ADMINISTRATIVE NOTES 
		Newsletter of the Federal Depository Library Program 
 
 
 
Vol. 18, no. 08	GP 3.16/3-2:18/08	May 15, 1997 
 
GPO, The Suffolk Cooperative Library System, and
The State University of New York at Stony Brook
Open Free Web Link to Federal Information
	The Suffolk Cooperative Library System and the State University of 
New York at Stony Brook have opened the first Government Printing Office 
(GPO) "gateway" site in New York State, giving the public free access to many 
of the Nations's most important Federal documents via the Internet.  Empire 
Access, New York's Gateway to United States Government Information, is the 
39th gateway covering 30 States and the District of Columbia.

	The Congressional Record, Federal Register, Code of Federal 
Regulations, Commerce Business Daily, Supreme Court Decisions, and other 
Federal databases, are now available to off-site users on the same day of 
publication through Empire Access.  Empire Access, a joint effort of the 
Suffolk Cooperative Library System and the State University of New York at 
Stony Brook, is offering public access to the GPO databases as part of an 
expanding gateway program.  The Suffolk Cooperative Library System and the 
State University of New York at Stony Brook, are part of the Nation's system 
of nearly 1,375 Federal depository libraries.  Each gateway operates through 
a cooperative arrangement with one or more of the Federal depository 
libraries.

	Empire Access, New York's Gateway to United States Government 
Information, is the 18th electronic pathway to GPO Access accessible via the 
World Wide Web.  Users may access the gateway by pointing their web browser 
to: http://www.suffolk.lib.ny.us/gpo/.  Users of Empire Access may search the 
databases without charge as frequently as they like.  For local user support, 
contact Diane Eidelman (516) 286-1600 ext. 325 (diane@suffolk.lib.ny.us) or 
Jyoti Pandit (516) 632-7161 (Jpandit@ccmail.sunysb.edu).  For technical 
support contact Louis DeRobertis, Manager of Internet and Telecommunications 
Services at the Suffolk Cooperative Library System Louis@suffolk.lib.ny.us.

	The GPO databases are also available for free electronic searches to 
patrons of the Federal depository libraries under the "GPO Access" program 
launched in June 1994.  There is a Federal depository library in nearly every 
congressional district.

	"We believe the public should have timely access to vital information 
about the activities of their Government without charge," says head of the 
GPO, Public Printer Michael F. DiMario.  "Further, it is our goal to 
establish local outlets to the GPO electronic system in every State.  We want 
these important Government publications available to the American public 
around the clock, 7 days a week."

	To this end, GPO is working with depository libraries to develop 
model gateways for  public access to GPO's databases.  Built on existing 
campus and public networks, these gateway depositories serve as models for 
the nationwide depository library system.

	Inquiries about the availability of GPO Access services should be 
directed to the GPO Access User Support Team at (888) 293-6498 (toll free) or 
(202) 512-1530 (local); Fax: (202) 512-1262; or Internet e-mail:  
gpoaccess@gpo.gov.  Questions about the service can also be directed to a 
nearby Federal depository library.  Written information about the GPO Access 
and GPO products and services can be obtained via U.S. Fax Watch, the GPO's 
fax-on-demand service, by dialing (202) 512-1716.