ADMINISTRATIVE NOTES Newsletter of the Federal Depository Library Program [Vol. 15, no. 16 GP 3.16/3-2:15/16 December 15, 1994 United States Government Printing Office Washington, DC 20402 OFFICE OFTHE SUPERINTENDENTOFDOCUMENTS December 7, 1994 Dear Library Director: I am pleased to announce the fourth annual Federal Depository Library Conference and Depository Library Council meeting from April 10 - 14, 1995. As your library maintains a Federal depository, I urge you to send at least one library representative to this very important conference. There is no registration fee for either the Federal Depository Library Conference or the Depository Library Council. Building on the successful 1994 conference, the 1995 conference is very much a "users conference," with the agencies, subjects, and speakers suggested by the depository community. As can be seen from the preliminary agenda in this issue, it is a full week with presentations as varied as the libraries in the Federal Depository Library Program. Your staff's attendance at the conference should result in enhancements to the value of the depository's services to your library as a whole and the community it serves. Thank you very much for your cooperation and for supporting your Federal depository operation. Sincerely, WAYNE KELLEY P. Superintendent of Documents l AN-vl5-#16-12/15/94 1995 Depository Library Council And Federal Depository Conference: Preliminary Agenda April 10 - 14, 1995 Rosslyn Westpark Hotel 1900 North Fort Myer Drive Arlington, Virginia Sunday, April 9 Evening Librarians arrive at Rosslyn Westpark Hotel Informal pre-dinner get-together in hotel lobby (6:00 p.m.) Monday, April 1€ Morning 8:00 Registration 8:30 Welcome & Introductions Jack Sulzer, Council Chair 8:45 Welcoming Remarks • Michael F. DiMario, Public Printer • Wayne P. Kelley, Superintendent of Documents 9:15 Depository Library Council [agenda to be announced] 10:00 Break 10:15 Depository Library Council: GPO Update • J.D. Young, Director, Library Programs Service • Judith Russell, Director, Office of Electronic Information Dissemination Services 11:00 Depository Library Council: Open Forum 12:00 Working Lunch In order to foster networking, librarians are requested to lunch with other librarians from similar types of institutions. 1 2 1 AN-vl5-#16-12/15/94 Monday, April 1C (ccnfd) Afternoon 2:00 - 5:00 Depository Library Council [agenda to be announced] 5:00 Adjourn Evening District of Columbia Library Association and GODORT will sponsor the 3rd annual Legislative Day eve program [speakers to be announced] Tuesday, April 1 Morning LPS Tours - 9 a.m., 11 a.m., and 2 p.m. Location: U.S. Government Printing Office NW 732 North Capitol St., DC Washington, 20401 ALA Legislative Day - all day Location: Capitol Hill Regional Economic Information System demonstrations [schedule and location of training sessions to be announced] Location: Off-site 9:00 - 5:00 "TechWorld" - Exhibits and demos from various agencies, including Census, GPO, GAO, BLS, vendors, etc., will be set up in rooms allocated to the Conference. 8:30 Depository Library Council [agenda to be announced] 10:30 Federal Bulletin Boards and Federal Internet Sites • Bruce Maxwell, author 11:15 Americans Communicating Electronically • Thomas Tate, Department of Agriculture 12:00 Working Lunch In order to foster networking, librarians are requested to lunch with other librarians with the same astrological sign. 3 AN-vl5-#16-12/15/94 Tuesday, April 1 1 (ccnt'd) Afternoon 2:00 Option 1: Depository Library Council Ad hoc Committee on Regional Library Restructuring [Discussion by regional librarians] • Gary Cornwell, University of Florida 2:00- 4:00 Option 2: "New" Documents Librarians Meeting Informal session to answer questions from mundane to complex about depository issues. Panel to include veteran documents librarians from academic, law, public, and state libraries. Also a Regional Librarian, a map librarian, a GPO representative, and a "tech guru" librarian. 2:00 - 4:00 Option 3: Maps in Transition: From Paper to Microfiche and Digital Formats • Vivienne Roumani-Denn, Head, Earth Sciences and Map Library, University of California, Berkeley 4:00 Option 1: [to be announced] Option 2: [to be announced] 5:00 Adjourn Evening Regional librarians meeting - continuation if necessary Wednesday, April 12 Morning 8:30 Depository Library Council 10:30 Council Adjourn Break 11:00 Bureau of the Census Update • Lars Johanson, Statistical Abstract Section NTDB, NESE, EBB, etc., Update • Kenneth Rogers, Office of Business Analysis 12:00 Working Lunch In order to foster networking, librarians are requested to lunch with other librarians from the same geographic region. 4 AN-vl5-#16-12/15/94 Wednesday, April 12 (cont'd) Afternoon 2:00- 3:00 Many Ways to S-WAIS and WA1S: The New Mexico Experience • Clark McLean, University of New Mexico 3:00 - 4:00 Internet Initiatives: The University of Illinois at Chicago Experience • John Shuler, University of Illinois at Chicago 4:00 - 5:00 Mining the Electronic Documents for Local Collections • Raleigh Muns, University of Missouri at St. Louis 5:00 Adjourn Evening 6:30 GODORT, AALL, etc. Cooperative Project Mary Redmond, Chair, ALA/GODORT Thursday, April 13 Morning Federal Agency Updates on Products, Services, and New Electronic Initiatives 8:30 Option 1: National Agricultural Library • Gary McCone, Head, Database Administration Branch Option 2: Bureau of Labor Statistics • David Friedlander, Office of Publications Option 3: National Center for Education Statistics • Katherine Mozer Option 4: General Accounting Office • Phyllis Christenson, Director, Information Services Center 5 AN-vl5-#16-12/15/94 Thursday, April 13 (cont'd) 9:30 Option 1: National Agricultural Library • Gary McCone, Head, Database Administration Branch Option 2: Bureau of Labor Statistics • David Friedlander, Office of Publications Option 3: National Center for Education Statistics • Katherine Mozer Option 4: General Accounting Office • Phyllis Christenson, Director, Information Services Center 10:30 Break 11:00 Option 1: [to be announced] Option 2: The National Digital Library • Herbert S. Becker, Director, Information Technology Services, Library of Congress Option 3: Environmental Protection Agency • Rachel Van Wingen, Office of Information Resources Option 4: National Center for Health Statistics • June Gable, Librarian 12:00 Working Lunch In order to foster networking, librarians are requested to lunch with other librarians from the same library school. Afternoon 2:00 Option 1: [to be announced] Option 2: The National Digital Library • Herbert S. Becker, Director, Information Technology Services, Library of Congress Option 3: Environmental Protection Agency • Rachel Van Wingen, Office of Information Resources Option 4: National Center for Health Statistics • June Gable, Librarian 6 AN-vl5-#16-12/15/94 Thursday, April 13 (cont'd) 3:00 Option 1: U.S. Postal Service Kiosk Program • Susan Smoter, Technology Integration Marketing Option 2: State Department • Peter Knecht, Office of Public Communications Option 3: U.S. Department of the Treasury • Kirk Markland, Director, Printing and Graphics Division Option 4: [to be announced] 4:00 Option 1: U.S. Postal Service Kiosk Program • Susan Smoter, Technology Integration Marketing Option 2: State Department • Peter Knecht, Office of Public Communications Option 3: U.S. Department of the Treasury • Kirk Markland, Director, Printing and Graphics Division Option 4: [to be announced] 5:00 Adjourn Friday, April 14 Morning 8:30 Open Forum LPS and EIDS staff 9:30 United States Code on CD-ROM Elliot Chabot, House Information Systems, U.S. House of Representatives 10:00 Break 10:15 Office of Technology Assessment • Fred Wood, Senior Associate 11:00 [to be announced] 12:00 Adjourn — [An updated agenda will bepublished in the February 15 issue ofAdministrative Notes.] W 7 AN-vl5-#16-12/15/94 1995 Federal Depository Conference: Reservations and Registration To reserve a room at the conference hotel, please contact: Rosslyn Westpark Hotel 1900 N. Ft. Myer Drive VA Arlington, 22209 (703) 527-4814 Please mention the GPO Federal Depository Conference when making your reservation. The rates are $87 per day for a single or double room. Free parking is available for attendees. Those who wish to meet to go out to supper on the evening of Sunday, April 9, should gather in the main lobby of the Westpark at 6:00 p.m. In order to help GPO plan for these meetings, please take a few moments to fill out and mail the registration form on the next page. We hope to see as many of you as possible! All Federal Depository Libraries are urged to send at least one representative to this major conference. 8 AN-vl5-#16-12/15/94 Form Registration Mail or Fax by March 995 1 7, 1 Yes! Please register me for the 199S Federal Depository Conference, to be held at the Rosslyn Westpark Hotel, Arlington, VA, on April 10 - 14, 1995. PLEASE TYPE: Name: Institution: Address: City: State: Zip Phone: InternetAddress: Library Type: Library Size: Small (0-150,000 vols.) Thursday, April 13 8:30 a.m.: Medium (150,000-600,000 vols.) Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Option 4 Large (600,000+ vols.) 9:30 a.m.: Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Option 4 11:00 a.m.: Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Option 4 Interest Survey 2:00 p.m.: Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Option 4 To assist staff in making room arrangements for 3:00 p.m.: the Conference, please mark the boxes next to Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Option 4 the sessions you plan to attend. 4:00 p.m.: Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Option 4 Tuesday, April 11 2:00 p.m.: Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Mail, fax, or e-mail to: Chief, Depository Services Library Programs Service (SLLD) U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, DC 20401 Fax: 202-512-1432 e-mail: [email protected] 9 AN-vl5-#16-12/15/94 Space Still Available for the 8th Annual Interagency Depository Seminar The 8th Annual Interagency Depository Seminar will be held in Washington, DC from May 3 through May 10, 1995. The week long seminar will consist of an overview of various agencies' information products and activities as they relate to Federal depository libraries. The seminar is being sponsored by several agencies, including: • the Bureau of the Census • the Bureau of Labor Statistics • the Copyright Office • the Office of the Federal Register • the Patent and Trademark Office, • the Government Printing Office, and • other agencies not yet confirmed. The Interagency Depository Seminar is the most comprehensive introduction to U.S. Government information now offered. It is aimed at new documents librarians with basic working experience in a depository. In the seven years that it has been offered, the seminar toas become extremely popular with the documents library community. As attendance must be limited to sixty-five librarians, preference will be given to those librarians who have not previously attended the seminar and whose libraries are located outside the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Costs for the seminar are being kept as low as possible. A $10.00 registration fee will be the only charge. Librarians attending the seminar must cover their own travel and subsistence expenses, as no government funds are available for that purpose. Prospective attendees should complete the registration form on the next page and mail it, along with a check for $10.00 made out to "GPO Cafeteria Service," to the Library Programs Service by January 31, 1995. Librarians who are officially registered for the seminar will be notified by mail. If you have any questions about the seminar, please contact the Chief, Depository Services, by telephone on (202) 512-1119; by FAX on (202) 512-1432, or by e-mail at < [email protected]> . Accommodations As May is a peak tourist period for Washington, accommodations can be very hard to A find. block of suites has been reserved for the seminar participants at the St. James Hotel. The hotel is located at 950 24th Street NW, Washington, DC. This hotel is in a good section of the city, one half block from a Metro station. Attendees can take the Metro train to Union Station, which is about a block from GPO. 10