Administrative Notes 

Newsletter of the Federal Depository Library Program

Vol. 24, no. 11 GP 3.16/3-2:24/11 September 15, 2003 

HIGHLIGHTS

SuDocs Invites 

Directors to 

Council & 

Conference 1 

New Hours for 

GPO Access 

User Support

& Order Desk 2 

2003 Minimum 

Technical 

Requirements 3 

Reports on

PURL 

Referrals 3 

Additions to 

Essential Titles 

in Paper 4 

USGS Improves 

Shipment 

Processing 6 

Readers 

Exchange: 

Depository

Status 7

Readers 

Exchange: 

Poetic Tribute 9 

FDLP-L 10 

LPS Contacts 11 

Superintendent of Documents 

Invites All Depository Library 

Directors to Attend Fall Council 

Meeting and Federal Depository 

Conference 

[The following letter was sent the week of September 8, 2003.]

Dear [Library Director]: 

Please join us at the 2003 Federal Depository Library Conference and 

Council meeting, being held October 19-22, 2003, in Arlington, VA. This 

year’s meeting continues the dialogue between Public Printer Bruce R. 

James and members of the depository community begun at the spring 

2003 Council meeting in Reno, NV. Discussions at that meeting focused 

on the future evolution of the information dissemination process of the 

Government Printing Office and the continuing partnership with the 

libraries in the Federal Depository Library Program.

At the spring 2003 meeting, Public Printer James said “The library 

community and its longstanding partner, the GPO, are going to work 

together to develop a new model for the future of the Federal Depository 

Library Program that will meet the changing information needs of the 

American people in the 21st Century.” 

At the fall 2003 joint meeting of the Depository Library Council and the 

Federal Depository Library Conference, the library community and GPO 

will continue to map out the Federal Depository Library Program of the 

future—Please join us! 
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In addition to the discussion sessions with the 

Public Printer, the fall Depository Library 

Conference will feature sessions covering: 

Managing Your Electronic Depository 

Resources 

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The Southern Oregon Digital Archives 

When the Serial Set Isn’t REALLY the 

Serial Set: How Selectives Cope 

Tribal College Libraries

Agency updates will include: 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 

U.S. Census Bureau 

Regulations.gov 

For further details, see the conference agenda 

in the July 15 issue of Administrative Notes 

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

pubs/adnotes/ad071503.html#4>. 

There is no charge for the conference, which 

is being held at the Doubletree Hotel Crystal 

City National Airport, 300 Army Navy Drive, 

Arlington, VA 22202. All participants should 

register at <http://www.access.gpo.gov/ 

su_docs/fdlp/tools/03conreg.html>. 

We welcome you and your staff to this 

important conference. I look forward to 

seeing you there! 

Sincerely, 

JUDITH C. RUSSELL 

Superintendent of Documents

New Business Hours for GPO Access User 

Support and GPO Order Desk 

Effective 9/6/03, GPO has new business 

hours for the GPO Access User Support 

Team and the GPO Publications Order Desk. 

The new hours are 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

EST, Monday through Friday (except Federal 

holidays). 

For assistance with the Online Bookstore or a 

GPO Access database, contact the GPO 

Access User Support Team at: 

Toll-Free: 1-888-293-6498 

DC Area: 202-512-1530 

Fax: 202-512-1262 

E-Mail: gpoaccess@gpo.gov 

To inquire about a publication or place an 

order, contact the GPO Order Desk at: 

Toll-Free: 1-866-512-1800 

DC Area: 202-512-1800 

Fax: 1-202-512-2250 

E-mail: orders@gpo.gov 

Additional information is available at: 

<http://bookstore.gpo.gov/support/index. 

html>. 

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2003 Minimum Technical Requirements 

Effective October 1, 2003 

In accordance with the schedule established 

to regularly increase workstation 

requirements, new minimum technical 

requirements for workstations in Federal 

depository libraries will go into effect 

October 1, 2003. These requirements were 

originally issued as the "2002 Recommended 

Specifications for Public Access 

Workstations in Federal Depository 

Libraries" in Administrative Notes, v. 23, # 8, 

(6/15/02) <http://www.access.gpo.gov/ 

su_docs/fdlp/pubs/adnotes/ad061502.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. 

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> 

Any questions about the Minimum Technical 

Requirements or Recommended 

Specifications should be directed to Cynthia 

Etkin at <cetkin@gpo.gov>. 

Statistical Reports of PURL Referrals Now 

Available to Libraries 

GPO has developed statistical reports of 

PURL referrals to enable libraries to 

determine how often documents within the 

Federal Depository Library Program

Electronic Collection are being accessed 

through library catalogs and Web pages. 

GPO asked depository librarians to register 

their OPACs so we could include those 

referrals with referrals from government 

document main pages listed in library

profiles. 

The list of May and June referrals from these 

depository libraries is available at

http://fedbbs.access.gpo.gov/referral.htm. 

The July and August reports will be available 

soon, after which the report will be updated 

monthly. 

If you would like to register your institution's 

OPAC, please visit <http://www.access.gpo. 

gov/su_docs/fdlp/tools/ldirect.html>. 

Registering your domain is completely 

voluntary, and the information will be used 

only for providing you with statistical 

information. Questions or comments may be 

directed to Kate Villano at 

<kvillano@gpo.gov>. 

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Additions to the FDLP List of Essential Titles for 

Public Use in Paper Format 

[Sent to GPO-FDLP-L and other discussion lists 

by Superintendent of Documents Judy Russell.]

The list of Essential Titles for Public Use in 

Paper Format, <http://www.access.gpo.gov/ 

su_docs/fdlp/pubs/estitles.html>, includes 

approximately 50 titles which are to be 

distributed by the Federal Depository Library 

Program (FDLP) in paper as long as it is 

feasible to do so. The list was negotiated 

with great difficulty over a considerable 

period of time. As usually occurs with this 

type of negotiation, it is not entirely pleasing 

to anybody, but is the best we can do as a 

community if we can have only one Essential 

Titles list. I believe that the answer is to 

expand the list so that Federal depository 

libraries of various sizes and types can 

identify a few additional paper titles that 

should remain available to their libraries, 

whether or not they are essential titles for the 

entire community. 

Many of you have heard me say, or have read 

remarks in which I have said, that I don't 

believe the core list of FDLP titles for 

selection by a small public library is (or 

should be) the same as that for an academic 

law library or a large research library. The 

same can be said with respect to the Essential 

Titles list. If the FDLP is to attract and retain 

libraries in the future, GPO must break out of 

the "one size fits all" mode of operation and 

customize its services to the unique needs of 

its partner libraries. 

The Slip Opinions of the Supreme Court are 

the test case for this new way of doing 

business. In response to a resolution of the 

American Association of Law Libraries 

(AALL) Executive Board, I have decided that 

paper Slip Opinions will be added to a 

supplemental Essential Titles list for selection 

only by law libraries and regional libraries. 

This option will not be extended to other 

depository libraries, even to law libraries that 

receive slip opinions under selective housing 

agreements, and no law library or regional 

library will be forced to accept the opinions 

in paper. 

As I said, this is a test case. I am very 

conscious of the slippery slope. I cannot and 

will not re-open the issue of paper 

distribution of the Serial Set or the bound 

Congressional Record because it takes 

disproportionately large amounts of resources 

to provide these titles in paper beyond the 

distribution that has already been determined. 

GPO has to administer the program for the 

benefit of all participants and use the 

available resources for the optimum mix of

products and services. 

However, based on the decision on the Slip 

Opinions, I am offering a similar opportunity 

to other depository communities (such as 

small public libraries, large academic 

libraries, etc.) to discuss the Essential Titles 

list among themselves and recommend one or 

more titles that they, as a community, would 

like to add to a supplemental Essential Titles 

list, specifically to address the needs of their 

constituents. I am sure there are titles that are 

valuable to a significant subset of depository 

libraries that were dropped from the Essential 

Titles list in the negotiations because there 

was insufficient support from the full range 

of depository libraries. (This decision also 

paves the way for truly customized selection, 

which we hope to offer in the future, so that 

each depository library can eventually have 

its own Essential Titles list and utilize print 

on demand, among other options, to obtain in 

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print titles that are essential to its own 

tangible collection.) 

I have asked the Depository Library Council 

(DLC) to assign current or former members 

to assist in this process. The designated 

members will facilitate communication 

within groups of depository libraries based on 

size and type. This is not intended to be a 

rigid or cumbersome process, but rather a 

way to rapidly identify a few key titles on 

which there is broad consensus within a 

specific size and type of depository library. 

Please understand that implementation will 

be difficult with the current legacy systems 

for management of item selection, so we will 

ask your patience with procedures that we 

may need to put in place to make this new 

way of doing business work in old, inflexible 

systems. 

The coordinators that have been identified to 

date are as follows: 

Law Libraries: 

 Barbie Selby, bselby@virginia.edu, 

 434-924-3504 

 Paul Arrigo, <paa11@psu.edu>, 

 724-983-2880 

Small Academic Libraries: 

 Michele Mcknelly, 

michele.mcknelly@uwrf.edu, 

 715-425-4482 

 Mary Prophet, prophet@denison.edu, 

740-587-6512 

Large Academic Libraries: 

 Duncan Aldrich, duncan@unr.edu, 

 775-784-6500, x256 

 Doris Helfer, doris.helfer@csun.edu, 

 818-677-2562 

Small Public Libraries: 

 Barbara Ford, bjford@uiuc.edu, 

 217-244-1898 

 Cheryl Malone, 

ckmalone@u.arizona.edu, 

 520-621-3957 

Large Public Libraries: 

 Laura Saurs, lsaurs@npl.org, 

 973-733-7812 

 John Graham, 

john.graham@cincinnatilibrary.org, 

 513-665-3358 

Federal Libraries: 

 John Phillips, bart@okstate.edu, 

 405-744-6546 

 John Kavaliunas, 

john.c.kavaliunas@census.gov, 

 301-457-4090 

State/Other Libraries: 

 Chuck Eckman, ceckman@stanford.edu, 

650-723-2982 

 Lynne Siemers, 

lynne.k.siemers@medstar.net, 

 202-877-6260 

 Ann Marie Sanders, 

asanders@michigan.gov, 

 517-373-9489 

GPO Coordinator 

 Lisa Russell, lrussell@gpo.gov, 

 202-512-1690 

To facilitate this process, please go to 

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

tools/essential_titles_survey.html> and 

complete a short survey identifying a few 

titles that your library would like to have 

added to a supplemental Essential Titles list. 

This information will be routed to the 

coordinators for your size and type of library 

and will facilitate their efforts to identify 

titles that are important for your group. 
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Please complete the survey NOT LATER 

THAN Friday, October 10, 2003. 

You can also send an e-mail message to the 

coordinators for your type and size of library, 

so they will know that you wish to participate 

in this process. The coordinators will 

summarize the recommendations and

communicate with the libraries in each group 

to try to turn the lists of suggestions into 

specific recommendations to GPO. There 

also will be an opportunity to discuss the 

recommendations during the breakout 

sessions at the Depository Conference in 

October.

U.S. Geological Survey Improves 

Processing 

for Federal Depository Library Shipments 

[The following announcement was prepared by 

the USGS.]

The Branch of Information Services (BIS) 

supports the dissemination of products and 

information for the U.S. Geological Survey 

(USGS). BIS receives shipments monthly, 

and distributes the new and revised map 

products to depository libraries in compliance 

with an Interagency Agreement between the 

USGS and the U.S. Government Printing 

Office (GPO). 

In June 2003, BIS implemented a new order 

processing system specifically developed for 

depository library sendings. The previous 

system, although effective, was a tedious and 

complicated manual process. The new 

system creates a custom Pick Sheet consisting 

of products specific to the recipient’s 

ordering criteria. The Pick Sheet is a new 

feature providing the following benefits: 

• Helps USGS pull the correct products 

for each recipient in a more timely 

manner 

• Informs recipients what materials 

should be contained in their order 

• Greatly improves USGS’s ability to 

efficiently resolve and process claims 

• Enables USGS to better handle 

package returns as a result of 

shipment problems 

[The electronic Federal Depository Library 

Ship List is sent to GPO to be posted on the 

Federal Bulletin Board at: 

<http://fedbbs.access.gpo.gov/fdlp01.htm>. 

The ship list provides all the new and revised 

GPO items for that specific shipment.]

Customers receiving multiple series products 

may receive multiple packages of various 

sizes. 

Questions or comments on these new 

processes, as well as claims related to 

sendings should be directed to the following: 

U. S. Geological Survey 

Branch of Information Services 

Federal Center, Box 25286, MS 306 

Attn: Receiving 

Denver, Colorado 80225 

Phone 303-202-4703 

Fax 303-202-4694 

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Email: GS-N-RMMC Inventory Management ACL@usgs.gov

Readers Exchange 

Acquiring Federal Depository Status 

By Ray Dickinson 

Government Documents Specialist 

Ferris State University 

In July 2001, Ferris State University, in Big 

Rapids, Michigan was awarded Federal 

depository status after a pursuit of almost 30 

years. We understood the rules and 

procedures for acquiring such status, but 

because there were already two 

Congressionally designated depository 

libraries in our Congressional District, (one at 

Central Michigan University, and one at 

Alma College) we knew that something 

extraordinary would have to happen before 

we could hope for depository status. 

This came in April of 2001 when Alma

College decided to withdraw from the 

depository system. Mrs. Anne Marie 

Sanders, the Regional Depository Librarian at 

the Library of Michigan in Lansing, gave me

a call as soon as she heard the news, and told 

me that if we wanted to become a Federal 

depository library we would have to move 

very quickly to acquire it. The reason for the 

speed was that Michigan had lost a seat in the 

House of Representatives, and redistricting 

by Governor John Engler was imminent. We

had to put everything into motion before that 

happened. In order to get our request in to 

our Congressman, Representative David 

Camp of Midland, we would have to move 

quickly. 

Part of my job was to convince the 

administration of Ferris that acquiring 

Federal status was good for the university. It 

wasn't that they were opposed to the change, 

rather that they wanted to see some savings in 

resources and an increase in service to our 

students, faculty and staff. While I was 

writing a proposal to the Dean of the Library, 

Dr. Richard Cochran, and to the Vice 

President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Barbara 

Chapman, Mrs. Sanders was contacting 

necessary state personnel who could assist us 

in this endeavor. She contacted the 

remaining depository in our Congressional 

District, Mr. David Shirley at Central 

Michigan University, and got a letter of his 

approval for the designation for Ferris, and 

she also contacted the State Librarian, Ms.

Christie Pearson Brandau and received her 

approval. 

Once I had convinced the administration at 

Ferris that acquiring Federal depository status 

would be beneficial to the university, I then 

had to contact Mr. David Camp’s 

representative in Midland to see if Mr. Camp

would write a letter to the Superintendent of 

Documents, Mr. Francis Buckley, in support 

of the transfer of depository status from Alma

to Ferris. I was assured that Mr. Camp would 

be happy to assist us. 

Most of this work was done in May of 2001, 

while we were under the gun of a possible 

change in the Congressional district's map. 

We did not know if all of our work would be 

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in vain, or if we in fact would be able to meet 

an invisible deadline. 

As it turned out, we did, and all of the support 

that we sought from various librarians and 

others around the state of Michigan was 

given wholeheartedly. In July 2001, Mr. 

Buckley signed the designation papers, and 

we became a Federally Designated 

Depository Library at last. 

Pre-Depository Status 

At the time of our designation, Ferris had 

been in existence for 117 years. We were 

founded by Mr. Woodbridge N. Ferris (who 

later was Governor of the State of Michigan, 

1913-1917 and U.S. Senator, 1922-1928) in 

1884 as the Big Rapids Industrial School. 

We became a state school in 1949 after a 

number of name changes. We have also been 

called Ferris Institute, Ferris State College 

(starting in 1965), and in 1986, Ferris State 

University. 

We began acquiring U.S. and Michigan 

government documents in the early 1960's. 

Our first Government Documents Librarian, 

Mr. Glenn Fox would order government 

documents from the Monthly Catalog, submit 

his list to the Director of the Library, Mrs. 

Goldie Nott for approval, and then order from

various individual Federal departments. 

When I came on board in 1968, I was not 

involved with documents at all, but had other 

jobs in the library, i.e., cataloging, and 

serving in the multi-media area. When Mr. 

Fox retired, I was asked to replace him. This 

was in 1976. At that time, we became a State 

of Michigan Depository Library, and have 

continued with this designation ever since. 

The quality of the material published in U.S. 

and Michigan government publications 

greatly impressed me, and I worked to 

provide as many appropriate materials as I 

could find that were published by the 

government. I not only selected the 

documents, I also cataloged them, so I 

became much more familiar with the subject 

matter and other specifics of the documents. 

In 1985 we became a depository library for 

the Bureau of the Census, and in 1991 we 

became the third Patent and Trademark 

Depository Library in the State of Michigan, 

the other two being the Detroit Public Library 

and the Engineering Library at the University 

of Michigan. 

For many years I collected government 

publications from wherever I could, however 

I could. Sometimes I got on a mailing list for 

a certain agency, and would receive 

everything they published, and sometimes, as 

with the U.S. General Accounting Office, I 

would receive a monthly listing, and then 

order specific reports that would be of 

interest to our students and others. There 

were a couple of years when I added between 

12,000 and 16,000 documents each year. 

This also included cataloging them, and this 

was before OCLC and its automated 

cataloging services that are now used by most 

academic libraries. The cataloging of all 

government documents has generated 

significant interlibrary loan traffic for our 

library. 

GPO is not the only provider of documents to 

libraries. What I have found over the years, 

i.e., 1976-2003, is that government agencies 

that produce documents are very happy to 

share their work with libraries that want their 

documents. They will send them free of

charge, and postage free. 

Surfing the Internet via GPO Access, or 

Google Unclesam, etc., will find many 

documents, both in paper and in electronic 

format. We add many electronic-format-only 

documents to our OPAC, as well as adding 

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URL's to cataloging for paper or microfiche 

documents. 

If anyone wants more information about how 

to go about acquiring non-Federal depository 

government publications, please feel free to 

contact me. My phone number is: 231-591-

3730. My email address is: 

<dickinsr@ferris.edu>. 

©2003

Readers Exchange 

Documents Librarians Inspire Poetic Tribute 

Lucia Orlando, Reference Librarian at the 

University of California at Santa Cruz, 

writes: 

My name is Lucia Orlando and I'm 

contacting you at the encouragement of 

Linda Resler. Ms. Resler conducted our 

inspection this year and suggested we 

submit to Readers Exchange, a poem that 

was written to our Government Publications 

staff. The poem was written by students 

from Environmental Studies 140, National 

Environmental Policy. It was a grueling 

assignment, and we were honored the 

students thought so highly of our service and 

collection that they wrote the poem for us. 

The poem was written in 1997, but the class 

is still being taught and the students are still 

just as appreciative. 

Lucia Orlando 

University Library 

UC Santa Cruz 

1156 High Street 

Santa Cruz, California 95064 

Voice: 831-459-1279 

Fax: 831-459-8206 

Hanging out at the Government Pub 

Ode to the Women at Government 

Publications 

By Laura McLaughlin and Marie Liu 

It's only October, and such a hard week! 

With a policy brief looming, my life looks 

bleak. 

The commodity research is causing me 

stress. 

My ideas and thoughts - "Boy, what a 

mess!" 

There's only one way to relieve it all, 

To the Gov. Pub where problems are 

solved. 

Stumbling around from aisle to aisle, 

In a desperate search for a government file, 

It seemed I'd been wandering for over a 

mile, 

When a friendly woman appeared with a 

smile. 

"Are you from ES140, taught by Daniel 

Press?" 

It's all such a blur, but I think I said, "Yes!" 

She chuckled then replied, "Man, what a 

mess!" 

Behind her were others who were once also 

stressed. 

"We've got bullets, tobacco, coffee, and 

plastic bottles, 

Can I help you with something? a flowchart? a model? 
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I'm looking for a SIC code for my 

commodity." 

She said, "In this blue book, is where it 

ought to be." 

I got myself together and found my code. 

2211, the gateway to the Yellow Brick Road! 

Two weeks later, I was nearly done. 

In fact, this was becoming sort of fun! 

But there were numbers and charts that my 

policy lacked. 

I knew the Gov. Pub would have my stats. 

"I'm looking for pollution emissions, where 

do they lie?" 

"I think you should try the TRI". 

We could go on for hours and hours,

Telling the tale of the Pub and its powers. 

But our project is finished, and it's time to 

sleep, 

While we've left the Pub with a mess miles 

deep. 

We thank the Pub for relieving our fears 

("Hopefully, ES140 will be neater next 

year!") 

So when you're feeling down and you're 

stressin' out,

You don't know where to go, and are

wondering about, 

Remember, Monday to Friday, nine to five, 

Come to the Gov. Pub, where "spirits" are 

high! 

Thank you! 

ES140 Fall 1996 

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Library Programs Service Contacts O

2003

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 

Voice Fax E-mail

Gil Baldwin – Director 202-512-1002 202-512-1432 ebaldwin@gpo.gov

Helene Williams – Secretary 202-512-1114 202-512-1432 hwilliams@gpo.gov

George Barnum – Electronic Collection 

Manager 

202-512-1114 202-512-1432 gbarnum@gpo.gov

William Thompson – Program Analyst 202-512-1114 202-512-1432 wthompson@gpo.gov

Laurie B. Hall – Supervisory Program

Analyst 

202-512-1114 202-512-0877 lhall@gpo.gov

DEPOSITORY DISTRIBUTION DIVISION

James Mauldin - Chief 202-512-1014 202-512-1429 jmauldin@gpo.gov

Depository Claims Office 202-512-1024 202-512-1429 

DEPOSITORY PROCESSING BRANCH 

Cornelius Greene - Chief 202-512-1007 202-512-1429 cgreene@gpo.gov

LIBRARY DIVISION 

Sheila McGarr – Chief 202-512-1114 202-512-1432 smcgarr@gpo.gov

DEPOSITORY SERVICES STAFF 

Robin Haun-Mohamed – Chief 202-512-1119 202-512-1432 rhaun-mohamed@gpo.gov

Kathy Brazee – Inspector 202-512-1119 202-512-1432 kbrazee@gpo.gov 

Linda Resler – Inspector 202-512-1119 202-512-1432 lresler@gpo.gov

Walter Zoller – Inspector 202-512-1119 202-512-1432 wzoller@gpo.gov

CATALOGING BRANCH 

Thomas A. Downing – Chief 202-512-1121 202-512-1432 tdowning@gpo.gov

Jennifer K. Davis – Chief, Cataloging 202-512-1128 202-512-1432 jkdavis@gpo.gov

Theodore Defosse - Electronic Access 202-512-1121 202-512-1432 tdefosse@gpo.gov

Michael Levinson – Chief, Cataloging 202-512-1516 202-512-1432 mlevinson@gpo.gov

Steve Uthoff - Cataloging Policy 202-512-1121 202-512-1432 suthoff@gpo.gov

DEPOSITORY ADMINISTRATION BRANCH 

Betty M. Jones – Chief 202-512-1071 202-512-0877 bjones@gpo.gov

Earl Lewter – Chief, Acquisitions and 

Classification 

202-512-1063 202-512-0877 elewter@gpo.gov

Lisa Russell – Administrative Librarian 202-512-1690 202-512-0877 lrussell@gpo.gov

John Tate – Chief, Acquisitions and

Classification 

202-512-1129 202-512-0877 jtate@gpo.gov

Yvonne Washington – Publications 

Management Specialist

202-512-1131 202-512-0877 ywashington@gpo.gov

Micrographics Section 202-512-1060 202-512-1636 bjones@gpo.gov

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Table of Contents 

SuDocs Invites Directors to Fall Council Meeting & Federal Depository Conference................ 1 

New Business Hours for GPO Access User Support and GPO Order Desk ................................ 2 

2003 Minimum Technical Requirements Effective October 1, 2003........................................... 3 

Statistical Reports of PURL Referrals Now Available to Libraries............................................. 3 

Additions to the FDLP List of Essential Titles for Public Use in Paper Format.......................... 4 

U.S. Geological Survey Improves Processing for Federal Depository Library Shipments.......... 6 

Readers Exchange: Acquiring Federal Depository Status / Dickinson ........................................ 7 

Readers Exchange: Documents Librarians Inspire Poetic Tribute ............................................... 9 

GPO-FDLP-L.............................................................................................................................. 10 

Library Programs Service Contacts, 2003 .................................................................................. 11 

Administrative Notes Cumulative Table of Contents 

http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/pubs/adnotes/adnotes_toc.pdf 

Updated with each issue 

Searchable by keyword 

Administrative Notes is published in Washington, DC by the Superintendent of Documents, 

Library Programs Service, Government Printing Office, for the staffs of U.S. Federal 

Depository Libraries. 

It is published on the 15th day of each month; some months have additional issues. 

Postmaster send address changes to: The Editor, Administrative Notes 

U.S. Government Printing Office

Library Programs Service, SLLD 

Washington, DC 20401 

Internet access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/pubs/adnotes/index.html 

Editor: Marian W. MacGilvray 202-512-1119 mmacgilvray@gpo.gov