ADMINISTRATIVE NOTES Newsletter of the Federal Depository Library Program --------------------------------------------------------------------- March 15, 2000 GP 3.16/3-2:21/05 (Vol. 21, no. 05) --------------------------------------------------------------------- NRC Documents - Historical and Current [The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) sent the following memorandum to managers of the collections of NRC documents on microfiche, on the occasion of the transfer of some of the collections from the NRC to the Federal Depository Library Program.] As we near the landmark of completing the moves of collections, we want to express our appreciation, on behalf of NRC, for your decision to retain or receive the collections. Of the 73 former Local Public Document Rooms that held the comprehensive microfiche collections, 54 elected to retain them; the other 19 collections are being moved into libraries of the United States Government Printing Office/Federal Depository Library Program (GPO/FDLP), with the cooperation and support of that agency. The microfiche collections were frozen effective with NRC documents processed 30 October 1999. Beginning 1 November, 1999, NRC documents have been entered into the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) and are no longer routinely being produced in paper or microfiche. Thus, access to current NRC publicly available documents requires utilization of ADAMS, which may be reached via the NRC Web site , Public Electronic Reading Room or PERR (bottom of the first screen). The PERR site contains information about ADAMS, instructions for getting started, and an ADAMS Users' Guide. Although we do not have actual statistics, we are aware anecdotally of holders of the microfiche collections who have successfully executed the necessary steps to set up and search ADAMS locally. We should be happy to learn of your experiences, if you choose to share. The librarians of the NRC Public Document Room continue to provide support to librarians and public end users in accessing both historical and current (ADAMS) documents. We encourage you to contact them for any information or assistance you may need. As appropriate, they will liaison with NRC information technology (IT) staff in regard to ADAMS access and other IT issues. They may be reached at 1-800-397-4209 or 202-634-3273 (8:30 am to 4:15 pm, eastern time, Monday through Friday, except for Federal holidays), e-mail (pdr@nrc.gov) fax (202-734-3343), or U. S. Mail (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Public Document Room, LL-6, Washington, DC 20005). A note to managers of retained collections in libraries that are not part of the GPO/FDLP: If in the future, you should decide to cease to keep the collection in your library, we ask that you notify your GPO/FDLP Regional Library so that action can be taken to relocate the collection into that system. Thank you in advance.