================================================================= ALAWON Volume 5, Number 17 ISSN 1069-7799 April 12, 1996 American Library Association Washington Office Newsline In this issue: PUBLIC ASKED FOR REACTION TO GPO DRAFT REPORT DRAFT GPO REPORT AVAILABLE AT DEPOSITORY LIBRARIES _________________________________________________________________ PUBLIC ASKED FOR REACTION TO GPO DRAFT REPORT On March 29, 1996, Public Printer Michael F. DiMario transmitted the draft report to Congress on the Study to Identify Measures Necessary for a Successful Transition to a More Electronic Federal Depository Library Program. In transmitting the report, DiMario stated that the draft was being submitted to comply with the legislative requirements for submission by March 1996, and he proposed an additional 60-day period for public review and comment. GPO plans to submit the final report to Congress at the end of May. The American Library Association, working with the Government Documents Round Table, plans to comment on the draft report. A preliminary review of the March draft shows that GPO has paid attention to the concerns of librarians and others about their transition plan released in December 1995. For example, in the newly released draft report GPO states that input from publishing agencies and depository libraries indicates a five to seven year transition is more realistic and cost-effective since it would allow GPO to change to electronic information as rapidly as the publishing agencies can produce it and the libraries can absorb it. The December transition plan projected an ambitious two-year schedule for conversion to a substantially electronic Federal Depository Library Program, a timetable of great concern to the library community. The ALA Washington Office would appreciate contributions to the ALA/GODORT comments before May 1. E-mail contributions can be sent to aah@alawash.org, or by fax to (202) 628-8419, or by mail to American Library Association, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 403, Washington, DC 20004, ATTN: Anne Heanue. Comments on the report may be submitted directly to the Government Printing Office via Internet e-mail to study@gpo.gov, by fax to FDLP Study at (202) 512-1262, or by mail to FDLP Study, Mail Stop SDE, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20401. _________________________________________________________________ DRAFT GPO REPORT AVAILABLE AT DEPOSITORY LIBRARIES The draft report to Congress of the Study to Identify Measures Necessary for a Successful Transition to a More Electronic Federal Depository Library has been mailed to every depository library. It is also available on the GPO Web site and the Federal Bulletin Board/FTP site. The address on the Web is: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dpos/rep_cong/efdlp.html The address on the Federal Bulletin Board/FTP site is: fedbbs.access.gpo.gov/lps_info Dial in users (202-512-1387, Settings 8N1, Full Duplex) or those accessing by telnet to fedbbs.access.gpo.gov should select option I (eye) from the Main Menu or type /GO DEPOSITORY to get to the appropriate menu page. There are 20 files available. Four files are available in both ASCII text (.txt) and Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (.pdf). All other files are available only in PDF format. _________________________________________________________________ ALAWON is a free, irregular publication of the American Library Association Washington Office. To subscribe, send the message "subscribe ala-wo [your_firstname] [your_lastname]" to . ALAWON archives gopher.ala.org; select Washington Office Newsline. Web page HTTP://www.ala.org/alawashington.html. ALA Washington Office 202.628.8410 (V) 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, #403 202.628.8419 (F) Washington, DC 20004-1701 Lynne E. Bradley, Editor Contributors: Anne H. Heanue All materials subject to copyright by the American Library Association may be reprinted or redistributed for noncommercial purposes with appropriate credits. =================================================================