Public Documents

February 1979

Number 32 GP 3.27:32 U.S. Government Printing Office Assistant Public Printer (Superintendent of Documents)

Regional Round Up

Has there been any recent progress towards obtaining regional

depository library service for all 50

states? Happily, the answer is, "Yes!" But, progress has been slow

since our last article on the subject

(HIGHLIGHTS #18). Georgia and

Hawaii have joined the growing

ranks of states with regional depository service. So we extend a hearty

welcome to the Universities of Georgia and Hawaii, both depositorJfis since 1907. This brings the numof states with regionals to 40,

and the number of states served by

regionals to 42.

What does it take to become a re- gional? To begin with, the library

must already be a depository. An

easier transition from selective to regional can be made if the current

selection is 90% or more. This means that the increase to 100%

will be relatively easy to absorb. It

is also a help, although by no means

a necessity, if the candidate for re- gional has been a depository for some time. This is because one of the functions of a regional is to pro- vide backup service to selective depositories, drawing upon a retro- spective collection, and an older depository is more likely to have such

documents.

Are there any advantages accruing to the depository which undertakes the responsibilities of being

a regional? Surprisingly, there are me outstanding benefits. Besides

e obvious contribution to improving library service throughout one's own state, the regional itself be- comes capable of rendering more

complete service to its users. A

large library with considerable clientel, or great research activity, is assured of receiving everything

provided to the depository library

program. That includes items in short supply, for example a 12 vol- ume edition of a work on the geology

of the Moon, of which the Government Printing Office can only obtain

100 sets. The regionals will get

these sets and will probably be the

only source within the state that will have them. Every effort is made by

the Library and Statutory Distrib- ution Service to assure regionals

receiving copies of every publication in the program.

Another major advantage lies in the area of collections building.

Since the regional receives the dis- card lists from the selective depositories within the state, it has the

very first opportunity to select from

the materials being offered. This can

provide an invaluable opportunity

to round out a regional's collections.

Indeed, both this advantage and the

preceding one have prompted some

selective depositories to become

the second regional within a state (since the law provides there can

be two).

Regionals are still needed to serve 8 rtates. We look forward to announcing the good news of re- gionals for: Alaska, Arkansas, Dela- ware, Missouri, Rhode Island, South

Carolina, South Dakota, and Tennessee.

If you need more information on

regionals, contact us. For states lacking regional service, we can ar- range to have a specialist on the

subject speak to library associations, documents round tables, and

similar groups.

John D. Livsey, Director

Library and statutory

Distribution Service

Government Printing Office

Washington, D.C. 20401

(703)-557-2050

What Documents

Are Needed By

Small Libraries?

A very thoughtful article which

addresses the needs of small li- braries has been prepared by the

Missouri State Library's Federal

Documents Librarian, Jon J. Harrison. It is entitled, "Selecting and

Ordering Federal Documents: Some

Advice for Small Libraries;" and it appears in the Missouri State Li- brary publication, Show-Me Libraries (October-November, 1978, vol- ume 30, combined numbers 1 & 2,

pages 53-57). Librarians who would

like copies should write to:

Ms. Madelaine Matson, Editor

Show-Me Libraries

Missouri State Library

308 East High Street Jefferson City, Missouri 65102
Depository

Library Council

To Meet In Sunny

San Francisco Questions and Answers

The Depository Library Council to the Public Printer will hold its Spring meeting April 8-11, 1979.

The place will be: Marines Memorial Hotel

609 Sutter Street San Francisco, California

94102

Everyone interested in the Depository Library Program is most welQ. Under recent legislation making duly accredited law schools

with law school libraries eligible for depository status (Public Law 95-

261), an important question arises

regardijig law school libraries al- ready holding Congressional or Senatorial depository designation. Do

the previously designated law li- braries automatically come under

the new legislation and thereby re- lease district vacancies for possible use by non-depository libraries within the state?

A. Regrettably, such a process is not automatic. Those law school li- braries already holding depository

designation at the time of the new

legislation can come under it only

at their own request. For the law

school library making such a re- quest, there will be no perceptible

change in their ongoing depository

program. What will occur, however.

is of great significance to the people

of the state concerned. A district vacancy will be released and the way

opened for a new depository. Many

non-depository libraries have hoped

and waited years for just such an opportunity. Previously designated law

school libraries have a chance to perform a fine public service during

1979 by requesting to come under

the new legislation. Public Law 95-

261. Such a request should be sent

to the Superintendent of Doc' ments, and be accompanied by a supporting statement of accreditation from the accreditating organization. For further information on

this procedure, call (703)-557-

2145.

come to attend and participate. A

block of 25 single rooms has been

reserved especially for librarians. Because the Hotel belongs to the

Marines Memorial Association (of

which the Superintendent of Documents is a member), rates are about half those usually found in San Francisco. However, to hold a room a $10 advance deposit is re- quired, otherwise only standby list- ing is available. Reference should

be made to rooms being held for the

Government Printing Office when

contacting the Hotel (which is a membership Club).

The person to contact is the Hotel

Manager, Mr. Lincoln Chew, or his

staff who can assist librarians. The

phone number to call is: (415)-

673-6672. Location of the Hotel is in the very heart of San Francisco,

at the corner of Sutter and Mason

Streets. Early registration is advised

as April in the Golden Gate City is very popular.

New Depository

Libraries

We would like to welcome the fol- lowing libraries, which became depositories during 1978:

Z. J. Loussac Public Library

Anchorage, AK D18A

Grand Canyon College

Fleming Library

Phoenix, AZ D24A

University of Arkansas

School of Law Library

Fayetteville, AR D36A

Arkansas Library Commission

Little Rock, AR D36B

West Hills Community College

Library

Coalinga, CA D60B

University of Southern California

Law Center Library Los Angeles, CA D61B

Whittier College

School of Law Library

Los Angeles, CA D49B

University of the Pacific

McGeorge School of Law Library

Sacramento, CA D60B

Stanford University

Robert Crown Law Library

Stanford. CA D62B

Auraria Libraries

Denver, CO D69B

Colorado Supreme Court Library

Denver, CO D67B

University of Denver Law Library

Denver, CO D72B

University of Connecticut

School of Law Library

West Hartford, CT D77A

Board of Governors of the

Federal Reserve System

Research Library

Washington, DC DG-1044

Georgetown University

Fred 0. Dennis Law Library

Washington, DC D93A

George Washington University

National Law Center Library

Washington, DC D92A

Library of Congress

Congressional Research Service

Washington, DC DG-1047

United States Supreme Court

Library

Washington, DC DG-1045

Robert L. F. Sikes Public Library

Crestview, FL D103B

University of Florida

Holland Law Center

Gainesville, FL DllOB

Florida State University

College of Law Library

Tallahassee, FL DlllB

Dalton Junior College Library

Dalton, GA D126B

Mercer University

Walter F. George School of Law

Library

Macon, GA D113A

University of Guam

Robert F. Kennedy Memorial

Library

Agana, GU D132A

University of Hawaii

School of Law Library

Honolulu, HI D129B

University of Idaho

College of Law

Moscow, ID D134A

Southern Illinois University

School of Law Library

Carbondale, IL D147B

Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago-Kent Law Library

Chicago, IL D160A

Northwestern University

School of Law Library

Chicago, IL D147A

Lewis University

College of Law Library

Glen Ellyn, IL D160B

Indiana University Law Library

Bloomington, IN D177B

Valparaiso University Law Library , Valparaiso, IN D171B

Loyola University Law Library

New Orleans, LA D221A

National Library of Medicine

Bethesda, MD DG-1046

United States Court of Appeals

1st Circuit Library

Boston, MA D270A

Middlesex County Law Library

Cambridge, MA D264A

Western New England College

School of Law Library

Springfield, MA D256A

University of Michigan Law Library

Ann Arbor, Ml D276A

University of Detroit

School of Law Library

Detroit, Ml D276B

Thomas M. Cooley Law School

Library

Lansing, Ml D277B

University of Minnesota

Law School Library

Minneapolis, MN D294A

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Hamline University

School of Law

St. Paul, MN D297A

University of Missouri at Columbia

Law Library

Columbia, MO D332A

University of Missouri at Kansas City

Leon E. Bloch Law Library

Kansas City, MO D321A

Washington University Law Library

St. Louis, MO D320A

Rutgers University at Newark

Law School Library

Newark, NJ D378A

otate University of New York

at Buffalo

Charles B. Sears Law Library

Buffalo, NY D400B

Cheektowaga Public Library

Cheektowaga, NY D388A

Cornell University Law Library

Ithaca, NY D435A

St. John's University

School of Law Library

Jamaica, NY D393A

Onondaga Public Library

Syracuse, NY D431A

Syracuse University

William C. Ruger Law Library

Syracuse, NY D389A

Pace University Law Library

White Plains, NY D400A

University of North Carolina

'aw Library

---Chapel Hill, NC D437B

Duke University

School of Law Library

Durham, NC D440A

Monthy Catalog

Corner

An important aspect of the dis- cussions between the Classifications and Cataloging Branch of the

Government Printing Office, and the

Descriptive Cataloging Division of the Library of Congress, is the for- mulation of a uniform policy for the

cataloging of Federal documents

under the current cataloging code.

Both agencies have been reviewing

their cataloging practices and re- evaluating their approaches. Accommodations have been made to en- able LC and GPO to agree on many

issues.

Modifications are being made

with regard to certain details of GPO's cataloging to adopt a line more consistent with LC's practices as the issues are resolved. AssignUniversity of Akron

School of Law

C. Blake McDowell Law Center

Akron, OH D463B

University of Cincinnati

College of Law

Marx Law Library

Cincinnati, OH D461A

University of Oklahoma Law

Library

Norman, OK D488A

Dickinson School of Law

Sheely-Lew Library

Carlisle, PA D528A

Robert Morris College Library

Coraopolis, PA D509B

Thomas Jefferson University

Scott Memorial Library

Philadelphia, PA D515B

Duquesne University Law Library

Pittsburgh, PA D528B

Catholic University of Puerto Rico

School of Law Library

Ponce, PR D549A

ment of main entry, transcription of the title/author statement, and imprint, are but a few of the areas under review. The changes in GPO

cataloging style will be increasingly

reflected on our OCLC records in the

coming weeks, as well as in the

Monthly Catalog beginning with the

issue for February, 1979.

An effort will be made to keep the

depository community abreast of these changes by reporting them in future columns of Public Documents

Highlights. Articles will include

background information as well as

differentiation between past and

present practices.

Discussions with the Library of Congress will be ongoing for at least the next few months.

South Dakota Supreme

Court Library

Pierre, SD D571A

Abilene Christian University

M. & H. Brown Library

Abilene, TX D612A

Texas Tech University

Law Library

Lubbock, TX D597A

Vermont Law School Library

South Royalton, VT D623A

Washington & Lee University

Wilbur C. Hall School of Law Library

Lexington, VA D630B

College of William & Mary

Marshall-Wythe Law Library

Williamsburg, VA D633A

University of Puget Sound

Law Library

Tacoma, WA D643A

University of Wyoming

Law Library

Laramie, WY D679A
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Special Needs

If your depository library has some special needs of a general or

specific nature, let us know. If you

can offer discards, write the re- questing depository a letter (sending a copy to your regional). The li- brary accepting the material agrees

to pay any postage and packing

costs that may be necessary.

Specific needs

U.S. Attorney General, Reports,

1935-1975.

Ms. Linda Gruenthal

Documents Librarian

Colorado Supreme Court Library

B112 State Judicial Building

2 East 14th Avenue

Denver, Colorado 80203

Research in Education, vol. 5, no. 10; Annual Index, 1973, Jan.-Dec.

Ms. Carolyn McFarland

Head Reference Librarian

Mill Memorial Library

Rollin College

Winter Park, Florida 32789

ERIC (Resources in Education) In- dexes, 1969, July-Dec; 1972;

1973; 1975; 1976, July-Dec.

Mr. Earl Shumaker, Head

Government Publications

Department

The University Libraries

Northern Illinois University

DeKalb, Illinois 60115

ERIC (Resources in Education), vol. 12, nos. 1-6.

Mr. James B. McFerrin

Librarian

Union College Library

Barbourville, Kentucky 40906

Soil Survey of Kalamazoo County,

Michigan, 1922.

Dr. Louis Kiraldi

Government Documents Librarian

Dwight B. Waldo Library

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan 49001

ERIC (Resources in Education), vol 10, no. 11.

Ms. Annie E. Mills

Documents Librarian

University of Mississippi Library

University, Mississippi 38677

Congressional Record, Indexes to Daily Edition, 95th Congress, 1977-

78.

Cumulative Index of Congressional

Committee Hearings, 745h-85th

Congress, 1959; Quadrennial Supplement, 86th-87th Congresses,

1963; Second Quadrennial Supplement, 88th-89th Congress, 1967.

Numerical Lists and Schedule of Vol- umes, 86th-89th Congress, 1959-

1965.

U.S. Statutes at Large, vol. 84 pt. 2.

Ms. Thelma Freides

Documents Librarian

SUNY College at Purchase Library

Purchase, New York 10577

Congressional Record, vols. 106-

109, vol. 110, pts. 2, 4, 6-10, 12-

15, 17, 18.

Ms. Judith Pontarelli

Documents Librarian

Government Documents Department

James P. Adams Library

Rhode Island College

Providence, Rhode Island 02908

ERIC (Resources in Education), vol. 11, 1976, semi-annual index, JulyDec.

Miss Louisa Cartledge

Reference Librarian

Furman University Library

Greenville, South Carolina 29613

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1970 Census of Housing, vol. 1, Housing Characteristics for States,

Cities and Counties, pt. 1, U.S. Summary.

Ms. Wilma BoBrow

Documents Librarian

Reference/Documents Department

Main Library

University of Tennessee

Knoxville, Tennessee 37916

Digest of Public General Bills and

Resolutions, Final Issues for Ses- sions 94/2 & 95/1.

Government Reports Announce(

ments & Index, vol. 78, nos. 1-17.

Monthly Catalog, 1925-35, 1937,

1939, 1943-45.
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Ms. Kathy Rauh

Documents Librarian

^ssie Ball duPont Library

_Jiiversity of the South

Sewanee, Tennessee 37375

Federal Maritime Commission Reports, vols. 1-7, 9-12, 15.

Ms. Elaine Woodward

Assistant Librarian

U.S. Court of Appeals Library

10th & Main Streets Richmond, Virginia 23219

Specific Offers

Contact should be made with the

library making the offer, not with

your Editor! Libraries not having Regionals may only offer depository

material when they have replaced it with microform or reprint, and have

inquired from depositories within

heir state if it is wanted there. Du- ^icate copies, gifts, purchases, and

other Government documents not received through the depository pro- gram may also be offered by such

depositories.

Department of Health, Education &

Welfare, Analysis of Financial Statistics of Local Public School Systems, Fiscal 1968; HEW Indicators,

1961-66. 1967, Jan.-Feb.; Grantsin-Aid and Other Financial Assist- ance Programs, 1961-63, 1964-

65, 1966, 1970; Mental Retardation Grants, 1964-70; Patterns for Progress in Aging, Case Studies,

nos. 1-15; Reports and Guidelines

from the White House Conference

on Aging, Series nos. 1-14.

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, HUD International

Brief, Program Report, nos. 1-19;

International Information Sources

Series, Socio-Physical Technology,

1971, & Bibliography on Mortgage

Finance, 1971.

Department of Labor, Manpower Re- search Projects, 1967-1970.

Indian Affairs Bureau, Indian Record, 1971, Feb.-1972, Feb.; Statistics Concerning Indian Education,

1956, 1957, 1960-66, 1971-72.

Interdepartmental Committee and

Citizens Advisory Council on the

Status of Women, Report of the National Conference of Governors Commissions on the Status of Women,

1965-66, 1968; Annual Report,

1963-68.

Interdepartmental Committee on

Children and Youth, Report, Fiscal 1961-69.

Internal Revenue, 1962 and supplements. Statistics of Income/Foreign

Tax Credit Claimed on Corporation

Income Tax Returns.

International Boundary and Water

Commission, United States &

Mexico, Summary Water Bulletin,

1889-1955, no. 1.

International Development Agency,

Proposed Foreign Aid Program,

Fiscal Year 1968; Report to Congress on the Mutual Security Pro- gram, Fiscal Year 1951-61.

Interstate Commerce Commission,

Revenues, Expenses and Statistics

of Freight Forwarders, 1968-70,

1972-73.

Justice Department, ICR series,

1970-71, nos. 1-3; PR series,

1970, June, Sept., Dec; 1971,

March, June, Sept.-Dec; 1972, Jan.

Feb., April-Aug., Oct.-Dec.

U.S. Laws, Statutes, etc.. Hunting

Regulations, 1973-74; Minimum

Wage Laws, 1974; Voting Rights Act

of 1965.

U.S. State Department, Diplomatic

List, 1962, 1973; East Asian and

Pacific Series, nos. 192-93, 196-

200; Economic Foreign Policy

Series, nos. 1-4; Foreign Consular

Offices in the U.S., 1953-73; For- eign Service List, 1951-72; Geographical Bulletins, nos. 1-8; Issues

in U.S. Foreign Policy, nos. 1-4, 7.

U.S. Transportation Department,

National Highway Safety Bureau

Contracts, Fiscal Year 1968.

Women's Bureau, Background Facts on Women Workers in the U.S. 1962-70; Women in the World

Today, International Report, nos. 1-7.
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Ms. Kathy L. Fueston

Documents Librarian

Pasadena Public Library

285 East Walnut Street Pasadena, California 91101

American Ephemeris & Nautical

Almanac, 1968.

U.S. Reports, 1972, Oct.

U.S. Treaties and Other International Agreements, 1972, vol. 27,

pt. 3.

Ms. Clarice Ruder

Government Publications Librarian

Government Publications Division

Tampa-Hisslborough County

Public Library System

900 North Ashley Street Tampa, Florida 33602

Monthly Catalog, 1961, Feb.-May,

Sept.-Dec; 1962, Jan.-June, Aug.-

Dec; 1963, Jan.-Dec; 1964,

March-Nov.; 1967, Dec; 1968,

Aug., Dec; 1969, Feb.-May, July,

Sept.; 1970, March, June, Aug.,

Sept., Dec; 1971, Feb.-Nov.; 1972,

Jan.-Nov.; 1973, Jan-Dec; 1974,

Jan.-Dec.

Mr. Earl Shumaker, Head

Government Publications

Department

Northern Illinois University Libraries

DeKalb, Illinois 60115

Child, 1936-42, vols. 1-6 (bound).

Ms. Susan Dow

Serial/Document Assistant

George Fingold Library State House

Boston, Massachusetts 02133

Aging, 1977.

Congressional Record, vol. 31, in- dex; vol. 35, index.

Department of State Bulletin, vols. 42-72 (bound); vols. 76-78 (is- sues).

15th Census of the U.S., Agriculture, vols. 1-3, pt. 3; Distribution,

vol. 1, pts. 1, 3; Manufactures, vols. 1-2; Population, vol. 3, pts. 1-2;

Unemployment, vols. 1-2.

Library of Congress, Van Buren

Papers.

Nuclear Science Abstracts, 1948-

50; 1952, nos. 14-24; 1954-71.

Patterns and Perspectives in Environmental Science (NS 1.28:73-2).

Serial Set, 8573, 12724-2, 12805

-4, 12836-2, 12843-2, 12854-1,

12897-2, 13019-3/5, 13024,

13067-7.

Social Security Bulletin, vol. 40.

U.S.G.S. Water Supply Papers, nos. 467-68, 470, 473, 492, 521-23,

525, 529-31, 607-10, 613-14,

639-40, 642, 646.

Ms. Nila Corkill Documents Librarian

Documents Department

University Library

University of Nebraska at Omaha

Omaha, Nebraska 68182

Employment and Earnings, 1973,

vol. 19, nos. 8-12; 1974, vol. 20.

Official Summary of Security Transactions and Holdings, 1967, nos. 9-/"' 12; 1968-73. V.

Overseas Business Reports, 1963-

69; 1971; 1973, nos. 38-75; 1974,

nos. 36-69; 1976; 1977 (some

bound).

Survey of Current Business, 1971-

73.

Ms. Jacqueline Goldfarb

Documents Librarian

Arthur J. Morris Law Library

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia 22901

Public Do'-uments

Public Documents Highlights is circulated bi-monthly by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C. 20402, and is mailed at

first class postage rates. Public

Documents Highlights is intended

primarily for librarians of the Federal Depository Library Program

Material proposed for circulation

may be submitted to the Editor,

Public Documents Highlights, Li- brary and Statutory Distribution

Service, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20401. The(

Superintendent of Documents,

however, retains the right to accept

such material, to edit it, and to as- sign priorities of circulation.

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