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Melissa,
 
          thanks for asking:
 
          1.
 
          usgs is issuing some of its products exclusively to earth
          science information centers--including those in a
          number of research libraries--but not to depositories
          generally. i would like cuac to inventory those
          bibliographic/cartographic items available to esic's but not
          to depositories. And i would strongly urge the survey to
          make these access tools available to all depositories.
 
 
 
          2. i would like cuac to encourage usgs to maintain at least
          1 depository in each canadian province, if it not already
          doing so. And to add at least one in each border state of
          mexico. a significant amount of mutual cooperation and
          understanding depends on free access to information,
          particularly in the frontier zones (those buffer areas
          where the cultural, demographic, and even political
          boundaries are amorphous and gradual, and where we are
          trying to maintain stable, overlapping, mutually dependent
          research environments).  many of our researchers are part of
          mutually supported investigatory teams who return valuable
          trans-border earth science data to the survey; the survey
          should support the meager needs for mapping and geologic
          publications these agencies require in their libraries.
 
 
          sincerely,
 
          larry cruse
          ucsd
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
----------------------------Original message----------------------------
  The conference on restructuring the depository library system
will be held the last few days of October in Chicago.  All
librarians involved in depository arrangements were invited to
attend.  Groups, such as CUAC, will not have "official"
representation.  However, I was originally approached by the
organizers in order to bring a map perspective to the discussions.
 
It is still not too late to add your comments to the discussion
in Chicago.  How would restructuring the depository program
effect the receipt of maps in your libraries?  How many electronic
products have been created by federal agencies that we do not
receive through the depository system?  What can the depository
system do better?
 
CUAC will be discussing these questions in DC on October 19th
and 20th.  I hope to be able to take comments from CUAC to the
restructuring conference in Chicago, but more insight from
the map community would be welcome.
 
Melissa Lamont  -- CUAC chair
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