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                             December 15, 2001
                             GP 3.16/3-2:22/ 17
                             (Vol. 22, no. 17)

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                              Readers Exchange

          Publicizing Documents & Indexing Online Subject Indexes

Thanks to Mardi Mahaffy of East Central University, OK, for alerting
documents librarians to a listing of online newsletters developed by
Oklahoma Federal depository librarians. The sites illustrate a variety of
approaches toward publicizing government information. The listing, shown
below, may be found at <www.ecok.edu/library/depts/govdoc/oknews.html>.

                               Oklahoma Up to Date

               Newsletters from the Oklahoma Government Documents
                                   Community

            AgriDocs

            Mardi Mahaffy, East Central University
            http://www.ecok.edu/library/depts/govdoc/agdocs.html

            Document Tidbits

            Suzanne Sears, Tulsa City County Library
            http://www.tulsalibrary.org/govdocs/tidbits.htm

            Gov-Line Online

            Adriana Edwards-Johnson, University of Central Oklahoma
            http://library.ucok.edu/gov/line/5_3.html

            Red Dirt Depositories Newsletter

            Suzanne Holcombe, Oklahoma State University, Steve Beleu,
            Oklahoma Department of Libraries

            http://regdocs.okstate.edu/news.htm

            U.S. Government Information on the Web Subject Index

And thanks to Kathy Amen, St. Mary's University, TX, for compiling a
meta-index to over 20 wonderful subject index pages developed by documents
librarians and others. The main page for the index, which includes a list
of the institutions covered and a link to a search page, is at <
http://library.stmarytx.edu/acadlib/doc/us/subjects/submain.htm >.

In Kathy's post to GOVDOC-L, she said "I learned a lot just compiling the
index and was constantly impressed with the wonderful work you all are
doing to make government information more easily accessible. I want to
thank Stephen Woods at Idaho State especially for his "Subject Indexes to
Government Information on the Internet" list, which made working with the
subject pages a lot easier.

"My index was not intended to be as comprehensive as his "Meta-Index," but
to provide another alternative place to look for subject info.

"As always, suggestions for improvement are welcome, and feel free to link
to the index if you think it would be useful for visitors to your pages."

     Kathy Amen
     St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library
     San Antonio, Texas 78228-8608
     fax: 210/436-3782
     acadamen@stmarytx.edu