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>Subject: ALAWON, Vol. 5, No.55 (126 lines)
 
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>Date:    9/6/96  4:15 PM
 
 
 
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ALAWON                                        Volume 5, Number 55
ISSN 1069-7799                                  September 6, 1996
     American Library Association Washington Office Newsline
 
In this issue: (126 lines)
     GPO PROPOSES CHANGES TO DEPOSITORY LIBRARY LAW
     DEPOSITORY LIBRARY PROGRAM WORLD WIDE WEB PAGE AVAILABLE
     DONALD L. SCOTT APPOINTED DEPUTY LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS
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         GPO PROPOSES CHANGES TO DEPOSITORY LIBRARY LAW
 
On August 22 the Government Printing Office (GPO) sent proposed
changes in the law governing the Federal Depository Library
Program (FDLP) to Senator John Warner (R-VA), chair of the Senate
Committee on Rules and Administration.  Public Printer Michael
DiMario said the proposed changes would "facilitate the
transition to a more electronic FDLP."
 
The full text of the proposed changes to Chapters 17 and 19 of
Title 44, United States Code can be found on GPO's Web site:
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dpos/aspecial.html
 
Highlights of the proposed changes include:
 
o Rename the Federal Depository Library Program the Federal
Information Dissemination and Access Program.  Participating
libraries would be known as Federal Information Access Libraries.
 
o Establish that access to government information products
available through government electronic information services
would be provided at no charge to program libraries and that all
information products received or accessed through the program
would be made available free to the public.
 
o Establish that the Superintendent of Documents (SuDoc) would
ensure access to government information products on federal Web
sites and online services. Government agencies would notify the
SuDoc when providing electronic source data files and when
initiating, modifying, or terminating an electronic product.
 
o Establish that the cost responsibility for providing access to
products through electronic information services be analogous to
that for tangible products.  However, as statue requires some
government agencies to charge for access to electronic products,
a minimum level of service would be provided at no cost to the
program. The SuDoc would also be able to requisition additional
access at a reasonable cost to ensure information is in the
program.
 
o  Charge the SuDoc with providing cataloging and locator
services which would direct program libraries and the general
public to government information products in tangible formats and
those available via electronic information services.  The Locator
Service defined in the GPO Access Act would be used.
 
o  Charge the SuDoc with establishing a system whereby government
information products available through government electronic
information services would be maintained permanently for program
library and general public access.  The Storage Facility defined
in the GPO Access Act would be one resource used for this
purpose.
 
o Provide new mechanisms for flexibility in the designation and
functions of regional program libraries and improve the process
of a library becoming a program library.
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    DEPOSITORY LIBRARY PROGRAM WORLD WIDE WEB PAGE AVAILABLE
 
The Library Programs Service (LPS) Electronic Transition Staff of
GPO recently announced the release of the Federal Depository
Library Program Administration Web page, available on the
Internet via the GPO Access Web site:
 
http://www.gpo.gov/su_docs/dpos/fdlppro.html
 
Electronic versions of Administrative Notes, Administrative Notes
Technical Supplement, Library Programs Service (LPS) Contacts,
and FDLP instructions, manuals and guides are available.  For
assistance contact the GPO Access user support team:   E-mail:
[log in to unmask]; Phone: (202) 512-1530; Fax: (202) 512-1262.
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