed under GPO term contracts beginning in 

FY 2001. LPS reviews each term contract annually, and typically the quantity requested for the 

FDLP rises or falls only slightly. But this year, in order to save printing and shipping expenses, 

we are checking each term contract to see if that title or set of products is available online. If it 

is, and it does not fall into one of the exception categories, LPS is changing the depository 

dissemination to electronic only. Recently LPS reviewed about 700 annual term contracts, and 

decided to change about 25% of them to solely electronic dissemination. Many of these term 

contracts cover multiple products or titles. Announcements that products formerly available in a 

tangible format are changing to solely online dissemination are listed in WEBTech Notes at 

<www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/tools/webtech.html>. 

Electronic Content Partnerships 

A critical element of the FDLP Electronic Collection is permanent public access to distributed 

content at FDLP partner sites. 

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GPO and the National Library of Medicine (NLM) have reached an agreement that assures 

permanent public access to many of NLM’s most popular and important titles. Included in the 

agreement are PubMed and NLM Locator Plus, online resources that will take the place of at 

least eight titles formerly represented in the FDLP in paper or microfiche. The agreement is 

actually the result of a depository librarian query to both LPS and NLM, and the outcome is very 

positive for the Electronic Collection. 

Similar agreements are under review with the Census Bureau, General Accounting Office, 

Bureau of Labor Statistics, and Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

In October, 1999, GPO and the Department of Energy (DOE) launched PubSCIENCE, an 

electronic system that provides public access to a DOE database of scientific and technical 

literature. The PubSCIENCE database contains bibliographic records from approximately 1,000 

peer-reviewed journals provided by more than 20 publishers with a focus on the physical 

sciences and energy-related disciplines. PubSCIENCE enables users to identify journal articles, 

view bibliographic citations, and hyperlink to the publisher's site for full retrieval (if 

unrestricted), or through a site license, an electronic subscription, or pay-per-view access. 

GPO and DOE are also involved in two new services that significantly expand public access to 

Federal Government scientific and technical research information. Developed by DOE’s Office 

of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), the GrayLIT Network <www.osti.gov/graylit> 

and Federal R&D Project Summaries <www.osti.gov/fedrnd> allow users to search with a single 

query across multiple databases. The general public as well as users of the FDLP can link to 

these services through GPO Access. 

The U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) has become a partner with LPS to bring additional completely 

Internet based publications into the FDLP Electronic Collection. A group of USIP "born digital" 

publications is serving as a testbed for improving metatagging and new cataloging practices. 

The project is expected to continue for the next several months, and a progress report is 

anticipated at the Federal Depository Conference in October. 

Digital Archiving 

LPS and OCLC, Inc. have developed high-level user requirements for a system to locate, 

identify, process, describe, catalog, and archive electronic publications. The proposed system 

will incorporate a mix of new and existing solutions in an effort to refine and integrate LPS 

workflow and routines for processing and storing e-titles for the long term. 

GPO is a full partner in this project, and staff have worked closely with OCLC, providing 

input in the development process. The initial application of the project will be based on the 

CORC interface, with an archiving option added. In the initial version that archiving function 

will likely direct the captured files to GPO's e-archive. 

LPS’ own archive of electronic publications continues to evolve and grow. The highest priority 

candidates for this "in-house" solution remain agency publications that are primarily textual or 

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images of text, and which have no tangible counterpart in the FDLP. Information about the 

operation of the FDLP/EC Archive can be found at <www.gpo.gov/ppa/resources.html>. 

LPS Web Applications and Tools 

The FDLP Desktop was unveiled in July 2000. Comprised of more than 700 pages, the 

“desktop” is an enhanced version of the Website formerly called "FDLP Administration." It is 

now available at <www.gpo.gov/fdlpdesktop>. The FDLP Desktop provides an improved 

structure and better navigation tools, information about the FDLP, glossary, site index and more 

resources available for use by depository library staff. The site also contains the most frequently 

used services in a more convenient location on the page. 

A new service, New Electronic Titles (NET), located at <www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/ 

locators/net>, was inaugurated in July 2000. The NET is a weekly “new accessions list” of 

Federal Government online products that are new to the FDLP. The new accessions listed in 

NET represent products not previously included in the FDLP Electronic Collection. An NET 

listing is linked to the online resource by a PURL (Persistent Uniform Resource Locator) or a 

URL. PURLs are assigned as part of the archiving process, and most NET listings will contain a 

PURL. NET replaces the old Browse Electronic Titles (BET) locator service. 

Full bibliographic information for the new titles and former BET entries is available in the online 

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) <www.gpo.gov/catalog>. The CGP is the 

prime resource for identifying, locating, and accessing both tangible and online U.S. Government 

information products. 

The other locators, including Browse Topics and Federal Agency Internet Sites, have also 

undergone facelifts to match the look and feel of GPO Access. All the locator services are 

accessible from the "Findings Aids" page at <www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/tools.html>. 

Ben’s Guide to Government Information 

Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids is a Website designed for students, parents, and 

teachers. Found at <http://bensguide.gpo.gov>, it provides a fun and educational introduction to 

how the U.S. Government works based on information resources available through GPO Access. 

Produced by a team from LPS and the Office of Electronic Information Dissemination Services 

(EIDS), Ben's Guide has been received positively by the library and education communities. A 

prototype of Ben's Guide was critiqued at the American Association of School Librarians 

conference in November 1999, where it received excellent reviews. The Newsletter of the 

Documents Interest Group of Oregon (December 1999) described Ben's Guide as a "welldesigned children's Website" that "could be useful for reference questions as well," and 

characterized it has having "an attention to detail and to readability that is exemplary in web 

design." 

It has been featured on <http://homeworkspot.com>, selected as a Notable Children’s Website 

for the year 2000 by the American Library Association, was included in the Scout Report and 

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was a “Hot Site” in <usatoday.com>. Other kudos have come from the Philadelphia Inquirer and 

Access America, an electronic newsletter of the National Partnership for Re-Inventing 

Government, which called Ben’s Guide "exciting" and a "powerful resource." 

Cataloging Operations 

The LPS Cataloging Branch processed more than 27,000 publications, including materials 

distributed to depository libraries in paper, microfiche, and CD-ROM. The Cataloging Branch 

also processed thousands of online resources made available to the public via GPO Access. 

There are more than 11,000 online titles accessible via the Catalog of U.S. Government 

Publications, located at <www.gpo.gov/catalog>. More than 6,000 PURLs have been assigned 

to these resources. The online Catalog provides the public with access to more than 140,000 

bibliographic records that represent recent holdings in all formats in the FDLP. 

The quality of the work produced by GPO catalogers was recognized during this past fiscal year. 

The Library of Congress invited GPO to become a member of BIBCO (Bibliographic 

Cooperative Program), one of several national cooperative cataloging programs. This now 

makes GPO a member of all the national cooperative cataloging programs and recognizes that 

GPO produced bibliographic records meet all national cataloging standards administered by the 

Program for Cooperative Cataloging. 

GPO catalogers were granted National Enhanced Status by OCLC. This authorizes GPO 

catalogers to modify all OCLC records, including those produced by the Library of Congress and 

the other national libraries. 

GPO catalogers advised OCLC on the development of its CORC (Cooperative Online Resource 

Catalog) application. GPO was an early contributor to this application and staff continue to 

advise OCLC personnel on the development of data collection and cataloging applications 

software that are expected to assist GPO personnel in cataloging online resources selected for the 

FDLP Electronic Collection. 

Permanent Public Access 

The Public Printer and the Superintendent of Documents have hosted a series of meetings to 

discuss permanent public access to Federal Government information. The participants represent 

U.S. Federal agencies, the national libraries, Congressional committees, public interest groups, 

and other organizations interested in issues regarding the preservation of, and access to, 

Government information published electronically. 

In FY 2000, the meetings were held quarterly. In March staff from the National Archives and 

Records Administration (NARA) gave a presentation about their Electronic Records Archives 

Program – Building the Archives of the Future. George Barnum and Steve Kerchoff from LPS 

provided an update on the implementation of GPO’s Electronic Collection Plan and our digital 

archive. 

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The June roundtable discussion brought some new perspectives to the discussion. Participants 

included a mix of people from both within and outside of the government, including staff from 

the Digital Library Future Federation and John Stevenson, a new member of the Depository 

Library Council. 

Staff from LPS and EIDS, in conjunction with GPO’s Production Department, set up a public 

Website on GPO Access that includes information about the Permanent Public Access group and 

its members, its goals, and links to resources relevant to the topic. It can be found at 

<www.gpo.gov/ppa>. The activities related to the permanent public access meetings and 

creation of the Website increase GPO’s visibility in this area. 

New Hope for Fugitive Documents 

GPO has developed a new streamlined printing procurement process for use by Federal agencies. 

This process, called “SPA”, or the "simplified purchase agreement," provides streamlined 

procurement procedures for Federal agencies to acquire printing and information products and 

services up to $2,500 in value from local commercial sources. Agencies using simplified 

purchase agreements cut their administrative costs and expand procurement opportunities for 

local small businesses. The process began with GPO working with the Department of Energy 

(DOE) Savannah River Operations Office as a partner to finalize the criteria for the new 

procedure. Agency use of simplified purchase agreements help to combat the problem of 

"fugitive documents" by ensuring that products ordered under the agreement are included in the 

FDLP, unless agencies indicate the products are only for internal administrative use or have no 

public or educational value. In September we received 42 notifications from GPO’s SPA 

partners. 

FDLP Distribution 

The distribution of tangible products through the FDLP continues to decrease, with a particularly 

sharp decline in the number of microfiche titles. The only category of FDLP titles that increased 

was titles that GPO links to at other agency sites, which rose by over 45% compared to FY 1999. 

Overall, 53% of the titles disseminated this year were online. The estimated distribution of 

products in the FDLP in FY 2000 is: 

Media Titles Copies % of FDLP Titles

Online (GPO Access) 11,715 n/a 19.2 

Online (other agency sites) 20,591 n/a 33.7 

Paper (includes direct mail & 

USGS maps) 

 13,660 6,281,669 22.3 

Microfiche 14,572 5,684,430 23.8 

CD-ROM 617 240,965 1.0 

Total 61,155 12,207,064 

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Shipping Contract 

In mid-September, FedEX Ground (formerly Roadway Package System) became LPS’ 

contractor for depository delivery services, replacing Potomac Business Center. The new 

depository shipping contract was significantly strengthened from the previous version, and 

provides superior monitoring, tracking, and performance criteria. Shipment "batching" is 

expressly prohibited under the terms of the new contract, and shipments should be dispatched to 

libraries on a daily basis. 

Conferences 

Depository Services Staff (DSS) developed programs for the concurrent sessions for both the fall 

1999 Depository Library Council meeting held at the Hotel Phillips in Kansas City, MO and the 

spring 2000 meeting held at the Hyatt Regency in Newport, RI. 

DSS has planned the agenda for the 9th annual Federal Depository Library Conference and fall 

meeting of the Depository Library Council being held October 22-25, 2000 at the Holiday Inn 

Rosslyn Westpark in Arlington, VA. A projected number of attendees is 500 with over 50 

speakers. Registration by the Web has been provided. As in previous years, the agenda will 

allow attendees to choose among a number of simultaneous sessions in addition to the plenary 

sessions. 

DSS also coordinated the weeklong 13th Annual Interagency Depository Seminar held from May 

31-June 7 at GPO. Intended for documents librarians with three or fewer years' experience, this 

seminar attracted 60 documents staff for “basic training.” GPO, Patent & Trademark Office, and 

Bureau of the Census conducted all-day sessions. Many other agencies described their electronic 

products and services in 45-minute segments during the remainder of the workshop. 

Depository Services Staff in Transition 

As of September 30, 2000, DSS conducted 120 on-site inspections of depository libraries. In 

addition, 145 self-study evaluations were compiled, summarizing the strengths and weaknesses 

of each depository operation. The number of self-studies completed in 2000 was down from 

1999 due to staff vacancies and the hiring and training of a new inspector, Charles Bradsher, who 

joined DSS in January 2000. 

 

In July 2000, DSS announced that the schedule for submitting self-studies was postponed until 

further notice. Staff vacancies were the contributing factor. In spring 2000, Cynthia Etkin 

transferred from being an inspector to a program analyst and a new inspector has not yet been 

hired. Thomas Oertel resigned his position in early September and Barbara Gail Snider left LPS 

in early October. Two selections have been made to fill Etkin’s and Oertel’s positions, and LPS 

expects these new personnel during the first quarter of FY 2001. 

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Policy Guidance 

The 2000 update of the Recommended Specifications for Public Access Work Stations in 

Federal Depository Libraries appeared in the June 15, 2000 Administrative Notes. Libraries use 

this guidance for new computer purchases. A proposal submitted by DSS to the Depository 

Library Council in April 2000 was approved, establishing the 1999 Recommended Specifications 

for Public Access Work Stations as minimum technical requirements beginning October 2000. 

These requirements will be updated and upgraded on an annual basis. 

The Instructions to Depository Libraries was revised in July 2000 and distributed to all 

depositories in paper in September. The Instructions are available on the FDLP Desktop in MS 

Word, HTML, and PDF formats also. 

1999 Biennial Survey 

The 1999 Biennial Survey of Depository Libraries was issued in October 1999 with a due date of 

December 1. Libraries entered their responses via a web application. A substantial amount of 

data correction is still required, especially on the "free form" answers. The raw data files were 

posted on the Federal Bulletin Board for downloading in April 2000. A written report on the 

survey results will be issued later. 

Federal Depository Libraries 

FY 2000 FY 1999 

FDLP libraries 1,328 1,346 

New depository designations 1 3 

Libraries leaving the FDLP 19 17 

Libraries placed on probation 11 5 

Inspections 120 100 

Self-studies evaluated 145 252 

LPS Outreach 

In addition to the usual appearances at American Library Association conferences and 

Depository Library Council meetings, LPS staff made presentations on various aspects of the 

FDLP in a variety of venues, including: 

 George Barnum spoke on the OCLC/GPO Archiving project at the Federal Library and 

Information Center Committee (FLICC) quarterly meeting, September 2000. 

 Gil Baldwin made two presentations (“GPO Update” and “Benefits of FDLP Collections”) to 

the Five State Depository Library Meeting, Flagstaff, AZ in August 2000. 

 Sheila McGarr delivered the "FDLP Update" and was on a panel discussing "Reconsidering 

Depository Status” at the American Association of Law Librarians meeting in Philadelphia, 

July 2000. 

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 Cindy Etkin made a presentation on "Collection Development and Reference Service in the 

Electronic Information Environment" at the FLICC Reference Institute, July 2000. 

 Barnum spoke on "Archiving and Authentication," at the FLICC Reference Institute, July 

2000. 

 McGarr spoke at the "lunch and learn" program of the Federal Law Librarians Section of the 

Law Librarians Society of the District of Columbia, June 2000. 

 Tad Downing presented two workshop sessions at the North American Serials Interest 

Group, San Diego, California, June 2000. 

 Baldwin and Barnum spoke to the National Archives and Records Administration’s Archives 

Assembly (their professional association) on the "FDLP Electronic Collection" May 2000. 

 GPO staff made the following presentations at the GPO Interagency Depository Seminar in 

May: 

 "Service in an Electronic Environment: Workstation Specifications" and “Your 

Depository's Web Presence” (Etkin) 

 "Impact of the Electronic Environment on Collection Development, Public Service, 

and a Depository's Web Presence" (Etkin with Thomas Oertel and Gail Snider) 

 "Depository Self-Study Process and Depository Responsibilities." (McGarr) 

 "Guidelines for Substitution of Electronic for Tangible Versions of Depository 

Publications” (Oertel) 

 "The Electronic Transition” (Barnum) 

 “The Ins and Outs of LPS Processing” (Vicki Barber, Robin Haun-Mohamed, 

Downing) 

 Barnum presented "From Shipping Boxes to Browsers: The Digital Library Concept and 

Federal Government Information," Case Western Reserve University Symposium on Digital 

Libraries, April 2000. 

 Etkin spoke on "The Federal Depository Library Odyssey: The New Century" at the 

Southwestern Association of Law Libraries annual meeting in San Antonio, TX, March 

2000. 

 Barnum and Kerchoff spoke and gave a slide presentation on "The FDLP Electronic 

Collection: What's New?" to the Permanent Public Access Working Group, at GPO, March 

2000. 

 Haun-Mohamed worked with members of EIDS in staffing the GPO booth at the Public 

Library Association meeting, Charlotte, NC, March 2000. 

 Barnum presented a lecture for the Government Documents Class, San Jose State University 

School of Library and Information Science, February 2000. 

 Oertel spoke before the Northwest Government Information Network meeting in Seattle, WA 

on the topic of the "Guidelines for Substitution of Electronic for Tangible Versions of 

Depository Publications," December 1999. 

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 Etkin staffed the GPO booth at the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) 

annual conference in Birmingham, AL in November 1999. 

 Etkin discussed "New Roles for Federal Depository Libraries in the Next Century" Illinois 

Library Association, joint presentation with John Shuler, University of Illinois, Chicago, 

October 1999. 

 Throughout fiscal year 2000, McGarr conducted LPS tours for a variety of groups: 

 Eight librarians from Russia sponsored by the U.S. Department of State 

 Depository librarians visiting Washington, DC on vacation 

 Law students from Georgetown University 

 Downing and Sandy Morton-Schwalb continued to serve as chairs of two FLICC working 

groups; Downing with the Personnel Working Group and Morton-Schwalb with the 

Education Working Group. Etkin is a member of the Education Working Group. 

 A number of LPS staff members worked at the GPO booth at both the ALA mid-winter 

(January) and annual meetings (June). 

GPO and Energy Department Launch New Links To Federal 

Scientific And Technical Information 

The Government Printing Office (GPO) and the Department of Energy (DOE) have initiated two 

new services that significantly expand public access to Federal Government scientific and 

technical research information. 

Developed by DOE’s Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), the GrayLIT 

Network (www.osti.gov/graylit) and Federal R&D Project Summaries (www.osti.gov/fedrnd) 

provide users with the capability to find information regardless of where it resides—by searching 

for documents across multiple databases of many Federal agencies—in response to a single 

query. With these new tools, it is no longer necessary for a user to know which agency is 

working in a particular area or discipline. 

The general public as well as users of the more than 1,300 Federal depository libraries 

nationwide can link to these services through GPO’s award-winning Web site, GPO Access 

<www.access.gpo.gov>. 

The GrayLIT Network provides a portal to more than 100,000 full-text technical reports located 

at DOE, the Department of Defense, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the 

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Collections in the GrayLIT Network 

include DOE’s Information Bridge (also currently available through GPO Access), the Defense 

Technical Information Center’s Report Collection, EPA’s National Environmental Publications 

Internet Site (NEPIS), NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab Reports, and NASA’s Langley Technical 

Reports. 

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Federal R&D Project Summaries include more than 240,000 research summaries and awards by 

three of the major sponsors of research in the Federal Government. The Federal databases 

available via this tool are DOE’s R&D Project Summaries, the National Institutes of Health’s 

CRISP (Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects) Current Award, and the 

National Science Foundation’s Award Data. 

This is the third major project that GPO and DOE have undertaken to expand public access to 

Government scientific and technical information. In June 1999, GPO and DOE jointly earned a 

Hammer Award from Vice President Gore's National Partnership for Reinventing Government 

for the Information Bridge, a service that makes available thousands of unclassified DOE 

scientific and technical reports in electronic image format via GPO Access. In October, 1999, 

GPO and DOE launched PubScience, an online system that provides public access to 

bibliographic records from more than 1,000 peer-reviewed journals with a focus on the physical 

sciences and energy-related disciplines. 

2000 Minimum Technical Requirements in Effect 

New minimum technical requirements for workstations in Federal depository libraries went into 

effect October 1, 2000. The proposal for new requirements and the Depository Library 

Council’s recommendation to implement them was published in the May 1, 2000 issue of 

Administrative Notes (v. 21, # 9) <http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/pubs/adnotes/ 

ad050100.html>. 

All Federal depository libraries must meet the minimum technical requirements to keep pace 

with technological change in order to fulfill their Title 44 obligation to provide access to 

Government information products. These requirements were originally issued as the “1999 

Recommended Specifications for Public Access Workstations in Federal Depository Libraries” 

in the June 15, 1999 Administrative Notes. The Library Programs Service (LPS) will continue to 

issue Recommended Specifications for Public Access Workstations in Federal Depository 

Libraries each spring to assist depository library staff in planning for new computer purchases. 

As another step in the transition to an e-FDLP and in accordance with Depository Library 

Council recommendations from its spring 2000 meeting, a schedule was established to regularly 

increase workstation requirements. Fifteen months after issuance, recommended specifications 

will become minimum technical requirements. The requirements, the recommended 

specifications, and the schedule are all available from the FDLP Desktop at: 

http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/computers 

Having a DVD drive is a major change included in the 1999 recommended specifications. At 

present the only DVD products distributed through the FDLP are from the Patent and Trademark 

Office. LPS has learned that the Census Bureau will be producing DVD products for 

distribution, the first of which will be the Census Tract Street Index. 

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FedEx Ground Now Delivering to Depositories 

FedEx Ground (formerly Roadway Package System) is the Library Programs Service's new 

contractor for depository delivery services. FedEx Ground picked up the first depository 

shipments from the Government Printing Office on September 18 for delivery to Federal 

depository libraries. Separate shipments have been added to FedEx Ground delivery as well. 

FedEx Ground will begin delivery of USGS maps by the end of October. 

The new depository shipping contract has been significantly strengthened from the previous 

version, and provides superior monitoring, tracking, and performance criteria. Shipment 

"batching" is expressly prohibited under the terms of the new contract, and shipments should be 

dispatched to libraries on a daily basis. 

Libraries may still be receiving shipments sent through the USPS prior to September 18. 

Depending on its item selection rate, a library may experience a gap in shipping list numbers 

between 2000-0354-P and 2000-0359-P. Please do not claim these shipping lists unless they are 

still missing as of October 31. In addition, please hold claims for separates shipments 2000-

0041-S, 2000-0042-S, and 2000-0043-S. Unfortunately, the shipping lists were sent to libraries 

before the items were processed. These separate shipments were mailed through FedEx Ground 

on Thursday, September 28th and should have been received by mid-October. 

If you have questions or concerns about depository shipments or deliveries, please contact Ms. 

Vicki A. Barber, Chief of LPS' Depository Distribution Division, via e-mail at 

<vbarber@gpo.gov> or by phone at (202) 512-1014. 

Online National Land Cover Dataset Now Available 

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has 

produced a National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD) for the conterminous United States. At 30-

meter resolution, the NLCD is the most detailed land cover information ever compiled at a 

national level. The NLCD contains 21 categories of land cover information that can be used for 

a variety of State and regional applications, including watershed management, environmental 

studies, transportation modeling, and land management. 

The first datasets available are for States east of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. These files have 

been put through an accuracy assessment process and are in "final" status; the file names for 

these State datasets reflect this. "Preliminary" datasets for western States, which have not yet 

been checked for accuracy, are also online. "Final" datasets for the remaining States will become 

available in the next six months. 

The NLCD is based on 1992 Landsat Thematic Mapper imagery and is part of the USGS Land 

Cover Characterization Program. In addition to the satellite data, scientists at USGS used a 

variety of supporting information such as topography, census, agricultural statistics, soil 

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characteristics, and wetlands data to determine and label the land cover type for each 30-meter 

pixel. The NLCD was designed to be compatible with the earlier Land Use/Land Cover data set 

compiled from 1970’s and 1980’s aerial photography. NLCD data are free online in 8-bit binary, 

single band files or for sale on CD-ROM in GeoTIFF format. For information about the NLCD 

visit the National Land Cover Characterization website <http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/programs/ 

lccp/natllandcover.html>. 

To view, order a CD, or download, select "View & Order NLCD Products." Click on the map or 

choose from the menu to get the appropriate information for the given State. "Readme" files 

containing instructions for bringing the data into common GIS software packages and 

information on classification, legend, and geographic coordinates are included on the website. 

14th Annual Interagency Depository Seminar Announced

May-June 2001 

The 14th Annual Interagency Depository Seminar will be held in Washington, DC from May 30 

through June 6, 2001. The weeklong seminar will consist of an overview of various agencies' 

information products and activities as they relate to Federal depository libraries. The seminar is 

being presented by many Federal agencies, including: 

 Bureau of the Census 

 Bureau of Labor Statistics 

 Copyright Office 

 Library of Congress 

 Office of the Federal Register 

 Patent and Trademark Office 

 Government Printing Office 

 and more to be announced. 

The Interagency Depository Seminar is the most comprehensive introduction to U.S. 

Government information now offered (see the attached schedule of events). It is aimed at 

documents staff with basic working experience in a depository. In the 13 years that it has been 

offered, the seminar has been very popular with the Federal documents community. As 

attendance must be limited to 60, preference will be given to those who have not previously 

attended the seminar and whose libraries are located outside the Washington, DC metropolitan 

area. 

Costs for the seminar are being kept as low as possible. A $18.00 registration fee will be the 

only charge which covers coffee and donuts in the morning and sodas in the afternoon. 

Librarians attending the seminar must cover their own travel and subsistence expenses, as no 

government funds are available for that purpose. 

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Prospective attendees should complete the registration form and mail it, along with a check for 

$18.00 postdated after January 1, 2001 and made out to "GPO Cafeteria Service" to the Library 

Programs Service by March 13, 2001. Librarians who are officially registered for the seminar 

will be notified first by e-mail immediately and then receive a packet by mail in mid-April 2001. 

As the 2000 seminar had a waiting list of 18 people, a helpful hint is to submit the registration 

form to reserve a place first, then try to obtain full or partial funding from your library 

administration later. If you wait until funding is assured, the limited slots for the seminar may be 

filled. 

If you have any questions about the seminar, please contact the Chief, Library Division, by 

telephone on (202) 512-1119; by fax on (202) 512-1432; or by e-mail at <smcgarr@gpo.gov>. 

14th Annual Interagency Depository Seminar 

Preliminary Agenda 

Tuesday, May 29, 2001

There will be an informal get-together of seminar participants in the Dogwood Room of the 

Holiday Inn - Rosslyn Westpark Hotel at 6:00 p.m. Librarians will be able to meet some 

colleagues and Depository Services staff in an informal setting. Those who are interested may 

enjoy dining together in the Rosslyn or Georgetown areas. 

Wednesday, May 30 

Government Printing Office 

The Library Programs Service (LPS) of the Government Printing Office will host the first day of 

the seminar. LPS staff will be available to answer questions about how GPO acquires, classifies, 

catalogs, and distributes and disseminates government information products in all media. LPS 

staff will also discuss writing the self-study and responsibilities of Federal depositories. There 

will be a comprehensive tour of the LPS facility and an opportunity to network. 

Thursday, May 31 

Federal Register 

The Office of the Federal Register (OFR), of the National Archives and Records Administration, 

will present this morning’s program on the Federal regulatory system. The workshop covers the 

rulemaking process, including the relationship between laws and regulations; the important 

elements of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations; using the finding aids of 

the Federal Register/CFR publication system; and an overview of electronic access to certain 

publications of the OFR. 

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GPO Access 

In the afternoon, GPO's Office of Electronic Information Dissemination Services will 

demonstrate the variety of GPO Access on-line services, including the Federal Register, 

Congressional Record, U.S. Code, Congressional bills, and other databases. 

Friday, June 1

In the morning, four different Federal agency representatives will discuss their products, 

services, and electronic initiatives. For maximum flexibility in program planning, Federal 

agencies will be confirmed in spring 2001. 

Library of Congress 

In the afternoon, the Serial and Government Publications Division will conduct a tour of its 

operation, including the government publications stacks and reference. There will be a 

presentation on the National Digital Library activities. There will be the opportunity to tour key 

areas of the restored Jefferson Building. 

Monday, June 4 

Bureau of the Census 

Staff of the Census Bureau will present a product preview of the 2000 Census, American 

Community Survey, American Factfinder, etc., and demonstrate other products on DVD or CDROM and the Census home page. Bureau staff will provide a variety of handouts and answer 

questions about the availability and uses of Census data. 

Tuesday, June 5

Intellectual Property 

A full day workshop will cover the basics of intellectual property: patents, trademarks and 

copyrights, featuring speakers from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the Copyright 

Office of the Library of Congress. Attendees will learn to differentiate between three types of 

Federal protection for intellectual property and the methods by which this information is 

accessed by the public. Publications and search methods, where applicable, will also be 

discussed. 

Wednesday, June 6 

In the morning, agency representatives from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and one additional 

publisher will discuss their products, services, and electronic initiatives. 

The seminar will conclude at noon. 

Presentations during the seminar week will be held in the Carl Hayden Room of the main 

building of the Government Printing Office and the Library of Congress. Presentations will 

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begin promptly at 8:30 a.m. and will last until 4:00 p.m., unless otherwise stated in a detailed 

program supplied to the registrants in mid-April 2001. All participants are expected to attend all 

presentations. 

Accommodations 

As May and June are peak tourist periods for Washington, accommodations can be very hard to 

find. A block of rooms has been reserved for seminar participants at the Holiday Inn - Rosslyn 

Westpark Hotel. The hotel is located at 1900 North Fort Myer Drive, Arlington, VA. This hotel 

is 1 block from the Rosslyn Metro station. Attendees can take the Metro subway train from 

Washington’s Reagan National Airport to the hotel and also to Union Station, which is about a 

block from GPO. The Library of Congress can be reached by Metro or by walking from GPO. 

A room is available for the government rate of $119.00 per night for single or double occupancy. 

The room rate is subject to additional taxes that are currently 9.75% per night. Overnight 

parking is free. If you wish to reserve a room at the Holiday Inn - Rosslyn Westpark Hotel, you 

should call as soon as GPO confirms your seminar reservation. Hotel reservations must be made 

no later than May 4, 2001. After that date, rooms will be subject to availability at the best 

available rate. If you choose to make other hotel arrangements, be sure the hotel is near a 

subway stop for ease of transportation to and from seminar sites. 

The phone number of the reservation desk at the Holiday Inn - Rosslyn Westpark is (703) 807-

2000. Please tell the reservation clerk that you are attending the GPO Interagency Depository 

Seminar and quote the above room rate. If you are interested in sharing a room with another 

librarian attending the seminar, Sheila McGarr at LPS will try to match up roommates. You may 

contact her by telephone on (202) 512-1119 or via e-mail at <smcgarr@gpo.gov>. 

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Registration Form 

Mail to: Chief, Library Division Mail by: March 13, 2001

 Library Programs Service (SLL) 

 U.S. Government Printing Office 

 Washington, DC 20401 

 I would like to attend the May 30-June 6, 2001 Interagency Depository Seminar. 

I need lodging and will contact the hotel directly. 

I have not previously attended this GPO-sponsored seminar. 

Enclosed is my check for $18.00 payable to "GPO Cafeteria Service." 

Please type or print clearly: 

_____________ 

Depository # 

________________________________________________________________________________________ 

Name 

________________________________________________________________________________________ 

Institution Name 

________________________________________________________________________________________ 

Library Name 

________________________________________________________________________________________ 

Street Address 

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City, State, Zip Code + 4 

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Draft Superintendent of Documents Policy Statement on 

Dissemination/Distribution Policy for the FDLP 

[Presented for discussion at the fall 2000 meeting of the Depository Library Council.] 

Overview. 

Information content remains the primary selection criteria for inclusion of a U.S. Government 

information product in the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). Regardless of format, 

publications must conform to the definition in 44 U.S.C. Sec. 1901. 

Library Program Service (LPS) will determine the best method for making government 

information products available to the depository libraries. When more than one format exists for 

a product, LPS will determine how to best provide the information by assessing the following: 

the cost of providing the material, how the product will be used, and the specific characteristics 

of the online and/or tangible product. 

As directed by Congress, the primary method of making publications available to the Federal 

Depository Library Program (FDLP) is online dissemination. Specific product characteristics 

may dictate that an alternate method needs to be used. LPS will use the following guidelines to 

determine the most appropriate method. 

Document Terminology. 

Dissemination The act of making government information products accessible. This is done 

by using a government electronic information service, and/or by distributing 

tangible products to depository or program libraries. 

Distribution The act of sending out a tangible product. 

Product A publication regardless of presentation media or format. 

Tangible Product Information presented in a physical format, i.e., paper, microfiche, video, 

diskette, CD-ROM, or optical disk successor technology. 

Guidelines. 

1. When a product is only available online, it will be disseminated in online format. 

2. When a product is only available in tangible format, then LPS will distribute it in that format. 

3. When the product is available both online and in a tangible format the standard practice will 

be to disseminate the online version to depository libraries. A tangible product will be 

distributed only if the online version is: 

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a. incomplete. For example: 

i. online products that contain only selected or abstracted portions of the content 

provided in its entirety in the tangible product, or 

ii. kits comprised of mixed media tangible products where only a portion of the title is 

online. 

b. not recognized as official by the publishing agency. For example, this can occur when 

the electronic version is on a non-verifiable or unofficial website. 

c. located in an online site where products are known to be changed randomly. For 

example, this would occur when the product content may be overwritten by different 

content. 

d. very difficult to use, thus impeding access to data or content. For example, this can occur 

when the product design imposes technological barriers to usage. 

e. not cost-effective. The costs associated with disseminating the online product exceed 

those for the tangible product. For example, this situation may arise with fee-based 

online services. 

f. fee-based, and created, all or in part, through the use of non-appropriated funds. For 

example, this can occur when the publishing agency designates the product as 

cooperative under 44 U.S.C. Sec. 1903. 

4. If a product is disseminated to depository libraries online and a tangible format is available, 

the tangible product will be distributed only if the tangible product meets special conditions 

or needs, i.e., when: 

a. there is a legal requirement to distribute the product in tangible format. 

b. the tangible product is of significant reference value to most types of FDLP libraries, as 

may be the case with certain compilations, legal resources, permanent legal records or 

products of historical importance. 

c. the tangible product is intended to serve a special needs population. For example, this 

could occur when the publication is in Braille or large print. 

d. the commonly-accepted medium of the user community is tangible format. For example, 

this could apply to maps and/or charts. 

e. the product is essential to the conduct of Government. In the 1996 "Study to Identify 

Measures Necessary for a Successful Transition to a More Electronic Federal Depository 

Library Program," GPO identified a core list of "Paper Titles in the FDLP." When the 

following titles are published in paper format they will be distributed to depository 

libraries in paper. 

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These essential titles are: 

 - Budget of the United States Government 

- Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

- Code of Federal Regulations 

- Congressional Directory 

- Congressional District Atlas* 

- Congressional Record (final bound edition)** 

- County and City Data Book* 

- Economic Report of the President 

- Federal Register 

- Foreign Relations of the U.S. 

- List of Sections Affected (CFR) 

- Public Papers of the President 

- Statutes at Large 

- State & Metropolitan Area Data Book 

- Statistical Abstract of the U.S. 

- Treaties and Other International Acts of the United States 

- Treaties in Force 

- U.S. Government Manual 

- United States Code 

- United States Congressional Serial Set (bound edition)** 

- United States Reports 

- Vital Statistics of the U.S. 

* Most recently published in CD-ROM format. 

** Distribution is already limited to regional depository libraries and one library in each 

state without a regional. 

5. When a tangible product is to be distributed, the following format rules will be applied. 

a. The product will be distributed in the format issued by the publishing agency, except if 

the format is paper. 

b. A paper product will be reviewed for suitability for conversion to microfiche. If suitable, 

it will be converted; if not, it will be distributed in paper. 

6. LPS will not convert products that are issued solely in tangible format to electronic format. 

This approach may be reevaluated as circumstances warrant. The costs of the conversion 

process, and the official status of the resulting online version, are important factors to 

consider. 

7. When products are made available to depository libraries in multiple tangible formats, 

regional depositories will generally retain the option to receive multiple formats. Reviews of 

multiple format distribution to selective libraries will be made on a case-by-case basis. 

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Scope. 

This policy pertains to all U.S. Government information products subject to 

dissemination/distribution to depository libraries. 44 U.S.C. Sec. 1901 

Application. 

The Director, Library Programs Service, is responsible for ensuring that all publications are 

disseminated and/or distributed to depository libraries in the most effective manner. 

Related Policy. 

This policy relates to and augments the policy established in SOD 13, Format of Publications 

Distributed to Depository Libraries. August 22, 1983. 

References:

“Depository Library Program,” Title 44 U.S. Code, Sec. 1901-1916, 1994 ed. 

“Format of Publications Distributed to Depository Libraries:” Superintendent of Documents 

Policy Statement No. SOD-13, August 22, 1983. 

MacGilvray, Marian W. and John M. Walters. Electronic Capabilities of Federal Depository 

Libraries, Summer 1994. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1995. 

“Priorities for Disseminating Electronic Products and Service from the U.S. Government 

Printing Office.” Documents to the People, 20, no. 2 (June 1992): 78-79. 

U.S. Government Printing Office. Report to the Congress: Study to Identify Measures Necessary 

for a Successful Transition to a More Electronic Federal Depository Library Program, as 

required by Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996, Public Law 104-53. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, 1996. 

U.S. Government Printing Office. Library Programs Service. Managing the FDLP Electronic 

Collection: A Policy and Planning Document. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1998. 

U.S. House. Making Appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the Fiscal Year Ending 

September 30, 2001, and for Other Purposes. Conference Report (H. Rpt. 106-796). 

Washington: Government Printing Office, 2000. 

U. S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science. Report on the Assessment of 

Electronic Government Information Products, prepared by Westat, Rockville, Md. Washington: 

Government Printing Office, March 30, 1999. 

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Readers Exchange 

Best 100 Documents of the Century, 1900-1999 

http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rse/y2kdocs.htm 

At the Five State Depository Library Meeting in Flagstaff, AZ in August 2000, Sean Evans, 

of the Cline Library, Northern Arizona University (NAU), presented Gil Baldwin, Director 

of GPO’s Library Programs Service, with a list of the “Best 100 Documents of the Century, 

1900-1999.” Librarians nationwide had been solicited for their nominations, which were 

then winnowed down to 100 by a 4-member panel. The nominations are available for 

viewing at <http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rse/y2kdocs.htm>. 

The following e-mail exchange between Baldwin and Evans sheds light on the list’s 

background and on how it was compiled. 

BALDWIN: Who are the members of the esteemed panel? 

EVANS: Myself (Cline Library, Reference-Documents Specialist, Senior History Subject 

Specialist) 

Gary Gustafson (Cline Library, Reference History Subject Specialist) 

Janet Fisher (Arizona Regional Librarian) 

Dr. Charley Seavey, (Professor, School of Information Resources and Library Science, 

University of Arizona) 

Vince Garcia (Cline Library Specialist, Reference) also assisted us by pulling the nominees 

from our collection, and acted as tie breaker on a few titles. 

BALDWIN: What criteria were applied to select the best 100? 

EVANS: This was left as open as possible to find out what specific titles most affected folks 

without generating "proper" responses. It caused quite a few e-mails, but I think in the end 

we wound up with people's favorites (and that was fine) as well as titles which would stand 

the test of significance no matter how one defined that. Looking at the list, it is clear that 

micro-format was largely ignored, and CDs were treated more as a technological signpost 

rather than a viable format. I was very surprised that only one e-doc made the list. Folks did 

nominate across the serial-monograph divide with titles like the FR and CR. 

BALDWIN: Why and when did you decide to compile the list? 

EVANS: The notion was first kicked about on the road on the way back from the 1998 

Arizona-New Mexico Depository Library Meeting, when my then supervisor Rebecca 

Harner (now at Colorado College, Colorado Springs) decided NAU would host the 2000 

meeting. I think we were cruising through Gallup, NM at the time. It did not really take off 

however until the New York Times had the run of the best 100 novels of the century last year. 

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That list convinced us that there were so many significant document titles that could be 

drawn into such a list that all ought to be read by people, perhaps just as the TIMES 100 

ought to be. We began with a solicitation on GOVDOC-L, and our state listserv, AZDOC-L. 

We followed up with e-mails to the 5 State Regionals. We followed up a couple of times to 

each listserv to keep things moving. We actually completed the list of nominees about three 

weeks ago (we had quite a few "last minute" entries...). We worked hard here not to pre-load 

the list with our favorites. 

BALDWIN: Where was the list presented, and does it represent the views of the 5 states, 

or a wider geographic consensus? 

EVANS: Well, you were the first (and only) official presentee, and as to whose views it 

represents, I would hope that, as it drew from not only the 5-State region, but the rest of the 

country as well (via GOVDOC-L), that it does in fact represent a wider consensus, but who 

knows. Gary, Charley and I are all History folk, and that has probably skewed the list some. 

There were several regional titles that got in (like the Farmington Report), but others which 

we rejected just because they were regional. 

BALDWIN: How did you make the final cut down to 100? 

EVANS: Lots of beer. Actually, we looked at a combination of things: "test of time", 

relevance to history, "hot" documents, significant trend setter (whether topic or format), 

significance to the notion of "Madison's Vision" (if you will), and naturally the number of 

votes for any given title. We did have to do some interpretation--instead of listing individual 

significant court cases for example, we listed the U.S. Reports, and instead of individual 

volumes of the U.S. Army in WWII, we listed the set. Where we had similar documents listed, 

we selected a representative one, and finally, it really helped if individuals told us why they 

were nominating a title instead of simply providing a title. If you check out the nomination 

list, I think you will see some of the comments range from dead on, to humorous to strange, 

but at least they provided some depth to why the title wound up on our list. I think the 

significant thing is that this is not the end all of best documents lists, but it does resemble the 

opinions of those who responded (I would have to look over the nominations, but I would 

guess we had about 50 submitters). I would doubt that everyone who submitted will agree 

with the final list (especially if their title did not make the cut), but hopefully it would 

approximate their list of the 100 best if they complied one. 

R. Sean Evans 

Reference Specialist Senior-Government Publications 

Cline Library, Box 6022 

Northern Arizona University 

Flagstaff, AZ 86011-6022 

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Documents at the Millennium

Best 100 Documents of the Century, 1900-1999 

Listed below are the 100 best documents of this century as so judged by an esteemed panel of 

librarians, documents specialists and faculty. 

1) A 1.10:938 Soils and Men (Yearbook of Agriculture). 1938 

2) A 1.47: Agricultural Statistics. 1936- 

3) A 1.75:402 One Hundred Years of Federal Forestry. 1976 

4) AC 1.11/2: Documents on Disarmament. 1961-(previously classed S 1.117:945-960) 

5) AE 1.108:G 94/ 

 V. 1-3 

Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States.

1995 

6) AE 2.113:945-89 Codification of Presidential Proclamations and Executive Orders, 1945-

1989. 1989 

7) AE 1.114: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States

8) AE 2.106: Federal Register. (daily) 

9) AE 2.108: Code of Federal Regulations. (annual) 1955 

10) AE 2.108/2: United States Government Manual. 

11) AE 2.111: United States Statutes at Large. 

12) C 1.88: National Trade Data Bank. (monthly, CD-ROM)

13) C 3.62/10:90/5 1990 Population Density Map of the United States

14) C 3.134:(yr.) Statistical Abstract of the United States. (annual). Published since 1879 

15) C 3.134/2:C 83/2 County and City Data Book 

16) C 3.134/2:H 62 Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970. 1975, in 

two volumes 

17) C 3.279: 

 CD-TGR 97-02 

TIGER/Line

18) C 3.282/2:CD: 1990 Census of Population and Housing...STF 3-A. 1993- CD-ROM

19) C 55.8:G 51/997 Globe Program: Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the 

Environment (Teacher's Edition). 1997 

20) C 61.34: United States Industrial Outlook. (annual). 1984-1994. Now see C 61.48: 

U.S. Industry and Trade Outlook 

21) CR 1.2:B 81/3 Twenty Years After Brown. 1977 

22) CR 1.2:F 22/2 The Farmington Report: A Conflict of Cultures. 1975 

23) D 1.2:N 23/ Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression. 1946, 8 vols. plus supplements 

24) D 1.2:N 88/3 The Effects of Nuclear Weapons. Last printed in 1977 

25) D 101.22: Area Handbook Series

26) D 102.8: Trials of the War Criminals Before the Nuremberg Military Tribunals 

Under Control Council Law # 10, Nuremberg, October 1946-April 1949 

27) D 114.2:AR 5/4 American Armies and Battlefields in Europe. 1938, 1992 

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28) D 114.2:B 32/ Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War: 

American Expeditionary Forces, 1931-1949. 3 volumes 

29) D 114.8: The U.S. Army in World War II. Multi-volume 

30) D 203.22:9/rev/1962 American Practical Navigator: an Epitome of Navigation. 1962 reprint of 

the 1802 classic 

31) D 207.10:1-8 Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. 1959- , 8 volumes 

32) D 301.2:R 73 Roswell Report: Case Closed. 1997 

33) D 301.82: Army Air Forces in World War II. 1983. 7 vols 

34) ED 1.2:N 21 A Nation at Risk: the Imperative for Educational Reform: a Report to the 

Nation and the Secretary of Education. 1983 

35) ED 1.109: Condition of Education. (annual) 

36) ED 1.326: Digest of Educational Statistics. (annual) 

37) FS 2.2:SM 7/2 Smoking and Health; Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon 

General. 1964. Later at HE 20.2:SM 7/2 

38) FW 5.2:P 96/2 Public Buildings: Architecture Under the Public Works Administration, 

1933-1939. 1940 

39) GP 3.2:C 41/2 Checklist of United States Public Documents, 1789-1909. 1911 

40) GS 4.13:1-28 Territorial Papers of the United States. 1934-1975 

41) GS 11.9/3: Consumer's Resource Handbook. (annual) 

42) HE 20.6210: Vital Statistics of the United States. 

43) HE 20.7009: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: MMWR. (weekly) 

44) HE 20.7042/6: Health, United States. (annual) 

45) HE 20.9202:IN 3 Infant Care. 1989 (50th year of publication 

46) I 19.2:M 32/12 Maps for America. First printed in 1979 

47) I 19.2:N 21 A National Atlas of the United States. 1970 

48) I 19.16:1250 1980 Eruption of Mount St. Helens. 1981

49) I 19.79:V 88/KIT Volcanoes! Course books and poster. 1997 

50) I 19.81: 7.5 Minute Topographic Map Series

51) I 19.165: Minerals Yearbook. (annual) 

52) I 27.25:C 71 The Colorado River: A Comprehensive Report on the Department of the 

Water Resources of the Colorado River Basin for Irrigation, Power 

Production, and Beneficial uses in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, 

New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. 1946 

53) I 29.2:P 35/540-840 Kiva, Cross, and Crown: The Pecos Indians and New Mexico, 1540-1840. 

1979 

54) I 29.2:W 26 Warships Associated with World War II in the Pacific. 1985 

55) I 29.100: Conserv-o-grams 

56) I 29.116:37 The Archeology of the Atomic Bomb: A Submerged Cultural Resources 

Assessment of the Sunken Fleet of Operation Crosswords at Bikini and 

Kwajalein Atoll Lagoons, Republic of the Marshall Island. 1991 

57) I 49.2:R 31/15 Our Living Resources. 1995 

58) I 49.36:5 Carson, Rachel. Guarding Our Wildlife Resources. 1948 

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59) J 1.2:K 58 Report of the Department of Justice Task Force to Review the FBI Martin 

Luther King, Jr. Security and Assassination Investigations. 1977 

60) J 1.14/7: Uniform Crime Reports. 

61) JU 6.8: United States Reports

62) L 2.3/4: Occupational Outlook Handbook. (annual) 

63) LC 1.2:H 62/7 America Preserved: a Checklist of Historic Buildings, Structures, and 

Sites. 1995 

64) LC 1.2:P 56/5/ 

 846-946 

A Century of Photographs, 1846-1946. 1980 

65) LC 1.2:R 13/2 Railroad Maps of North America: the First Hundred Years. 1984 

66) LC 1.2:T 36/2 Thomas Jefferson and the Education of a Citizen. 1999 

67) LC 1.34: Letters of Delegates to Congress 1774-1789. 1976 

68) LC 5.2:L 26/999 Language of the Land: The Library of Congress Book of Literary Maps. 

1999 

69) LC 14.2:D 56 Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations Requested from the 

Congressional Research Service. 1989 

70) NAS 1.21:SP-45 Mercury Project Summary Including Results of the Fourth Manned 

Orbital Flight, May 15 and 16, 1963. 1963 

71) NAS 1.21:380 Skylab Explores the Earth. 1977 

72) P 1.10/8: National Five Digit Zip Code and Post Office Directory. (annual) 

73) PR 36.8:K 38 Hearings Before the President's Commission on the Assassination of 

President Kennedy. 1964 

74) PR 40.8:SP 1/R 29/ Report of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger 

Accident. 1986. 5 volumes 

75) PR 42.8:R 11/H 881 Final Report. Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments. 

1995 

76) PR 42.9: Economic Report of the President. (annual, call number varies) 

77) PREX 2.8: Budget of the United States Government. (annual) 

78) PREX 3.15: The World Factbook. (annual) 

79) S 1.1: Foreign Relations of the United States. 1861 

80) S 1.69:161 The Eagle and the Shield: a History of the Great Seal of the United States.

1976 

81) S 9.12: United States Treaties and Other International Agreements. 

82) S 9.14: Treaties in Force. 

83) SI 1.20/2: Handbook of North American Indians

84) W 2.2:J 27 Final Report: Japanese Evacuation from the West Coast. 1942 

85) W 45.5:1-130 War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate 

Armies, Series I-IV. 1900 

86) X 1.1/A: Congressional Record (Daily Edition)

87) Serial Set 13133- 

 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 

Final Report of the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations 

with Respect to Intelligence Activities, United States Senate. (The Church 

Committee Report), 1976 

88) Y 1.1/2:102-319 Columbus in the Capital. 1992 

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89) Y 1.1/2:14152 The Constitution of the United States... Annotated. 1923 

90) Y 1.1/3:100-20 The Senate, 1789-1989: Addresses on the History of the United States 

Senate. 1989 

91) Y 1.1/3:100-34 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-1989. 1989. 

(Bicentennial Edition) 

92) Y 1.1/3:101-10 Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States from George 

Washington 1789 to George Bush. 1999 

93) Y 3.AT 2:OP 5 In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer. 1954 

94) Y 3.OB 7:1/970 Report of the Commission on Obscenity and Pornography. 1970 

95) Y 3.P 96/7:2 OR 2 One Third of the Nation's Land, a Report to the President and to the 

Congress by the Public Land Law Review Commission. 1970 

96) Y 3.W 58/12:2 B 38 Beauty for America: Proceedings of the White House Conference on 

Natural History. 1956 

97) Y 4.SCI 2:103/I Astronauts and Cosmonauts Biographical and Statistical Data: Report. 

1993 

98) Y 4.AR 5/2: 

 V 67/3/945-67 

United States Vietnam Relations, 1945-1967: Study Prepared by 

Department of Defense. (The Pentagon Papers), 1971 

99) Y 4:IN 2/2:L 44/ Indian Affairs; Laws and Treaties. 1913 

100) Y 4.P 93 Congressional Directory.

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Table of Contents 

Library Programs Service FY 2000 Annual Report ..................................................................... 1

GPO and Energy Department Launch New Links to Federal Scientific and 

 Technical Information.............................................................................................................. 10 

2000 Minimum Technical Requirements in Effect..................................................................... 11 

FedEx Ground Now Delivering to Depositories......................................................................... 12 

Online National Land Cover Dataset Now Available................................................................. 12 

14th Annual Interagency Depository Seminar Announced: May-June 2001 ............................. 13

Draft Superintendent of Documents Policy Statement on Dissemination/Distribution 

 Policy for the FDLP................................................................................................................. 18 

Readers Exchange: Best 100 Documents of the Century, 1900-1999.................................................22 

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