ADMINISTRATIVE NOTES 
		Newsletter of the Federal Depository Library Program 
 
 
 
Vol. 18, no. 08	GP 3.16/3-2:18/08	May 15, 1997 
 
Remodeling?  Asbestos Removal?
Depository Collections Must Be Accessible to the Public!

[Updated from a notice published in Administrative Notes, vol. 11, no. 14 
(June 30, 1990)]

	Each year, some depository libraries undergo remodelling, undertake a 
move, or otherwise find their operations disrupted.  This notice reminds 
library staff of their fundamental responsibility to keep depository services 
fully available to the public.

	Any depository library contemplating asbestos removal, renovation, or 
other temporary situations that would involve curtailing public service to 
the Federal depository collection should develop a strategy for ensuring that 
both its primary clientele and the general public continue to have access to 
Government information in all formats through the Federal Depository Library 
Program.

	Before beginning such a project, the library should prepare a 
contingency plan for its Federal depository operations, and submit a copy of 
that plan to the Library Programs Service and to the Regional library serving 
the state or region.  This plan should include estimated beginnings and 
ending dates, the extent of the curtailment of service, the alternative 
strategies to be employed to fulfill Government information requests, and 
techniques for notifying primary clienteles, other depository and non-
depository libraries, and the public.

	Questions may be directed to:

		Chief, Depository Services
		Library Programs Service (SLLD)
		U.S. Government Printing Office
		Washington, DC 20401

		phone:	(202) 512-1119
		fax:	(202) 512-1432
		e-mail:	smcgarr@gpo.gov