Administrative Notes 

Newsletter of the Federal Depository Library Program

Vol. 28, no. 07-08 GP 3.16/3-2:28/07-08 July 15/Aug. 15, 2007 

HIGHLIGHTS 

Fall Council 

Meeting 

Registration 1 

Census 2000 

Partnership 1 

Federal Bulletin 

Board 2 

FDLP Desktop 

Beta 3.0 2 

Redesigned 

Browse Topics 3 

Comments on 

Brief Bib 

Records 

Released 4 

Interagency 

Depository 

Seminar 4 

Vi Moorhouse 

Appreciation 5 

Registration Open for Fall Depository 

Library Council Meeting and Federal 

Depository Library Conference 

Registration is now open for the fall meeting of the Depository Library 

Council and Federal Depository Library conference. For details, including 

hotel location and registration, go to the events page on the new FDLP 

Desktop, at: <http://www.fdlp.gov/events/fall07.html>. 

Census 2000 Partnership Renewed 

GPO is pleased to announce the renewal of its partnership with the Kelvin 

Smith Library of Case Western Reserve University and the Census Bureau 

through 2011. Originally signed in 2002, this partnership provides 

permanent public access to the mirror site of Census 2000 ASCII text files 

on the Case Western Reserve University Web site, which is available at 

<http://library.case.edu/ksl/census/>. These files are used to load large 

amounts of data from census tables into other applications such as 

Geographic Information Systems (GIS), database management programs 

or statistical analysis systems. 

GPO thanks Case Western Reserve University for their efforts to maintain 

this valuable resource, and looks forward to continuing this successful 

partnership with the University and the Census Bureau. 
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Enhancements on the Horizon for GPO's Federal 

Bulletin Board Services 

In continuing its ongoing efforts to provide 

better service to its customers, GPO is 

working toward migrating its Federal Bulletin 

Board (FBB) services to a new platform 

environment. 

During these modifications, no data will be 

lost or eliminated, and users will continue to 

be able to receive the same services the FBB 

has always provided. All data will simply be 

migrated to a new environment. The current 

FBB can be accessed at 

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

This initiative is currently in the planning 

stages, and in moving forward with these 

service enhancements, GPO would like to 

obtain your valuable feedback on the current 

FBB and how you use this service now or 

have used it in the past. Your feedback is 

very important to us and is an integral part of 

a successful implementation of these 

enhancements. 

If you have used the FBB service in any way 

in the past, please complete our brief 

feedback form 

<http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=

C7WXZy4MhLEn0tJxZZhioQ_3d_3d>. 

This feedback form will be available through 

September 16, 2007. 

We want to thank you for your assistance as 

we work to improve the functionality of 

GPO's online services for our library partners 

and the public. 

FDLP Desktop Beta 3.0 Launch 

The time has come to unveil Beta 3.0 of the 

FDLP Desktop. This limited release features: 

• New and improved forms--specifically 

Fall DLC Conference & Meeting 

registration. Users will receive an email 

confirmation of their submission. 

Meanwhile, LS&CM staff will receive 

email notifications of submissions and 

all entries are saved to a database. No 

more guessing if GPO received your 

registration! In the future, your FDLP 

Desktop user profile will store your 

contact information (if desired) and 

insert this information into forms to save 

you time. You will also have the ability 

to unregister should the need arise. 

• Keep up-to-date with the latest news 

regarding the FDLP with newsflashes, 

RSS feeds, news articles, and more! Our 

new and improved RSS feed is updated 

automatically as new content is 

published. In the future, your site profile 

will allow you to subscribe to receive 

email alerts of content based on content 

sections and categories. 

• Site search functionality. Our site search 

is two-fold. As you type your search 

term, a list of content items related to 

your search will appear. If you see what 

you want, use your keyboard arrow keys 

to navigate to the item and then hit 

<ENTER> to go to that article. If you 

don't see what you want, finish your 

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query and hit <ENTER> to get a list of 

search results for your query. 

This is only a glimpse of what has been done 

and what is yet to come! Stay tuned as we 

continue to release new features of the 

Desktop. Other features pending release 

include: 

• Individual user profiles 

• Self-moderated Needs & Offers 

• Online ordering of GPO promotional 

materials with order tracking 

• Private messaging 

• Moderated online chats 

• Discussion forums 

LS&CM staff are currently conducting a 

comprehensive analysis of the information 

disseminated on the FDLP Desktop in order 

to ensure that it is current and catered 

appropriately for the Web and to our 

community's expectations. We have decided 

to launch what has been completed so far so 

that our community can take advantage of the 

completed, new features while also having 

the chance to provide us feedback so we can 

make the site as useful as possible. Due to the 

size of the site and scope of the redesign, we 

will be maintaining dual sites during the 

migration and will begin creating redirects to 

migrated content starting next week. 

In the meantime, our beta user is still active. 

Log in and check out what registration will 

offer: 

• Username: ahasse 

• Password: sudoc1 

As an added bonus, we are announcing a new 

URL for the FDLP Desktop. Access us now 

at: <http://www.fdlp.gov>! 

Please report any bugs or provide your 

suggestions, rants, raves, et cetera via our 

feedback form. 

Redesigned Browse Topics Online Overview 

An archive of the FDLP Web-based training 

session is now available for viewing in the 

GPO OPAL archive at <http://www.opalonline.org/archiveGPO.htm>. John 

Dowgiallo, Web Content Specialist at the 

U.S. Government Printing Office, presented 

an overview of the redesigned Browse Topics 

site, which is in final beta. 

Browse Topics is a browseable tool that 

incorporates the work of volunteer 

contributors from depository libraries, who 

create and maintain individual Web 

pathfinders of Federal Government 

information in specified topical areas. In a 

partnership with GPO, Oklahoma State 

University, Edmon Low Library (OSU) 

maintains the site and coordinates the 

volunteer contributors. 

Many of the changes in the new Browse 

Topics were designed to make it easier for 

contributors to update their pages, and also 

easier for researchers to find new sources of 

information. Many topics are still waiting 

contributors, and it is hoped that the more 

user-friendly site will attract more volunteers. 

To view the site, go to 

<http://fdlpdev.gpo.gov/bt>. 

If interested in contributing to Browse 

Topics, fill out the application form under the 

"Contributors" link. OSU and GPO are trying 

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to populate as many of the topics as possible 

prior to public release, which is scheduled for 

October 2007. 

A detailed video for contributors on how to 

create and modify listings on the new Browse 

Topics is available on the new FDLP Desktop 

at 

<http://www.fdlp.gov/onlinelearning/index.ht

ml>. Log in with our beta user to view the 

video: 

• Username: ahasse 

• Password: sudoc1 

GPO Releases Summary of Comments on Brief 

Bibliographic Records 

In an effort to provide Federal depository 

libraries and the general public with more 

timely access to bibliographic records in the 

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications, 

Library Services and Content Management 

conducted a Library Technical Information 

Services (LTIS) internal pilot project to 

develop standards for the creation of brief 

bibliographic records for monographs. 

Following the completion of the pilot, the 

depository community was asked to review a 

sample of the brief bibliographic records and 

provide feedback to LTIS. LTIS appreciates 

all of the comments received from the 

community about the Brief Bibliographic 

Records Pilot Project. A summary of 

comments received and GPO responses are 

available at 

<http://www.fdlp.gov/bbrcomments.html>. 

LTIS will take all the comments into 

consideration as we move forward with an 

implementation plan. More information will 

be shared with the community once this plan 

has been completed. LTIS anticipates that 

brief bib record implementation will occur in 

early fall 2007. 

Interagency Depository Seminar Participants 

Learn About Federal Information Products 

GPO was host to the 20th Annual Interagency 

Depository Seminar in Washington, DC from 

July 30 – August 3, 2007. The Interagency 

Depository Seminar is designed to allow 

Federal agencies to showcase their products 

and services to both new and experienced 

Federal depository library documents staff. 

During the week, twenty-eight Federal 

speakers provided intense classroom 

presentations and tours that focused on the 

content of and access to various Federal 

products and services, interspersed with 

question and answer sessions. Thirty-two 

participants had the opportunity to acquire 

information as well as to discuss and 

exchange ideas with colleagues, agency 

representatives, and Government Printing 

Office staff. 

The Federal agencies represented this year 

included: 

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• National Technical Information Service 

(NTIS) 

• Office of the Federal Register, National 

Archives and Records Administration 

(NARA) 

• Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) 

• U.S. Bureau of the Census 

• U.S. Department of Commerce 

• U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) 

• U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) 

This year, tours were offered by both GPO 

and the Library of Congress. GPO tours 

featured the inner workings of the Federal 

depository distribution program and were 

highlighted by the lighted bin system. The 

Library of Congress tour featured excursions 

to the Madison and Jefferson buildings. 

PDF versions of various PowerPoint 

presentations from the event have been 

released with permission from the issuing 

agency. These presentations can be accessed 

in our file repository. 

GPO would like to thank all those who 

helped make the 20th annual interagency 

depository seminar a success. We look 

forward to next year's seminar. 

Appreciation for Vi Moorhouse 

Retired GPO Map Cataloger 

Vi Moorhouse, a long-time map cataloger at 

GPO, retired on July 31, 2007, with nearly 40 

years of service. Vi came to work at the U.S. 

Government Printing Office in 1968 

committed to serve the public via the United 

States government, a commitment 

strengthened by a desire to do something 

positive following the assassinations of Dr. 

Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy 

in 1968. 

During her long career, Vi worked in almost 

every type of library, including public, 

school, university, and special libraries. Prior 

to coming to GPO, she cataloged documents 

at the New York Public Library, Reference 

Collection. Starting out at GPO cataloging 

general monographs from many different 

Federal agencies, Vi enthusiastically turned 

to map cataloging when maps were brought 

into the Federal Depository Library Program 

in the late 1970s. She cataloged all types of 

Federal Government maps, including serial 

maps and maps on microfiche and CD-ROM 

from the U.S. Geological Survey, the 

National Forest Service, the National Park 

Service and other Federal agencies. She 

pioneered many currently used cataloging 

practices for maps, while welcoming 

advances in technology and cataloging that 

allowed more timely access to these 

important materials. She also trained 

incoming librarians in map cataloging, and 

was generous in sharing her expertise and 

detailed knowledge of the nuances of Federal 

maps with others. 

Vi contributed well over 100,000 

bibliographic records to the Catalog of United 

States Government Publications and initiated 

many geographic name authority records in 

the Library of Congress authority database, 

providing a deep contribution to the field of 

geophysical data. Her prodigious talents were 

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so valued that in 1998 she received the 

American Library Association’s Map and 

Geography Round Table (MAGERT) award 

presented to librarians for outstanding service 

to map librarianship. Her articles on GPO 

map cataloging appeared regularly in the 

MAGERT publication “base line” and in 

GPO's “Administrative Notes” newsletter. 

She also wrote the chapter on the 

Superintendent of Documents classification 

of maps in GPO's Classification manual. Vi 

was active in ALA’s Government Documents 

Round Table and in the Cartographic Users 

Advisory Council, as well as in MAGERT. 

Vi Moorhouse earned a B.A. in English and 

comparative literature at the University of 

California, Berkeley. She earned an M.L.S. 

while on a one-year fellowship at Berkeley. 

She also did graduate work in Far Eastern 

Regional studies, emphasis China, at the 

University of the Pacific, and continued her 

academic studies in the computer and 

cartographic fields in Washington, DC. 

We’d like to thank Vi Moorhouse, one of the 

greatest assets in the Office of Bibliographic 

Control, for her significant contributions to 

the GPO and to the American public through 

her service in the Federal Depository Library 

Program. 

Questions? 

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and the appropriate subcategory, if any. 

You may also contact the GPO Customer Contact Center at 866-512-1800 (Toll-free), or at 202-512-1800 (DC 

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Table of Contents 

Registration Open for Fall Depository Library Council Meeting and Federal 

 Depository Library Conference .................................................................................................. 1 

Census 2000 Partnership Renewed............................................................................................... 1 

Enhancements on the Horizon for GPO's Federal Bulletin Board Services ................................. 2 

FDLP Desktop Beta 3.0 Launch ................................................................................................... 2 

Redesigned Browse Topics Online Overview .............................................................................. 3 

GPO Releases Summary of Comments on Brief Bibliographic Records..................................... 4 

Interagency Depository Seminar Participants Learn About Federal Information Products ......... 4 

Appreciation for Vi Moorhouse, Retired GPO Map Cataloger .................................................... 5 

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