ADMINISTRATIVE NOTES

            Newsletter of the Federal Depository Library Program

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                               June 15, 1999
                             GP 3.16/3-2:20/10
                             (Vol. 20, no. 10)
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           Annual Selection Update Cycle 2000 Running June & July

                                 Schedule:

         June 1, 1999    "Selection Update Cycle 2000" begins.
                         Information about the Update Cycle will be in
                         Administrative Notes, askLPS FAQs & News,
                         GOVDOC-L and DocTech-L.

         Note:           There will be no separate mailing in
                         conjunction with Selection Update Cycle 2000.

         June-July       Depository libraries evaluate selections.

         July 31, 1999   Deadline for submission of all additions.

         Oct. 1, 1999    New selection profiles become effective.
                         Drops will be recorded and activated as soon
                         as they are entered.

        Selection Update Cycle 2000 will take place electronically on
        the Web. Libraries will be responsible for entering their own
        amendments to selections using the Web site "Amendment to Item
        Selections" on the FDLP Administration page at:

                 www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dpos/amendment.html

        Instructions for the Selection Update Cycle are located at:

                 www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dpos/updatein.html

        On the Web site, you will control the input, and the changes
        will be recorded instantaneously.

        You will need your depository library number and INTERNAL
        PASSWORD to submit your additions or deletions.

        If your library does not have Web access, please contact:

             Joe Paskoski
             e-mail: jpaskoski@gpo.gov
             fax: 202-512-0877
             phone: 202-512-1698

             or

             Yvonne Washington
             e-mail: ywashington@gpo.gov
             fax: 202-512-0877
             phone: 202-512-1131