----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Would it be worthwhile to have CUAC ask for a file covering map depositories (i.e. libraries supplied by USGS under auspices of GPO)? It would help me (all of us?) greatly in repatriating superseded map sheets. Is it on a URL already? LC ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- The current comprehensive list of United States Depository Libraries is now available in vanilla ASCII text format on the University of Missouri-St. Louis gopher. This set of files presenting depository libraries by state (including Guam, Panama, Saipan, Samoa, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) replaces the earlier files which only listed those depository libraries receiving the NTDB and NESE CD-ROMs. To access this information, point your gopher client at Internet address UMSLVMA.UMSL.EDU (for UM-St. Louis CMS account holders, just type "gopher" at the CMS "Ready;" prompt) and choose the following menu options in the order indicated: The Library Government Information Depository Libraries by State For those with the technical wherewithal, the URL for this resource is: gopher://UMSLVMA.UMSL.EDU/11/LIBRARY/GOVDOCS/GDEP Links to the earlier lists of libraries holding the NTDB or NESE compact disc products should now point to these more comprehensive lists of 1,391 libraries, hence you should not need to update your links (though prudence dictates general mistrust of such changes - check them out!). The original information was extracted from the anonymous FTP site ftp.fedworld.gov (192.239.92.205) as a "zipped" DBase file dlprof.zip in the \misc subdirectory. The DBase files were then used to create the ASCII text files you will see. Information is arranged by individual files for each state. Within each state arrangement is alphabetically by city; within each city arrangement is alphabetical by institution. Sample Entry: Pago Pago, AS American Samoa Community College , Learning Resources Center (0019A) PH: (684)699-9155 ext: 71 Upper Campus Road Pago Pago, AS 96799-2609 Govt. Documents Librarian: Williama P Mace PH: (684)699-9155 ext: 71 / FAX: (684)699-2062 ext: Established as a Federal Depository in 1985 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- _____________ \ | Raleigh Muns / Reference Librarian \ | Thomas Jefferson Library / UM-St. Louis ( University \ (314) 553-5059 / [log in to unmask] ( of ) | Missouri (*) Any opinions published are mine alone and are | St. Louis \ not endorsed by the University of Missouri, | ) its Libraries, or its Administration. |____________ ) /_/