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                             January 15, 2001
                             GP 3.16/3-2:22/02
                             (Vol. 22, no. 02)

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              Essential Titles for Public Use in Paper Format

The dissemination of information products through the Federal Depository
Library Program (FDLP) includes a variety of formats. As directed by
Congress, the primary method of making publications available to the FDLP
is in online format. There are, however, specific titles that are to remain
available for selection in paper format, so long as they are published in
paper by the originating agency. These titles contain critical information
about the activities of the U.S. Government or are important reference
publications for libraries and the public. Maintaining the availability of
these titles for selection in paper format has been deemed essential to the
purposes of the FDLP.

This list was developed using input provided by the depository library
community. Discussions concerning what titles were essential to the public
and to FDLP libraries in paper format were held in conjunction with the
development of the "Dissemination/Distribution Policy for the FDLP" in
October 2000. An initial list, published in the 1996 "Study to Identify
Measures Necessary for a Successful Transition to a More Electronic Federal
Depository Library Program," served as a foundation for this document.

Titles may be added or removed from this list. Titles recommended by the
library community will be considered for inclusion in this list. Titles
will be removed when it has been determined that the agency has ceased
publication in paper. Major changes in the operations or funding of the
FDLP may cause this list to be modified at any time.

In addition, publications not available in electronic format, as well those
determined to be appropriate for distribution in tangible format under the
Superintendent of Documents' "Dissemination/Distribution Policy for the
Federal Depository Library Program" (SOD 71, dated January 2, 2001), will
be distributed in tangible format.

The following list of specific titles, when published in paper format, will
be made available for selection by depository libraries:



     Agricultural Statistics

     Budget of the United States Government

     Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

     Code of Federal Regulations

     Condition of Education

     Congressional Directory

     Congressional Record (final bound edition)*

     Constitution of the United States, Analysis and Interpretation

     Consumer Price Index (CPI) Detailed Report

     Crime in the United States

     Decennial Census

     Digest of Education Statistics

     Economic Census

     Economic Indicators

     Economic Report of the President

     Federal Register

     Foreign Relations of the U.S.

     Green Book (Committee on Ways and Means)

     Handbook of North American Indians

     Harmonized Tariff Schedule of U.S.

     Health US

     Letters to Delegates of Congress

     List of Sections Affected (CFR)

     Monthly Labor Review

     North American Industry Classification System Manual (NAICS)

     Occupational Outlook Handbook

     Producer Price Index (PPI) Detailed Report

     Public Papers of the President

     Social Security Bulletin

     Social Security Handbook

     Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics

     Statutes at Large

     State & Metropolitan Area Data Book

     Statistical Abstract of the U.S.

     Treaties and Other International Acts of the United States

     Treaties in Force

     U.S. Government Manual

     U.S. Industry and Trade Outlook

     United States Code

     United States Congressional Serial Set (bound edition)*

     United States Reports

     World Factbook



* Distribution is already limited to regional depository libraries and one
library in each state without a regional.

December 15, 2000