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   Hi everyone,
 
   In reply to my soapbox speech about USGS New Pubs only being available
   on the Internet, John Shanton kindly sent this reply. With his
   permission I am posting it to the list--he's had a bit of e-mail
   trouble, so couldn't post it himself.
 
   I hope you will all breathe a sigh of relief--I did. It's nice to hear
   Uncle Sam responding to the public's needs, and I hope sales increase as
   a result!
 
   April Carlucci
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Subject: USGS Monthly lists.
Author:  <[log in to unmask]> at Internet
Date:    04/09/96 09:14
 
 
I spoke with the Chief of the office concerned with the publishing of the
USGS Monthly Pubs List.  They have been swamped with requests about the
printed copy so they did a major review and have decided to print them but in
a different manner.
 
Hopefully by the end of Oct. there will be output.  Heres a bit of a rundown
of whats planned for the future.
        * Oct printing will be the last 5 months of '95
        * Continue to do electronic publishing of the monthly lists
        * 6 month listings of the '96 publications, Jan. thru June then
                July thru Dec.
        * Print only on a quarterly bases, starting in '97 with citations
          only; subject and author indexes will no longer be included
        * Annual Supplements, with indexes, may still be purchased form
          the Denver distribution center
 
 
The printing this fall will have a Notice in it about updating your
subscription with mail back forms.  As the last sentence on the notice states:
"Future mailings will be made only to those subscribers who return the
address verification form to the USGS."
 
 
Hopefully this has been something that will make your day.
 
John Shanton
USGS
Earth Science Information Center
Reston, VA