Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!BKNLVMS!KOVACSD From: KOVACSD@BKNLVMS.BITNET (Diane Kovacs - kovacsd@bknlvms) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.pacs-l Subject: New List: GovDoc-L@psuvm - Discussion of Government Documents Issues Message-ID: Date: 15 Jan 90 14:18:34 GMT Sender: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum Lines: 24 Approved: NETNEWS@PSUVM Gateway X-Envelope-to: Pacs-l@uhupvm1.BITNET X-VMS-To: IN%"Pacs-l@uhupvm1" Approved-By: PACS Forum ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- GovDoc-L@psuvm - Discussion of Government Document Issues Owners: KOVACSD@BKNLVMS (Diane K. Kovacs, Government Documents Coordinator, Ellen Clarke Bertrand Library, Bucknell University) KOVACS@BKNLVMS (Michael J. Kovacs, Library Systems Operator, Ellen Clarke Bertrand Library) GovDoc-L is open for public subscription. The focus is specifically on issues of information dissemination through Federal Depository Libraries. Issues to be discussed include: electronic dissemination policies of the Government Printing Office(GPO), the 1990 Census, access to Federal documents (Freedom of Information Act issues), automation of document collections in libraries (Marcive v. OCLC tapes; database consideration; retrospective conversion; etc.), document end user education and legislation related to depository libraries. United Nations, State and Foreign Government documents can be included for discussion. This list is moderated but uncensored. It is edited with the intention of producing a digest at the end of the year. To subscribe send mail or an interactive message to LISTSERV@PSUVM: SUB GovDoc-L