k ADMINISTRATIVE

I NOTES

Superintendent

of Documents LIBRARY PROGRAMS SERVICE

Vol. 6, No. 8 GP 3.16/3-2:6/8 June 1985

NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE MAP PROJECT

Representatives of various functional areas within the Library Programs

Service and the Documents Technical Support Group conducted a preliminary

meeting and site visit at the National Ocean Service (NOS) on June 6, 1985.

LPS and NOS will be working toward the establishment of a cooperative

project to bring the NOS maps and charts into the Depository Library Program. NOS now maintains its own depository program, and primarily produces

and distributes aeronautical and nautical charts. Although it is very early

in the project, we anticipate results similar in structure to the Geological

Survey and Defense Mapping Agency project.

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The following notice to depository librarians was sent by Clyde Hordusky,

compiler of the Needs and Offers List :

I would like to thank the Depository Library Community for submitting

their "needs" and "offers" to be included in the Needs and Offers List . It has been a great help to have the lists come in a more uniform manner.

You will note that starting with January 1985, there has been a list for

each month. The April list is at GPO waiting to be published and the May

list has been compiled and will be sent to GPO on May 31st. The cut off

date for each issue is the 20th of the month. Any list received by that

time will be included in Needs and Offers dated for that month.

When you submit your lists, please clearly indicate if they are for Needs

and Offers . Some lists have not indicated this and there has been some confusion as to whether the librarian is simply sending the list to me for

my own use or if they want the list published. Clearly mark the list. I can always white it out.

My zip code has changed so be sure to use the new one.

NEEDS AND OFFERS

State Library of Ohio

ATTN: Clyde Hordusky

65 S. Front Street

Columbus, OH 43266-0334

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Congress o! tfje Umteb States

Joint Committee on printing

GBaffyington, B.C. 20510

Notice of Public Meeting: Electronic Federal Information to Depository Libraries

Release Date: May 31, 1985

Background

The Joint Committee on Printing will hold a public forum

to gather information on whether government publications in

electronic format should be provided to federal depository

libraries. The open meeting is intended to let concerned

parties comment on a recently-published report that was submitted to the Committee, and to solicit suggestions for

possible pilot projects that can test the feasibility of the

proposal

The federal depository library program was established

by Congress to provide Federal government information to the

public through libraries. Traditionally, the information has been

provided in paper and microform. However, as more and more

Federal information is being produced and accessed through

electronic means, depository libraries and their users have become

anxious to receive some information in electronic format.

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In response to this expression of interest, the Joint

Committee on Printing established an Ad Hoc Committee to evaluate

the feasibility and desirability of providing access to certain

government information in electronic format to depository libraries.

The Ad Hoc Committee recently submitted to the Joint Committee

on Printing its report entitled, "Provision of Federal Government

Publications in Electronic Format to Depository Libraries."

(Available for purchase at $5.50 from the Superintendent of

Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402;

stock number 052-070-05970-2).

That report recommends that "the Joint Committee on Printing

and the Superintendent of Documents initiate a pilot program

in which depository libraries will receive Federal information

in electronic form and provide it to the general public free

of charge."

The Joint Committee is considering the establishment of

several pilot projects. It is expected that these projects will

provide sufficient information to the Congress so that an

informed decision can be made about the viability and cost

effectiveness of providing information electronically to

libraries

The public forum will be held on Wednesday, June 26, 1985,

at 2:00 p.m. in Room 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building. All

interested parties are invited to attend.

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SENATE NUMBERING SURVEY

Responses to the Senate numbering survey, which was printed in AdNotes,

v. 6, no. 5, are pouring into LPS and will be counted early in July. If

you have not yet sent in your survey form, please do so soon. Results of

the survey will be published in Administrative Notes once the responses

are counted.

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SERIAL CLAIMS

Some depository libraries have been using the OCLC system to generate

claim forms for missing issues of serials. However, the only claim forms

honored by LPS are LPS shipping lists; the OCLC claim forms cannot be

honored

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INTERLIBRARY LOAN REQUESTS

LPS regrets that it cannot fulfill interlibrary loan requests. Policy on interlibrary loan services is set forth in the Instructions to Depository

Libraries , Section 2, in connection with the responsibilities of Regional

Depositories.

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