ADMINISTRATIVE NOTES 
        Newsletter of the Federal Depository Library Program 
 
 
 
Vol. 18, no. 10	GP 3.16/3-2:18/10	July 15, 1997 
 
 GPO, State Department, University of Illinois-Chicago
Join in FDLP Partnership

	The Government Printing Office (GPO), the U.S. Department of State 
(DOS), and the Richard J. Daley Library, University of Illinois at Chicago 
(UIC), have formed a partnership to provide more widely distributed access to 
electronic information products available through the Federal Depository 
Library Program (FDLP).

	This innovative partnership builds on UIC's current agreement with 
the State Department to manage the Department of State Foreign Affairs 
Network (DOSFAN).  DOSFAN is a collection of World Wide Web pages featuring 
current State Department news and information.  The DOSFAN Electronic 
Research Collection contains historical materials from 1993 to the present.  
These Web sites provide immediate, global access to official U.S. foreign 
policy information and decision-making.  Updated daily, the sites include 
country- and issue-specific information on socio-political situations, 
economic trends, democracy, human rights, culture, development assistance, 
environment, terrorism, and more.  Speeches, statements, and testimony by the 
President, Secretary of State, and other senior department officials are 
featured, along with many other publications that have traditionally been 
provided to depository libraries, including Dispatch, Background Notes, other 
official publications, and congressional reports.

	The GPO/UIC/DOS partnership ensures that access to the newly 
established Electronic Research Collection of archived DOSFAN material meets 
general requirements expected for all remote electronic Government 
information products accessible through the FDLP.  As an FDLP partner, UIC 
will manage the DOSFAN Electronic Research Collection, continue to have 
custody of DOSFAN materials, and offer specific electronic reference services 
to sources of U.S. foreign policy information found on the World Wide Web as 
well as in its traditional library collections.  UIC will also provide online 
access to the Electronic Research Collection, ensure the security of the 
collection, and provide a copy of all DOSFAN Electronic Research Collection 
files to GPO should UIC no longer be able to support permanent access to the 
files.  The ultimate responsibility for provision of permanent access to and 
bibliographic control of products held in the DOSFAN Electronic Research 
Collection will reside in the GPO as FDLP administrator.  The GPO identifies 
these types of partnerships as an integral component of the FDLP's transition 
to a more electronic information environment.

	GPO intends to establish similar partnerships in the future, using 
the skills and resources of the FDLP library community to enhance access to 
electronic Government information.

	The Internet address for the DOSFAN Electronic Research Collection 
is: http://dosfan.lib.uic.gov.