Government Publications Interest Group

December 1, 1993 Meeting at Denver Public Library

Minutes

Present:   Tim Byrne, Laura Carter, Debbie Hollis from CU Boulder, Wayne Coffey, 
Rob Jackson from Denver Public Library, Janet Lee from Regis University, Buddy 
Rooney from the Colorado School of Mines, and Louise Stwalley from Auraria.

Announcements

Recruitment updates:  The Colorado School of Mines hired a new government 
documents librarian.  She's a new graduate from North Carolina and 
completed an internship at the EPA library.   DPL is down to three 
candidates and is ready for the first round of interviews in their search.  The 
search for a document delivery person is still in progress at Auraria .  

Minutes:  There were no minutes to approve from the October 20, 1993 
meeting. 

Next Meeting:  The next GoPig meeting will be held next semester.  Thursday 
seems to be the best day to meet for those present.  Tim suggested that a 
Census workshop on Extract and Tigerline be the focus of the next meeting.  
He will work out a January meeting date with the Census bureau and 
announce the result on CoGoPub-L.  The group will also meet February 10, 
1994. 

Automated Documents Shelflist:  Buddy Rooney discussed the pros and cons 
of PC File software which is used to check in items.  Buddy stated that they 
will discontinue this process once the Marcive records become available on 
CARL.  Julie Jones Eddy from Colorado College will discuss her experience 
with an automated shelflist at the February meeting. 

DPL Patent Depository:  Wayne and Rob described the active approach DPL 
staff uses to assist patrons in patent searches.  They also demonstrated the 
CASSIS CD-ROM databases.  Tim asked if patents are available through ILL.   
The answer is yes they are for deposit accounts or the requestor will be 
billed.  A $200 minimum is required to set up a deposit account that is good 
over any amount of time.  Once this is established the patron can get the 
patent for $6/patent.  

	The difference between tradename and trademark was reviewed.  
Much confusion exist about these terms .  A helpful example was offered to 
highlight the difference -- Wheaties is the trademark and General Mills is 
the tradename.  

	DPL has federal and military specifications and military standards.  
Feel free to refer patrons.  

H.R. 3400:  Tim clarified the current status of HR 3400.  

	GPO Unions put pressure on the 2nd amendment. The section about 
moving the public printer to the executive branch was removed.  The 
sentiment is that in general people are upset about HR 3400 due to its being 
poorly written.  It is hoped that the bill will end up looking like Rose's 
original amendment.  There was one line in the bill that cancels all other 
print operations through the executive branch.  This is opposite of what the 
original bill intended to do.  

	Tim recommended that the one to watch in the Senate in the future is 
Wendell Ford.  Any favorable amendment will probably come from Ford.  
When asked, Tim also explained that there is no unified position on which 
plan of action the library community supports.  At Rose's request the Dupont 
Circle Group was created to speak on behalf of depository libraries.  The 
result of that conference was a watered down response to H.R. 3400.  Tim 
remarked that the lack of discussion about this issue on GovDoc-L was pretty 
amazing.  He added that the vote in the House was close, partisan, and 
involved a heated debate.   Tim recommends watching the fine tuning that 
will occur in the Senate in the future. 

CARL Gossip:  No news to report officially. The final recommendation for the 
new UCB system may go the University Chancellor by Christmas.

Government Publications Integration Taskforce:  Louise stated that she can't 
say that anything has happened.  The gap tape has not been loaded. The 
current issue is funding and where the directors will find $30,000.

CCLS Workshop on Government Information and the Internet:   The 
workshop will be held on December 9, 1993 at Regis University.  No agenda 
has been set.  Tim will fax the final version to CCLS once he coordinates it.

New Business:  Tim announced that Suzanne Taylor requested that the group 
discuss the Digital Quad maps.  CSU wants a complete collection and Suzanne 
spoke to Elaina about this.  DPL will select all other states for CSU.  Regionals 
have the option to select other states.  Tim will decide once he speaks to the 
CU Geology department.  He may select Colorado and the surrounding states. 
This issue has been discussed on the Region-L listserve.   The USGS might get 
all the digital quad maps.  

The meeting adjourned.  

Respectively submitted,

Debbie Hollis