ADMINISTRATIVE NOTES

            Newsletter of the Federal Depository Library Program

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                               May 15, 1999
                             GP 3.16/3-2:20/09
                             (Vol. 20, no. 09)
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                             Table of Contents

       * Technical Supplement To Be Discontinued in Paper . . .      1

       * New FDLP Brochure Distributed .                             1

       * Item Lister and UnionL Now Updated Weekly . . .             2

       * FDLP Guidelines on Substituting Electronic for Tangible     2
         Versions of Depository Publications . . .

       * List of Official GPO Permanent Full-Text Databases . . .    5

       * Draft 1999 Biennial Survey Of Federal Depository Libraries  7
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       * Recent Cataloging Branch Activities / Downing, Council      16
         Meeting, 4/99 . . .

       * Library Programs Service Proposals: Availability Records &  20
         Periodicals Supplement, Spring 1999 Council . . .

       * Mark Your Calendars! Upcoming FDLP Events, 1999-2000 . . .  25