ADMINISTRATIVE NOTES

            Newsletter of the Federal Depository Library Program


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                                May 1, 2000
                             GP 3.16/3-2:21/07
                             (Vol. 21, no. 07)

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					TABLE OF CONTENTS

       * Update on Superintendent of Documents Programs / Buckley,
         Council Meeting, 4/00 . . .                                 1

       * Library Programs Service Update / Baldwin, Council          7
         Meeting, .

       * GPO Access Update / Evans, Council Meeting, 4/00 . . .      12

       * Disposition of Depository Collection to the National        17
         Archives and Records Administration / Barnum and
         Haun-Mohamed, Council Meeting, 4/00 . . .

       * Cataloging and Indexing Program Update / Downing, Council   20
         Meeting, 4/00 .

       * Cataloging and Locator Tools Proposals / Hall, Council      25
         Meeting,
         4/00 .

       * Report on GPO's Transition to a More Electronic FDLP /      29
         Electronic Transition Committee .

       * Completing the Transition to a More Electronic FDLP,        36
         Council Discussion Draft 4/21/99 .

       * GPO's Cataloging and Locator Services: Actions in Progress  41
         and Proposals for Change .

       * Proposal 1: Redefine Depository Library Size Categories .   46

       * Proposal 2: Increase the Minimum Technical Requirements     48
         for Public Access Workstations in Federal Depository
         Libraries at Regular Intervals .

       * Proposal 3: Revise the "Depository Library Public Service   50
         Guidelines for Government Information in Electronic
         Formats" to Establish a Service Requirement for Tangible
         Electronic Products .

       * Recommendations, Depository Library Council, 2000, Spring   52
         .