----------------------------Original message---------------------------- This message is be cross posted on multiple lists. Please excuse the duplication. The preservation packet, which was a project of the RBMS/GODORT/ MAGERT Joint Committee on Government Documents as Rare Books, was placed in depository libraries' shipment boxes on May 19, 1993. So, depending on the % of item numbers that your library selects, you should have received or will be receiving soon, the preservation packet in a depository shipment. Special thanks to Wayne Kelley, Sheila McGarr and all of the GPO folks in distribution for making this delivery option a reality. Some people have contacted me already and have received the packet. I am the person to contact if your depository library does not receive a copy. You can contact me at the address or numbers listed below. Only one copy was sent to each depository library. So, if your map collection and documents collections are separate departments, talk to each other and make copies. As I mentioned in an earlier note, the packet will be available through ERIC sometime this fall. As soon as I learn the ED number of the packet, I will post it to the list. Thanks for your patience. I hope that you find the preservation packet a useful resource for your library and a vehicle to initiate discussion regarding preservation, rare books, and government documents. Jim Walsh O'Neill Library Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA 02167 617-552-3354 (voice) 617-552-8828 (fax) walshop@bcvms (bitnet) [log in to unmask] (internet)