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                                   January 15, 2002
                                  GP 3.16/3-2:23/02
                                  (Vol. 23, no. 02)

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                                  Preliminary Agenda
                               Spring Council Meeting
                                  April 20-24, 2002
                                   Mobile, Alabama

      Sunday, April 21

      4:00 -  New Attendees Orientation
      5:00

      6:00    Informal pre-dinner get-together to network by food
              preference

      7:00 -  Council Working Session (open to all)
      10:00

      Monday, April 22

      8:00    Coffee with Council & GPO staff

      8:30    Welcome and Remarks

                 * Spencer Watts, Library Director, Mobile Public
                   Library
                 * Robin Haun-Mohamed, Chief, Depository Services, LPS
                 * Andrea Sevetson, Council Chair
                 * Honorable Michael F. DiMario, Public Printer

      9:30    GPO Update

                 * Francis J. Buckley, Jr., Superintendent of Documents

      10:00   Break

      10:20   GPO Update Continued

                 * Gil Baldwin, Director, Library Programs Service (LPS)
                 * T.C. Evans, Director, Office of Electronic
                   Information Dissemination Services (EIDS)

      11:00   GPO Information Exchange

                 * Council and Audience, Q&A

      11:45   Depository Library Council Working Session (open to all)

      12:00   Lunch

      2:00    Depository Library Council Working Session (open to all)

      2:00    New Documents Librarians (Informal Q & A session on
              depository issues with LPS staff)

                 * Thomas A. Downing, Chief, Cataloging Branch, LPS
                 * Laurie B. Hall, Supervisory Program Analyst, LPS
                 * Betty M. Jones, Chief, Depository Administration
                   Branch, LPS
                 * James Mauldin, Chief, Depository Distribution
                   Division, LPS
                 * Robin Haun-Mohamed, Chief, Depository Services Staff,
                   LPS

      2:00    GPO Access Open Forum

      3:15    Break

      3:15    Depository Library Council Working Session (open to all)

      3:30    Effective Searching Strategies for the Catalog of
              Government Publications (CGP)

                 * Thomas A. Downing, LPS

      3:30    GPO Access Open Forum

      5:00    Adjourn

      Tuesday, April 23

      8:00    Coffee with Council & GPO staff

      8:30    Council Plenary Session:

                   Value of Participating in the FDLP: How Depository
                   Coordinators Can Effectively Convey this Message to
                   Library Administration (a response to Recommendation
                   #5, Fall 2001)

                 * Barbara Ford, Assistant Commissioner, Chicago Public
                   Library
                 * Sharon Hogan, University Librarian, University of
                   Illinois at Chicago

      9:15    Web Documents Digital Archive Pilot Project

                 * George Barnum, Manager, Electronic Collection, LPS

      10:00   Break

      10:30   Depository Library Council Working Session (open to all)

      10:30   USGS and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Information
              dissemination policies in light of changes since September
              11, 2001)

                 * Tom Smith, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
                 * Hedy Rossmeissl, U.S. Geological Survey

      10:30   TBA

      12:00   Lunch

      2:00    Depository Library Council Working Session (open to all)

      2:00    Discussion Session: Inspections & Addition of Peer Experts
              to Accompany Inspectors for On-Site Library Inspections
              (response to Council Recommendation #6, Fall 2001)

                 * Robin Haun-Mohamed, LPS

      2:00    Electronic Competencies: Development of Standards for
              Library Professionals

                 * GODORT Speaker, TBA
                 * AALL Speaker, TBA

      3:15    Break

      3:30    Depository Library Council Working Session (open to all)

      3:30    Discussion Session: Access & Issues in Federal Depository
              Libraries: Current Trends & Problems

                 * Bonnie Trivizas, Chief, Library Division, LPS
                 * Robin Haun-Mohamed, LPS

      3:30    TBA

      5:00    Adjourn

      7:00    Council Working Session (open to all)

      Wednesday, April 24

      8:00    Coffee with Council & GPO staff

      8:30    Depository Library Council Working Session (open to all)

      8:30    Regional Librarians Meeting

                 * Speakers TBA

      8:30    URLS and PURLs in Online Public Access Catalogs & Web
              Pages

                 * Christopher Brown, University of Denver
                 * Larry Romans, Vanderbilt University

      10:00   Break

      10:30   Depository Library Council Working Session (open to all)

      10:30   Regional Librarians Meeting

      10:30   Using Online Processing Tools

                 * John Stevenson, University of Delaware

      12:00   Lunch

      1:00    Council Plenary Session

                   Wrap-Up & Recommendations

      2:30    Council Adjourns