----------------------------Original message---------------------------- This unfortunate news came across GEONET-L. I am forwarding FYI. Another sign of the times! Colleen Beard Brock U. Map Library St.Catharines, Ontario ******************* Date: Thu, 17 Feb 1994 10:55:55 EST From: Lois Heiser * Geology Library * 812-855-7170 * <[log in to unmask]> To: Multiple recipients of list GEONET-L <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Change in US BM publications distribution From: PO1::"[log in to unmask]" "Connie Manson" 15-FEB-1994 12:26:39.02 To: GEONET-L Geoscience Librarians & Information Specialists <[log in to unmask]> CC: Subj: BuMines publications exchange Folks: If you haven't heard yet, the U.S. Bureau of Mines will no longer be sending ANY of its publications on exchange to ANYONE, anywhere. They've taken a major, major budget hit, and the U.S. Congress slashed their publications budget. In future, the BuMines pubs will only be available for sale from GPO and(or) NTIS, and at the federal depository libraries. No exceptions. (The folks I talked to at the BuMines were angry/sickened/in despair over this-- but caught.) -- Connie Manson