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LPS is converting the Superseded List to a Web searchable database. A downloadable DBF file will also be offered via the Federal Bulletin Board.

For this effort, LPS is recruiting a Superseded List Update Committee (SLUC). This group will be similar to the groups of librarians that helped update the 1992 and 1996 print editions of the Superseded List. Each group member will monitor and update one or more agency or subagency's publications. SLUC members will also continue as a standing committee to receive comments from the FDLP community and submit updates to LPS on their portion of the Superseded List database as needed. SLUC members can be assigned agencies or subagencies to monitor by LPS, or prospective members can volunteer to monitor specific agencies or subagencies.

Most of the work of the SLUC with LPS will be conducted by email, and perhaps also with LPS Web forms. The project will begin by examining tangible electronic products (i.e. CD-ROMs, etc.). If you are interested in participating in this project, please contact:

Joe Paskoski
Electronic Transition Staff (SL)
Library Programs Service
U.S. Government Printing Office
Washington, D.C. 20401
202-512-1698
FAX: 202-512-1432
jpaskoski@gpo.gov

From: Donna Hirsch
1-800-242-2184

Below are the file names and FTP instructions for retrieving the 1992 Census of Governments files off our FTP site.

FTP instructions for Finance and Employment Census of Governments file

92 CENSUS - FINANCE
You can use ftp to access the latest version of the 1992 Census individual government finance file, the individual finance county-area file, and a state by type of government summary of the finance data file. There are documentation files available in the same location as these files.

There are six self-extracting zipped files:

fin92doc.exe [This contains the documentation. Open this one first. The file will expand to 19 kilobytes]

92gidind.exe [This contains information about the IDs. Expanded this file is almost 18 megabytes]

92finind.exe [This is the finance data file. WARNING: expanded it will be nearly 79 megabytes. Make sure you have sufficient room for it.]

92fintyp.exe [This is the summarized data file presented state by type of government]

gid92ca.exe [This contains information about the county-area IDs.]

fin92ca.exe [This contains the finance data for the county- areas. Expanded, this file is almost 17 megabytes.]

You can reach these files at the following address:

Anonymous ftp site = ftp.census.gov

Directory = /pub/outgoing/govs

If you have questions, please call Henry Wulf or Donna Hirsch at 800-242-2184. If you are having technical problems reaching the files through ftp, call Tai Anderson at 301-457-1597.

92 CENSUS - EMPLOYMENT
You can use ftp to access the 1992 Census of Governments employment files. You will find three self-extracting zipped files on our ftp site:

92empdoc.exe [This contains the documentation. Open this one first. The file will expand to 13 kilobytes]

92empid.exe [This contains information about the IDs in the individual government employment file . Expanded this file is almost 17 megabytes]

92empst.exe [This is the individual government employment file. WARNING: expanded it will be nearly 29 megabytes. Make sure you have sufficient room for it.]

You can reach these files at the following address:

Anonymous ftp site = ftp.census.gov

Directory = /pub/outgoing/govs

If you have questions, please call Henry Wulf or Donna Hirsch at 800-242-2184. If you are having technical problems reaching the files through ftp, call Tai Anderson at 301-457-1597.

Shipping list nos. 99-0042-P, 99-0043-P and 99-0044-P were not issued. Please do not claim.

STAT-USA has recently had problems with its Internet service which has affected some of the search features of the service. In mid-October, we had a major failure of one of the Sun servers we used to operate the system. We had planned to phase these servers out anyway but the failure forced us to accelerate the schedule. This has required a major restructuring of all the data bases that comprise STAT-USA/Internet. Most of the individual data bases have been converted but the ability to search the entire NTDB is not completed yet. We expect to restore this service within the next two weeks. We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused.

The 1999 Industry and Trade Outlook is being provided by NTIS for distribution to libraries in the Federal Depository Library Program. It is due in January and will be distributed to libraries under C 61.48: item # 0215-L-08.

The Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (MOCAT) CD-ROM edition will be out of disc space after the July 1998 data is added. It will be necessary to start a new disc. Rather than have an incomplete year on a disc, we have elected to issue a special edition disc that will contain data from January 1996 - December 1997 and the Periodicals Supplement for 1996 and 1997.
THIS SPECIAL EDITION DISC WILL BE FOR PERMANENT RETENTION. The new cumulative disc will begin with January 1998 - July 1998, and the Periodicals Supplement for 1998. It will be distributed in mid-November 1998.

Please note the special edition MOCAT CD-ROM jewel case will be red to distinguish between the blue cumulative jewel case disc that can be discarded with each succeeding disc.

The special edition CD-ROM MOCAT will be distributed to libraries in the fall of 1998.

LPS is working with GPO's Term Contracts and Contract Compliance areas to deal with the problems associated with Lake George Industries distributed material. At this time, the contractor is going through bankruptcy proceedings. It appears partial or no distribution was made for the Shipping Lists listed below. GPO has not received copies of those shipping lists and the material has also not been returned to us for our use. At this time we are reviewing the amount of material involved and the best solutions to provide the libraries with missing microfiche. Please continue to hold onto all Lake George claims until we can determine the best approach. If you have any further questions or concerns, please contact me at the address listed below, or Michele Harris, Supervisor, Micrographics Control Section at (202) 512-1060, e-mail mharris@gpo.gov.

98-0825-M	98-0840-M	98-0841-M	98-0893-M
98-0898-M	98-0899-M	98-0902-M	98-0903-M
98-0904-M	98-0951-M	98-0952-M	98-0953-M
98-0955-M	98-0956-M	98-0969-M	98-0992-M
98-0996-M

LPS has been advised of problems with the following shipping lists distributed from REMAC Information. If you did not receive a full shipment for these shipping lists, please claim through REMAC as soon as possible. Do not send the claim to GPO as it is the responsibility of the contractor to fulfill the claims at this time. If your claim is not filled within 10 days please notify Michele Harris, U.S. GPO, at 202.512.1060 or mharris@gpo.gov.

Several problems have been reported concerning Cassis CD-ROM discs recently produced under our new CD-ROM mastering contract. The 1998 August issues of the Trademarks REGISTERED and Patents CLASS discs do nor always install correctly in the NEC CD-ROM Multispin 4Xc changers currently used by the Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries. Typically the error message is "Q:\Install.exe not found," where Q: the drive letter of the CD-ROM drive. These discs have installed correctly using other CD drives.

If you are unable to install these or any other discs, please contact us and we will replace them as soon as possible. [ Fax: 703-306-2737; cassis@uspto.gov; 703-306-2600; 800--786-9199 (Identify yourself as a Cassis subscriber and asked to be transferred to OPTI) ]

We are currently investigating to determine the cause of the problem. Production has been suspended pending the results of the investigation. We will resume production when the problem has been corrected and make every attempt to return to our regular schedule as quickly as possible. You will receive the full value of your subscription regardless of any delays.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

1998 October

FOR DEPOSITORY LIBRARIES:

This Notice relates to:

The Bureau of the Census has posted new information about the January and April 1999 releases of American FactFinder on the Census Bureau's Internet site. The new data retrieval system will give Federal Depository Librarians and the general public useful facts and information from the 1997 Economic Census, the 1996-97 American Community Survey, the Census 2000 Dress Rehearsal, the 1990 Decennial Census of Population and Housing and Census 2000.

Title: Business America
Class: C 61.18:
Item no.: 0127-A

Per agency, this title is being temporarily suspended with vol. 119, no. 9, Sept. 1998.

The problem is that the INSTALL.BAT file on the CD assumes everyone has assigned D: as their CD-ROM drive letter. Here's the work-around for those of us who have assigned a different letter to our CD drives: (this is a DOS disc, so you have to open a DOS window or reboot to DOS)

1. Make a directory on your C: drive (and it MUST be C:) called cartstwl. You do this from the C:\> prompt by typing: md \cartstwl and hitting the ENTER key.

2. Then, change to the new directory by typing: cd \cartstwl and hitting the ENTER key.

3. At the C:\cartstwl\> prompt type: ?:\cartstwl\cartstwl.exe -o c:\cartstwl then hit the ENTER key. (Substitute your CD-ROM drive letter for the ? Also, the "-o" is the letter o, not zero.)

This will copy and unzip a bunch of files (about 1.8 MB) on your C: drive. And that's it -- the full install.

This partnership between the University of Texas at Arlington, the University of Buffalo, and GPO, as described in the January 15, 1997 issue of Administrative Notes (at http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dpos/ad011597.html#1 ) has changed. Because of other priorities, the University of Texas at Arlington has withdrawn from the partnership. LPS would like to thank them for all their fine work.

The University of Buffalo will continue to offer access to the Enhanced Shipping List Service. Shipping lists will now be available the same day the lists are posted to the Federal Bulletin Board (FBB). The keyword search option will not be offered initially. University of Buffalo staff are looking at restoring this option. An announcement will be posted on askLPS and GOVDOC-L if it becomes available.

The links to the Enhanced Shipping List Service have been updated on the FDLP Administration Web site. The Service is linked to from the Tools and Partnerships pages, and from the Other Resources scroll box on the main FDLP Administration page.

Title: Federal Highway Administration Register
Class: TD 2.71:
Item no.: 0678-A
Direct Mail

The Federal Highway Administration has informed LPS that there were typographical errors on the following issues of the Federal Highway Administration Register:

Title: Dictionary of Occupational Titles
Ageny: U.S. Dept. of Labor, Employment and Training Adminsitration

The National Climatic Data Center is providing no charge access for the Federal depository libraries to access the Online Document Library located at http://www5.ncdc.noaa.gov/pubs/publications.html Libraries may access the Monthly Climatic Data for the World, Storm Data, and Local Climatological Data via this controlled access site. The user must be in the library to access the database, and libraries must protect the passwords. At this time there is not a limitation on the number of concurrent users able to access the database. Please use "noaa" for the user ID and "noaapub980" for the password. If you have problems accessing the database using the passwords, please contact staff in the Depository Administration Branch at (202) 512-1071, or by email at rhaun-mohamed@gpo.gov.

The Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view/print these PDF files. Many of the files are quite large (over 5 Megabytes), so please be sure to review your request before you begin the download. GPO continues to work with NCDC to develop a CD-ROM product to be distributed to the depository libraries, but it has not yet been completed.

The publications available from this site included:

Monthly Climatic Data of the World (MCDW):
This publication contains monthly mean temperature, pressure, precipitation, vapor pressure, and sunshine for approximately 2,000 surface data collection stations worldwide and monthly mean upper air temperatures, dew point depressions, and wind velocities for approximately 500 observing sites.

Storm Data (SD):
Monthly issues contain a chronological listing, by states, of occurrences of storms and unusual weather phenomena. Reports contain information on storm paths, deaths, injuries, and property damage. An "Outstanding storms of the month" section highlights severe weather events with photographs, illustrations, and narratives. The December issue includes annual tornado, lightning, flash flood, and tropical cyclone summaries.

Title: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) CD-ROM
Class: ED 1.334/4:995
Item no.: 0455-N-06
Shipping list no.: 98-0045-E

The Department of Education would like to solicit feedback concerning this CD-ROM product. This feedback will serve as a mechanism for improving instructions, displays, commands, and outputs for subsequent versions of this and other future CD-ROM products.

Depository librarians should be aware of the following issues related to various microfiche shipping lists:

1) The issue of the non-receipt of shipping list no. 98-0321-M, issued by Wilkins System dated 2-9-98, has been referred to the GPO Procurement Officer for resolution.

2) Shipping list no. 98-0806-M dated 6-29-98 and issued by CRS is correct. Shipping list no. 98-0806-M dated 6-29-98 and issued by Wilkins Systems should be corrected to read: 98-0805-M. Shipping list no. 98-0805-M dated 6-29-98 issued by Wilkins Systems should be corrected to read: 98-0804-M. Wilkins Systems has been instructed to re-issue copies of the corrected shipping lists. Each shipping list should be annotated with "Corrected Copy".

Title: Federal Register, v. 63, issue 128
Format: Microfiche
Class: AE 2.106:
Item no. : 0573-D
DIRECT MAIL

Your patience is appreciated as Potomac Business Center resolves the problem of misdirected shipments as well as other kinks that come with the start-up of a new contract.

A small number of depository libraries have received depository shipments belonging to other libraries through either the transposition of numbers (0586A input at 0568A), or database errors initially input into the processing system PBC uses to handle depository shipments.

PBC is actively working to correct these mistakes. However, GPO asks that libraries either refuse the incorrect shipment or forward the shipment to the rightful owner. Refused shipments are returned to PBC and are re-routed to the correct library.

Depository libraries holding a raincheck for:

Title: America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics 1997
Class: PR 42.8:C 43/C 43
Item no.: 0851-J
Shipping List: 97-0296-P

Title: Tiger/Line 1997 (CD-ROMs)
Class: C 3.279:
Item no.: 0154-E
Shipping List no.: 98-0057-E

Title: Patents ASSIST, Full Text of Patent Search Tools, 1987-1997, March 1998.(CD-ROM)
Class: C 21.31/5:998/1
Item no.: 0154-B-07
Shipping List no.: 98-0054-E
Shipping List date: 6/12/98

USPC to IPC Concordance File

Please note that the Classification Order Change number and date appearing on the USPC to IPC Concordance contents screen are incorrect. The Concordance is current through Classification Order Change 1668, 1997 November 4.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Optical Disc Publishing Program

Depository librarians have contacted LPS concerning a practice employed by the new LPS mailing contractor, Potomac Business Center, of placing UPS mailing labels on top of the LPS shipment label. This practice has caused problems for many libraries as it obscures shipping list information. LPS staff have discussed this matter with Potomac Business Center and have been assured that this practice will be discontinued. If you have questions concerning this matter, please feel free to contact me with your concerns.

Vicki Barber
Chief, Depository Distribution Division
vbarber@gpo.gov

The Annual Selection Update Cycle and Depository Web Site URL Survey were initiated June 1, 1998. Both have a deadline of July 31, 1998. They are linked to from the Tools page and the Other Resources scroll box on the main FDLP Administration page. The direct links are:

1. Annual Selection Update Cycle: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dpos/amendment.html

2. Depository Web Site URL Survey: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dpos/dochpage.html

Contact the GPO Access Users Support team to purchase this software for $15.00. The Users Support Team can be reached:

Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., by:

The shipping list service provided by the U.S. FAXWATCH has been reactivated for use.

The shipping list service provided by the U.S. FAXWATCH is currently unavailable. A problem occurred over the weekend. Libraries can access the system and request shipping lists, but the lists are not being faxed to the libraries. When the system is once again functioning, a message will be posted here on the FAQ and News site of ASKLPS as well as on GOVDOC-L.

These 1998 Specifications, along with links to the 1996 and 1997 superseded specifications, are linked off the Tools and Publications pages. A link to the 1998 Specifications is also included in the Other Resources scroll box on the main FDLP Administration page. The direct link for the 1998 Specifications is http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dpos/mintech.html

Title: Patents Assign (CD-ROM), March 1998
Class: C 21.31/4:
Item no.: 0154-B-06

According to the agency, this disc will not be published due to file transfer errors and missing data. The June 1998 disc will be the next issue distributed to depository libraries.

LPS has been notified that two microfiche shipping lists were assigned the same shipping list number in error. Both lists were identified as 98-0591-M, dated May 1, 1998. One list was produced by Engineered Systems, the other by Lake George Industries(InfoConversion Division). The shipping list produced by Lake George Industries should be corrected to read: 98-0761-M.

Procedures to voluntarily relinquish Federal depository library status are located on p. 2 in the "Instructions to Depository Libraries," Chapter 1, D. Depository Termination Procedure. The library director sends a letter to:

LPS has been notified by librarians that several microfiche shipping lists contain incorrect classification numbers for GAO microfiche titles. Shipping lists 98-0473-M, 98-0529-M, 98-0530-M, 98-0571-M and 98-0572-M have already been brought to our attention. The classes incorrectly have the GAO "B" added as part of the complete class number. The correct classification number for the GAO GA 1.13: series does not contain the "B" number. Due to field length limitations in the WEBTech Notes database, individual class corrections will not appear in Administrative Notes, Technical Supplement.

Here are some of the Browse Topics we are now looking for volunteers to create and/or maintain:

Africa	AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)	Census of Governments
Defense and Security	Education	Freedom of Information Act
Pacific Rim	Retirement	Substance Abuse
Transportation	Vital & Health Statistics	Waste Management

We also have many other topics available which could use the time and attention of subject specialists!

For further information on how to become a Browse Topics volunteer, and the current listing of topics which are currently taken, please see our "Invitation" page at the URL

http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dpos/topics/invite.html

The current list of all our Browse Topics is available at the URL

http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dpos/pathbrws.html

If you are interested in helping us "mine" the Internet by contributing to Browse Topics, feel free to contact the Electronic Transition Staff (ETS) via email at ets@gpo.gov or phone at (202) 512-1698. And again, many thanks to those who have already volunteered!

The Library of Congress Cataloging Distribution Service (CDS) has informed LPS that the monthly GPO Cataloging Tapes for January through April 1998 have been processed. These files are nowavailable from the CDS ftp site for those vendors and other customers receiving their MARC DistributionService files via ftp. Tapes are being shipped this week, so tape customers will receivethese files shortly. The Periodicals Supplement file for 1997 is not yet available. This tape is currently beingtested by CDS and is expected to be distributed in the near future.

Both CDS and LPS regret any inconvenience that the disruption of tape service has caused the library community.Staff from CDS and LPS continue to monitor the tape processing and distribution functions. It is our goal to resolve any future problems that occur that could cause a delay in the delivery of the GPO Cataloging Tapes to customers.

A new CD-ROM "tour" of the White House has been in the news. This CD is not a Government publication, and is not distributed by GPO. It is being sold by the White House Historical Association.

C 1.88:998/2/CD
0128-L
NTDB(National Trade Data Bank) CD-ROM, Feb. 1998
Shipping list no: 98-0037-E

Per agency, the February issue of NTDB contained only 1 disc . March 1998 issue will contain two discs and will supersede the February disc issue. March 1998 issue is expected shortly.

The Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications Periodicals Supplement for 1998 has been distributedto libraries, but while it was listed correctly on the shipping list, itwas not distributed under the new item number, but under the itemnumber for the paper Monthly Catalog. There is a significant differencebetween these counts (350 vs. 990). Please bear with us while weobtain additional stock and redistribute the paper Periodical Supplementto all libraries responding to Survey 98-001.

Class: X 1.1:
Item 0993-A (MF) (bound)
Title: Congressional Record, v. 138, pt. 4. 102nd Congress, 2nd Session.

The depository distribution of the microfiche version of this issue has been delayed. The issue will need to be reprinted as several pages were missing from the volume. LPS will distribute to libraries when the reprinted volume is available.

LPS contacted the agency to determine if there was a problem with theLCRK. The Language Coordinators Resource Kit, (PE 1.13:L 26, item0900-D-01) distributed on SL 980036-E, dated 3/29/98, is for use onlywith Macintosh Computers. There are no plans at this time to reissuethis information in an IBM compatible format.

Windows 3.1

1. Insert the World Factbook CDROM
2. Go to Program Manager
3. Select File, Run
4. Type sysedit and return
5. At the cursor in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file type:
set CD_DRIVE=d: and return (assuming d: is your CD drive letter)
6. Close and Save the System Configuration Editor window
(this will close all four system files)
7. In Program Manager, click in the window you wish your Factbook iconto appear
8. Select File, New
9. Choose Program Item, and OK
10. Enter the following information
Description: The 1997 World Factbook
Command Line: d:\dtext23\bin\dtextro.exe
11. Select OK
12. Shutdown and restart your workstation
13. Double-click the Factbook icon to access the information

Windows 95

1. Insert the World Factbook CD-ROM
2. Click on the Start button, select Run
3. Type "notepad c:\autoexec.bat" and press r
4. At the notepad cursor position, type "set CD_DRIVE=D:" (assuming D: is your
CD-ROM drive letter - if it is a different letter, substitute that letter) and press r
5. Press and hold the a key, then press the F key. Release both keys.
6. Press the X key - select "yes" to save your changes
7. With the mouse pointer over your desktop background, right click the mouse
8. Select New, Shortcut
9. Type "d:\dtext23\bin\dtextro.exe" (assuming D: is the your CD-ROM drive letter - if it is a different letter, substitute that letter) and press r
10. Type "1997 World Factbook" and press r
11. Click on the Start button, select Shut Down
12. Select Restart the computer and press r
13. Double-click the Factbook icon to launch the application

Direct technical questions to: (703) 482-4884

Tool Kit for Healthy School Meals, Item 0010, A 1.2:M 46/3 (SL 96-0017-S, dated 12/4/95), updates a previously distributed publication, Quantity Recipes for School Food Service, Program Aid, #1371. Quantity Recipes was distributed under item 0014-A, A 1.68:1371 (SL 88-528-P, dated 9/6/88) . There is no indication on the Tool Kit that it is to update Quantity Recipes, and yet the index cards and recipes are an exact match.