This booklet summarizes the proceedings of a forum--whose audience consisted of over 200 library and information managers, congressional staff members, and persons from the information industry and academic community--on the condition of federal information policies as they relate to the Congressional initiative. Among issues discussed are: (1)…

A privately sponsored and privately funded committee was organized to identify and propose means by which governments at all levels might rid themselves of needless and wasteful records while ensuring the preservation of that fraction of the documents deserving to be kept. The committee concentrated on problems and solutions within the federal…

These meetings of the House Subcommittee on Agriculture were held to discuss the state of public health and its relation to good nutrition. The education of consumers was the prime focus, and witnesses before the committee were nutrition experts and consumers, who expressed their concerns, demands, and needs. (JD)

This guide to searching government documents provides a subject list, including LC call numbers, of 15 government publications indexes in the Dartmouth College Library and an explanation of U.S. government documents organization and coding. Detailed descriptions of each of the 15 indexes include sample entries with labels identifying the codes and…

This government publication contains, in the order given, President Carter's Message on the Environment; a Fact Sheet explaining the background and details of the President's proposed legislation, Executive orders, and directives; the Executive orders themselves; and a brief explanation of the Administration position on the Clean Air Act…

Sources and selection criteria for maps and charts published by the United States government are outlined in this manual. Since there is still no comprehensive index to U.S. government published maps, several selections tools are recommended. A section is included concerning the map and chart programs of each of the issuing departments, agencies,…

This report identifies sources of research materials of interest to Slavic scholars and librarians. The works are largely of a noncommercial nature and are produced by governmental agencies. Publications cover a broad field of subjects and vary considerably in type and depth of treatment. Part 1 describes the contributing agencies while the second…

A workshop was held to advise the Department of Health, Education and Welfare and the National Institute of Mental Health on the development of measures of television violence. This report summarizes the discussions of the workshop, covering the need for and use of a TV violence measure, the complexity and content of the measure, and processes for…

Provides guidelines for locating alcohol research information and building library collections on alcohol. Resource organizations, including government agencies, research institutions, and publishers, are identified and several access tools are described. The future directions of alcohol research and its dissemination are discussed. (Author/EM)

This fourth annual annotated list was compiled by the Notable Documents Committee of the American Library Association's Government Documents Round Table. It includes federal, international, and state documents published two years prior to the date of the list that are considered notable based on 10 criteria. A source list is included. (EM)

Reports agency publication policies established by the President's Task Force on Management Report and subsequent reductions in data collection and publishing activities. The impact of these policies on the availability and cost of federal statistical documentation collected by libraries is described. (CLB)

Interoperability and data-exchange are critical for the survival of government information management programs. E-government initiatives are transforming the way the government interacts with the public. More information is to be made available through Web-enabled technologies. Programs such as the NASA's Scientific and Technical Information (STI)…

Since 1895, the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP), administered by the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), has provided no-fee public access to information generated by the U.S. government through a network of libraries. For 200 years, print-on-paper remained the dominant format. By 1978, publications were also distributed in…

This bulletin describes the publications of the Bureau of Education which at the time of its compilation (October 1911) are available for free distribution by this office. Requests for titles from this list will be filed as long as the publications desired continue to be in stock, but it should be understood that the supply of many especially…

Reviews literature on the history of the federal government's publishing activities, focusing on the importance of the history of government publishing, general histories published, relationship of libraries to government publications, problems in texts of government publications, research on printing and printers, and areas of needed research.…