F e d e r a l D e p o s i t o r y L i b r a r y P r o g r a m ADMINISTRATIVE NOTES Newsletter of the Federal Depository Library Program [ PDF version ] [ Back Issues ] --------------------------------------------------------------------- April 15, 2001 GP 3.16/3-2:22/06 (Vol. 22, no. 06) --------------------------------------------------------------------- [Handout] Library Programs Service Update Spring 2001 Depository Library Council Meeting New Electronic Titles Break through 60% LPS has been making great strides in the transition to a primarily electronic Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). From October 2000 through February 2001, 61% of the new titles in the FDLP were online electronic. New Electronic Operating Guidelines Recently LPS published the Superintendent of Documents' "Dissemination/Distribution Policy for the FDLP" (SOD 71) and the related list of "Essential Titles for Public Use in Paper Format" . LPS staff use these new guidelines in acquiring publications for the FDLP, particularly when deciding whether to make a publication electronic only. Guidelines for an Electronic Program Work is underway on other guidelines related to the eFDLP: * Cataloging Priorities * Classification of Electronic Resources * GPO Cataloging Guidelines * Recommended Specifications for Public Access Workstations in Federal Depository Libraries * Proposal to Revise the "Basic Collection" U.S. Code In FY 2001, GPO will begin producing the 2000 bound cumulative edition of the U.S. Code. All selecting depository libraries will receive the case bound edition. Electronic Collection FAQs In January 2001, a page of Frequently Asked Questions about the FDLP Electronic Collection and our discovery, archiving, and cataloging activities went live on the FDLP Desktop: . Census 2000 Products The Census Bureau has firmed up the dissemination plans for the Census 2000 data products. The basic reports will be distributed to depositories in paper. The Summary Files (which correspond to the Summary Tape Files of the past) will be distributed to depositories on discs with accompanying retrieval software. The Summary Files also will be available as compressed comma-delimited ASCII files via . All of this is in addition to American Factfinder, Census' powerful tool for finding and using census data . Partnerships Through the efforts of former National Partnership for Reinventing Government (NPR) staff and LPS partners at the University of North Texas (UNT), the NPR Web site has been preserved at the FDLP/UNT Cybercemetery site: . The staff at the UNT Libraries, in cooperation with GPO staff, is always seeking out Federal agencies that are ceasing operation in order to ensure permanent public access to those Web sites. There are nine sites available in, or in preparation for, the Cybercemetery at UNT. Sites are preserved as they appeared when archived, and users are informed of the static, archival state of the sites. GPO and OCLC, Inc. are cooperating on a project that will create a set of tools and processes for the discovery, description, archiving, and preservation of electronic publications. The toolkit will initially build on the existing Cooperative Online Resource Cataloging (CORC) functionality, and seeks to define workflow, specifications for a "vault" for document storage, and a standard set of metadata that will be useful for a variety of processes, including bibliographic description, document management in the digital library environment, and preservation. GPO is serving as a test case, and in the coming months OCLC will be seeking additional partners. GPO has recently turned over the management of its highly successful "Browse Government Information by Topic" tool to the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) Library in a new partnership agreement. Originally conceived as a collaborative resource, including the work and expertise of government information specialists from around the country, the tool organizes U.S. Government information on the Web into topical pathfinders based on GPO's headings for its longstanding series of Subject Bibliographies. UCO will maintain the Web site, coordinate volunteer contributors, seek new volunteers, and spearhead the expansion of topical coverage. New Information Products for the FDLP * Davis-Bacon Wage Determinations (online database), Item 0777-B-11, Class: L 36.211/2: * Commission on Child Online Protection (COPA), Report to Congress, October 20, 2000 (online), Item 1089, Class Y 3.2:C 43/4/2001002363, * DOD USS Cole Commission Report: Executive Summary, Item 0306, Class D 1.2:2001006655, * FBIS Publications, July 2000 - September 2000, Item 0856-A-11, Class PREX 7.10/3:2000/29, SL 2001-0018-E, SL date: 02/27/2001 * IRS 2000 CD-ROM, Federal Tax Products, Final Release, Item 0923-B-01, Class T 22.51/4:2000/REL.2000.2/FINAL, SL 2001-0018-E, SL date:02/27/2001 * LandView IV:The Federal Geographic Data Viewer (for Windows 95/98 and Mac) in DVD, Item 0154-B- 17, Class C 3.301:L 23, SL 2001-0018-E, SL date: 02/27/2001 * Plunder and Restitution: The U.S. and Holocaust Victims' Assets, Item 0851-J, Class PR 42.8:H 74/AS 7, 2001-0120-P, SL date: 02/14/2001 * Smoking and Tobacco Control Monograph #12, Population Based Smoking Cessation, November 2000, Item 0507-G-40, Class HE 20.3184/2:12, SL 2001-0129-P, SL date: 02/28/2001 * Trends in the Well-Being of America's Children and Youth, 2000, Item 0455-M-01, Class HE 1.63:2000, 2001-0121-P SL date: 02/14/2001