ADMINISTRATIVE NOTES

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

SUPHRIMTENDENT 01 •' DOCUMENTS

LIBRARY AND STATUTORY DISTRIBUTION SERVICE

Vqu_2, No, jg DecmerJ981

HOI JDAY GREETINGS

With the pleasant prospect of a New Year, your many friends at the Government Printing Office hold you in their thoughs, and wish to all who work in

Depository Libraries and who use Government publications: A Happy Holiday

Season and May 3 982 Be Our Best Year Yet!

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OUR NEW SUPERINTENDENT OF" DOCUMENTS

On December 7th, 1981, Public Printer Dan ford L. Sawyer, dr., selected

Mr. William J. Barrett as the new Assistant Public Printer (Superintendent

of Documents). The former Superintendent of Documents, Mr. Carl A. LaBarre,

has recently retired.

Mr. Barrett came to the Government Printing Office in 1971 from the position

of Staff Assistant to the Secretary of the Navy. He served successively as GPO's first Administrative Officer, establishing what was to become the Office

of General Services, and was Director of General Services. He also served

as Special Projects Officer under former Superintendent of Documents, Mr.

Wellington H. Lewis. On November 24, 1974, lie was appointed as Deputy

Assistant Public Printer (Superintendent of Documents). He is a member of

and served as Secretary of the Interagency Council on Printing and Publications Services

.

Articles by Mr. Barrett have appeared in LIBRARY JOURNAL , WILSON LIBRARY

BULLETIN, DOCUMENTS TO Tin; PEOPLE, and SPECIAL LIBRARIES. He has spoken

to annual meetings of the American Library Association, American Association of Law Libraries, Special Libraries Association, Federal Library

Association, and Medical Library Association.

A native of Rhode Island, Mr. Barrett spent much of his youth in Boston,

Massachusetts. He has been a newspaper columnist, radio announcer, and

Golden Gloves. Boxing Champion. He and his wife Betty have six children

and reside in Alexandria, Virginia. ****************************** a ***************** ****************************

ON CHANGING YOUR CENSUS SELECTIONS

A few libraries have contacted the Library and Statutory Distribution

Service to say they would like to change their selection of Census

material. Nothing. could be more easily done. Since the new printouts

have just been received by depositor)' libraries, all that needs to be

done is to circle the item number in question and note the letter Y or N

that appears beside it. If you wish to change a "Yes" to a "No," draw a line through the Y and print an N beside it. To add an item, just reverse

the procedure. **********************************************************

BIENNIAL REPORT IS COMING!

The Biennial Report is at the printers and will be distributed early in

1982. It will not be due for return by depository librarians until March

1, 1982. It contains a lot of new questions and should produce some very

valuable planning information for the Depository Library Program. ******************************* ******************** ************************ .

CONFIRMATION OF CLASS NUMBER FORMS

Many librarians have requested additional "Confirmation of Class Number"

forms. These forms are currently being revised, [f you have any suggestions

or comments on the form, please contact the Classification Specialist,

Carol Watts, at (703) 557-1642 sometime before January 15, 1982. ***************************************************************************

1981 SERIALS SUPPLEMENT

The MONTHLY CATALOG OF UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS, SERIALS

SUPPLEMENT 1981 was distributed on shipping list 16,718, 12-15-81.

The majority of titles have been rccatalogcd according to the New AACR-2,

with name headings checked and re-established, as well as series re- evaluated against the new rules. Also, OCLC records were checked, updated,

and some titles rccatalogcd as monographs. Eight months of cataloging

time went into the preparation of this landmark issue. It holds many

significant changes; so study it carefully.

Work has now begun on the 1982 SERIALS SUTPLEMENT. Many titles are being

discontinued, prices changed, and numerous classes changed as well. We hope

to be able to issue the 1982 SERIALS SUPPLEMENT between the January and

February issues of the MONTHLY CATALOG. ****************************************************************************