----------------------------Original message---------------------------- MAPS-L regulars may recall recent postings informing the map community that the Manual of Federal Geographic Data Products, an excellent overview of maps and other geographic products produced by dozens of federal agencies, would not be distributed as part of the depository library program, but could be requested directly from the Federal Geographic Data Committee. I requested the manual and was also sent the FGDC newsletter, which included information on a variety of other publications issued by the committee. I requested several of these as well and found when they arrived that many would be useful in depository libraries. I was surprised to find that none had been distributed through the depository library program. I did a quick search on RLIN and found that no RLIN library listed holsings for any of the FGDC publications other than the manual. I sent a message to the FGDC asking why none of its publications are distributed to depository libraries. The official who responded didn't know why and asked for suggestions. Is there some way for depository libraries to request that the publications of a particular agency be distributed through the depository library program? Blake Gumprecht Documents Librarian Temple University (215) 204-3187 [log in to unmask] gumpbw@templevm