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                               ADMINISTRATIVE NOTES

               Newsletter of the Federal Depository Library Program

                         
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                                September 15, 2001
                                 Vol. 22, no. 14
                                (Vol. 22, no. 14)

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                                READER'S EXCHANGE

[46 IMPORTANT FEDERAL PUBLICATIONS ABOUT OKLAHOMA - THE 46TH STATE] COOPERATIVE
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND SCANNING PROJECT UNDERWAY IN OKLAHOMA

By

Steve Beleu
Oklahoma Department of Libraries
Oklahoma City, OK

The web address listed at the end of this article will take you to Forty-Six
Important Federal Publications About Oklahoma, the 46th State ("46"). This is a
bibliography of the 46 Federal publications that Adri Edwards-Johnson of the
University of Central Oklahoma and I believe to be the most important historical
Federal publications about our state. It excludes two types of publications-the
legislation that made Oklahoma a state, and documents about the Indian wars in
Oklahoma. These two categories of publications will be listed in two future
bibliographies. The bibliography and project are named "46" because Oklahoma was
the 46th state in the U.S.

The "46" bibliography is also a starting point for an optical scanning project
that will eventually result in these publications being available from two
linked websites, one at the University of Central Oklahoma, and the other at the
Oklahoma Department of Libraries. Two other depositories will be "loaning
partners" when we begin to scan these titles, the Linscheid Library at East
Central University, and the Bizzell Library at the University of Oklahoma.

As these publications become available from our websites we will send the web
addresses out to you via GOVDOC-L.

In the meantime, if you want to borrow any of these documents, every title is
available from the Oklahoma Department of Libraries, U.S. Government Information
Division (except for Item #6, the Geographic Atlases, which are too fragile to
loan). We will substitute microfiche or photocopies for some of the paper copies
that aren't in good shape.

So how about producing a bibliography of important Federal publications about
your state? That should be easy for the original thirteen colonies!

The entire text of "46" is available at:

              http://www.odl.state.ok.us/usinfo/pubs/46questions.pdf