From lpsmail@access.digex.netSun Jul 14 19:44:25 1996 Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 17:41:58 -0700 From: Shipment Reply to: Discussion of Government Document Issues To: Multiple recipients of list GOVDOC-L Subject: ADNOTES: FBIS PUBS ON CD-ROM FOR DEPOSITORIES THE MESSAGE BELOW IS FROM ADMINISTRATIVE NOTES, VOL. 17, #09 (July 15, 1996) FBIS PUBLICATIONS PROVIDED TO DEPOSITORIES ON CD-ROM In a letter dated June 5, 1996, the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) announced its intention to provide the Library Programs Service (LPS) with the CD-ROM version of the FBIS publications in lieu of the microfiche version. FBIS intends to discontinue the paper products sometime in September or October and FBIS confirmed that it expects to begin furnishing the CD-ROM to LPS for distribution to the depositories beginning with the disc covering the period June through September, 1996. Allowing for processing time, LPS expects to receive the disc sometime in November. Until that time, FBIS publications currently reproduced on microfiche will continue until all paper publications have been converted to "softcopy." As a result of the overlap in the scheduled discontinuation of the paper product and the production of the CD-ROM version, libraries can expect some overlap and duplication of content. The current schedule for the phase-out of the paper product is as follows: 1 April Arms Control and Proliferation Issues 1 May Environment and World Health 1 June Narcotics 1 August China, Latin America Daily Reports 19 August Near East and South Asia, West Europe, Sub-Saharan African Daily Reports 2 Sept East Asia, East Europe Daily Reports; East Europe Economic Review 16 Sept Central Eurasia Daily Report , Central Eurasia Military Affairs, Central Eurasia Economic Review. Many thanks to Sande Wilson and Melba Boyd of FBIS for assisting LPS staff in obtaining the CD-ROM for distribution to the Federal Depository Library Program.