ADMINISTRATIVE NOTES
                Newsletter of the Federal Depository Library Program
 
 
 
Vol. 18, no. 06 GP 3.16/3-2:18/06       April 15, 1997
 
 
 
 
Public Printer Names Five To Depository Library Council
 
        Public Printer Michael F. DiMario has named five new members to
the Depository Library Council to the Public Printer.  The Council advises
the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) on issues related to the public
access to Government information through the Federal Depository Library
Program (FDLP).  Administered by GPO, the FDLP is a nationwide
geographically-dispersed system consisting of 1,369 libraries acting in
partnership with the United States Government for the purpose of enabling
the general public to have local access to Federal Government information
at no cost.
 
        The newly appointed members bring diversified experience to the
Council.  They are: Duncan Aldrich, Head, Business and Government
Information Center, University of Nevada-Reno, Reno, NV; Mary Alice Baish,
Assistant Washington Affairs Representative, American Association of Law
Libraries (AALL), Georgetown University Law Library, Washington, DC; Diane
Garner, Head, Government Documents & Non-Book Formats Department, Harvard
College Library, Cambridge, MA; Gregory W. Lawrence, Government
Information Librarian, Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell University, Ithaca,
NY; and Julia Wallace, Head, Government Publications, University of
Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
        
        The Federal Depository Library Program is one of the major means
by which the Federal Government fulfills its information dissemination
responsibilities to the citizenry.  In Fiscal Year 1996, GPO distributed
16.4 million copies of 56,512 individual publications in paper,
microfiche, and electronic formats to depository libraries. 
 
        The Depository Library Council to the Public Printer consists of
15 representatives of the Government information community, who serve for
a term of 3 years.  Each year, five members are appointed by the Public
Printer.  The newly appointed members will be introduced to Council
activities and procedures at the fall 1997 meeting in Clearwater Beach,
Florida.