Administrative Notes Newsletter of the Federal Depository Library Program Vol. 19, no. 02 GP 3.16/3-2:19/02 January 15, 1998 Depository Administration Branch Update The U.S. Industry and Trade Outlook, 1998 was sent to libraries on SL 98-0006-S dated November 21, 1997. This title replaces the Industrial Outlook, last published in 1994. Over 1100 libraries received copies of this title provided to LPS by the National Technical Information Service. Copies of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Manual will be distributed to depository libraries when available. Any commercial version advertised for sale at this time is not the complete manual. Libraries should retain the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification Manual as many of the non-statistical areas, administrative, taxes, etc. will not switch to the new system for several years. The LandView III CD-ROMs are expected from the Census Bureau this month. Copies will be provided for distribution to the libraries. LandView III is a desktop mapping system that includes database extracts from the Environmental Protection Agency, the Bureau of the Census, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Department of Transportation, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. USAMARK: Facsimile Images of Registered United States Trademarks is a new Cassis CD-ROM product which will contain facsimile images of U.S. registered trademarks from 1884 to the present. Libraries will be surveyed in February via the GPO's Web site for this product. (Note: all libraries must complete all surveys, including the regional libraries.) The Daily Treasury Statements (DTS) are now being uploaded on a daily basis to the Federal Bulletin Board (FBB). Please view them at . The Union List of Item Selections is available at for download in ASCII comma delimited or fixed length field formats. The Union List will be uploaded to the FBB on a monthly basis on the first Friday of each month. In the past, this title was produced in microfiche format and distributed to all libraries, but the December 1997 issue will be the last one produced in fiche. The 1997 World Factbook is due in late January. Both the paper and CD-ROM versions will be ordered for depository libraries. Under an agreement between the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP), depository libraries are being provided one free subscription to the online Environmental Health Information Service (EHIS), located at . This service includes online access to Environmental Health Perspectives, Environmental Health Perspectives Supplements, National Toxicology Technical Reports, and the Historical Control Database. As a value added service, Wichita State University is partnering with LPS to make the Documents Data Miner (DDM), a collection management tool, available for use by depository libraries. DDM will be linked off the FDLP Tools page when the testing is complete. In September 1997, Congress directed GPO to discontinue distribution of the bound U.S. Congressional Serial Set to all depositories, except the regional libraries, and one library in each state without a regional library, effective with volumes for the 105th Congress. LPS will continue to distribute copies of the bound Serial Set to all libraries profiled to receive them through the 104th Congress. All libraries profiled to receive the slip distribution of House and Senate Documents and Reports will continue to receive them as they are produced. The Serial Set Title Pages and/or Table of Contents pages will be distributed to libraries wishing to use their slip copies to bind their own Serial Set volumes. LPS will conduct a survey in February of all libraries to determine who needs the Title Pages. Libraries that submitted a letter of intent to the GPO Sales Program to purchase the Serial Set for $15,400 for the 105th Congress will be receiving a follow-up letter and an order form to confirm the purchase of the Serial Set. If there are any additional parties interested in purchasing the bound Serial Set, please contact Alan Ptak, Chief, Sales Management Division, at (202) 512-1709 as soon as possible. Over 90% of the microfiche distributed to the depository libraries is done via one of the 15 full-service microfiche contracts. LPS has a new contractor, Lake George Industries, Ltd. of Bohemia, New York, that will be doing the conversion of the Official Gazettes, the Tax Court Memoranda and the SEC News Digest. In the October 15, 1997 issue of the Administrative Notes, libraries were advised of some microfiche titles that were to be distributed to libraries only via an online web site. Following discussion at the October Council meeting, LPS postponed the discontinuation of any microfiche products pending further development and articulation of guidelines for such action. A set of guidelines utilized in identifying candidates for electronic only dissemination was described in Administrative Notes, (v.18, no.10, 7/15/97, p. 22). Anyone wishing to assist in the further development of these guidelines please contact: Robin Haun-Mohamed Chief, Depository Administration Branch rhaun-mohamed@gpo.gov phone: (202) 512-1071 fax: (202) 512-1636