Fulfilling Madison's Vision

The Federal Depository Library Program

Depository Library Council

1996

Fulfilling Madison's Vision

The Federal Depository Library Program

Fulfilling Madison’s Vision was developed to help raise public awareness of services

provided by Federal Depository Libraries. It is a joint project of the Depository Library Council

to the Public Printer and the U.S. Government Printing Office.

FOREWORD

The U.S. Government Printing Office has brought Government information to the American

public through the Federal Depository Library Program since 1895. In 1993, the Depository

Library Council to the Public Printer undertook a project to collect statements from

depository library patrons on their use of the program. The letters contained here illustrate

the remarkable diversity of both users of and uses for Federal Government information all

across America. They validate the premise that access by American citizens to the

information produced by their Government is a vital requirement, not an expendable luxury.

And they testify to the essential role of the depository library staff in making that information

accessible to those who need it.

The Depository Library Council is to be commended for its work in initiating and carrying

out this project. In particular, Cynthia Etkin, Council Secretary, has been tireless in her

efforts in gathering and organizing these materials, and Daniel O'Mahony, as Chair of

Council's Information Exchange Committee, was a prime mover in spearheading this project.

I thank all those who took the time to write. The citizens who use Federal Government

information validate the Federal Depository Library Program, and we at the U.S.

Government Printing Office are proud to be of service to them.

MICHAEL F. DiMARIO

Public Printer

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Contents

Foreword hi

Acknowledgements vi

James Madison’s Vision vii

The Role of the Federal Depository Library Program

in the Information Infrastructure ix

Brief History of the Federal Depository Library Program xi

Index of Letters xiii

Letters in Support of the Federal Depository Library Program

— alphabetical by state 1-81

Federal Depository Library System Maps Al

Federal Depository Library Listing B1-B25

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Acknowledgements

The Depository Library Council wishes to thank all those who wrote testimonial letters in support of the

Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). While limitations in space did not permit us to reproduce

all of the letters in this publication, the Council sincerely appreciates the effort and support

represented by each letter we received. The Council also wishes to express our profound gratitude and

respect for the depository librarians in the 1,391 depository libraries across the country that make the

FDLP work, providing the human connection between the program and local users. Finally, the Council

wishes to thank the Public Printer and the staff of the Government Printing Office for their successful

stewardship of the FDLP, and for their support in gathering these testimonial letters and making this

publication possible.

Depository Library Council, 1993 - 1995

Phyllis Christenson

U.S. General Accounting Office

Information Services Center

Ehot J. Christian

U.S. Geological Survey

Dan 0. Clemmer

U.S. Department of State Library

Susan Dow

State University of New York at Buffalo Law Library

Cynthia Etkin

Western Kentucky University Libraries

Janice Fryer

Iowa State University Library

Stephen M. Hayes

University of Notre Dame Library

David R. Hoffman

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Linda M. Kennedy

University of California, Davis, Library

Daniel P. O’Mahony

Brown University Library

Wilda Marston

Anchorage, Alaska

Maggie Parhamovich

University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Library

Judith Row

Princeton University

Computing & Information Technology

John H. Sulzer

Pennsylvania State University Library

Lynn G. Walshak

Georgia Southern University Library

Anne Watts

St. Louis Public Library

Richard Hume Working

U.S. Naval Academy Library

Bobby Wynn

Fayetteville State University Library

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A popular government without popular information, or

the means ofacquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a

Tragedy; or, perhaps, both. Knowledge will forever govern

ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own

Governors, must arm themselves with the power which

knowledge gives.

James Madison

Letter to W.T. Barry, August 4, 1822

J

ames Madison’s vision for the success of this nation

rested on the ability of an informed citizenry to

participate in the democratic process and to hold

government accountable for its actions. Democracy

requires the free flow of information, and access to

government information is a fundamental right of a

free society.

These values are the foundation of the Federal

Depository Library Program. Under the administration

of the Government Printing Office (GPO), the Federal

Depository Library Program (FDLP) is a system of

approximately 1,400 libraries located in all 50 states,

the District of Columbia, virtually every Congressional

District, and six territories. These libraries work in

partnership with Federal agencies, GPO, and the

American public to provide local, no-fee access to

Federal government information.

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The Role ofthe Federal Depository Library Program

in the Government Information Infrastructure

T

he Federal government is the most

prolific publisher in the world.

Government agencies are constantly

creating, gathering, and producing information in the daily exercise of their official

duties. The information may be in the

form of publications created for education

and public awareness, data gathered for 

research and investigation, reports and

documents of administrative agencies,

testimony before Congressional committees, the laws and regulations enacted by

the Federal government, or other information generated as part of the working

operations of the three branches of

government. In all cases, this information

is public — information paid for by public

funds, owned by the public, and accessible to the public by right and by law. The

government holds this information in trust

and is obligated to provide access to it and

to guarantee its integrity and preservation.

The Federal Depository Library

Program (FDLP) was established to ensure

that the American public has access to its

government and its government's information. For more than 130 years, depository

libraries have safeguarded the public's

right to know by collecting, organizing,

maintaining, preserving, and servicing

information from the Federal government.

Through the FDLP, the Government

Printing Office works in partnership with

Federal agencies to supply certain classes

of government information at no cost to

designated depository libraries throughout

the country. These depository libraries, in

turn, provide local, no-fee access to

government information in all formats in a

neutral environment with professional

assistance.

As institutions committed to equity of

access and dedicated to open and free

public use, depository libraries serve as

one of the vital links between "We the

people" and our government.

Each day, businesspeople, college

students, community interest groups,

entrepreneurs, ministers, health care

professionals, parents, local and state

government officials, newspaper reporters,

researchers, schoolchildren, teachers,

veterans, voters, and concerned citizens in

every state use their depository libraries to

obtain information that directly impacts

their work and their lives.

The Federal Depository Library

Program and depository librarians break

down the barriers that exist between the

Federal government and the American

people. The Federal government information infrastructure is a complex landscape.

Potential users of government information

face numerous obstacles, such as econmic

inability to pay, geographic location, outof-print government documents, changing

formats, frustrations in deciphering the

maze of Federal agencies, erratic publishing patterns, difficulties in locating relevant government sources, lack of access to

computers or computer networks, inexperience with different computer software or

systems, and the now-common phenomenon of information overload. All of these

factors stand in the way of people trying to

obtain important government information.

The FDLP's singular purpose is to

organize and provide access to Federal

government information so that the

American people can utilize this
tremendous national resource — public

information — today and in the future.

Depository libraries provide the storage,

equipment, space, networks, training, professional assistance, and user support necessary to connect people with the government information they need.

In today's information age, with an everexpanding array of information sources and

increasingly complex information choices,

depository libraries provide a single mechanism for accessing all types of Federal information in all formats

(paper, microfiche, diskette, CD-ROM, online)

from all branches and

agencies of government.

Moreover, depository

librarians provide the

expertise and assistance

needed to help users

successfully navigate the

government information

infrastructure.

Depository libraries

link the past with the 

future, building upon

their rich historical collections while

utilizing new technologies to provide

timely and efficient access to electronic

information sources and indexes. The

knowledgeable staff in depository libraries

assist in developing collections and

resources, evaluating information needs,

synthesizing questions, identifying appropriate sources in all formats, and teaching

users to find and use government information. Whether it is a report contained in a

dusty, nineteenth-century volume, or a

statistical data file on CD-ROM, users of

government information know that their

local depository library is the single place

where they can find or have access to all

types and formats of Federal government

information.

"The Federal Depository

Library Program and

depository librarians

break down the barriers

between the Federal

government and the

American people."

Depository librarians also assist

Federal agencies in the development of

new information products and services by

providing feedback on content, format,

and use, and by participating in new product tests and pilot projects. Furthermore,

depository librarians serve as advocates for

the public's right to know; in particular,

the public's right to timely access to government information in usable formats.

Madison's words about a "popular

government" and "popular information"

ring true as loudly

today as when the

nation was founded.

Without a reliable

means for the public

to access government

information, our

democracy cannot

flourish. The ideals of

an informed citizenry

and the inherent

responsibility of a

democratic government to share public

information lie at the

very heart of the

Federal Depository Library Program. This

vision is brought to life every day in every

depository library, as people across the

country take advantage of these collections and services to fulfill their Federal

government information needs.

During this year, as we recognize the

centennial anniversary of the landmark

Printing Act of 1895, and the successful

stewardship of the FDLP under the

Government Printing Office, "We the

people" salute the Federal Depository

Library Program for its long and valued

service to the nation.
BriefHistory of

the Federal Depository Library Program

T

he origins of the Federal Depository

Library Program date back to the

earliest years of the nation. Special acts of

the first twelve Congresses provided for

the printing and distribution of extra

copies of congressional documents outside

the Federal government to the states and

territories. In 1813, a joint resolution

provided for the distribution of public

journals and documents of the Senate and

the House of Representatives to universities, colleges, and historical societies in

each state. In 1857, responsibility for distributing documents was transferred from

the Department of State to the Secretary of

the Interior. Resolutions in 1858 and 1859

authorized Representatives and Senators to

designate depository libraries in their districts or states. The office of the

Superintendent of Documents was created

by the Interior Act of 1869, which also

extended depository distribution to include

executive agency publications, except

those designated for special use.

The landmark Printing Act of 1895

codified the existing laws relating to the

printing, binding, and distribution of

public documents. The act transferred the

Superintendent of Documents to the

Government Printing Office, which had

been established in 1861, and provided

for the systematic bibliographic control of

Federal documents through the printing of

a monthly catalog.

The Depository Library Act of 1962

significantly changed the program in a

number of ways. First, it increased the

number of libraries that could be designated as depositories to two per Congressional District. Second, it expanded the

category of material distributed through

the program to include publications not

printed or procured by the Government

Printing Office. The law required

publishing agencies to pay for the

additional copies of these non-GPO

publications printed for depository

distribution. Depository publications

printed or procured by GPO are paid for

by GPO's appropriations. Third, the act

established "regional" depository libraries

(two per state) which would be required to

accept and permanently hold all materials,

while permitting selective depositories to

discard materials after a mandatory fiveyear retention period.

In 1977, the Joint Committee on

Printing, the Congressional committee

which oversees GPO policies and operations, authorized GPO to proceed with a

micropublishing program by converting to

microfiche non-GPO documents and

GPO-produced documents "as necessary

and as requested by individual depository

libraries and where savings in cost are

clearly demonstrable." Over the years, the

portion of depository materials distributed

to libraries in microfiche has steadily

grown.

In 1989, the first CD-ROM publication, "Census Test Disc No. 2," was distributed through depository shipments to

libraries. Since that time, more than 600

CD-ROM titles have been distributed to

depository libraries. During the same period, depository libraries have prepared for

the electronic future faster and in greater

proportions than other sectors of the information community — between 80 and 90

percent of depository libraries have
computer workstations, CD-ROM drives,

and connections to the Internet.

In 1993, Congress passed the

Government Printing Office Electronic

Information Access Enhancement Act

(P.L. 103-40). This law moved the program into the realm of online dissemination. The law instructed GPO to: (1)

provide online access to the

Congressional Record, the Federal

Register, and other appropriate government publications; (2) maintain an online

directory or "locator" of Federal government information sources; and (3) establish a storage facility for electronic information files. In June 1994, GPO Access,

the online service of the Government

Printing Office, was inaugurated.

GPO Access provides the full text of

the Congressional Record, the Federal

Register, congressional bills and laws,

the United States Code, General

Accounting Office reports, and other

government information resources.

Depository libraries and the public have

free access to the system, and a growing

number of depositories are working to

provide direct local access through GPO

Access gateways using campus and

community networks. In June 1995, GPO

began World Wide Web access through

the Internet to the GPO Access service.

At present, 1,391 depository libraries

(including 53 regional libraries) cooperate with GPO to provide no-fee public

access to government information in all

formats. The Federal Depository Library

Program represents a proactive step on

the part of the Federal government to

develop an informed citizenry, and it is

one of the principal means by which the

nation's "right to know" is guaranteed.

Letters in Support of

the Federal Depository Library Program

The following testimonial letters are

taken from the more than 130 letters

received during the past several months

in support of the Federal Depository

Library Program. These letters, from

depository library users across the

country, express the significant role

depository libraries play in their daily

work lives. The letters also represent the

diversity of government information

needs that depository libraries fulfill

every day.

U.S. Government Information...

ELECTRONICALLY
Subject Index to Letters

Testimonial letters are arranged alphabetically by state, giving readers a geographic approach to

finding letters. The index was generated to provide readers a subject approach to the diverse

uses of information furnished by Federal Depository Libraries, as seen through the letters.

BUSINESS

CONNECTICUT

Frost, Robert E

Klepper-Smith, Donald L.

Oman, Ana M.

DELAWARE

Mallonee, Mary Jane

GEORGIA

Chapman, Peggy

IDAHO

Smith, Donna K.

ILLINOIS

Feather, Timothy D.

Langowski, John E

Opitz, Eva M.

Steinbeck, J. Russell M.

INDIANA

Peters, Jerry T.

KANSAS

Wright, Timothy L.

KENTUCKY

Glass, Cheri M.

MAINE

DeMartini, J.E.

MASSACHUSETTS

Racz, Adrienne

MICHIGAN

Monzon, Margaret W.

MINNESOTA

Chin, Richard

MISSISSIPPI

Seay, Clant M.

MISSOURI

Taylor, Stephen J.

MONTANA

Gallacher, Daniel

NEBRASKA

Sloan, Patricia

NEVADA

Mendive, Mercedes

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Hill, Scott K.

NORTH CAROLINA

Jacques, Lynne

Nelson, Louise C.

Skladanowski, Larry

Stabnau, Jeff

OHIO

Braman, Robert E

Graham, I.V.

OKLAHOMA

Miller, Warren D.

PENNSYLVANIA

Basore, Robert R.

Walter, James A.

RHODE ISLAND

McConaghy, Raymond J. Jr.

SOUTH DAKOTA

Dennison, Walter N.

VIRGINIA

Sholar, Marc

VERMONT

Sachs, Christopher

Savage, Robert

WEST VIRGINIA

Smith, Richard C.

WISCONSIN

Thompson, Sandra

CIVIC

RESPONSIBILITY

ARKANSAS

Dorfman, Mark S.

FLORIDA

Montgomery, Richard

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MINNESOTA

Rivers, Scott

Saffeels, Lawrence A.

MISSOURI

Barrett, Elinor L.

NEBRASKA

Sloan, Patricia

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Barff, Richard A.

RHODE ISLAND

Reed,Jack

WISCONSIN

Deyoe, Sandy

COMMUNITY

CONCERNS

ARKANSAS

Thompson, Lynne C.

Williams, Alan G.

CALIFORNIA

Graves, Don

Smith, Nancy A.

FLORIDA

Knetsch, Joe

Montgomery, Richard

IDAHO

Scott, Eric J.

INDIANA

Becker, Jeanine

Haber, Sara

LOUISIANA

Blazek, James E., Jr.

Poland, Juanita

Rainwater, Paul W.

MASSACHUSETTS

Green, Emmanuel B.

MISSISSIPPI

Seay, Clant M.
MISSOURI

Paulsmeyer, David L.

NEVADA

Ackerman, Gerald

Mendive, Mercedes

NEW YORK

Johnson, Michael P.

OHIO

Braman, Robert T.

Seballos, Lynn

VERMONT

Brighton, Deborah

CONSUMER NEEDS

AND GENERAL

REFERENCE

KENTUCKY

Griffin, John B.

MASSACHUSETTS

Green, Emmanuel B.

Taricano, Michael A.

MISSOURI

McLeod, Marilyn

Schilling, Sally B.

NEBRASKA

Sloan, Patricia

NEW MEXICO

Gilbert, Kathie S.

OHIO

Cobbs, Carol L.

Dillon, Michelle L.

EDUCATION

ALABAMA

Darden, Leatha

Melancon, Richard J.

ALASKA

Kessel, Brina

Kuhn, Nancy K.

ARIZONA

Gober, Patricia

Yoshioka, Carlton E

ARKANSAS

Clark, Kelly G.

Dorfman, Mark S.

CALIFORNIA

Haber, Melissa

COLORADO

Daubach, Carl

Political Science Dept.,

USAF Academy

FLORIDA

Grant, Alice Morgan

Peters, Sonja

IDAHO

Smith, Donna K.

ILLINOIS

Hastings, William M.

O’Keefe, Julie

IOWA

Thompson, Peter

KANSAS

Backhus, DeWayne

Cadett, Robert B.

DeVito, Raffaele

Johnston, Paul

Nichols, Joan

Oelke, Victor

Stephens, James A.

Wright, Timothy L.

KENTUCKY

Bogal-Allbritten, Rose

Brown, Barry T.

Burkeen, Oleta

Griffin, John B.

Kind, Thomas C.

Payne, William E

LOUISIANA

Bargas, St. John

Mire, Susan M.

MAINE

Duchesneau, Thomas D.

Mageean, Deirdre

MASSACHUSETTS

Bilodeau, Lorraine

MICHIGAN

Szto, Peter

Van Gelder, Craig

MISSOURI

Licklider, Mary M.

Paulsmeyer, David L.

MONTANA

Hampton, H.D.

NEVADA

Ackerman, Gerald J.

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Barff, Richard A.

NEW JERSEY

Long, John R., Sr.

NEW MEXICO

French, Larry

Gilbert, Kathie S. 

Lundahl, Craig R.

NEW YORK

Radford, Gail

Rieck, Susan

NORTH CAROLINA

Aghajanian, Akbar

Nelson, C. Louise

Wood, John H.

OHIO

Botzman, Thomas J.

Durborow, Louis L.

Wise, Robert G., Jr.

PENNSYLVANIA

Walter, James A.

TENNESSEE

Dessem, R. Lawrence

TEXAS

Cuevas, Jacqueline

WEST VIRGINIA

Halverson, Joel A.

Harris, Trevor M.

Worsham, Jeff

WISCONSIN

Deyoe, Sandy

McCalla, Robert B.

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GPO ACCESS

IDAHO

Smith, Donna K.

MISSOURI

Barrett, Elinor L.

Licklider, Mary M.

McLeod, Marilyn

Schilling, Sally B.

RHODE ISLAND

Reed, Jack

GRANT

PROPOSALS

ALABAMA

Melancon, Richard J.

FLORIDA

Grant, Alice Morgan

Peters, Sonja

INDIANA

Haber, Sara

MISSOURI

Licklider, Mary M.

Schilling, Sally B.

TEXAS

Cuevas, Jacqueline

WEST VIRGINIA

Smith, Richard C.

OTHER LIBRARIES

IDAHO

Scott, Eric J.

Smith, Donna K.

MISSOURI

McLeod, Marilyn

NEBRASKA

Sloan, Patricia

OHIO

Cobbs, Carol L.

Dillon, Michelle L.

WISCONSIN

Drew, Sally

PUBLIC POLICY

AND DECISIONMAKING

CALIFORNIA

Graves, Don

FLORIDA

Fletcher, R.L. “Buddy”

Knetsch, Joe

LOUISIANA

Poland, Juanita

Rainwater, Paul W.

MAINE

Ballard, Steven

Martin, Jean

MINNESOTA

Birkholz, David

NEW JERSEY

Long, John R., Sr.

OHIO

Durborow, Louis L.

Ramcharran, Harridutt

Seballos, Lynn

TENNESSEE

Dessem, R. Lawrence

VERMONT

Brighton, Deborah

WASHINGTON

Pittman, Kenny

WEST VIRGINIA

Smith, Richard C.

RESEARCH

AIABAMA

Darden, Leatha A.

ALASKA

Kessel, Brina

ARIZONA

Gober, Patricia

ARKANSAS

Thompson, Lynne C.

COLORADO

Daubach, Carl

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FLORIDA

Knetsch, Joe

IOWA

Thompson, Thelma B.

KANSAS

Backhus, DeWayne

Catlett, Robert B.

DeVito, Raffaele

Johnston, Paul

KENTUCKY

Kind, Thomas C.

LOUISIANA

Bargas, St. John

Mire, Susan M.

MAINE

Ballard, Steven

MASSACHUSETTS

Rosen, Ellen I.

MINNESOTA

Lien, Jina

MISSOURI

Schilling, Sally B.

MONTANA

Gallacher, Daniel

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Barff, Richard A.

NEW YORK

Gorey, Kevin M.

NORTH CAROLINA

Aghajanian, Akbar

OHIO

Seballos, Lynn

OREGON

Sevetson, Donald J.

TENNESSEE

Dessem, R. Lawrence

VERMONT

Hudson, Raymond L.

Smallwood, J. Wm.

WEST VIRGINIA

Halverson, Joel A.

Harris, Trevor M.

Worsham, Jeff

WISCONSIN

McCalla, Robert B.

ALABAMA

... As a university faculty member and a frequent user of government documents,

I can certainly attest to the value of the depository system from the vantage point of my

own research. However, it is with the education function of the depository system that

this letter is concerned.

Each semester, students in my courses develop reports that assess the real and

imputed costs of doing business with various United States trading partners. . . .

As future leaders of the retailing and textile industries . . . [these students] must be

able to make sound business decisions regarding international trade. Sound decisions can

only be made when the decisions are supported by objective knowledge. The Depository

Library is the only place which provides up-to-date and accurate information on the vast

array of topics necessary to support American businessmen and women in their quest to

strengthen their positions in world markets. It would be a tragedy if current and future

American businessmen and women were denied such a repository of information!

Leatha A. Darden, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

College of Human Environmental Sciences

University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

... I am a senior nursing student at the University of Arkansas at Monticello and this

past summer completed my research requirement in the nursing curriculum. . . .

I saved myself hours this semester by using the Government documents listed in the

library computer and could have saved myself more. I will never again pass up such a

valuable asset. . . .

Kelly G. Clark

University of Alabama at Monticello

Monticello, Alabama
I am writing to inform you of the valuable services which have been recently

rendered to me by the Federal Depository Library Program [FDLP] at the University of

Alabama in Tuscaloosa. As the interim director of the Livingston University Upward

Bound Program, I was responsible for writing our federal grant application for renewal

funding. As you no doubt know, a successful grant application depends upon reliable,

comprehensive, and current statistical data about the target area to be served under the

grant. I turned to the FDLP librarian and staff for help in locating such data sources.

The FDLP staff provided courteous, helpful, and expert assistance in finding the type

of information I required. They located data on population density, per capita income

figures, and educational achievement levels for my target area in the Statistical Abstract of

the U.S. When I needed the most up-to-date unemployment statistics for specific Alabama

counties, the state, and the nation, an FDLP staff member quickly found for me the Local

Area Unemployment Statistics on microfiche provided by the U. S. Bureau of Labor

Statistics.

I believe my experience illustrates several advantages of the Federal Depository

Library Program. As an experienced researcher, I know the value of having relevant data

sources in one location. The FDLP offers that one location where one may find several

types of source material. The FDLP also offers its users the devices which allow them to

make use of such innovative new technologies as CD-ROM- and laser-disc-based data

sources. The assistance of well-trained, knowledgeable persons makes the researcher's

task much easier. . . . Staff members provide expertise in identifying sources, developing

collections, and keeping abreast of technological changes in the way information is

received, stored, and accessed. . . .

I believe that the FDLP provides indispensable services to researchers in all fields of

endeavor. . . .

Richard J. Melancon, Ph.D.

University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

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ALASKA

The Depository Library System is an extraordinarily important library service, especially for us in Alaska. The Elmer E. Rasmuson Library at the University of Alaska

Fairbanks has been a repository for many years and is the ONLY adequate source of many

government documents. . . .

In my faculty role as a researcher at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, I frequently

have cause to go back to old issues of a number of government series, often back to the

1880s, when most of the early explorations of Alaska were by the U. S. Government.

Some of the series I use most frequently are those of the U.S. Biological Survey, U. S. Fish

and Wildlife Service, National Biological Service, U. S. National Museum of Natural

History, U. S. Department of Agriculture, U. S. Geological Survey, and the various

oceanic, minerals management, and weather services. I cannot imagine how impossible it

would be to obtain these materials if they were not all together at a single site! . . .

Brina Kessel

Professor of Zoology and Curator of

Ornithology

University of Alaska Museum

Fairbanks, Alaska

As the University of Alaska Fairbanks International Student Advisor, I am responsible

for compliance with a broad range of federal regulations. I am often called on to advise

on regulations affecting international students and scholars by the University community

and the local Fairbanks community. . . .

Having a local depository is crucial to a timely filing of nonimmigrant documents.

My experience with the Rasmuson Library Government Documents staff has been most

favorable.

... In a time of declining budgets, a central depository program becomes ever more

important. . . .

Nancy K. Kuhn

Office of Student Services

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, Alaska

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ARIZONA

... In 20 years as a university professor, I have made extensive use of the [Federal

Depository Library] Program in teaching and research.

In a typical semester, I send 50 to 100 students from my geography course to the

Arizona State University Government Documents Service to use the summary tape files

from the 1990 Census of Population and Housing. Students are asked to develop a

demographic and socioeconomic profile of one census tract in metropolitan Phoenix

and then follow-up with a field check on that tract. The current facility provides not

only physical access to Census data but also technical support services that are

absolutely critical for first-time users of the Census. My own view is that one of the

most important components of a university education in today's information age is the

ability to access, manipulate, interpret, and present information. The Federal

Depository Library Program is a critical cog in the wheel of information access for

geography students at ASU.

. . . Rarely a week goes by that I do not make a visit to the Government

Documents Service.

... The combination of physical access to data, the availability of computers for

those without computer equipment, and sound advice from professionals skilled in

information services makes the system work. I fear that alternative systems that provide

only one or even two of these attributes would significantly limit my use of federal

data.

Patricia Gober

Professor

Department of Recreation Management

and Tourism

Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona

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... I am employed as a research analyst with Economic Strategies Group, a private

consulting firm specializing in economic problem-solving for local governments in the

Southwestern United States. In an information intensive business such as ours, access to

a wide range of data is of vital importance, wherein lies my interest and concern for 

library systems.

•

There are certain activities of government which could benefit from decentralization but it is doubtful that information services is one of them. Additional means of

access to information is always welcome, but should not be at the expense of a more

comprehensive source of a wide array of data, such as our Depository libraries. Under

the current system it is possible to, for example, download Census data from CD-ROM,

then search microforms for data on airports, then study the maps of various utility company service areas in a book. That sort of example is not at all unusual; I typically

gather data from many sources in one trip.

. . . Direct links to data via modem may prove to be a realistically useful and costeffective technology at some point in the future. But a fact which is frequently overlooked ... in our increasingly technological society is that simply because something is

possible does not mean it is necessarily advantageous. Computers are marvelous tools

for accessing large amounts of data, particularly when one knows specifically where it

is located. Computers are less useful and/or less time efficient when seeking small

amounts of information. Online services are quite valuable for providing certain types

of information, but not necessarily time nor cost-effective in all circumstances. . . .

To reiterate, while additional means to acquire data would be welcome, alternative

means could easily have the effect of making data retrieval more difficult and timeconsuming by diminishing the system already in place. . . .

Don Graves

Research Analyst

Economic Strategies Group

Phoenix, Arizona

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I strongly support the continuation of the Federal Depository Library Program ....

I voice this opinion from direct interaction for myself and over five hundred students over

the past six years that have received benefit from using the governmental documents section of the Hayden Library at Arizona State University. As a part of my attempt to provide

educational and professional experiences to students — soon to be administrators, supervisors and leaders in the public, non-profit and private sectors — I have integrated the

information available from ASU Government Documents Service as a critical part of my

preparation of students within my senior level core required course ....

Carlton F. Yoshioka, Ph.D.

Professor

Department of Recreation, Management

and Tourism

Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona

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ARKANSAS

Thanks so very much for finding the data I requested on the U.S. Equal Employment

Opportunity Commission's activities over the past decade. In this case, the "small" bit of

information will serve to make a classroom lecture more accurate. I have consciously

stressed to my students that the great institution of democracy cannot work without the

truth being widely known and considered. . . .

... In just the past two months, in addition to your help with the IMOC and Age

Discrimination data, I've collected data or other information about the following topics

using government documents:

• Social Security

• Health Insurance (reform)

• Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation

• Superfund

• Americans with Disabilities Act

• Workers' Compensation laws and workers injuries

. . . Neither of us could do our jobs as well without the University of Arkansas at

Little Rock being a government depository.

Mark S. Dorfman

Professor

College of Business Administration

University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Little Rock, Arkansas

... I have been conducting research on the economic impacts of imported fire ants

in the southern United States. . . . Since the U.S. Government collects and stores much of

the information I need, I use the government documents in our library frequently.

I especially use demographic and crop production data. Our librarians are especially

good at helping me locate and acquire this information.

Lynne C. Thompson

Professor

School of Forest Resources

University of Arkansas at Monticello

Monticello, Arkansas

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I am an environmental consultant with an office in Monticello, Arkansas. Two

months ago a job required me to investigate several United States laws. Thanks to the

University of Arkansas at Monticello Library and its staff, I was able to find the necessary

information.

To have this type information available to me in Monticello is very important to my

business because the nearest library with this type of information is fifty miles away. . . .

Alan G. Williams

Environment Assessment Consultant

Environmental Consultants & Associates

Monticello, Arkansas

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CALIFORNIA

I am a graduate student in Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley

writing to express my support for the Federal Depository Library Program. During my first

year in graduate school, I was constantly amazed by the great wealth of statistics

provided both in libraries and by government offices over the telephone. It was not until

this summer that I began to realize the value of using the library rather than the phone as

the primary source for research.

This summer I was involved in the evaluation of a $20 million dollar teen pregnancy

prevention program in the state of California. Like most of the people involved in designing and evaluating this program, I knew very little about the number of teen mothers in

California, including basic understanding of the magnitude of the problem and whether it

was getting any worse.

I spent much of the summer on the phone requesting statistics as well as in the

library trying to formulate the questions I wanted to ask. I have come to the conclusion

that having the numbers available in the library is invaluable, for three reasons. 1) Using

the library rather than the telephone gave me access to more years of statistics, which was

essential in making historical comparisons. 2) Research librarians helped make my

searches far more valuable. Because they are trained to reframe questions and searches as

well as to be familiar with a wide range of resources, the research librarians helped me

immeasurably. 3) As with open rather than closed stacks, serendipity plays an essential

role in academic research. Many of the important insights I reached over the summer

came not from information I was looking for, but from information I did not know existed.

Melissa Haber

University of California at Berkeley

Berkeley, California

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The Arcadia Public Library recently had an impact on the life of a two year-old child.

His mother was referred to our Library by local officials seeking information on how to

locate abducted children. The child s father had kidnapped him from his home in nearby

Temple City and taken him to Iraq. . . .

As a Federal Depository Library we were able to provide the child's mother. . . with

expert sources to identify names and addresses of government offices in Iraq and names

and addresses of Foreign Consular offices in the United States. She was also given a U.S.

Department of State document entitled International Parental Child Abduction.

Although [she] was successful in her pursuit because of help from a private firm,

I believe the connections made through our Library's Federal Government Depository

Collection were instrumental in helping her locate her son.

The Arcadia Public Library Reference Librarians have helped many community members use government material to find jobs, plan a small business, become U.S. citizens,

research material for importing/exporting and read daily reports from the Federal Register

and Congressional Record. Without this important service the general public would be

denied access to government agency publications they have relied on for 150 years. In

addition, Depository Librarians provide excellent assistance in helping users find the best

source available for their needs, maintain a useable collection, and network with other

congressional district depositories in the surrounding areas to ensure the public's access

to material.

The Federal Depository Library Program is important for many reasons. . . .

Nancy A. Smith

Reference/Government Documents Librarian

Arcadia Public Library

Arcadia, California

I cannot live without books.

ThomasJefferson

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COLORADO

The Department of History at the United States Air Force Academy is tremendously

reliant on the GPO's [Depository] Program. Not only does our teaching faculty find GPO

materials invaluable to their research efforts, but more importantly, our department's 300

cadet history majors use of GPO publications is indispensable to their studies. In

particular, cadets enrolled in our course on historical methods, a requisite class for all history majors, make consistent use of GPO Indices and the GPO's literature at large. Finally,

we firmly believe that central to our teachings on officership is the belief that U.S.

Government-provided information is an important tool to decision making. . . .

Carl Daubach, Lt. Col., USAF

Director of Cadet Development

U.S. Air Force Academy

Colorado

Many instructional tours are requested from the Government Documents Librarian

because of the unique indexes and material students can find in the area. As beginning

students as well as scholars of foreign policy, national security, defense preparation and

many other topics, it is essential that these materials be on hand. Not only current and

immediate needs are met but also background and historical publications are there for us.

. . . The operation of the depository] system has served us well as we have been

able to count on certain information being available. We have expressed our appreciation

of the Documents librarian and management on many occasions. . . .

Department of Political Science

U.S. Air Force Academy

Colorado

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CONNECTICUT

. . . The [Government Document Center at Yale University] is an excellent resource

for federal information and should remain a facility available to the public. The Seeley

Mudd Library is well run with an excellent staff and has been very helpful in providing

me with geographic and census data used in my business. I believe there is a need in

every state for a government document center that provides vital information on the state

and the United States.

Robert H. Frost

Frost Associates

Essex, Connecticut

I am writing to let you know how and why we at Southern New England

Telecommunications use the services of the Seeley Mudd Government Documents Library

at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. . . . Our company has embarked on a fullfledged effort to reduce overhead costs where possible. This means that cost-effective

access to information such as subscriptions to periodicals, census data, economic statistics issued by the government, and other miscellaneous data that would help us compete

in a changing global environment is crucial.

The personnel at Yale's Seeley Mudd Government Documents Library have been

extremely helpful in helping us fully utilize data resources under their domain that no

longer can be purchased by SNET due to our newly imposed budget constraints.

Their knowledge of economic data—regionally, domestically and internationally—is a

resource that often goes unappreciated by many. . . . Whether it be data from the

Regional Economic Information System, Department of Defense reports, the Monthly

Labor Review, the National Trade Data Bank or others, we need their service now more

than ever. . . .

Donald L. Klepper-Smith

Corporate Economist

Southern New England Telephone

New Haven, Connecticut

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Wiggin & Dana is a one hundred attorney law firm centrally located in New Haven.

We the library staff rely heavily on Seeley G. Mudd's government document collection for 

the firm's government document demands which are extensive and varied. Our efforts to

provide our attorneys with critical government studies, government statistics, congressional committee reports, etcetera, in a timely, expeditious and cost saving manner would

be severely hindered by the cutting of this collection. . . .

Ana M Oman

Library Director

Wiggin & Dana

New Haven, Connecticut

Ifthis nation is to be wise as well as

strong, ifwe are to achieve our

destiny, then we need more new ideas

for more wise men reading more good

books in more public libraries. These

libraries should be open to all —

except the censor.

John F. Kennedy

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DELAWARE

I am the Depository librarian in the Widener University School of Law Legal

Information Center on the Delaware Campus of our institution. Many attorneys, business

people, and other members of our community, from both Delaware and Pennsylvania,

use our facilities to find government information in our Depository collection. Our

patrons find it especially convenient that our library is open when many public or court

libraries are closed. We select mainly Congressional and Judicial materials, but we also

choose some information of interest to the general public.

I am writing to highlight a specific case of use of the National Trade Data Bank

CD-ROM by a member of the local business community. [An employee of] DuPontMerck Pharmaceutical Co. was referred to our library by the Commerce Department

when he inquired about a site where he could access the National Trade Data Bank. He

has been using the information he has discovered to expand the marketing of DuPontMerck's medical supplies and pharmaceutical products to businesses in Africa, the Middle

East, and Asia. Our library is a convenient place for him to use the database several times

each month.

Cooperation between Federal agencies and local Federal Depository libraries can

provide sources of helpful information which will improve people's lives and enhance

business opportunities. . . .

Mary Jane Mallonee

Reference/Government

Documents/lnternational Librarian

Widener University School of Law

Wilmington, Delaware

Books are true levelers. They give to

all, who willfaithfully use them ....

William Ellery Channing

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FLORIDA

As Mayor of the City of Lakeland, I would like to lend my support to this Program.

Our City departments benefit from the information that this Depository library program

provides and my office, personally, uses it on a regular basis. Often, we refer our citizens

to call our reference persons at our City Library for assistance.

Our depository library offers physical access to information, including a place for 

people without their own computer equipment to access electronic resources, and a

neutral environment for information services. . . . [It] is invaluable to our employees and

our citizens. . . .

R. L. “Buddy” Fletcher

Mayor

Lakeland, Florida

... I have recently embarked upon a new career as a free-lance grants writer.

I know that my success in procuring nearly a quarter of a million dollars in grant funds for 

a local historic preservation organization and a high school-college partnership program

is due in large part to the courteous, efficient, and thorough service given by the depository staff at Olin Library. Similarly, two area Head Start Programs received increased

funding based on a Needs Assessment Study I completed. By procuring additional local

data and collecting data from other geographical areas for comparison, I was able to document a greater need than the agency could substantiate with only the information it had

gathered.

... I am personally indebted to the Olin Library for helping me to launch my business. More importantly, the metropolitan Orlando community is the greatest beneficiary,

for its citizens enjoy needed cultural, social, and educational services because of assistance garnered from the local depository library. . . .

Alice Morgan Grant 

Writing Consultant

Vision Writing Services

Winter Park, Florida

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... As the historian for the Division of State Lands, Florida Department of

Environmental Protection, I have many occasions to use the Depository Library facilities

at the Florida Department of State Library in Tallahassee, Florida. My job requires that I

do vast research into the history of our state and those entities that have had an impact on

our development. This translates into a great deal of investigation into the records of the

Army Corps of Engineers, Works Progress Administration, the Bureau of the Census, the

records of the Department of Agriculture and, especially, the National Archives. In a

word, my success as a worker in historic documents depends upon the availability of

these sources of information which reside only at our Depository Library.

A specific case can be cited here, my research for the State of Florida regarding a

waterbody named "Fisheating Creek." The Army Corps study of this creek, done in 1915,

was quickly available to me at the Depository Library. Further research involved the census data for the area, postal records for the villages along the creek (which included

approximate drawings of the locations), USGS maps and other physical data, including

stream flow and discharge and which is available through materials printed by the

Department of Commerce.

All of these sources . . . added to the evidence used by the State in presenting its case

for State ownership of this waterbody in court. The materials printed from the

Congressional Record, the various bills passed and reports filed by the United States

Congress also materially aided our research. These sources were available in Tallahassee

only at the Depository Library. Our litigation would not have gone forward were it not for

this availability of information.

The staff of our Depository Library is highly professional and willing to assist every

patron. . . . Without their assistance, my job, and that of hundreds of other State

employees, would not be successful and so pleasant. . . .

Dr. Joe Knetsch

Senior Management Analyst II

Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Tallahassee, Florida

I am writing this short note to express my thanks for your assistance in locating

government documents. It is abundantly clear to me that access to relevant government

documents/publications were essential in the development of my V.A. claim for service

connected disability. ... It was only because of the Evans Library, Government

Documents section, that I was able to educate myself and to successfully appeal my

previously denied claims. . . .

Richard Montgomery

Melbourne, Florida

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As a grants writer for the local community college and as a member of the Polk

County Grants Alliance, I require and appreciate the services offered under [the Federal

Depository Library Program (FDLP) at the Lakeland Public Library, Lakeland, Florida]. . . .

It was during the research phase of an Allied Health Training Grant that I first discovered the services of Lakeland Public Library. . . . The Documents Librarian provided

expertise and assistance in identifying sources in legislation to substantiate Polk

Community College's position. With the justification provided under the guidance of [the

Documents Librarian], the funded grant will impact the county with an increased number

of Allied Health practitioners. . . .

Sonja Peters

Grants Writer

Polk Community College

Winter Haven, Florida

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GEORGIA

We at the Statesboro-Bulloch Chamber of Commerce wish to go on record as a local

entity that has called upon the research capabilities of the Georgia Southern University

Federal Depository Library on many occasions.

The Government Documents Department of the library has sent us pages and pages

of local statistics we needed, including bank deposits, numbers of banks and offices; farm

operators, farm sizes, amount of farmlands; crime figures; construction figures, building

permits, and housing units; manufacturing data; health, health-insurance, numbers of

physicians; state and local governmental employment figures; veterans information; vital

statistics; and much other data. . . .

We have provided industrial prospects with a large amount of requested information

during the past year. The detailed response we were able to assemble helped with the

recent decision by Wal-Mart to locate a new 1.5 million square foot distribution center

here. It also played a part in the selection of Bulloch County by Briggs and Stratton for the

location of a new plant that will bring 800 new jobs.

We are grateful for the excellent resources available from the Federal Depository

GSU library and find them of inestimable value to our local community.

Peggy Chapman, President

Statesboro-Bulloch Chamber of Commerce

Statesboro, Georgia

Knowledge is oftwo kinds. We know a

subject ourselves, or we know where

we canfind information upon it.

SamuelJohnson

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IDAHO

As a provider of reference services at the University of Idaho, I am appreciative of the

resources your [depository library] office offers. In particular, your new product, GPO

Access, has been a tremendous asset to our clientele. The friendly and powerful software,

combined with speedy response time, means reliable access to difficult to use resources.

Our users cover a wide spectrum, from local businessmen, the university community, to

interested citizens, and they often require current information on proposed regulations

and legislation. Our link to GPO Access means this information is available, allowing our

users to keep abreast of activity in Washington.

. . . The Federal Register on GPO Access becomes a powerful tool, especially when

searching for proposed regulations, and also leads you to appropriate sections of the Code

of Federal Regulations, another resource that has an inadequate index. This access has

been especially productive for graduate students and businessmen alike, as their careers

and livelihoods require knowledge of up-to-date events in their respective fields.

We are looking forward to additional resources being added to GPO Access, especially the Code of Federal Regulations. The importance of timely information, especially

to geographically distant and fiscally constrained states like Idaho, is crucial in a world of

hourly change. GPO Access allows us to keep our patrons in the mainstream.

Donna K. Smith

Reference Librarian

University of Idaho Library

Moscow, Idaho

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Several months ago, I requested an out-of-print EPA document (Lead in Schools'

Drinking Water) . . . from the Government Printing Office. I received my letter back with

a note indicating that the publication is no longer sold by the GPO and to contact my

nearest Regional Depository Library.

... I sent a letter to the library in my home state of Idaho. ... I received the booklet

a few weeks after my base library submitted the request and I made a copy. . . .

. . . Those historical documents have a lot of valuable information in them that is

being shared with a large population at a reasonable cost, and the response time (at least

from the University of Idaho) is excellent.

Eric J. Scott, Major, USAF, BSC

Consultant, Environmental Engineering

Environmental Health Consultant Services

United States Air Forces in Europe

Tofurnish the means ofacquiring

knowledge is . . . the greatest benefit

that can be conferred upon mankind.

It prolongs life itselfand enlarges the

sphere of existence.

John Quincy Adams

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ILLINOIS

Let me add my voice to those who have found . . . [the Federal Depository Library

Program] to be of immense value. ... I have had greatest need for materials from the

Department of Justice and the Department of Education. I have had opportunity to use the

more general works such as the Uniform Crime Reports, Sourcebook of Criminal Justice

Statistics, and Digest of Education Statistics. A number of more focused, shorter materials

have been invaluable as well, especially those about drug use, prisons, teacher training,

and the like. I have used these extensively when preparing my textbook, How to Think

about Social Problems, as well as in my current project on disservice jobs which I expect

to publish as a trade book. . . .

Without a doubt, our federal depository status is of great benefit to both professors

and students in their research.

William M. Hastings, Ph.D.

Chair, Department of Psychology

Monmouth College

Monmouth, Illinois

... I am a librarian at Monmouth College and use the depository collection regularly.

It is an extremely valuable source of information on such a wide variety of information

that we could not perform our services to our students nearly as well without the

collection. . . .

Julie O’Keeffe

Technical Services Librarian

Monmouth College

Monmouth, Illinois

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This letter is to express the need our company and community have for government

documents contained in Morris Library at Southern Illinois University. Having SIU as a

depository institution provides essential socioeconomic data for cities and towns throughout the country. Additionally, local television and radio stations, county health departments, and local governments all rely on Morris Library as a current and reliable source

of information. Overall, it provides the Southern Illinois region access to knowledge and

information well beyond our geographical borders.

Of particular interest to Planning and Management Consultants are the U.S. Census

documents and corresponding CD-ROM. Access to the STF 1, STF3, and PUMS (5 %) are

all critical to our business. They provide population, household population, median

household income by housing type, and number of single family households to name just

a few. Additionally, County Business Patterns, both document and CD-ROM, are crucial

for determining historical employment trends by category. If for any reason this information was unaccessible, the nearest depository library is over two hours away. It would

then become impractical to acquire this information.

Let me encourage you not to abandon your commitment to rural America, and

continue to classify Morris Library as a depository institution. . . .

Timothy D. Feather, Senior Analyst

John F. Langowski, Director of Research

Eva M. Opitz, Director of Research

Russell M. Steinbeck, Research Associate

Planning & Management Consultants, Ltd.

Carbondale, Illinois

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INDIANA

... I am a Memorial Hospital employee and work in the Office of Community

Affairs. We do community assessment, project planning and implementation, and

program evaluation. For these projects, we generally target the underserved and indigent

sub-populations. . . . Recently we were investigating a school-based nursing project; thus,

we were focusing on particular school districts and neighborhoods. The 1990 Population

Census Data disk by county and census track supplied exactly the information needed,

i.e., age frequency tables, average family income, poverty percentages, etc. This information was vital to our assessment and planning process. Quite frankly, we probably would

have had no other reliable data sources. . . .

Jeanine Becker

Coordinator, Community Health Services

Memorial Hospital of South Bend

South Bend, Indiana

. . . Thank you so much for helping me complete St. Joseph County and Marshall

County census information for a grant application. The information you helped me look

up helped El Buen Vecino receive a $30,000 grant from the Indiana Department of

Commerce. As you know, El Buen Vecino is a non-profit organization that targets

low-income Hispanic families in our two counties and emphasizes self-sufficiency, selfesteem and education for each family member. . . .

(Written to: Reference and Public Documents Librarian, Theodore M. Hesburgh

Library, University of Notre Dame.)

Sara Haber, Executive Director

El Buen Vecino, Inc.

South Bend, Indiana

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. . . We were able to find a tremendous amount of information about the economic

and political situations in each Mexico, Argentina, Venezuela, and Chile. . . .

Your help in training members [of the Notre Dame Council on International Business

Development] on the National Trade Data Bank is greatly appreciated as it has helped

our division provide a real service to jordan Industries and to other companies. . . .

Through continued use of Notre Dame's informational resources, the Council looks to

provide current secondary data on other markets as well and thereby help develop "peace

through global commerce.". . .

Jerry T. Peters

Co-director of Business Services

Notre Dame Council on International

Business Development

Notre Dame, Indiana

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IOWA

... My Hydrology class uses Water Resources Investigations extensively. They are

required to review three reports during the term: one on surface water, one on ground

water, and one on contamination. USGS Bulletins, Circulars, and Professional Papers are

used by my Volcanoes class as they gather information for a term paper, by Environmental

Geology students as they research case histories, and by Structural Geology students in a

paper on geologic structures associated with specific plate tectonic settings.The topographic map collection is used by Cornell students and faculty, and occasionally by Mt.

Vernon citizens looking for a detailed map of specific areas. . . .

Peter Thompson

Chair, Geology Department

Cornell College

Mount Vernon, Iowa

The fact that the Cornell College Library is a selective depository for U.S. government

documents is very important in my teaching and research.

In introductory level labs, I try to relate geology to students' daily lives and to

geologic "current events." Information published by the U.S. Geological Survey and similar agencies is invaluable. Last year I prepared a lab based on the Midwest floods of 1993

using in part depository information summarizing weather conditions and regional flooding data. Right now I am working on a lab that will explore how logging in the Pacific

Northwest effects erosion and stream quality. I am finding many useful things published

by both USGS and U.S. Forest Service which will form the core of the lab exercise.

Having access to materials not covered by copyright is an important aspect of my situation since our department has a limited budget. I can copy maps or diagrams from most

documents for my students with a clear conscience. . . .

My own use of [government] documents has increased greatly now that Cornell

Library provides easier means of access to its documents collection, specifically by

providing a CD-ROM index to more recent documents. New, easier to use microfiche

reader/printers also make using documents on fiche much more efficient.

Thelma B. Thompson

Laboratory Instructor

Cornell College

Mount Vernon, Iowa

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KANSAS

As a faculty member at Emporia State University since the late 1960s, and as Chair of

the Division of Physical Sciences since the late 1980s, I have had considerable opportunity to utilize documents through ESU's William Allen White library and its holdings as

part of the Federal Depository Library Program. Consequently, many students were beneficiaries of those resources. Today many of those former students are teachers, and certainly

all share a role with the larger society as citizens.

For example, during the decade of the 1970s and early into the 1980s I was involved

with a number of energy resource management and energy education projects. The most

valuable sources of information pursuant to those projects were publications of the

Department of Energy (particularly EIA) and its predecessors—the AEC and ERDA. The

availability of hard copy on a timely basis was, indeed, remarkable.

More recently I have had occasion to utilize NASA-generated documents pursuant to

teaching responsibilities, and in conjunction with NASA-funded research in the space

sciences. The enabling mandates for NASA presupposed dissemination of information to

the "public"; Federal Depository Libraries play a critical role with that mandate.

DeWayne Backhus

Chair, Division of Physical Sciences

Emporia State University

Emporia, Kansas

As a college professor, I require ... my students to do library assignments using government documents. ... We use a variety of materials from Economic Indicators and the

CPI to detailed data on price indices and duration of unemployment. .

Robert B. Catlett

Assistant Professor of Economics

Emporia State University

Emporia, Kansas

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Over the years, we at the university level have come to rely on the availability of

U.S. Government information to assist us with research and the instruction of students.

This has been especially valuable to me in courses such as strategic planning and international business.

The availability of Overseas Business Reports, Survey of Current Business, National

Trade Data Bank, NAFTA and GATT reports has been invaluable to the education of our

future business leaders. I believe that the combination of the depository system and the

newer on-line services will help provide our universities with the information needed to

successfully continue our work in this competitive international environment.

Dr. Raffaele DeVito

Professor of Management

Emporia State University

Emporia, Kansas

I am both a user of maps in the Emporia State University map depository, and I am in

charge of the cataloging and the storage of these maps. The MPA depository has had a

positive impact on both instruction and research at Emporia State University. Various

classes in the earth science department use maps selected from our collection to illustrate

geological features, and many of the directions taken by student and faculty research rely

heavily on the visualization of landforms.

. . . The [earth science] department. . . budget does not allow for the purchasing of

the vast array of examples of features that are available in the depository collection. . . .

The maps in the collection have become increasingly useful to faculty and graduate

students in the Division of Biological Sciences. . . . The Center of Great Plains Studies is

located on the Emporia State University campus. Faculty and students from such departments as history, anthropology and geography have found use for the depository maps.

Besides people associated with the university, local citizens are welcome to use the

depository facilities. People in the process of purchasing land in the country around the

town have come in to get a better overview of the area surrounding their potential

purchase. Sportspeople determine access to hunting and fishing sites, genealogists find

old cemeteries, and scouts set up hiking trails in the map library. . . .

Paul Johnston

Depository Library Map Section

Emporia State University

Emporia, Kansas

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. . . Emporia State University is a relatively small school which is well over an hour

away from larger library facilities. My students use the government department on a regular basis, and I feel that their ability to find information and to utilize it in a meaningful

fashion is an integral part of their educational experience.

. . . Small Business Management students will spend an average of ten hours per

semester gathering data for their projects from the Census and the Business Census documents. They also rely heavily upon the Small Business documents which are printed on a

regular basis. In addition, those people in the community who are not enrolled in the

course also use this material as I do consulting work with them, both prior to business

start-up and on an ongoing basis. My Consumer Behavior and Personal Selling classes

also use these resources as they define markets for their projects.

It would not be possible for these classes to be taught with as much hands-on experience and meaning if we were deprived of the very resources on which their research is

based. ... We are exposing an unusually large number of people to the wonderful information which is available through your office. . . .

Joan Nichols

Director, Center for Management Development

Services

Emporia State University

Emporia, Kansas

Our accounting firm relies on the Federal Depository Library Program, which

Emporia State University participates in, to obtain current consumer price index (CPI)

information. A number of our clients have elected to determine their ending inventory for 

income tax return purposes based on the LIFO (last in, first out) method. The simplified

LIFO method allows a taxpayer to determine the dollar amount of ending inventory which

is due to the inflation of prices, based on the CPI.

Timothy L Wright, CPA

Pool & Company, Chartered

Emporia, Kansas

P.S. As a high school student, I used the government documents library at ESU to a

large extent due to my involvement in the debate program. I feel that a great educational

benefit was received by the availability of these resources. The benefit was not only

education relative to the methods of debate and public speaking, but also education relative to the subject matter we studied including congressional hearings, governmental law

and policies, etc.

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. . . Throughout my life as a business person, a student, and as an educator, I have

made use of the information available in Government Depository Libraries. Competitive

analysis, industry analysis, consumer and organizational buyer trends, and market demographic changes are some of the uses I make of depository information.

Specifically, I use the Census ofManufacturers, Retail Trade, Current Industrial

Reports, Census of Population and Housing, and similar descriptive data. . . .

... I introduce my students to the Government Documents section of the library and

then make assignments that will make them investigate and know the type of information

available in the Federal Depository. . . .

I believe one of the important factors that separates the United States from the rest of

the economic world is the availability of information to the masses and the low cost of

the information. An informed populace of consumers and businesses is essential for 

continued economic growth and development. . . .

Continued operation and accessibility of local Federal Depository Libraries is essential to my work, to the successful preparation of my students, and to the continued growth

of the business sector of the United States. Any attempt to reduce the offering or availability of the collected data is short-sighted and will be a long-term hindrance to the

United States competitive position.

James A. Stephens, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Marketing

Emporia State University

Emporia, Kansas

Colby Community College has been a depository library for federal documents since

1969. It has been the federal documents library that has aided my preparation for classes

several times each week. Agricultural stats, examination of legislative bills and IRS booklets are items that I use often. . . .

Victor Oelke

Political Science Instructor

Colby Community College

Colby, Kansas

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KENTUCKY

On behalf of the Livestock Conservation Institute, I would like to thank you for your

assistance in my regular reviews of the Federal Register. You and the staff in the Law

Library are always extremely helpful.

. . . Our organization depends on reviewing the Federal Register to keep abreast of

the most current developments in the regulatory and legislative areas affecting animal

agriculture in the United States. . . .

Cheri M. Glass

Livestock Conservation Institute

Bowling Green, Kentucky

The FDLP . . . has been a valuable resource tool here at Murray State University. As

a professor in the Department of Economics and Finance, I have used the various government documents in a variety of Economics, Banking, and Finance courses.

For example, I require my students to research the various macroeconomic data that

is available from the Department of Commerce. It is important for the students to know

and become familiar with the data that is available.

My Money and Banking classes use the Comptroller of the Currency manuals to learn

how banks operate and about the examination procedure. It is critical that we continue to

receive the various banking bulletins and circulars to keep abreast of the current

regulatory climate.

Barry T. Brown

Lecturer in Economics

Murray State University

Murray, Kentucky

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... I teach community health nursing to senior baccalaureate nursing students. As a

part of the course, students are required to collect data about a community of their

choice. The information they collect is extensive and ultimately leads to a community

assessment document where they have studied the data and identified high priority

community needs.

Each semester the students are oriented to the government documents and use the

information for parts of their assignment. Our local library staff are very helpful to assist

students with their projects. ... The Federal Depository Library Program is a valuable

service to me and my students.

Oleta Burkeen

Associate Professor

Murray State University

Murray, Kentucky

Our students rely heavily upon the FDLP for accessing a wide variety of information

to complete class assignments, term papers, research projects, and theses. . . . Faculty

also utilize information provided through FDLP in their research programs. Also, the

financial situation on our campus as well as at many others would not allow the purchase

of data provided by FDLP from other sources. . . .

Thomas C. Kind, Ph.D.

Professor of Geosciences

Murray State University

Murray, Kentucky

I am director of a baccalaureate social work program and make frequent use of

government documents. Students are expected to become familiar with government documents in my SWK 20—Social Work and Social Welfare class. . . . Junior and senior level

students are active users of government documents in their research and policy classes.

The elimination of this resource without a functional replacement will seriously hinder

my ability to provide quality educational support materials to my students. . . .

Rose Bogal-Albritten, Ph.D.

Professor and Director, Social Work Program

Murray State University

Murray, Kentucky

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. . . My wife and I turned to the government documents collection years ago to find

then current award-winning passive solar home designs. We chose a design, built our

home according to it, and have been pleased ever since. When my wife was studying for

her undergraduate degree in horticulture she had to rely to a great degree on material

from the USDA, particularly material on blueberry varieties in this climate zone. My children and those of a neighbor have used information from NASA on the various space

probes to Saturn and Jupiter and so on not only for fun but to prepare school projects. . . .

The local depository system has always provided information not easily located elsewhere.

John B. Griffin

Murray State University

Murray, Kentucky

. . . Since I began teaching 20 years ago in the area of agribusiness economics, I

have relied heavily upon depository libraries as a source of current economic information. ... It is beyond the budget for an individual faculty member or academic department to provide that service. . . .

. . . Please know that institutions of higher education rely heavily upon the Federal

Depository Library Program as an important partner. This is especially true for medium

and small institutions which are often the only comprehensive source of government

information for many miles.

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LOUISIANA

... I formerly held the rank of Associate Professor at Our Lady of Holy Cross

College, and taught, inter alia, courses in geography, history, and political science.

For courses in World Regional Geography and International Relations I used the CIA

publication, World Factbook, and the State Department series, Background Notes, in my

lectures. . . . The Library had on hand a number of pamphlets from the U.S. Department

of State concerning American foreign policy and also concerning the United Nations.

These were helpful to me in my classes in International Relations and International

Organization.

It was for my course in Geography of the United States and Canada that I drew the

greatest amount of information from the Depository Library. This came from a number of

census publications including the Statistical Abstract of the U.S. and the County and City

Data Book. Other sources were the EPA Journal, flood insurance studies, the Interior

Department's Conservation Yearbook, and publications of the Land Management Bureau.

At the present time I am undertaking a program of research in the area of international organization, and I expect to use some of these same publications in this study. . . .

St. John Bargas, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus

Our Lady of Holy Cross College

New Orleans, Louisiana

. . . Materials Management Group, Inc. (MMG), a small disadvantaged environmental

consulting and remediation firm, requires access on a weekly basis to the environmental

regulation and CBD announcements. The environmental regulations are in constant

change and would require a small business to outlay a large amount of money to keep an

up to date library.

. . . The assistance of [staff] at. . . Our Lady of Holy Cross College Depository saves

MMG time and money, which can be used to hire additional personnel. . . .

James E. Blazek, Jr.

Project Manager

Materials Management Group, Inc.

New Orleans, Louisiana

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I work as a graduate assistant for the Marriage and Family Therapy program at Our

Lady of Holy Cross College. ... I recently ordered a government document concerning

state-of-the-art career tests. This document saved me from many hours of research, as it

was a concise and up to date listing of career and vocational tests. The information

contained in the publication was exactly what I (and my professors) needed to facilitate

the project that the graduate students are currently working on. . . .

Susan M. Mire

Graduate Assistant

Our Lady of Holy Cross College

New Orleans, Louisiana

... I am employed by the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) and use information

available in the Documents section of the McNeese University Library.

During its transition year, JTPA staff determined that in order to best serve its target

groups . . . being very familiar with the characteristics and demographics of each of the

target groups would help in designing programs to meet the holistic needs of each group.

Information about characteristics and demographics was provided from both the

Documents and Reference sections of the Library. Census information provided anticipated numbers in each of the categories. Other references provided characteristics of the

various target groups.

Because of our better-informed staff, we believe that we are able to provide better

ancillary services to individuals in these JTPA target groups during the completion of their

individual Service Plans (ISS). . . .

It is reassuring to know that such a wealth of information is accessible in a single

location. It is even more reassuring to have access to qualified staff to help you get to the

right information because of their familiarity with the numerous documents available and

their contents. JTPA in Calcasieu Parish does not have a computer modem to access information of this nature, so I really appreciate the resource that McNeese provides.

Juanita Poland

Planner

Calcasieu Parish Policy Jury

Lake Charles, Louisiana

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As a staff person with the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury and as Chairman and ViceChairman of several non-profit organizations, I want to take this time to express my opinion on how important the McNeese State University Library Depository has been to our

effort. The staff and the depository itself serve as a link to the maze of federal regulations,

laws and statistical data that local governmental agencies use in studies, recommendations and in everyday discussions.

Our staff has used this resource on numerous occasions to research federal grants,

studying the history of local environmental concerns, leaving documents for public view,

notices for public hearings and preparing for legal cases.

As you can see, the depository plays a very important role in the day to day operations of local government. . . .

Paul D. Rainwater

Director, Emergency Management

Calcasieu Parish Police Jury

Lake Charles, Louisiana

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MAINE

Our University Library participates in the Regional depository in the Federal

Depository Library Program, thus providing an indispensable service to those of us who

require full, prompt access to information gathered by U.S. government agencies. Our

faculty and staff. . . and numerous graduate students depend on your program for access

to a wide variety of government publications and documents. Since we research dozens

of public policy issues, ranging from NAFTA to mental health service delivery, we are a

regular customer of the government documents section of the library.

Steven Ballard

Director, Margaret Chase Smith

Center for Public Policy

Orono, Maine

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your willingness to assist me in

putting together data on U.S. Shipbuilding Industry employment trends over the last 24

years. The data you found in the Statistical Abstracts was most helpful and I very much

appreciated your attempts to find the Annual Reports on U.S. Shipbuilding and Repair

facilities published by the Maritime Administration. We were successful in using the data

to support high level meetings this week at Bath Iron Works.

... I was thoroughly impressed with the professionalism, the extra effort, and the

rapid response provided by you and your colleagues at the University of Maine.

(Written to: Government Documents, Raymond H. Fogler Library,University of

Maine, Orono, Maine.)

J. E. DeMartini

Manager

Commercial Ship Business Planning

Bath Iron Works Corporation

Bath, Maine

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. . . My students and I depend on our Library, and your program, for access to

Census of Manufacturers data, various Commerce Department publications, and

Government Accounting Office publications which are essential in our research and

instruction. . . .

Thomas D. Duchesneau

Professor of Economics

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

... As a faculty member associated with our center, my students and I depend on

our library, and your program, for access to data and publications from the Census

Bureau and publications from other agencies such as USDA, HUD and DHSS which are

essential in our research and instruction. Our graduate students in the Masters of Public

Administration program use such data extensively in their training in research methods

while students in the Population and Public Policy course draw on the many publications

of the Census Bureau. . . .

Deirdre M. Mageean, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor in Public Administration

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

. . . The Maine Department of Labor, Census Data Center utilizes the services of

libraries in your program, for access to information not otherwise directly received from

the federal agencies with whom we cooperate by contract. Also, I can depend on the

GPO depository libraries in Maine to render direct service to clients in their area, whenever I call on them, to supplement the information services we provide to our clients.

Many times I have referred users to a depository library for access to United States Census

Bureau Publications and to present and retrospective publications of other federal departments and bureaus. . . .

Jean Martin, Manager

Census Data Center

Department of Labor

Division of Economic Analysis and Research

Augusta, Maine

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MASSACHUSETTS

. . . The Government Depository Library at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst,

has been an invaluable resource for product development research at Channing L. Bete,

Co, Inc. Federal government agencies provide a wealth of timely and important information. Depository libraries fulfill an important function by making this information easily

accessible. The depository brings together documents from many different agencies, all in

one convenient, central location. This enables us to do research efficiently, comprehensively, and economically.

Some of the many documents, that have been important in product development

over the past year, include:

Clinical Practice Guidelines: Sickle Cell Anemia, Public Health Service

AHCPR

Preventing Lead Poisoning in Young Children, CDC

Guide to Choosing a Nursing Home, Health Care Financing Administration

Menopause, National Institute on Aging

Along for the Ride: Safety Tips for Cyclists, Federal Highway Administration

Life-Sustaining Technologies and the Elderly, Office of Technology Assessment

Chemotherapy and You, National Cancer Institute

Working Safely with Video Display Terminals, OSHA

Surgeon General's Report to the American Public on HIV Infections

and AIDS, CDC

Consumer's Guide to Radon Reduction, EPA

We also have access to government periodicals in a wide range of subjects as well as

the text of Congressional hearings.

Many of our booklets need to reflect changes in government regulations. The Code of

Federal Regulations and the Federal Register available at the depository library are the

sources for this information. There are many other guidelines, standards and recommendations issued by government agencies about which we also need to know. We must

keep informed about changes in policies, technology, new medical procedures and treatments, because the quality of our products depend on the quality of our information.

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. . . Information from a government depository library is free. This helps us keep our

product development costs down. Most importantly, the library provides essential information that help make our products competitive and successful in the marketplace. . . .

Adrienne Racz

Research Assistant

Channing L. Bete Co., Inc.

South Deerfield, Massachusetts

A sincere thank you for your help and the materials you sent concerning statistics on

Worcester County.

[One of our professors] was most grateful for the added attention you gave him and

going out of your way for the materials. . . .

Sister Lorraine Bilodeau

Director, Mondor-Eagen Library

Anna Marie College

Paxton, Massachusetts

. . . What a stroke of luck that I "bumped into" you when I was trying to respond,

with supporting published government data, to my client's inquiry about the cost of raising a child in Massachusetts. Your knowledge and assistance helped us immeasurably. . . .

Emmanuel B. Green, Ph.D.

Vocational Consultant

Vocational Evaluation Services

Brookline, Massachusetts

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... I am currently writing a book about the apparel industry .... As part of the

research for this book I have been studying the U.S. congressional hearings on American

trade policy. I am writing to let you know how valuable it has been for me to have the

opportunity to use the government documents at the newly refurbished Boston Public

Library. . . .

The Government Documents room at the Boston Public is the only place where I

have been able to find a relatively complete set of these documents, available both in

print and in microfiche. . . .

Ellen I. Rosen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Sociology

Nichols College

Dudley, Massachusetts

. . . Thank you for your interest, time and effort in researching the location of that

obscure town in South Africa (Delmenville). I had been requested to get the info by an

Italian Xaverian, missioner in Sierra Leone, West Africa who is to go there in November

for a conference of African catechists. . . .

. . . You saved the bacon for me. I relayed the information to him via amateur radio a

few days later. He was most grateful, and asked me to express his appreciation to you for

your help.

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MICHIGAN

Depository government library collections are essential for my work, as for the clients

I serve. As they contain many documents not found elsewhere at all, and as I do not live

in Washington, D.C., these libraries are my only access to the many research reports,

agency reports, and practical advisories produced by the federal agencies and distributed

by the GPO.

For my own purposes, of greatest value are the Department of Labor—OSHA,

Department of Transportation—NHTSA, Environmental Protection Agency, and

Department of Health and Human Services reports.

... I have noticed that in public libraries, private citizens depend on depository

collections for consumer-oriented materials and for information on issues.

Detroit Public Library, the State of Michigan Library, Ann Arbor Public Library,

Michigan State University, Eastern Michigan University, and the University of Michigan all

have well-used collections. In the case of the University of Michigan, the collection is so

well used that the staff can barely keep up with user requests for assistance. . . .

Margaret W. Mouzon

Mouzon Information Services

Ann Arbor, Michigan

I teach an upper-level undergraduate course Social Welfare Policy Analysis. . . . The

Federal Documents Depository at Calvin College is an essential resource for my students

The students . . . analyze Census data, review legislative records and budgets, as well as

explore the range of social policy issues. In addition, the depository is an invaluable

resource for curriculum planning and lecture design. . . .

Peter Szto, M.S.W.

Assistant Professor of Sociology

and Social Work

Calvin College

Grand Rapids, Michigan

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As a faculty member of Calvin Theological Seminary teaching Church Administration

and Missions to North America, the federal census materials in the Calvin College Library

are an essential resource for my students. Many of my courses require students to conduct

fieldbased research which usually includes extensive work in the census documents for 

the years 1970, 1980 and 1990. The availability of these materials in the Calvin College

Library makes it ideal for these students to conduct primary research on locations

throughout the country.

. . . The educational goals we have for training persons to utilize primary documents

would be greatly diminished if these materials were not readily accessible as they now

are.

Craig Van Gelder, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Domestic Missiology

Calvin Theological Seminary

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Books are the treasured wealth of

the world and thefit inheritance of

generations and nations .... How

many a man has dated a new era in

his lifefrom the reading ofa hook.

Henry David Thoreau

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MINNESOTA

This is a note to express our appreciation for the irreplaceable contributions of the

federal depository libraries program to the data users of Minnesota.

Without the services of your programs, the vast resources of government documents

would be lost to the people who have funded them and require access to them. There is

no other means available to the general public but through the depository libraries. The

additional advantage is that with the location distribution of the libraries, all persons have

fair access to the materials.

The Minnesota Data Center, a consortium of data providers focusing especially on

the dissemination of census data, would be sorely lacking without the cooperation and

extensive efforts of the documents libraries. They offer a breadth of material that most

partners cannot afford to maintain. They offer fair and reasonable access to census data

for users throughout Minnesota that those users would not otherwise have.

Mr. David Birkholz

Director

Minnesota Data Center

St. Paul, Minnesota

As a professional researcher and document specialist for my institution's fee-based

research service, I make use of government documents on behalf of our clients on a

regular basis.

Our clientele is composed of people in business—from budding entrepreneurs just

confronting the morass of regulations and pending legislation applicable to their operation, to expanding corporations preparing to export productions and technology to developing countries. They lack either the time, the expertise, or (in this age of corporate

restructuring and downsizing) the personnel to collect and assess the data which so

critically affects their present, and potential, livelihood. It is . . . these citizens, on whose

success or failure our own economic futures depend ....

Jina Lien

Research Specialist

James Jerome Hill

Reference Library

St. Paul, Minnesota

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As a demographics reporter at the St. Paul Pioneer Press, I've got a lot of advantages

compared to the general public when it comes to finding government information.

When I'm stumped, I can seek the help of a staff of librarians employed by the newspaper and databases maintained in house. I also have at my disposal public information

staffs employed by government agencies to exclusively serve inquiries from the media.

Even with these resources, I still rely heavily on the data kept by the St. Paul Public

Library as a federal depository and the skilled assistance of the depository librarians.

I've used the federal depository library countless times to get information on deadline

that I could not find in any other place. I know that many businesses, organizations and

individuals find the depository collections to be invaluable.

I believe the cost of maintaining federal depository collections is small compared to

the contribution they make to maintaining an informed electorate.

Richard Chin

Staff Writer

Pioneer Press

St. Paul, Minnesota

... I'm a Federal prisoner serving my sentence in a State Correctional Facility at

Oak Park Heights, Stillwater, Minnesota. I not only do a lot of legal work on my own

behalf (Post-Conviction), but I help a lot of other prisoners as well.

Understanding the law and how it works is not easy! However, it helps if one understands why Congress has passed a particular law, and what was their intent in passing it.

In obtaining this (quite often critical) knowledge, we must first start with the

Congressional Record. . . .

This service to the Law Library and ultimately to those of us who are incarcerated is

paramount to our search for Justice. . . . Being able to supply Congressional Reports, and

other documents is consistent with the purpose of the State Law Library.

Scott Rivers

Stillwater, Minnesota

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MISSISSIPPI

I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you and to tell you how much I appreciate

all of your expertise and assistance in providing research of federal documents via what's

available in the library and also from the Internet concerning a case I have pending.

I was amazed at the amount of documents you could provide from your search and I

will always appreciate your professionalism and the thoroughness of your research effort.

Clant M. Seay

Attorney at Law

Mid-Mississippi Legal Clinic

Kosciusko, Mississippi

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MISSOURI

The Columbia Online Information Network (COIN), a community computer network

system, is pleased to be a participant in the GPO Access Project. . . .

Local COIN users are thrilled to have immediate access to the Federal Register. . . .

Now they can dial-up from their home or office, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and find

the newest grant announcement or latest version of a proposed rule. . . .

Participation in the GPO Project has allowed COIN to further fulfill its mission of

improving citizens' access to information. We appreciate the availability of this resource,

and thank you for the opportunity to participate in providing it to our citizens.

Elinor L. Barrett

Head, COIN Administrative Services

Columbia, Missouri

. . . My position with the local school district requires frequent and timely access to

the Federal Register and other government publications. My budget, however, can not

accommodate the purchase of these publications.

I have for several years used Ellis Library's print subscription to the Federal

Register. This remains a useful resource. The electronic access available via the Columbia

Online Information Network, the local freenet, has substantial advantages over the print

version. First, I get access on the day of publication, which is important to our ability to

respond competitively to grant announcements. In addition, I save a tremendous amount

of time that has in the past been spent traveling to and from Ellis Library. Now, it is simply

part of my daily routine to log on each morning from the computer on my desk. Both

these advantages will rapidly make free, electronic access to government publications an

equity issue. . . .

Mary M. Licklider

Grants Coordinator

Columbia Public Schools

Columbia Missouri

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I am the Head of Reference and Information Services for the Daniel Boone Regional

Library, a three-county public library with headquarters in Columbia, Missouri, which

serves a diverse population of approximately 150,000.

We respond to a minimum of 10,000 questions a month. On a daily basis, we are

asked questions which require data from the U.S. Government. Frequent questions are

about patents, trademarks, copyright, immigration addresses of elected and appointed

officials, business statistics, federal laws, consumer information and information useful for

economic development.

Although we maintain a small collection of federal documents in our library and we

also access federal databases online through our local freenet, we consider ourselves

most fortunate to have a Federal Depository Library in our town (at the University of

Missouri). In a word, this resource is invaluable. In fact, I often wonder how people in

other towns manage without this kind of resource readily available. . . .

Marilyn McLeod

Head of Reference and Information Services

Daniel Boone Regional Library

Columbia, Missouri

I have been a documents librarian for twenty years. It is an eye-opener to hear from

visiting faculty the difficulties they must go through to even look at a document in their

home countries. I particularly remember a faculty member visiting from the University of

Manchester (England). He told me that he had no access to the deliberations of his

government. His surprise was the access he had through our library and the depository

program to the hearings held in committees of Congress. At times like that I realize the

right to public records is a right we must protect!

Sally B. Schilling

Documents Librarian, Ellis Library

University of Missouri

Columbia, Missouri

"Thanks to you, we got the figures—and our proposal in on time."

"They told me I should check documents. I could not believe the historical resources.

You have contributed to the success of my thesis!"

(Written to: Government Documents, Ellis Library, University of Missouri.)

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As the Chief Economist and Director of Research for the chamber of commerce of

greater St. Louis, I am frequently called upon by businesses and individuals to provide

information. This information is usually required immediately and accordingly it is of

great value to have access to local Federal Depository libraries. . . .

I cannot stress too much the need for the Federal Depository Library program.

Stephen J. Taylor

Chief Economist

St. Louis Regional Commerce

and Growth Association

St. Louis, Missouri

As a political scientist, I believe the Depository Library Program is an essential part of

this democracy. . . .

At the United Way of Greater St. Louis we keep ourselves and the not-for-profit sector

informed about demographic, social, economic and technological changes in the nation

and our metropolitan area with materials from the Depository Library Program. The information is essential for the not-for-profit sector to measure community needs and assets.

For example, the Census publications are used throughout the year for developing

program proposals. The Federal Register and other publications are monitored for changes

in rules and policies that affect health and human services and the not-for-profit sector.

Especially important for the not-for-profit sector is the access to the information

through the public libraries. . . .

Additionally, as a teacher at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, I require my

students to become familiar with government documents. For example, students in my

graduate class (Programs, Services and Resources in Aging) work with the Lovejoy Library

document librarian and his colleagues in developing information about aging and the

aged. Based on my experiences, this is one of the most significant assignments I give to

my students.

David L. Paulsmeyer, Ph.D.

Vice President, Research and

Government Relations

United Way of Greater St. Louis, Inc.

St. Louis, Missouri

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MONTANA

... I am an Associate Historian and part owner of Historical Research Associates,

Inc. (HRA), a consulting firm with offices in Missoula, Seattle, Washington and

Washington, D.C. Our firm often works for federal and state agencies in areas involving

issues relating to the history of natural resource utilization. Access to, and the availability

of, federal documents in pursuit of our objective is absolutely essential. . . .

. . . During the past fifteen years that I have worked at HRA, I have found the library,

in general, and the government documents section, in particular, to be an indispensable

part of the work that I do. Phasing out of the FDLP would result in a very negative impact

to the research that I, and my co-workers, do. . . .

Federal documents, whether they are the results of an Environmental Impact

Statement for a proposed timber sale or a survey of a historic wagon road through South

Pass Wyoming, inform us of the actions of our government and are essential. . . .

Daniel Gallacher

Associate Historian

Historical Research Associates, Inc.

Missoula, Montana

From my perspective—I am a professor of history—one of the most valuable

elements in our university library is the Government Documents Division. I have taught a

graduate seminar for over thirty years and directed something in the neighborhood of 130

master thesis and doctoral dissertations. I think that it is safe to say that the majority of

these drew upon the government document bases.

... I simply could not have approached the teaching of history without the availability of the documents depository.

H. D. Hampton

Professor of History

University of Montana

Missoula, Montana

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NEBRASKA

... In my current position as the library manager for a newspaper, I rely heavily on

government information. . . . Both the regional depository at the University of Nebraska

and the Nebraska Library Commission maintain large collections of federal government

information and I have received outstanding service from the staff at both libraries.

Access to government information is vital in a democratic society. This was recently

brought to my attention during a presentation by a librarian who had spent time in Bolivia

working at their university library to help improve professional development. He commented on how the lack of access to government information hampered the ability of

librarians to adequately serve their clients. . . .

. . . The depository library program operated by the U.S. Government Printing Office

is one of the best bargains available to the American public. I have made countless calls

and visits to the two local depository libraries to obtain information needed by my clients.

. . . Even though we are able to access a great deal of information in electronic

format, we often need the type of information that is available only in print. ... It will be

necessary to provide the same information in several different formats for many years to

come.

Patricia Sloan

Library Manager

Journal-Star Printing Co.

Lincoln, Nebraska

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NEVADA

This letter is a testimonial supporting the Federal Depository Library based at

Northern Nevada Community College.

Materials located in this section have provided outreach information to health care

professionals throughout rural/frontier Nevada. These federal documents and CD-ROM

programs have provided patrons with information on laboratory regulations, prevention

materials, grants available, and federally funded clinic information.

As you are aware, it is sometimes difficult to provide necessary information to rural

Nevada patrons. The partnership that we have had with you and your status as a Federal

Depository Library has enabled and benefited rural Nevada health professionals with

timely and valuable information. Therefore, I strongly endorse the Federal Depository

Library Program.

Gerald J. Ackerman, MS, CHES

Assistant Director, Center for Education

and Health Services Outreach

Director, Northeastern Area

Health Education Center

Elko, Nevada

... It seems we are always researching new standards or looking for updates on

NIOSHA requirements [as] well as OSHA regulations. When I phoned you this morning, I

wasn't really expecting any type of reply until at least the beginning of next week. To my

surprise, my phone was ringing within ten minutes of my initial contact with you, with

word that you had already found exactly what our office was needing. In fact, everyone

that I've dealt with within your Department has been very helpful as well as knowledgeable in researching all of my requests. . . .

Mercedes Mendive

Education Department

Home Health Services of Nevada, Inc.

Elko, Nevada

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NEW HAMPSHIRE

I am writing to you to attest to the value of Dartmouth College's Government

Depository. . . . Most, if not all, of the students I teach at Dartmouth use the Depository

for their course work in my classes. The Depository is essential for my research. I should

also add that the Depository, by providing information about society to the public, is a

significant component of a functioning democracy. . . .

My own research, currently funded by another government agency (the National

Science Foundation), relies heavily on data obtained from the College's Depository.

Information contained in the Depository has played either a central or supporting role in

all the research I have published or presented. . . .

Richard Barff

Associate Professor/Chair

Department of Geography

Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire

I recently had occasion to request an OMB circular from your facilities which I had

not been able to locate at any other Federal Depository or Agency office.

. . . My thanks for your cooperation. . . .

Scott K. Hill

Accountant

Lawrence B. Martin, CPA

Manchester, New Hampshire

52
NEW JERSEY

. . . Throughout my many years of State service, while working in the various

Executive Departments, including the Office of the Governor, the Federal Depository

Library Program has been invaluable in helping make every project a success. . . .

During Governor Florio's Administration, I served on his Governor's Management

Review Commission (GMRC). We undertook hundreds of audits and reviews of New

Jersey State Government operations and generated millions of dollars of savings for New

Jersey taxpayers. While the "State Audit" was clearly a success, a critical element of this

success was the exceptional research assistance and guidance we enjoyed from . . . New

Jersey's Federal Documents Depository Librarian. This research not only helped guide our

efforts, it produced key documents for use in "shaping" and focusing our studies, and it

also provided "benchmarks" for us in many critical areas.

I have been an internal consultant in New Jersey State Government for many years

and, throughout the years, irrespective of the project... the Federal Depository Library

Program [has] played a key role . . . [helping to make] my engagements successful by

providing me with timely and critical information.

Most recently, I have been active as a member of Governor Whitman's team to

"Make Government Work". . . .

... I am also a college faculty member of Georgian Court College and Fairleigh

Dickinson University, with over 20 years of teaching experience. No one has any greater

appreciation of the immense value of the FDLP than I. My students continually benefit

from the value and overall utility of the FDLP in obtaining guidance and direction in initiating and completing course assignments, including their research projects in addition to

assisting them in their everyday pursuit of information. . . .

John R. Long, Sr.

Management Improvement Specialist

State of New Jersey

Trenton, New Jersey

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NEW MEXICO

The Federal Depository Library Program at Miller Library is definitely worthwhile.

The Psychology program has used it for many years and will continue to use it. The

students in the Psychology program are learning to appreciate this valuable resource as

much as we professors do.

Larry French, Ph.D.

Department of Social Sciences

Western New Mexico University

Silver City, New Mexico

I write to tell you how important the Depository libraries are to us as individuals and

as faculty members. Individually, there have been many times when I have referred to

various government documents to clear up an issue related to my personal well-being or

to help me better understand an issue being discussed. Most recent of these was during

the health care debates.

Of more importance to me, however, is the tremendous need there is for my students

to use government documents in their research and study. As a professor of economics,

there are many items which are of particular interest and which cannot reach the popular

press in a timely fashion. Specifically, Senate and House hearings, publications of the

Commerce Department, Labor Department, international trade information, OMB materials, etc. Since my students are usually involved in policy research, it goes without saying

that federal documents become a critical part of their research materials. . . .

... In more remote areas or at smaller institutions [government documents} are a

critical part of our current resource base.

Kathie S. Gilbert

Professor of Economics

Vice President of Academic Affairs (acting)

Western New Mexico University

Silver City, New Mexico

54
... This program has provided essential information for students conducting research

projects in my "Population Dynamics" courses. It is also invaluable for other purposes

too, such as, for sources of demographic data. I have personally used these documents for

personal research as well as for other research on university programs. . .

Craig R. Lundahl, Ph.D.

Department Chair

Professor of Sociology and Business

Administration

Western New Mexico University

Silver City, New Mexico

55
NEW YORK

I am a National Service Officer for the Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association. . . .

Recently we received a case that is outside our normal area of expertise. A veteran who

was at both Hiroshima and Nagasaki, three days after the Atomic Bomb was dropped,

has developed cancer. My task is to find out if a relationship exists between the cancer

and his service at the atom bomb drop sites.

... I contacted the New York Public Library. I fully expected this world famous organization would have little problem helping me. Was I ever wrong! It was like pulling teeth

to get the research librarian to assist in my search. . . .

... I turned to our public library to see if they could help. What a pleasant surprise

awaited me! When I made my request to the library staff they immediately set out to find

the information I required. . . .

This story has a happy ending. The benefits we were seeking for the veteran has been

granted. . . .

Michael P. Johnson

National Service Officer

Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association

New York, New York

... I sincerely thank you for your willingness to serve as a consultant while I developed my dissertation proposal. (You assisted me in obtaining and using census products

— socioeconomic data by census tracts in Upstate New York.). . . . Your assistance made

[my dissertation] project much better than it otherwise would have been. . . .

(Written to: Lockwood Memorial Library, Government Documents Section, State

University of New York at Buffalo.)

Kevin M. Gorey

Buffalo, New York

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. . . The students really got into the congressional documents to which you introduced them, and their papers turned out very well. . . .

Gail Radford

Assistant Professor of History

State University of New York at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York

. . . The information was most helpful and your efficiency in doing so was most

appreciated.

Susan Rieck

Trauma Registrar

The Children’s Hospital of Buffalo

Buffalo, New York

57
NORTH CAROLINA

I am writing to reiterate the significance of the availability of the depository library

and government document section in our library system at Fayetteville State University.

The Summer Seminars in demography have used the government document section

in the last two years. ... As part of this workshop we work with the faculty to identify

sources of government data related to demography. These sources include the census data

from the Census Bureau and also data from various other government agencies.

In the gradate program of sociology we offer an MA track in population studies.

Students have been using the government documents for their research projects. This is an

important part of our resources for this graduate program.

We use the information in the government documents for a number of our courses.

Specifically, student projects in Sociology 332 (Research Methods), Sociology 470 (Social

Change and Development), Sociology 410 (Aging) and Sociology 370 (Demography) use

data and information from the government documents.

... I hope you continue to support our teaching and research activities by continuing

the expansion of the government document section in future.

Akbar Aghajanian, Ph.D.

Professor of Sociology

Fayetteville State University

Fayetteville, North Carolina

Just a quick note to let you know what an invaluable resource the Government

Documents Department is. Seldom a day passes that I do not refer patrons to the collection which you administer. Often, it is the only nearby source where desired government

information can be located. The community benefits greatly from having the Documents

Department available for use. . . .

Elaine M. Carlson

Law Librarian

Greensboro Division

Guilford County

Greensboro, North Carolina

58
Although we attempt to maintain an adequate documents collection at our CIBA site

library, we frequently make use of your resources to obtain out-of-print documents, documents which somehow fall outside our normal NTIS SRIM collection or documents which

may simply not be available through our normal supply channels. We are extremely fortunate to have the rich collection at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro available

to us so conveniently.

Since government documents are difficult to locate directly, we would often be at

considerable disadvantage without a local depository library to assist us. . . .

Lynne Jacques

Jeff Stabnau

Librarians

Ciba Corporation

Greensboro, North Carolina

. . . There have not been many weeks during the past thirty years or so that I have

not used information found in government documents in the Davidson College depository

library. In addition, I have influenced students and members of the business community to

use the facility. It is inconceivable that the college library not be a depository library.

For the past five years I have served on an advisory committee of the Federal Deposit

Insurance Corporation. Time and again I have found it advantageous to supplement material provided for me by utilizing materials in the depository collection. . . .

C. Louise Nelson

Member, Advisory Committee

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Davidson, North Carolina

59
. . . During the past fourteen years in my position as head librarian at Lorillard

Tobacco Company's Research Center Library we have frequently made good use of your

fine collection of government documents. Any decrease in the coverage or quality of your

collection would certainly create a barrier to the effective location and acquisition of

government materials for myself and my company. The value of a local collection of government documents with local experts willing to help local companies navigate through

the often confusing array of government documents is inestimable. . . .

Larry Skladanowski

Library Supervisor

Lorillard Tobacco Company

Greensboro, North Carolina

... I cannot conceive of any arrangement for government documents that would

approach the convenience of the present system, which enables me to combine my use

of those documents with the use of closely related non-government documents. For

example, a typical visit to Wake Forest University's library includes the use of U.S.

Treasury documents and non-government material related to public finance; or Social

Security documents and academic writings on social security. . . .

John H. Wood

Reynolds Professor of Economics

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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OHIO

. . . Our documents librarians have been extremely helpful in obtaining the information that we need for our teaching and research. Without their help and the support of the

Federal Depository Library Program, we would severely reduce the effectiveness of our

teaching. In many cases, FDLP materials are our only solid source of information for 

economic and business administration modeling courses. . . . Listed below are specific

examples of their use:

Managerial Economics and Quantitative Tools, approximately 120 students per academic year — Students research an industry and develop a quantitative model of the

demand for a product in the industry. Common sources of information include the

National Trade Data Bank for export, import, and general trade information; Department

of Labor CPI and I PI price information; Department of Commerce Industrial Outlook; the

Federal Reserve Bulletin for exchange rates, output, unemployment rates, and other

relevant macroeconomic data.

Development Economics, approximately 20 students per academic year — Students

use various federal information sources, such as Department of Commerce and

Department of State information, to assess conditions in various countries. Of particular

use to these students are the reports from Congress on the various hearings.

Thomas J. Botzman, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Business Administration

Director of International Studies

Mount Union College

Alliance, Ohio

. . . My sincere appreciation for your services to the public.

I. V. (Ike) Graham

International Consultant

Smith Dairy

Orrville, Ohio

61
As a government depository, the University of Dayton Library has supplied JAYCOR

Environmental with many government documents and publication information pertinent

to our business. . . . Copies of EPA chemical lists from microfiche files. Documents about

EPA Superfund and Corrective Action treatment technologies. Materials regarding EPA

pollution prevention initiatives. References for environmental agencies and programs.

. . . We always know that the staff of the Government Documents Office at the

University of Dayton will help us obtain necessary environmental information to stay on

top of environmental issues. . . .

Robert T. Braman

Environmental Specialist

JAYCOR

Beavercreek, Ohio

... In cooperation with Mount Union College, our local Depository Library, we are

able to make many useful federal publications directly available ... to our patrons who

need and enjoy them. Especially popular have been such serial publications as Food &

Nutrition, Agricultural Outlook, All Hands, and Soldiers. . . .

Ready access to information is the cornerstone of the partnership between the taxpaying citizen and the federal government. If it were not for Depository Libraries like

Mount Union College Library, that partnership would not be nearly as strong or effective.

Michelle L. Dillon, Senior Department Head

Carol L. Cobbs, Reference Department Head

Rodman Public Library

Alliance, Ohio

62
My Department has used many of the Census Bureau publications and CD-ROMs

that the [Maag Library at Youngstown State University] receives. We must often refer to

census data publications for our research projects, which the library has been able to

provide. The CD-ROMs containing census data and TIGER (Topologically Integrated 

Geographic Encoding and Referencing) files have been used for many projects within

my Department.

Using the TIGER files in conjunction with our computer mapping software has

allowed us to create computer maps based on latitude and longitude. These maps are

then used for many different types of our projects, including land use analysis and

comprehensive plans for local governments. Maps are also used in data analysis for 

market research requests.

Because CD-ROMs containing TIGER files and census data are available to use

through the Federal Depository Library Program, we were able to assist our local transportation agency with mapping and data services for their long range transportation plan

required by the government.

. . . The Federal Depository Library Program is extremely valuable to us, and thus to

the local governments, organizations, agencies, and individuals that we serve.

Lynn Seballos

Data Services Manager

Youngstown State University

Youngstown, Ohio

63
Our (departmental) annual budget for library acquisitions is in the range of $1000,

and our list of periodicals has recently been trimmed. Thus, the Depository collection of

U.S. Geological Survey documents, including especially the Professional Papers,

Bulletins, Circulars and the monthly publication lists, is of major importance for us. . . .

I cannot begin to count the number of times I have gone to the USGS depository

documents and been pleasantly surprised to find significant and appropriate information.

I would include also my use of the U.S. Bureau of Mines and U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency documents in the Mount Union College library The bottom line is that

the USGS publications, as well as some others, in the Federal Depository section of our

library are an essential part of our program at Mount Union College. I cannot envision us

without it.

Robert G. Wiese, Jr., Ph.D.

Professor and Chairman

Department of Geology

Mount Union College

Alliance, Ohio

Information is vital in industry and the decision making process if we are to be

competitive globally. This data needs to be available for research and publication

purposes. I have used the following government documents for the above purposes:

Federal Reserve Bulletin, Employment Cost Index, International Comparisons of Hourly

Compensation Costs for Production Workers in Manufacturing. I have also used many of

the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) publications. . . .

Harridutt Ramcharran, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Finance

University of Akron

Akron, Ohio

This is just a note to tell you how much we appreciate your people and the ways

they help us with the information in the Federal Depository System. For years we have

obtained pieces of information from several different federal agencies but our expanded

association with your organization has added many new dimensions. . . .

Dr. Louis L. Durborow

Vice President

Ohio Public Expenditure Council 

Columbus, Ohio

64
OKLAHOMA

Let me thank you once again for your help in locating a plethora of government

documents.

. . . For over ten years now, you folks have been reliable sources of guidance and of

creative ideas when I periodically stumbled into your office or telephoned for help. . . .

Warren D. Miller, CPA

Business Researcher & President

Beckmill Research

Tulsa, Oklahoma

65
OREGON

... I serve as the head regional officer of a religious denomination that traces its

origins to the earliest missionary work in the Pacific Northwest. . . .

In 1933 I used the occasion of a Sabbatical Study Leave to prepare and publish a

small book, the purpose of which was to educate our present membership as to the significance of our heritage. . . .

In carrying out my research I found assistance at the libraries of Pacific University

(Forest Grove, OR) and the University of California (Berkeley, CA). In both cases the

Depository librarian played an important part in helping me to locate significant

information.

The Federal Depository Library Program has a key role in preserving history as well

as in enabling citizen access to data necessary to both economic success and civic

progress. . . .

Donald J. Sevetson

Conference Minister

United Church of Christ

Central Pacific Conference

Portland, Oregon

66
PENNSYLVANIA

The value [the Federal Depository] at the Reading Public Library provides to the

business community is best illustrated by the typical usage of our company in the past.

My clients have benefited from the following information obtained through the

depository:

Export Data—We utilized the National Trade [Data Bank] to assemble market

information on Latin American Countries for two clients, Plummer Precision Optics and

Reading Body Works.

Both of these firms exhibited at the Repcom Show sponsored by the U.S. Trade

Service in Mexico City for the promotion of exports. The quick access to data allowed

timely decisions to be made on the value of exhibiting and directed their sales efforts into

the best markets.

Census Data—A large natural gas utility, UGI Utilities, benefited from this data when

we prepared home heating fuel data for their future retail outlets plan.

Annual Census of Manufacturing Reports—These documents provided the starting

point for many new companies when assessing new products. Size of revenues, specific

SIC sectors, etc. are readily researched from the depository.

Census of Population by Age Reports—This data was used to assist the Reading

Rehabilitation Hospital to determine the relationship between the Berks County population and the surrounding counties. Establishment of their sales program was made

possible by this data.

In addition to the above situations, we access the depository on a weekly basis to

look up a single piece of information on projects in-progress.

The convenience of local access is more valuable to us than our on-line service or

traveling to Harrisburg.

Robert R. Basore

Basore & Associates

Reading, Pennsylvania

67
When I decided to offer international marketing services in 1992, I was limited in

several aspects, particularly monetary and information sources. The greatest factors for me

being able to continue to offer my services three years later was the availability of international market information in the Reading Public Library and the reference librarian, . . .

who was a tremendous help to me in finding information sources and ordering information from other library resources. . . .

... I teach international marketing at Albright College in the evening program and I

direct the students to the Reading Public Library to do their research on exporting to international markets.

Just as classroom instruction is tremendously enhanced by quality in the field

research, so is a library's resources enhanced by a knowledgeable and cooperative

Depository librarian. I always refer my students to [the Reading Public Library reference

librarian] when they need assistance and she is always ready to make resources available

and updates the information whenever possible. Without the Reading Public Library and

the Federal Depository Library Program, my students would be limited to classroom only

instruction.

James A. Walter

President, Global Consulting Services

Wyomissing, Pennsylvania

68
RHODE ISLAND

... I find the location and hours of your federal depository library very convenient,

the staff immensely helpful, and the computerized format of the data very flexible.

I would be lost without the federal depository library program. . . .

Raymond J. McConaghy, Jr.

President, Union Bank

North Providence, Rhode Island

69
SOUTH DAKOTA

Over the past four years I have been actively engaged in providing counseling to

small businesses in this area through the local SCORE (Service Corps of Retired

Executives) chapter. My area of expertise involves the exporting of merchandise to foreign

countries.

The Federal Depository Library Program has been of inestimable value to me in this

endeavor. I have used a number of different materials but the one that I use on a regular

basis is the National Trade Data Bank put out by the U.S. Department of Commerce. All

facets of the information have been of use, the latest Census data on U.S. imports and

exports by commodity and country, the CIA factbook, current market research, and, in

particular, the Foreign Traders Index.

Through the use of the NTDB I have been able to assist small businesses in locating

the most advantageous countries to which they are now exporting, found agency contacts

for them, and, in general, have developed for them a comfort level that allowed them to

structure or expand their exporting activity.

Without this information being available through your library it would be difficult to

provide the level of service to these small business people that allows them to access the

world beyond our borders. . . .

Walter N. Dennison

Service Corps of Retired Executives

Rapid City, South Dakota

70
TENNESSEE

... As Associate Dean for Academic Affairs here at the University of Tennessee

College of Law, I have observed the heavy use of this program by not only faculty and

students at the College of Law but also by many members of the general public, lawyers

and non-lawyers alike. . . .

... My most recent legal scholarship has resulted in articles concerning the efforts at

civil justice reform within the federal courts. For these articles I have needed and used

data prepared by the Federal Judicial Center and the Administrative Office of United

States Courts concerning the federal courts. ... I also have made extensive use of information obtained through the Depository Library Program in connection with my service

as the Reporter for the Advisory Group to the United States District Court for the Eastern

District of Tennessee on Litigation Cost and Delay. . . . Without data obtained through the

Depository Library Program, the Group's report and recommendations, as well as the

subsequent changes in District Court practice, would not have occurred.

As should be clear, I have found the Federal Depository Library Program to be an

invaluable resource here at the University of Tennessee College of Law and in Knoxville,

generally. I consider myself extremely privileged to have access not only to this data, but

to a skilled federal documents librarian who has helped me locate data through this

program. . . .

THE UNIVERSITYOFTENNESSEE

KNOXVILLE

R. Lawrence Dessem

Professor of Law

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

University of Tennessee

Knoxville, Tennessee

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Mr Michael F. DiMano

Public Printer

United States Government Printing Office

Washington, DC 20401

Dear Mr. DiMario:

I thought that you might be interested in hearing from a user of the Federal

Depository Library Program about the importance of that program for my own work and the

work of others. As Associate Dean for Academic Affairs here at the University of

Tennessee College of Law, I have observed the heavy use of this program by not only

faculty and students at the College of Law but also by many members of the general public,

lawyers and non-lawyers alike. In a medium-size city such as Knoxville, we do not have

access to many of the library resources available in a major metropolitan area Therefore,

the material provided to the public through the Depository Library Program is particularly

I. myself, have made extensive use of materials from the Depository Library Program

during my law school teaching career. My most recent legal scholarship has resulted in

artkies concerning the efforts at civil justice reform within the federal courts. For these

artkies I have needed and used data prepared by the Federal Judicial Center and the

Administrative Office of United Stales Courts concerning the federal courts. Not only has

this information been invaluable Io me, but in attempting to do similar research concerning

the Tennessee stale courts 1 have sorely missed comparable stale court data. In addition to

the extensive use of this federal judicial data in my own research and writing, I also have

made extensive use of information obtained through the Depository Library Program in

connection with my service as the Reporter for the Advisory Group to the United Sates

District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee on Litigation Cost and Delay. This

Advisory Group, constituted pursuant to the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990, has

undertaken an extensive analysis of the District Court here in the Eastern District of

Tennessee, which report served as a basis for many changes within the Court. Without data

obtained through the Depository Library Program, the Group’s report and recommendations,

as well as the subsequent changes in District Court practice, would not have occurred

As should be clear, I have found the Federal Depository Library Program to be an

invaluable resource here at the University of Tennessee College of Law and in Knoxville,

generally. 1 consider myself extremely privileged to have access not only to this data, but

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TEXAS

... It is not an exaggeration to say that my continuing success as a grants writer

would be severely curtailed without access to a Depository Library.

Jacqueline Cuevas, Ph.D.

Grants Development Officer

Midwestern State University

Wichita Falls, Texas

J. Wm SMALLWOOO, JR

HARTLAND ROAD

BROWNSVILLE. VT 05037

Dec. 9» 1994

a. Cynthia Jtkin

secretary

Jepository Iitrary Council

.elm-Crave i Library

estorn nontucky '<.nivarsity

..owlin : reen, ’.Li 42101

oar Council : eatersi

understand that a question has been raised

concerning the value to the public of the Federal

Depository Library Pro(ran, and wish to write in

support of this service.

-Specifically, in 19 -7 I undertook a research

project to trace the operational history of ny .torId

'ar II D-17 bomber outfit, the 99th 'tomb (roup, part

of the U.S. 15th Air Force. Jinee it was close by

I began the search at Dartmouth College's Baker

Library, which is a Depository. The staff on U.S.

overniner.t publications acquainted me with such

material as the U.S. Air Force Index of Periodicals

and also publications issued by the Department of

Defense, .rs. Curphey was particularly helpful

in assistin - me.

.w: I continued the work, and ultimately decided

to ’./rite a menoire about the findings, I turned to

the alter Library map room. I was shown material on

C‘i;. raps of the location of FX'J camps in 'ernany,

including Stalar uuft I, the canp in which I spent

fifteen months in 1944 and 1945. a’pc . Defense rapping

a lency maps were brou/dit to my attention.

..inclosed is a copy of the information circular

about my b?ok, 'omlin*s Crew, i consider the reading

public in ’eneral and writers in particular to be

most appreciative of this service.

Cincerely,

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VERMONT

Vermont prides itself on "doing democracy." We try very hard to have our government be as participatory as possible, and the U.S. Depository Libraries are important in

our effort. . . . Much of the research that forms the basis of legislation is done outside of

Montpelier. . . .

An ad hoc coalition of legislators and citizens decided to look into [state tax reform]

and, using the U.S. Census Public Use Microdata Sample CD-ROM from the U.S.

Depository at the Middlebury College Library, correlated household income and residential property taxes. The result was clear, definitive, and somewhat shocking: the residential property tax takes a higher proportion of the income of those least able to afford it

than it does of those with higher incomes. The coalition also used the depository for 

information on trends and tax situations in other states. Last year a bill crafted by the

coalition, designed to make education taxation more related to income, was passed by

the House, although it was defeated by the Senate.

The important part of this story is that an ad hoc group decided to tackle a big

problem rather than leaving it to central government and lobbyists to solve. Citizens were

able to do this in part because they believed they could make a difference in Vermont,

and in part because the systems were in place: access to the wealth of information in the

Depository and good telecommunications systems to allow the sharing of information.

Deborah Brighton

Ad Hoc Associates

Salisbury, Vermont

73
. . . Access to the Depository Library this fall enabled my business to analyze new

publications immediately, respond quickly to an RFP, and secure a contract that provided

four new jobs in my company.

Without the Depository Library my small business and others in rural areas will not

have access to many government publications (particularly electronic media) needed to

get their businesses going and keep them competitive. The Federal Depository Library

Program is a very important factor in distributing public information in our country.

Christopher Sachs

President, Map Applications, Inc.

Norwich, Vermont

Having used the Depository resources at nearby Dartmouth College on various occasions with consistent success—I would like to voice my support of the Depository

program. Without it, in fact, I would not have a prospering small business right now.

Few resources are as rich, or as readily available to the public, as the information

sources made accessible by the Depository program. As a librarian myself with a small,

recently formed market research company, I consult a wide range of Depository sources

which, at this point, would be out of my budget to purchase. These include the many

CD-ROMs available—often in monthly series dating back 4 years—and the voluminous

census publications.

Of particular help in assisting me with my consultation of these resources has been

[the] Government Documents Librarian at Dartmouth College. Her thorough knowledge

of the Depository sources, and her painstaking helpfulness in assisting me in identifying

the right sources for any given information need, has led me to believe that indeed there

are two irreplaceable resources involved here: the Depository information, and the expertise of the attendant Government Documents librarian.

Without the information that I obtain with the help of both of these resources, I

would likely be in a different business. So, in a very real sense, jobs have been created in

my area as a direct result of the Depository program. And more jobs will certainly be

created in the near future, as my business continues to grow. My thanks to the Depository

program.

Robert Savage

President, World Market Watch

Woodstock, Vermont

74
... In 1987 I undertook a research project to trace the operational history of my

World War II B-17 bomber outfit. ... I began the search at Dartmouth College's Baker

Library, which is a Depository. The staff on U.S. Government publications acquainted me

with such material as the U.S. Air Force Index of Periodicals and also publications issued

by the Department of Defense.

As I continued the work, and ultimately decided to write a memoir about the findings, I turned to the Baker Library map room. I was shown material on CIA maps of the

location of POW camps in Germany, including Stalag Luft I, the camp in which I spent

fifteen months in 1944 and 1945. . . .

J. William Smallwood, Jr.

Brownsville, Vermont

I would like to express my appreciation for the use of the Federal Documents

Collection at the Starr Library. The collection has been invaluable in my recent work in

Alaskan history.

I have been editing a manuscript for the Alaska and Polar Regions Department of the

Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks. . . . The federal documents in

your collection have been a great help in resolving many questions.

A longer project I'm working on is a history of the Aleutian Islands. For this I have

not only found your older documents valuable, but I look forward to using the more

contemporary ones as a number of Aleut concerns have been before Congress in recent

years. . . .

Raymond L. Hudson

Middlebury, Vermont

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VIRGINIA

. . . Thank you for taking the time to help me with the valuable information [on Latin

America and the Middle East] I received. This will definitely give me a positive step into

Latin America.

Marc Sholar

Sales Manager, Special Markets

Stanley Furniture Company, Inc.

Stanleytown, Virginia

Our knowledge is a little island

in a great ocean ofnon-knowledge.

Isaac Bashevis Singer

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WASHINGTON

... In my position as Research Analyst to the Washington House of Representatives'

Committee on Trade, Economic Development & Housing, information is vital to job

performance. The research requirements and drafting of state legislation require information that is accessible and accurate. The Olympia Depository Library meets both requirements and serves as a single point of physical access for all kinds of Federal information

in electronic and paper formats.

The depository library staff. . . always demonstrate their commitment to public

service and in meeting the needs of legislative staff. Their dedication, creativity, and

professionalism is evident in their work. . . .

Kenny Pittman

Research Analyst

Office of Program Research

State of Washington House of Representatives

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WEST VIRGINIA

. . . The advent of CD-ROM technology has provided an excellent platform which

allows efficient and rapid access to large amounts of data in digital form. An ever increasing number of databases including demographic and economic censuses, digital

orthophotos, DLG, TIGER, environmental information, etc. are being provided on this

media.

The efforts and role of the West Virginia University library in securing and maintaining these types of databases is essential to our teaching, research, and service activities.

Joel A. Halverson

Trevor M. Harris

Department of Geology and Geography

West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia

... I am employed by West Virginia University Extension Service to provide data and

information for community and economic development to all fifty-five counties in the

state of West Virginia. By providing this data to our county offices we are able to serve all

of the citizens of the state. Various agencies in the counties not only use this data to write

grants for governmental and private funding, they also use it to analyze their economic

and social programming needs. If these agencies are forced to use a private data provider

they will have to spend thousands of dollars to secure the same information we now

provide free of charge. Many of these agencies cannot afford to engage private data services and as a result would lose much of their current funding, which will effectively

reduce their services to the public. . . .

Not only is the depository valuable to the university, it serves as a single access point

for all kinds of Federal information for the general public. . . .

Richard C. Smith

Community and Economic Development

West Virginia University Extension Service

Morgantown, West Virginia

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. . . Depository libraries are an essential source of information to me as an academic

—my research would be impossible without them. I began my research in the government documents section of the Historical Society Library at the University of WisconsinMadison, continued it while at Emory University in Atlanta, and have completed work on

one manuscript and begun work on another here at West Virginia University.

Finally, depository libraries are essential to my effective teaching. A primary goal of

teaching is to impart knowledge concerning a particular subject matter, but just as important is teaching a critical set of skills: writing, research, and critical thinking. By assigning

documentary research I can train students in good research skills, impart subject matter 

knowledge, and "wake-up" many a disinterested undergraduate by turning them loose on

a topic of particular interest to them. . . .

Jeff Worsham

Assistant Professor

Department of Political Science

West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

110 North Hall. 1050 Bascom Mall

Madison. Wisconsin 53706

Telephone: *08-2*3-2414 • Fax: 600-2*5-2663

30 November 1994

Michael F. DiMario. Public Printer

U.S. Government Printing Office

Washington D.C.

Dear Mr. DiMario:

I am writing with regard to the Federal Depository library Program and its future.

The program has been critical to my work as both a teacher and a researcher, and I

feel it would be a great loss to educational institutions, and the public at large, if the

Federal Depository library 1‘riHfram was ta> be altered or limited in any significant

way. The degree of openness in our government, and the efforts that it makes to

make information accessible to its citizens, is one of the things that distinguishes the

United States from others around the world. It would he a great loss if that degree of

openness and accessibility were to be lost.

One of the most useful ways in which I have utilized the Federal Depository library

Program in my teaching is to have my students (particularly undergraduates) make

use of government documents available through the State Historical Society and

University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Library (together a regional depository)

in their course assignments. Every semester I have students in my classes (a total

which varies from 120-250 each semester) write a paper that requires that they make

use of government documents (especially Congressional hearings and executive branch

reports) to understand how a particular policy or decision was made. Although they

could learn about the policy process from secondary or academic accounts, there is no

substitute for actually reading the Congressional testimony during the Iran-Contra

hearings or reading the Slate Department's Dispatch to understand the U.S. agreement

with North Korea. The knowledge they gain is substantial and should be counted as

one of the benefits of the program.

In addition to the benefits available to my students of having access to government

documents in a depository library, there are also benefits in my own work as a

scholar and researcher. During my graduate training at the University of Michigan in

Ann Arbor. I became well-acquainted with the rich resources found in government

it interest in American foreign policy, the

particularly use. Historian and political

work of others who have access to governmenl

it that comes from doing research, on your

Since coming to the University of Madison.

Ie tremendous use of the documentary collection

he materials for my research as well as for

accessibility of a depository library, with open

iching and research would suffer without it.

n important characteristic that should he

ct an item off of a shelf, look through it at the

s a critical feature that should be preserved

mother library is a valuable feature but it

the materials available from the Federal

tl Depository library Program is a very

and products of the Federal government

is, professors, or anyone with an interest in

tinues to be as much of a success in the future

vide you with any further information about my

provides, please do run hesitate to contact me.

Sincerely,

Robert B McCalla

Assistant Professor

Direel: (60S) 2*2-4X39; lotcrmt M(VA1.1AM>O<JSCl.WCiC EDtl; telnet: MCCAIXAmWESCPS Hluet

Direct: (608) 2*2-4X39; telenet: MCCALLAteVOUSLT.WBC.EDU; tetnel M('(AUA^WISCFStetnet

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WISCONSIN

... I have been a regular user of government documents since high school, when I

completed my first major research paper for a U.S. History class. Throughout college,

they were an important part of my studies, even being a major in French Literature.

Between the time I left college and returned to graduate school, I studied the federal role

in the issues I worked on at a community level in a non-profit organization by using

government documents available through the program. Now, in graduate school I spend a

great deal of time at the State Historical Society located at the University of Wisconsin,

both for my course work in public policy and administration and for the work I do as a

graduate assistant to a professor completing a book on banking issues. Having easy access

to information produced by the government has given me a better sense of what government does and what my own role as a citizen is. . . .

Sandy Deyoe

Madison, Wisconsin

The Wisconsin Reference and Loan Library serves as a statewide clearinghouse for

interlibrary loan requests from public, school, special, state agency, state institution, and

academic libraries. The Reference and Loan Library is not a federal depository library and

relies heavily on the two full depository libraries in the state, the Wisconsin State

Historical Society and Milwaukee Public Library to provide access to federal documents

for libraries of all types.

Interlibrary loan requests are routinely sent to these libraries for government publications, copies of public laws, and presidential orders. The depository libraries either loan

the titles directly or make a photocopy of the materials to fill the requests.

This is a very important program, and these libraries provide the only source of free

information about federal programs for Wisconsin citizens.

Sally Drew

Director, Reference and Loan Library

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

Madison, Wisconsin

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. . . The program has been critical to my work as both a teacher and a researcher,

and I feel it would be a great loss to education institutions, and the public at large, if the

Federal depository Library Program was to be altered or limited in any significant way.

. . . Every semester I have students in my classes . . . write a paper that requires that

they make use of government documents (especially Congressional hearings and executive branch reports) to understand how a particular policy or decision was made.

. . . During my graduate training at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, I

became well-acquainted with the rich resources found in government publications. In my

own case, with an interest in American foreign policy, the resources of a depository

library were particularly [useful]. Historians and political scientists will always benefit

from the work of others who have access to government documents but there is an added

benefit that comes from doing research, on your own, in the original source materials.

Since coming to the University of Madison, Wisconsin, five years ago, I have made

tremendous use of the documentary collection in the State Historical Society. I use the

materials for my research as well as for materials to use in my teaching. The accessibility

of a depository library, with open stacks, is a tremendous benefit — my teaching and

research would suffer without it. Accessibility, not just availability, is an important characteristic that should be preserved. Being able to actually select an item off of a shelf, look

through it at the time, and decide whether it is useful, is a critical feature that should be

preserved. . . .

Robert B. McCalla

Assistant Professor, Department of Political

Science

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

... I am writing to let you know that having the government documents available in

our city, state and at the University has made a significant impact on our business

ventures. Our company is able to secure documents (whether in microfiche or paper)

within an hour and respond to our clientele with information that otherwise could not be

obtained. . . . Please discuss the possibility of charging for these documents—not the

general public — but charging those of us in the private sector that can afford to make a

financial contribution to the institutions that must store, provide access to and circulate all

the government documents that we find so vital.

Sandra Thompson

Manager, Information Services

Hazleton Wisconsin, Inc.

Madison, Wisconsin

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Benner Library

and Resource Center

Carbondale

Southern Illinois University

at Carbondale

Morris Library

Southern Illinois University

at Carbondale

School of Law Library

Carlinville

Blackburn College

Lumpkin Library

Carterville

John A. Logan College

Learning Resources Center

Champaign

University of Illinois

Law Library

Charleston

Eastern Illinois University

Booth Library

Chicago

Chicago Public Library

Harold Washington Library

Chicago State University

Paul and Emily Douglas Library

DePaul University

Law Library

Field Museum of Natural History

Library

Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago-Kent College of Law

Illinois Institute of Technology

Paul V. Galvin Library

John Marshall Law School Library

Loyola University

School of Law Library

Loyola University of Chicago

E.M. Cudahy Memorial Library

Northeastern Illinois University

Ronald Williams Library

Northwestern University

School of Law Library

University of Chicago

D’Angelo Law Library

University of Chicago

Regenstein Library

University of Illinois at Chicago

Library

William J. Campbell Library

of the U.S. Courts

Decatur

Decatur Public Library

De Kalb

Northern Illinois University

College of Law Library

Northern Illinois University

Founders Memorial Library

Des Plaines

Oakton Community College Library

Edwardsville

Southern Illinois University at

Edwardsville

Lovejoy Memorial Library

Elsah

Principia College

Marshall Brooks Library

Evanston

Northwestern University Library

Freeport

Freeport Public Library

Galesburg

Galesburg Public Library

Jacksonville

MacMurray College

Henry Pfeiffer Library

Lake Forest

Lake Forest College

Donnelley Library

Lebanon

McKendree College

Holman Library

Lisle

Illinois Benedictine College

Theodore F. Lownik Library

Macomb

Western Illinois University

Government Publications

and Legal Reference Library

Moline

Black Hawk College Library

Learning Resources Center

B7

Monmouth

Monmouth College

Hewes Library

Mount Carmel

Wabash Valley College

Bauer Media Center

Mount Prospect

Mount Prospect Public Library

Normal

Illinois State University

Milner Library

Oak Park

Oak Park Public Library

Oglesby

Illinois Valley Community College

Jacobs Library

Palos Hills

Moraine Valley Community College

Robert E. Turner Learning

Resources Center

Peoria

Bradley University

Cullom-Davis Library

Peoria Public Library

River Forest

Rosary College

Rebecca Crown Library

Rockford

Rockford Public Library

Romeoville

Lewis University Library

South Holland

South Suburban College

Learning Resources Center

Springfield

Illinois State Library

Streamwood

Poplar Creek Public Library

University Park

Governors State University

University Library
Urbana

University of Illinois at

Urbana-Champaign

Documents Library

Wheaton

Wheaton College

Buswell Memorial Library

Woodstock

Woodstock Public Library

INDIANA

Anderson

Anderson Public Library

Anderson University

Robert A. Nicholson Library

Bloomington

Indiana University

School of Law Library

Indiana University Library

Crawfordsville

Wabash College

Lilly Library

Evansville

Evansville-Vanderburgh County Public

Library

University of Southern Indiana

David L. Rice Library

Fort Wayne

Allen County Public Library

Indiana University-Purdue University

at Fort Wayne

Helmke Library

Franklin

Franklin College Library

Gary

Gary Public Library

Main Library

Indiana University Northwest Library

Greencastle

DePauw University

Roy 0. West Library

Hammond

Hammond Public Library

Hanover

Hanover College

Duggan Library

Huntington

Huntington College

Richlyn Library

Indianapolis

Butler University

Irwin Library

Indiana State Library

Indiana Supreme Court Law Library

Indiana University

School of Law Library

Indiana University-Purdue University

at Indianapolis

University Library

Indianapolis-Marion County Public

Library, Central Library

Kokomo

Indiana University at Kokomo

Learning Resource Center

Muncie

Ball State University

Alexander M. Bracken Library

Muncie Public Library

New Albany

Indiana University Southeast Library

Notre Dame

University of Notre Dame

Kresge Law Library

University of Notre Dame

Theodore M. Hesburgh Library

Rensselaer

Saint Joseph College

Robinson Memorial Library

Richmond

Earlham College

Lilly Library

Morrisson-Reeves Library

South Bend

Indiana University at South Bend

Franklin D. Schurz Library

Terre Haute

Indiana State University

Cunningham Memorial Library

Valparaiso

Valparaiso University

Law Library

Valparaiso University

Moellering Memorial Library

West Lafayette

Purdue University

HSSE Library

IOWA

Ames

Iowa State University

Parks Library

Cedar Falls

University of Northern Iowa

Donald 0. Rod Library

Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids Public Library

Council Bluffs

Council Bluffs Public Library

Davenport

Davenport Public Library

Des Moines

Drake University

Cowles Library

Drake University

Law Library

Public Library of Des Moines

State Library of Iowa

Dubuque

Carnegie-Stout Public Library

Loras College

Wahlert Memorial Library

Fayette

Upper Iowa University

Henderson-Wilder Library

Grinnell

Grinnell College

Burling Library

Iowa City

University of Iowa

College of Law Library

University of Iowa Libraries

Lamoni

Graceland College

F.M. Smith Library

Mason City

North Iowa Area Community College

Library

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Mount Vernon

Cornell College

Russell D. Cole Library

Orange City

Northwestern College

Ramaker Library

Sioux City

Sioux City Public Library

KANSAS

Atchison

Benedictine College Library

Baldwin City

Baker University

Collins Library

Colby

Colby Community College

H.F. Davis Memorial Library

Dodge City

Dodge City Community College

Learning Resources Center

Emporia

Emporia State University

William Allen White Library

Hays

Fort Hays State University

Forsyth Library

Hutchinson

Hutchinson Public Library

Kansas City

Kansas City Kansas

Community College Library

Lawrence

University of Kansas

Government Documents

and Maps Library

University of Kansas

Law School Library

Manhattan

Kansas State University

Farrell Library

Pittsburg

Pittsburg State University

Leonard H. Axe Library

Salina

Kansas Wesleyan University

Memorial Library

Shawnee Mission

Johnson County Library

Topeka

Kansas State Historical Society

Library

Kansas State Library

Kansas Supreme Court Law Library

Washburn University of Topeka

School of Law Library

Wichita

Wichita State University

Ablah Library

KENTUCKY

Ashland

Ashland Community College Library

Barbourville

Union College

Abigail E. Weeks Memorial Library

Bowling Green

Western Kentucky University

Helm-Cravens Library

Columbia

Lindsey Wilson College

Katie Murrell Library

Crestview Hills

Thomas More College Library

Danville

Centre College

Grace Doherty Library

Frankfort

Kentucky Department of Libraries

and Archives

State Library Service Division

Kentucky State Law Library

Kentucky State University

Paul G. Blazer Library

Hazard

Hazard Community College Library

Highland Heights

Northern Kentucky University

*W. Frank Steely Library

Lexington

University of Kentucky

King Library South

University of Kentucky

Law Library

Louisville

Louisville Free Public Library

University of Louisville

Ekstrom Library-Belknap Campus

University of Louisville

Law Library-Belknap Campus

Morehead

Morehead State University

Camden-Carroll Library

Murray

Murray State University

Waterfield Library

Owensboro

Kentucky-Wesleyan College

Library Learning Center

Richmond

Eastern Kentucky University

John Grant Crabbe Library

Williamsburg

Cumberland College

Hagan Memorial Library

LOUISIANA

Baton Rouge

Louisiana State University

Middleton Library

Louisiana State University

Paul M. Herbert Law Center

Southern University

Law Center Library

Southern University A&M College

John B. Cade Library

State Library of Louisiana

Eunice

Louisiana State University at Eunice

Arnold LeDoux Library

Hammond

Southeastern Louisiana University

Sims Memorial Library

Lafayette

University of Southwestern Louisiana

Dupre Library

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Lake Charles

McNeese State University

Lether Frazar Memorial Lbrary

Leesville

Vernon Parish Library

Monroe

Northeast Louisiana University

Sandel Library

Natchitoches

Northwestern State University

of Louisana

Watson Memorial Library

New Orleans

Law Library of Louisiana

Loyola University Law Library

Loyola University Library

New Orleans Public Library

Our Lady of Holy Cross College

Blaine S. Kern Library

Southern University at New Orleans

Leonard S. Washington Library

Tulane University

Howard-Tilton Memorial Library

Tulane University

School of Law Library

U.S. Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit Library

University of New Orleans

Earl K. Long Library

Xavier University Library

Pineville

Louisiana College

Norton Memorial Library

Ruston

Louisiana Tech University

Prescott Memorial Library

Shreveport

Louisiana State University

in Shreveport

Noel Memorial Library

Shreve Memorial Library

Thibodaux

Nicholls State University

Ellender Memorial Library

MAINE

Augusta

Maine Law and Legislative

Reference Library

Maine State Library

Bangor

Bangor Public Library

Brunswick

Bowdoin College

Hawthorne-Longfellow Library

Castine

Maine Maritime Academy

Nutting Memorial Library

Lewiston

Bates College

George and Helen Ladd Library

Orono

University of Maine

Raymond H. Fogler Library

Portland

Portland Public Library

University of Maine School of Law

Garbrecht Law Library

Presque Isle

University of Maine at Presque Isle

Library

Sanford

Louis B. Goodall Memorial Library

Waterville

Colby College

Miller Library

MARYLAND

Annapolis

Maryland State Law Library

U.S. Naval Academy

Nimitz Library

Baltimore

Enoch Pratt Free Library

Johns Hopkins University

Government/Publication/Maps

Law Library

Morgan State University

Soper Library

U.S. Court of Appeals

Fourth Circuit Library

University of Baltimore

Langsdale Library

University of Baltimore

Law Library

University of Maryland School of Law

Marshall Law Library

Bel Air

Harford Community College Library

Beltsville

Department of Agriculture

National Agricultural Library

Bethesda

Department of Health and Human

Services

National Library of Medicine

Uniformed Services University

of Health Sciences

Learning Resources Center

Catonsville

University of Maryland

Baltimore County

Kuhn Library 8. Gallery

Chestertown

Washington College

Clifton M. Miller Library

College Park

University of Maryland

at College Park

McKeldin Library

Cumberland

Allegany Community College Library

Frostburg

Frostburg State University Library

Patuxent River

Naval Air Warfare Center

Central Library

Rockville

Montgomery County Department

of Public Libraries

Rockville Regional Library

Salisbury

Salisbury State University

Blackwell Library

Silver Spring

Department of Commerce

NOAA Central Library

Towson

Goucher College

Julia Rogers Library

Towson State University

Albert S. Cook Library

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Westminster

Western Maryland College

Hoover Library

MASSACHUSETTS

Amherst

Amherst College

Robert Frost Library

University of MassachusettsAmherst

University Library

Boston

Boston Athenaeum Library

Boston Public Library

Boston University School of Law

Pappas Law Library

Northeastern University

Snell Library

State Library of Massachusetts

Suffolk University

Law Library

Supreme Judicial Court

Social Law Library

U.S. Court of Appeals

First Circuit Library

Brookline

Public Library of Brookline

Cambridge

Harvard College

Lamont Library

Harvard Law School Library

Massachusetts Institute

of Technology

Libraries

Chestnut Hill

Boston College

Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. Library

Chicopee

College of Our Lady of the Elms

Alumnae Library

Lowell

University of Massachusetts-Lowell

O'Leary Library

Medford

Tufts University

Arts and Sciences Library

Milton

Curry College

Levin Library

New Bedford

New Bedford Free Public Library

Newton Center

Boston College

Law School Library

North Dartmouth

University of MassachusettsDartmouth

Library

North Easton

Stonehill College

Cushing-Martin Library

Springfield

Massachusetts Trial Court

Hampden Law Library

Springfield City Library

Western New England College

School of Law Library

Waltham

Brandeis University Library

Wellesley

Wellesley College

Margaret Clapp Library

Wenham

Gordon College

Jenks Learning Resource Center

Williamstown

Williams College

Sawyer Library

Worcester

American Antiquarian Society Library

University of Massachusetts

Medical Center

Lamar Soutter Library

Worcester Public Library

MICHIGAN

Albion

Albion College

Stockwell-Mudd Library

Allendale

Grand Valley State University

Zumberge Library

Alma

Alma College

Monteith Library

Ann Arbor

University of Michigan

Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library

University of Michigan

Law Library

Benton Harbor

Benton Harbor Public Library

Clinton Township

Macomb County Library

Dearborn

Henry Ford Community College

Eshleman Library

Detroit

Detroit College of Law Library

Detroit Public Library

Marygrove College Library

University of Detroit—Mercy

McNichols Campus Library

University of Detroit-Mercy

School of Law Library

Wayne State University

Arthur Neef Law Library

Wayne State University

Purdy/Kresge Library

Dowagiac

Southwestern Michigan College

Fred L. Mathews Library

East Lansing

Michigan State University

Main Library

Farmington Hills

Oakland Community College

M.L. King Learning Resources

Center

Flint

Flint Public Library

University of Michigan-Flint

Thompson Library

Grand Rapids

Calvin College & Seminary

The Hekman Library

Grand Rapids Public Library

Houghton

Michigan Technological University

J. Robert Van Pelt Library

Jackson

Jackson District Library

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Kalamazoo

Kalamazoo Public Library

Western Michigan University

Dwight B. Waldo Library

Lansing

Library of Michigan

Thomas M. Cooley Law School

Library

Livonia

Livonia Public Library

Civic Center Branch

Schoolcraft College

Eric J. Bradner Library

Madison Heights

Madison Heights Public Library

Marquette

Northern Michigan University

Lydia M. Olson Library

Monroe

Monroe County Library System

Mount Pleasant

Central Michigan University

Charles V. Park Library

Muskegon

Hackley Public Library

Petoskey

North Central Michigan College

Library

Pontiac

Oakland County Library

Port Huron

Saint Clair County Library

Rochester

Oakland University

Kresge Library

Royal Oak

Royal Oak Public Library

Saginaw

Hoyt Public Library

Sault Ste. Marie

Lake Superior State University

Kenneth Shouldice Library

Traverse City

Northwestern Michigan College

Osterlin Library

University Center

Delta College Library

Warren

Warren Public Library

Arthur J. Miller Branch

Ypsilanti

Eastern Michigan University

University Library

MINNESOTA

Bemidji

Bemidji State University

A.C. Clark Library

Blaine

Anoka County Library

Collegeville

Saint John's University

Alcuin Library

Duluth

Duluth Public Library

University of Minnesota-Duluth

Library

Eagan

Dakota County Library

Edina

Hennepin County Library

Southdale-Hennepin Library

Mankato

Mankato State University

Memorial Library

Marshall

Southwest State University Library

Minneapolis

Minneapolis Public Library

University of Minnesota

Law School Library

University of Minnesota

Wilson Library

Moorhead

Moorhead State University

Livingston Lord Library

B12

Morris

University of Minnesota-Morris

Rodney A. Briggs Library

Northfield

Carleton College

The Library

Saint Olaf College

Rolvaag Memorial Library

Roseville

Ramsey County Public Library

Saint Cloud

Saint Cloud State University

Learning Resources Center

Saint Paul

Hamline University

College of Law Library

Minnesota State Law Library

Saint Paul Public Library

University of Minnesota

Saint Paul Campus Library

William Mitchell College of Law

Warren E. Burger Library

Saint Peter

Gustavus Adolphus College

Folke Bernadotte Library

Winona

Winona State University

Maxwell Library

MISSISSIPPI

Cleveland

Delta State University

W.B. Roberts Library

Columbus

Mississippi University for Women

Fant Memorial Library

Hattiesburg

University of Southern Mississippi

Cook Memorial Library

Jackson

Jackson State University

Henry Thomas Sampson Library

Millsaps College

Millsaps-Wilson Library

Mississippi College

School of Law Library

Mississippi Library Commission

Supreme Court of Mississippi

State Law Library
Lorman

Alcorn State University

J. D. Boyd Library

Mississippi State

Mississippi State University

Mitchell Memorial Library

University

University of Mississippi

J.D. Wiliams Library

University of Mississippi

James 0. Eastland Law Library

MISSOURI

Cape Girardeau

Southeast Missouri State University

Kent Library

Columbia

University of Missouri at Columbia

Ellis Library

University of Missouri at Columbia

Law Library

Fulton

Westminster College

Reeves Library

Hillsboro

Jefferson College Library

Jefferson City

Lincoln University

Inman E. Page Library

Missouri State Library

Missouri Supreme Court Library

Joplin

Missouri Southern State College

George A. Spiva Library

Kansas City

Kansas City Missouri Public Library

Rockhurst College

Greenlease Library

University of Missouri at Kansas City

Leon E. Bloch Law Library

University of Missouri at Kansas City

Miller Nichols Library

Kirksville

Northeast Missouri State University

Pickier Memorial Library

Liberty

William Jewell College

Charles F. Curry Library

Maryville

Northwest Missouri State University

B.D. Owens Library

O’Fallon

Saint Charles City-County Library

District

Middendorf-Kredell Branch

Rolla

University of Missouri at Rolla

Curtis Laws Wilson Library

Saint Charles

Lindenwood College

Margaret Leggart Butler Library

Saint Joseph

River Bluffs Regional Library

Central Library

Saint Louis

Maryville University Library

Saint Louis County Library

Saint Louis Public Library

Saint Louis University

Law Library

Saint Louis University

Pius XII Memorial Library

U.S. Court of Appeals

Eighth Circuit Library

University of Missouri at Saint Louis

Thomas Jefferson Library

Washington University

Freund Law Library

Washington University

John M. Olin Library

Springfield

Drury College

F.W. Olin Library

Southwest Missouri State University

Duane G. Meyer Library

Warrensburg

Central Missouri State University

Ward Edwards Library

MONTANA

Billings

Montana State University-Billings

Library

Bozeman

Montana State University-Bozeman

Renne Library

Butte

Montana Tech

of the University of Montana

Library

Havre

Montana State University-Northern

Vande Bogart Library

Helena

Carroll College

Corette Library

Montana State Library

State Law Library of Montana

Missoula

University of Montana

Mansfield Library

NEBRASKA

Blair

Dana College

C.A. Dana-Life Library

Crete

Doane College

Perkins Library

Fremont

Midland Lutheran College

Luther Library

Kearney

University of Nebraska at Kearney

Calvin T. Ryan Library

Lincoln

Nebraska Library Commission

Nebraska State Library

State Capitol Building

University of Nebraska at Lincoln

D.L. Love Memorial Library

University of Nebraska at Lincoln

Marvin & Virginia Schmid

Law Library

Omaha

Creighton University

Klutznick Law Library

Creighton University

Reinert/Alumni Library

Omaha Public Library

W. Dale Clark Library

University of Nebraska at Omaha

University Library

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Scottsbluff

Scottsbluff Public Library

Wayne

Wayne State College

Conn Library

NEVADA

Carson City

Nevada State Library and Archives

Capitol Complex

Nevada Supreme Court Library

Elko

Elko County Library

Great Basin College

Learning Resources Center

Las Vegas

Clark County Law Library

Las Vegas-Clark County

Library District

University of Nevada at Las Vegas

James R. Dickinson Library

Reno

National Judicial College Law Library

Nevada Historical Society Library

University of Nevada at Reno

Libraries

Washoe County Library

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Concord

Franklin Pierce Law Center Library

New Hampshire Law Library

New Hampshire State Library

Durham

University of New Hampshire

Dimond Library

Hanover

Dartmouth College

Baker Library

Henniker

New England College

Danforth Library

Manchester

Manchester City Library

New Hampshire College

Shapiro Memorial Library

Saint Anselm College

Geisei Library

Nashua

Nashua Public Library

NEW JERSEY

Bayonne

Bayonne Free Public Library

Bridgeton

Cumberland County Library

Camden

Rutgers University

Law School Library

Rutgers University

Paul Robeson Library

East Brunswick

East Brunswick Public Library

East Orange

East Orange Public Library

Elizabeth

Free Public Library of Elizabeth

Glassboro

Rowan College of New Jersey

Savitz Library

Hackensack

Johnson Free Public Library

Irvington

Irvington Public Library

Jersey City

Jersey City Public Library

Jersey City State College

Forrest A. Irwin Library

Lawrenceville

Rider University

Franklin F. Moore Library

Madison

Drew University Library

Mahwah

Ramapo College

George T. Potter Library

Morristown

College of Saint Elizabeth

Mahoney Library

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Mount Holly

Burlington County Library

New Brunswick

Rutgers University

Alexander Library

Newark

Newark Public Library

Rutgers University

John Cotton Dana Library

Rutgers University Law School

Ackerson Law Library

Seton Hall University School of Law

Peter W. Rodino Jr. Law Library

Newton

Sussex County Library

Phillipsburg

Phillipsburg Free Public Library

Plainfield

Plainfield Public Library

Pomona

Stockton State College of New Jersey

Library

Princeton

Princeton University

Firestone Library

Randolph

County College of Morris

Sherman H. Masten Learning

Resource Center

Shrewsbury

Monmouth County Library

Eastern Branch

South Orange

Seton Hall University

Walsh Library

Teaneck

Fairleigh Dickinson University

Weiner Library

Toms River

Ocean County College Library

Trenton

New Jersey State Library

Trenton Free Public Library
Upper Montclair

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Harry A. Sprague Library

West Long Branch

Monmouth University

Guggenheim Memorial Library

Woodbridge

Free Public Library of Woodbridge

Main Library

NEW MEXICO

Albuquerque

University of New Mexico

General Library

University of New Mexico

Health Sciences Center Library

University of New Mexico

School of Law Library

Hobbs

New Mexico Junior College

Pannell Library

Las Cruces

New Mexico State University

Branson Library

Las Vegas

New Mexico Highlands University

Thomas C. Donnelly Library

Portales

Eastern New Mexico University

Golden Library

Santa Fe

New Mexico State Library

New Mexico Supreme Court

Law Library

Silver City

Western New Mexico University

Miller Library

Socorro

New Mexico Institute of Mining &

Technology

New Mexico Tech Library

NEW YORK

Albany

Albany Law School

Schaffer Law Library

New York State Library

Cultural Education Center

State University of New York

at Albany

University Library

Binghamton

Binghamton University

Glenn G. Bartie Library

Brockport

State University of New York

at Brockport

Drake Memorial Library

Bronx

Fordham University Library

Herbert H. Lehman College Library

State University of New York

Maritime College

Stephen B. Luce Library

Bronxville

Sarah Lawrence College

Esther Raushenbush Library

Brooklyn

Brooklyn College Library

Brooklyn Law School Library

Brooklyn Public Library

Business Library

Brooklyn Public Library

Central Library

Pratt Institute Library

Buffalo

Buffalo and Erie County Public Library

State University of New York

at Buffalo

Charles B. Sears Law Library

State University of New York

at Buffalo

Lockwood Memorial Library

Canton

St. Lawrence University

Owen D. Young Library

Corning

Corning Community College

Arthur A. Houghton Jr. Library

Cortland

State University College at Cortland

Memorial Library

Delhi

State University College of Technology

Resnick Library

East Islip

East Islip Public Library

Elmira

Elmira College

Gannett Tripp Library

Farmingdale

State University of New York at

Farmingdale

Greenley Library

Flushing

Queens College

Benjamin S. Rosenthal Library

Queens College

CUNY Law School Library

Garden City

Adelphi University

Swirbul Library

Geneseo

State University of New York

at Geneseo

Milne Library

Greenvale

Long Island University

Schwartz Memorial Library

Hamilton

Colgate University

Everett Needham Case Library

Hempstead

Hofstra University

Axinn Library

Hofstra University

School of Law Library

Huntington

Touro College

School of Law Library

Ithaca

Cornell University

Olin Library

Cornell University

Albert R. Mann Library

Cornell University Law School Library

Jamaica

Queens Borough Public Library

Saint John's University

Library-Saint Augustine Hall

Saint John’s University

School of Law Library

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Kings Point

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

Schuyler Otis Bland Library

Long Island City

Fiorello H. LaGuardia

Community College

Library

Middletown

Middletown Thrall Library

Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon Public Library

New Paltz

State University College at New Paltz

Sojourner Truth Library

New York City

City College/CUNY Library

College of Insurance Library

Columbia University

Lehman Library

Columbia University

School of Law Library

Cooper Union for the Advancement

of Science and Arts

Library

Fordham University

Leo T. Kissam Memorial Library

Medical Library Center of New York

New York Law Institute Library

New York Law School Library

New York Public Library

Mid-Manhattan Branch

New York University

Elmer Holmes Bobst Library

New York University Law Library

U.S. Court of Appeals

Second Circuit Library

Yeshiva University

Chutick Law Library

Yeshiva University

Pollack Library

Newburgh

Newburgh Free Library

Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls Public Library

Oakdale

Dowling College Library

Oneonta

State University College at Oneonta

James M. Milne Library

Oswego

State University of New York

at Oswego

Penfield Library

Plattsburgh

State University College

at Plattsburgh

Benjamin F. Feinberg Library

Potsdam

Clarkson University

Harriet Call Burnap

Memorial Library

State University College at Potsdam

Crumb Memorial Library

Poughkeepsie

Vassar College Libraries

Purchase

State University of New York

at Purchase

Library

Rochester

Rochester Public Library

University of Rochester

Rush Rhees Library

Saint Bonaventure

Saint Bonaventure University

Friedsam Memorial Library

Saratoga Springs

Skidmore College

Lucy Scribner Library

Schenectady

Union College

Schaffer Library

Southampton

Long Island University

Southampton Campus Library

Sparkill

Saint Thomas Aquinas College

Lougheed Library

Staten Island

Wagner College

Horrmann Library

Stony Brook

State University of New York

at Stony Brook

Melville Memorial Library

Syracuse

Onondaga County Public Library

Syracuse University

College of Law Library

Syracuse University

E.S. Byrd Library

Troy

Troy Public Library

Uniondale

Nassau Library System

Utica

State University of New York

Institute of Technology Library

Utica Public Library

West Point

U.S. Military Academy Library

White Plains

Pace University School of Law Library

Yonkers

Yonkers Public Library

Getty Square Branch

Yorktown Heights

Mercy College Library

Yorktown Branch Campus

NORTH CAROLINA

Asheville

University of North Carolina

at Asheville

D. Hiden Ramsey Library

Boiling Springs

Gardner-Webb University

Dover Memorial Library

Boone

Appalachian State University

Carol Grotnes Belk Library

Buies Creek

Campbell University

Carrie Rich Memorial Library

Burlington

Elon College

Iris Holt McEwen Library

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Chapel Hill

University of North Carolina

at Chapel Hill

Law Library

University of North Carolina

at Chapel Hill

Walter Royal Davis Library

Charlotte

Public Library of Charlotte

and Mecklenburg County

Queens College

Everett Library

University of North Carolina

at Charlotte

J. Murrey Atkins Library

Cullowhee

Western Carolina University

Hunter Library

Davidson

Davidson College

E.H. Little Library

Durham

Duke University

School of Law Library

Duke University

William R. Perkins Library

North Carolina Central University

James E. Shepard Library

North Carolina Central University

Law School Library

Fayetteville

Fayetteville State University

Charles W. Chesnutt Library

Greensboro

North Carolina Agricultural

and Technical State University

Bluford Library

University of North Carolina

at Greensboro

Walter Clinton Jackson Library

Greenville

East Carolina University

J.Y. Joyner Library

Laurinburg

Saint Andrews Presbyterian College

DeTamble Library

Lexington

Davidson County Public Library

Mount Olive

Mount Olive College

Moye Library

Pembroke

Pembroke State University

Mary Livermore Library

Raleigh

North Carolina State University

NCSU Libraries

North Carolina Supreme Court

Library

State Library of North Carolina

Rocky Mount

North Carolina Wesleyan College

Pearsall Library

Salisbury

Catawba College

Corriher-Linn-Black Library

Wilmington

University of North Carolina

at Wilmington

William M. Randall Library

Wilson

Barton College

Hackney Library

Winston-Salem

Forsyth County Public Library

Main Library

Wake Forest University

Professional Center Library

Wake Forest University

Z. Smith Reynolds Library

NORTH DAKOTA

Bismarck

Bismarck Veteran's Memorial

Public Library

North Dakota State Library

North Dakota Supreme Court

Law Library

State Historical Society

of North Dakota

State Archives & Historical

Research Library

Dickinson

Dickinson State University

Stoxen Library

Fargo

North Dakota State University

Libraries

Grand Forks

University of North Dakota

Chester Fritz Library

Minot

Minot State University

Gordon B. Olson Library

Valley City

Valley City State University

Allen Memorial Library

NORTHERN

MARIANA ISLANDS

Saipan

Northern Marianas College

Borja Memorial Library

OHIO

Ada

Ohio Northern University

Jay P. Taggart Law Library

Akron

Akron-Summit County Public Library

University of Akron

Bierce Library

University of Akron

School of Law Library

Alliance

Mount Union College Library

Ashland

Ashland University Library

Athens

Ohio University

Alden Library

Bluffton

Bluffton College

Musselman Library

Bowling Green

Bowling Green State University

Jerome Library

Canton

Malone College

Everett L. Cattell Library

Chardon

Chardon Public Library

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Cincinnati

Public Library of Cincinnati

and Hamilton County

Main Library

U.S. Court of Appeals

Sixth Circuit Library

University of Cincinnati

College Law Library

University of Cincinnati

University Libraries

Cleveland

Case Western Reserve University

Freiberger Library

Case Western Reserve University

School of Law Library

Cleveland Public Library

Cleveland State University

Cleveland-Marshall College of Law

Library

Cleveland State University

University Library

Municipal Reference Library

Cleveland Heights

Cleveland Heights-University Heights

Public Library

Columbus

Capital University

Law School Library

Capital University Library

Columbus Metropolitian Library

Main Library

Ohio State University

College of Law Library

Ohio State University Libraries

Ohio Supreme Court

Law Library

State Library of Ohio

Dayton

Dayton and Montgomery County

Public Library

University of Dayton

Roesch Library

Wright State University

Paul Laurence Dunbar Library

Delaware

Ohio Wesleyan University

L.A. Beeghly Library

Elyria

Elyria Public Library

Findlay

University of Findlay

Shafer Library

Gambler

Kenyon College

Olin/Chalmers Libraries

Granville

Denison University

William Howard Doane Library

Hiram

Hiram College

Teachout-Price Memorial Library

Kent

Kent State University

Libraries and Media Services

Marietta

Marietta College

Dawes Memorial Library

Marion

Marion Public Library

Middletown

Miami University Middletown

Gardner-Harvey Library

New Concord

Muskingum College Library

Oberlin

Oberlin College Library

Oxford

Miami University

King Library

Portsmouth

Shawnee State University Library

Rio Grande

University of Rio Grande

Jeanette Albiez Davis Library -

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Clark County Public Library

Steubenville

Franciscan University of Steubenville

John Paul II Library

Public Library of Steubenville

and Jefferson County

Tiffin

Heidelberg College

Beeghly Library

Toledo

Toledo-Lucas County Public Library

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University of Toledo

College of Law Library

University of Toledo

William S. Carlson Library

University Heights

John Carroll University

Grasselli Library

Westerville

Otterbein College

Courtright Memorial Lbrary

Westlake

Westlake Porter Public Library

Wilmington

Wilmington College

S. Arthur Watson Library

Wooster

College of Wooster

Andrews Library

Worthington

Worthington Public Library

Youngstown

Public Library of Youngstown

and Mahoning County

Main Library

Youngstown State University

William F. Maag Library

OKLAHOMA

Ada

East Central University

Linscheid Library

Alva

Northwestern Oklahoma

State University

J.W. Martin Library

Bethany

Southern Nazarene University

Williams Learning Resources

Center

Durant

Southeastern Oklahoma

State University

Henry G. Bennett Memorial Library

Edmond

University of Central Oklahoma

Chambers Library
Enid

Public Library of Enid

and Garfield County

Langston

Langston University

G. Lamar Harrison Library

Lawton

Lawton Public Library

Norman

University of Oklahoma

Bizzell Memorial Library

University of Oklahoma

Law Library

Oklahoma City

Metropolitan Library System

Downtown Library

Oklahoma City University

Dulaney Browne Library

Oklahoma Department of Libraries

Shawnee

Oklahoma Baptist University

Mabee Learning Center

Stillwater

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Edmon Low Library

Tahlequah

Northeastern State University

John Vaughan Library

Tulsa

Tulsa City-County Library System

University of Tulsa

College of Law Library

University of Tulsa

McFarlin Library

Weatherford

Southwestern Oklahoma

State University

Al Harris Library

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Ashland

Southern Oregon State College

Library

Bend

Central Oregon Community College

Library/Media Center

Corvallis

Oregon State University

Kerr Library

Eugene

University of Oregon

Law Library

University of Oregon Library

Forest Grove

Pacific University

Harvey W. Scott Memorial Library

Klamath Falls

Oregon Institute of Technology Library

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Eastern Oregon State College

Walter M. Pierce Library

McMinnville

Linfield College

Northup Library

Monmouth

Western Oregon State College

Library

Pendleton

Blue Mountain Community College

Library

Portland

Department of Energy Bonneville

Power Administration

Library

Lewis and Clark College

Aubrey R. Watzek Library

Multnomah County Library

Northwestern School of Law

Paul L. Boley Law Library

Portland State University

Branford P. Millar Library

Reed College Library

Eric V. Houser Library

Salem

Oregon State Library

Oregon Supreme Court

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Willamette University

College of Law Library

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Mark 0. Hatfield Library

PANAMA

Balboa Heights

Panama Canal Commission

Technical Resources Center

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Allentown

Muhlenberg College

Trexler Library

Altoona

Altoona Area Public Library

Bethel

Bethel Park Public Library

Bethlehem

Lehigh University

Fairchild—Martindale Library

Bloomsburg

University of Pennsylvania

Harvey A. Andruss Library

Blue Bell

Montgomery County

Community College

Learning Resources Center

Bradford

University of Pittsburgh at Bradford

Hanley Library

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Marple Public Library

California

California University of Pennsylvania

Louis L. Manderino Library

Carlisle

Dickinson College

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Dickinson School of Law

Sheeley-Lee Law Library

Cheyney

Cheyney University

Leslie Pinckney Hill Library

Collegeville

Ursinus College

Myrin Library

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Coraopolis

Robert Morris College Library

Doylestown

Bucks County Free Library

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East Stroudsburg

East Stroudsburg University

Kemp Library

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Erie County Library System

Greenville

Thiel College

Langenheim Memorial Library

Harrisburg

State Library of Pennsylvania

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School of Law Library

Haverford

Haverford College

Magill Library

Indiana

Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Stapleton Library

Johnstown

Cambria County Library System

Glosser Memorial Library

Lancaster

Franklin and Marshall College

Shadek-Fackenthal Library

Lewsiburg

Bucknell University

Ellen Clarke Bertrand Library

Mansfield

Mansfield University Library

Meadville

Allegheny College

Lawrence Lee Pelletier Library

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Millersville University

Helen A. Ganser Library

Monessen

Monessen Public Library

and District Center

New Castle

New Castle Public Library

Newtown

Bucks County Community College

Library

Norristown

Montgomery County-Norristown

Public Library

Philadelphia

Free Library of Philadelphia

Saint Joseph's University

Francis A. Drexel Library

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Paley Library

Temple University

School of Law Library

U.S. Court of Appeals

Third Circuit Library

University of Pennsylvania

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University of Pennsylvania Library

Pittsburgh

Allegheny County Law Library

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

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School of Law Library

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John J. Wright Library

U.S. Bureau of Mines Library

University of Pittsburgh

Hillman Library

University of Pittsburgh

School of Law

Barco Law Library

Pottsville

Pottsville Free Public Library

Reading

Reading Public Library

Scranton

Scranton Public Library

Shippensburg

Shippensburg University

Ezra Lehman Memorial Library

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Slippery Rock University

Bailey Library

Swarthmore

Swarthmore College

McCabe Library

University Park

Pennsylvania State University

Pattee Library

Villanova

Villanova University

Law School Library

Warren

Warren Library Association

Warren Public Library

West Chester

West Chester University

Francis Harvey Green Library

Wilkes-Barre

King's College

D. Leonard Corgan Library

Williamsport

Lycoming College

Snowden Memorial Library

Youngwood

Westmoreland County

Community College

Learning Resources Center

PUERTO RICO

Mayaguez

University of Puerto Rico

Mayaguez Campus Library

Ponce

Pontifical Catholic University

of Puerto Rico

Encarnacion Valdes Library

Pontifical Catholic University

of Puerto Rico

School of Law Library

San Juan

University of Puerto Rico

Jose M. Lazaro Library

University of Puerto Rico

Law Library

RHODE ISLAND

Barrington

Barrington Public Library

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Kingston

University of Rhode Island Library

Newport

U.S. Naval War College Library

Providence

Brown University

John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library

Providence College

Phillips Memorial Library

Providence Public Library

Rhode Island College

James P. Adams Library

Rhode Island State Library

Rhode Island State Law Library

Warwick

Warwick Public Library

Westerly

Westerly Public Library

Woonsocket

Woonsocket Harris Public Library

SOUTH CAROLINA

Aiken

University of South Carolina-Aiken

Gregg-Graniteville Library

Charleston

Charleston Southern University

L. Mendel Rivers Library

College of Charleston

Robert Scott Small Library

The Citadel Military College

Daniel Library

Clemson

Clemson University

Robert Muldrow Cooper Library

Columbia

Benedict College

Payton Learning Resources Center

South Carolina State Library

University of South Carolina

Coleman Karesh Law Library

University of South Carolina

Thomas Cooper Library

Conway

Coastal Carolina University

Kimbel Library

Due West

Erskine College

McCain Library

Florence

Florence County Library

Francis Marion University

James A. Rogers Library

Greenville

Furman University

James B. Duke Library

Greenville County Library

Greenwood

Lander University

Jackson Library

Lancaster

University of South Carolina

at Lancaster

Medford Library

Orangeburg

South Carolina State University

Miller F. Whittaker Library

Rock Hill

Winthrop University

Dacus Library

Spartanburg

Spartanburg County Public Library

SOUTH DAKOTA

Aberdeen

Northern State University

Williams Library

Brookings

South Dakota State University

Hilton M. Briggs Library

Pierre

South Dakota State Library

South Dakota Supreme Court Library

Rapid City

Rapid City Public Library

South Dakota School of Mines

and Technology

Devereaux Library

Sioux Falls

Augustana College

Mikkelsen Library

Sioux Falls Public Library

Spearfish

Black Hills State University

E.Y. Berry Library

Vermillion

University of South Dakota

LD. Weeks Library

TENNESSEE

Bristol

King College

E.W. King Library

Chattanooga

Chattanooga-Hamilton County

Bicentennial Library

U.S. Tennessee Valley Authority

Corporate Library

Clarksville

Austin Peay State University

Felix G. Woodward Library

Cleveland

Cleveland State Community College

Library

Columbia

Columbia State Community College

John Finney Memorial Library

Cookeville

Tennessee Technological University

University Library

Jackson

Lambuth University

Luther L. Gobbel Library

Jefferson City

Carson-Newman College

Stephens-Burnett Library

Johnson City

East Tennessee State University

Sherrod Library

Knoxville

Knox County Public Library System

Lawson-McGhee Library

University of Tennessee

Law Library

University of Tennessee at Knoxville

John C. Hodges Library

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Martin

University of Tennessee at Martin

Paul Meek Library

Memphis

Memphis-Shelby County

Public Library

University of Memphis

School of Law Library

University of Memphis

University Libraries

Murfreesboro

Middle Tennessee State University

Andrew L. Todd Library

Nashville

Fisk University Library

Public Library of Nashville

and Davidson County

Ben West Library

Tennessee State Library and Archives

Tennessee State University

Brown-Daniel Library

Vanderbilt University

Alyne Queener Massey Law Library

Vanderbilt University

Central Library

Sewanee

The University of the South

Jessie Ball duPont Library

TEXAS

Abilene

Abilene Christian University

Brown Library

Hardin-Simmons University

Richardson Library

Arlington

Arlington Public Library

University of Texas at Arlington

Library

Austin

Texas State Library

Texas State Law Library

University of Texas at Austin

Perry-Castaneda Library

University of Texas at Austin

Tarlton Law Library

University of Texas at Austin

Wasserman Library

Baytown

Lee College

Carlson Learning Resources

Center

Beaumont

Lamar University

Gray Library

Brownwood

Howard Payne University

Walker Memorial Library

Canyon

West Texas A&M University

Cornette Library

College Station

Texas A&M University

Sterling C. Evans Library

Commerce

East Texas State University

James Gilliam Gee Library

Corpus Christi

Texas A8.M University-Corpus Christi

Jeff and Mary Bell Library

Corsicana

Navarro College

Learning Resources Center

Dallas

Dallas Baptist University

Vance Memorial Library

Dallas Public Library

Southern Methodist University

Fondren Library

Denton

University of North Texas Libraries

Edinburg

Univerity of Texas-Pan American

Library

El Paso

El Paso Public Library

University of Texas at El Paso Library

Fort Worth

Fort Worth Public Library

Texas Christian University

Mary Gouts Burnett Library

Galveston

Rosenberg Library

Garland

Nicholson Memorial Library System

Houston

Houston Public Library

North Harris College

Learning Resources Center

Rice University

Fondren Library

South Texas College of Law

Library

Texas Southern University

Thurgood Marshall School of Law

Library

University of Houston

M.D. Anderson Library

University of Houston

O'Quinn Law Library

University of Houston at Clear Lake

Neuman Library

Huntsville

Sam Houston State University

Newton Gresham Library

Irving

Irving Public Library System

Kingsville

Texas A&M University—Kingsville

James C. Jernigan Library

Laredo

Laredo Community College

Harold R. Yeary Library

Longview

Longview Public Library

Lubbock

Texas Tech University

School of Law Library

Texas Tech University Libraries

Nacogdoches

Stephen F. Austin State University

Steen Library

Richardson

University of Texas at Dallas

McDermott Library

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Angelo State University

Porter Henderson Library

San Antonio

Palo Alto College

Learning Resources Center

Saint Mary's University

Academic Library

Saint Mary's University

Sarita Kenedy East Law Library

San Antonio College Library

San Antonio Public Library

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Trinity University

Maddux Library

University of Texas at San Antonio

Library

San Marcos

Southwest Texas State University

Albert B. Alkek Library

Seguin

Texas Lutheran College

Blumberg Memorial Library

Sherman

Austin College

Gladys Abell Library Center

Texarkana

Texarkana College

Palmer Memorial Library

Victoria

Victoria College

University of Houston-Victoria

Library

Waco

Baylor University

Caston Law Library

Baylor University

Moody Memorial Library

Wichita Falls

Midwestern State University

Moffett Library

UTAH

Cedar City

Southern Utah University Library

Ephraim

Snow College

Lucy A. Phillips Library

Logan

Utah State University

Merrill Library

Ogden

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Stewart Library

Provo

Brigham Young University

Harold B. Lee Library

Brigham Young University

Howard W. Hunter Law Library

Salt Lake City

University of Utah

Eccles Health Science Library

University of Utah

Law Library

University of Utah

Marriott Library

Utah State Library

Utah State Supreme Court

Law Library

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Burlington

University of Vermont

Bailey/Howe Library

Castleton

Castleton State College

Calvin Coolidge Library

Johnson

Johnson State College

John Dewey Library

Lyndonville

Lyndon State College

Samuel Reed Hall Library

Middlebury

Middlebury College

Egbert Starr Library

Montpelier

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Reference & Law Services

Northfield

Norwich University

Kreitzberg Library

South Royalton

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Julien and Virginia Library

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Saint Croix

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Florence Williams Public Library

Saint Thomas

University of the Virgin Islands

Ralph M. Paiewonsky Library

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Alexandria

Department of the Navy

Office of Judge Advocate

Arlington

George Mason University

School of Law Library

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Scientific Technology Library

Blacksburg

Virginia Polytechnic Institute

and State University

Newman Library

Bridgewater

Bridgewater College

Alexander Mack Memorial Library

Charlottesville

University of Virginia

Aiderman Library

University of Virginia

Arthur J. Morris Law Library

Chesapeake

Chesapeake Public Library System

Civic Center

Banville

Danville Community College

Learning Resources Center

Emory

Emory and Henry College

Kelly Library

Fairfax

George Mason University

Fenwick Library

Fredericksburg

Mary Washington College

Simpson Library

Hampden-Sydney

Hampden-Sydney College

Eggleston Library

Hampton

Hampton University

William R. & Norma B. Harvey

Library

Harrisonburg

James Madison University

Carrier Library

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Lexington

Virginia Military Institute

Preston Library

Washington and Lee University

James G. Leyburn Library

Washington and Lee University

Wilbur C. Hall Law Library

Martinsville

Patrick Henry Community College

Learning Resources Center

Norfolk

Norfolk Public Library System

Old Dominion University Library

U.S. Armed Forces Staff College

Library

Petersburg

Virginia State University

Johnston Memorial Library

Quantico

Marine Corps Research Center

Breckinridge Library

Federal Bureau of Investigation

FBI Academy Library

Reston

Department of the Interior

U.S. Geological Survey Library

Richmond

Library of Virginia

U.S. Court of Appeals

Fourth Circuit Library

University of Richmond

Boatwright Memorial Library

University of Richmond

Law School Library

Virginia Commonwealth University

James Branch Cabell Library

Virginia State Law Library

Roanoke

Hollins College

Fishburn Library

Salem

Roanoke College

Fintel Library

Williamsburg

College of William and Mary

Earl Gregg Swem Library

College of William and Mary

Marshall-Wythe Law Library

Wise

Clinch Valley College

John Cook Wyllie Library

WASHINGTON

Bellevue

King County Library System

Bellevue Regional Library

Bellingham

Western Washington University

Mabel Zoe Wilson Library

Cheney

Eastern Washington University

Kennedy Memorial Library

Des Moines

Highline Community College Library

Ellensburg

Central Washington University

Library

Everett

Everett Public Library

Olympia

Evergreen State College

Daniel J. Evans Library

Washington State Library

Washington State Law Library

Port Angeles

North Olympic Library System

Port Angeles Branch

Pullman

Washington State University

Holland Library

Seattle

Seattle Public Library

U.S. Court of Appeals

University of Washington

Gallagher Law Library

University of Washington

Suzzallo Library

Spokane

Gonzaga University

School of Law Library

Spokane Public Library

Tacoma

Seattle University

School of Law Library

Tacoma Public Library

University of Puget Sound

Collins Memorial Library

Vancouver

Fort Vancouver Regional Library

Walla Walla

Whitman College

WEST VIRGINIA

Athens

Concord College

J. Frank Marsh Library

Bluefield

Bluefield State College

Hardway Library

Charleston

Kanawha County Public Library

West Virginia Library Commission

Reference Library

West Virginia Supreme Court

Law Library

Elkins

Davis and Elkins College

Booth Library

Fairmont

Fairmont State College Library

Huntington

Marshall University

James E. Morrow Library

Institute

West Virginia State College

Drain-Jordan Library

Montgomery

West Virginia Institute of Technology

Vining Library

Morgantown

West Virginia University Library

Salem

Salem-Teikyo University

Benedum Library

Shepherdstown

Shepherd College

Ruth Scarborough Library

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Weirton

Mary H. Weir Public Library

Wheeling

Wheeling Jesuit College

Hodges Library

WISCONSIN

Appleton

Lawrence University

Seeley G. Mudd Library

Beloit

Beloit College

Col. Robert H. Morse Library

Eau Claire

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire 

William D. McIntyre Library

Fond du Lac

Fond du Lac Public Library

Green Bay

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

Cofrin Library

La Crosse

La Crosse Public Library

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

Murphy Library

Madison

Madison Public Library

State Historical Society of Wisconsin

Library

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Law Library

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Memorial Library

Wisconsin State Law Library

Milwaukee

Alverno College

Library/Media Center

Marquette University

Law Library

Medical College of Wisconsin

Libraries

Milwaukee Public Library

Mount Mary College

Haggerty Library

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Golda Meir Library

Oshkosh

University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

Polk Memorial Library

Platteville

University of Wisconsin-Platteville

Karrmann Library

Racine

Racine Public Library

Ripon

Ripon College

Lane Library

River Falls

University of Wisconsin-River Falls

Chalmer Davee Library

Sheboygan

Mead Public Library

Stevens Point

University of WisconsinStevens Point

University Library

Superior

Superior Public Library

University of Wisconsin-Superior

Jim Dan Hill Library

Waukesha

Waukesha Public Library

Wausau

Marathon County Public Library

Whitewater

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

Harold G. Andersen Library

WYOMING

Casper

Natrona County Public Library

Cheyenne

Wyoming State Library

Wyoming State Law Library

Gillette

Campbell County Public Library

Laramie

University of Wyoming

Coe Library

University of Wyoming

Law Library

Powell

Northwest College

John Taggart Hinckley Library

Riverton

Central Wyoming College

Library

Rock Springs

Western Wyoming

Community College

Library

Sheridan

Sheridan College

Griffith Memorial Library

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