----------------------------Original message---------------------------- This message is being cross-posted to MAPS-L and GOVDOC-L. Please excuse any duplication. The Cartographic Users Advisory Council (CUAC) met in Washington, DC, on May 9-10, 1996. CUAC is a working group of representatives from six organizations whose mission is to work with map producing agencies and the Government Printing Office for the inclusion of cartographic materials and data in the depository program. The members organizations are: the American Library Association Map and Geography Round Table (ALA/MAGERT); the American Library Association Government Documents Roundtable (ALA/GODORT); the Geoscience Information Society (GIS); the Special Library Association Geography and Map Division (SLA/G&M); the Western Association of Map Libraries (WAML); and the North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS). Presentations and discussions with representatives of federal agencies that produce or work with spatial data occupied most of the two days. Agencies represented include: Library of Congress, Map and Geography Division; U.S. Government Printing Office; Defense Mapping Agency; Government Information Locator Service; Federal Geographic Data Committee; U.S. Geological Survey; U.S. Bureau of the Census; and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. CUAC members were concerned that newly announced guidelines for public access work stations in Federal Depository Libraries were unrealistic for the demands of electronic spatial data, While in Washington, CUAC members prepared guidelines for the increased hardware and software requirements necessary to utilize some of the spatial data now being distributed through the Federal Depository Library Program. CUAC's recommendations have been published in Administrative Notes, the Federal Depository Library Program's newsletter, as "Spatial Data Supplement to Recommended Minimum Specifications for Public Access Work Stations in Federal Depository Libraries." (Administrative Notes, v.17-#08-06/15/96, p.14-15. Minutes of the May 9-10, 1996 Cartographic Users Advisory Council meeting are being published in the following member organization organs: ALA/MAGERT base line ALA/GODORT Documents to the People GIS GIS Newsletter SLA/G&M Bulletin - SLA Geography and Map Division WAML Bulletin - Western Association of Map Libraries NACIS Cartographic Perspectives