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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                            Survey 99-002 Issued

   Survey 99-002 has been assigned to shipping list 99-233-P dated May
   24, 1999. The survey will run from May 24, 1999 until June 4, 1999.
   All depository libraries, selectives and regionals, must respond to
   this survey.

   Libraries will not receive a paper copy of this shipping list. The
   survey is available online only at:
   <www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dpos/surv99-2.html >.

   Two products will be surveyed:

      * Administrative Office of U.S. Courts will issue Court Testimony
        and Miscellaneous Information on CD-ROM. Page counts and
        software requirements will vary upon release.

      * The Patent and Trademark Office is discontinuing the use of
        CD-ROM format and converting to DVD-ROM format. Several titles
        will be combined. Frequencies will vary, but all titles will
        supersede. These DVD-ROM products are due to start with the
        September/October, 1999 issues.

             Only the DVD-ROM product "Trademark REGISTERED and
             Trademark PENDING" contains the same information as the
             online version, at <www.uspto.gov/tmdb/index.html >. All
             other DVD-ROM products contain material in addition to the
             information posted on the website for those titles.

             USAPAT and USAMark will also change to DVD-ROM format, but
             not before 2000. These titles will be surveyed in the near
             future.

   The following PTO titles are affected:

          1. Patents BIB (C 21.31/2:) and Patents SNAP (C 21.31/6:)
             will be combined. New class will be C 21.31/16:, item
             0154-H-01.
          2. Patents ASSIGN (C 21.31/4:) and Trademarks ASSIGN (C
             21.31/9:) will be combined. New class will be C 21.31/13:,
             item 0154-H-02.
          3. Trademarks REGISTERED (C 21.31/7:) and Trademarks PENDING
             (C 21.31/8:) will be combined. New class will be C
             21.31/14:, item 0154-H-03.
          4. Patents CLASS (C 21.31/3:) Title and class remain the
             same. New item: 0154-H-04
          5. Trademark ASSIST (C 21.31/10:) Title and class remain the
             same. New item: 0154-H-05.
          6. Patents ASSIST (C 21.31/5:) Title and class remain the
             same. New item: 0154-H-06.

        NOTE: Regional libraries that are also Patent depository
        libraries are not required to select these PTO titles.

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        If your library was unable to respond to this survey during the
        2-week time frame, you may add the items during the annual item
        selection update cycle which concludes on July 31.

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