Minutes of Sept. 12th GOPIG Meeting
Lakes Library, School of Mines, Golder, CO 

In attendence: Karen Mydland, Wyoming State Library; Barb Tillman, 
DU Law; Rob Jackson, Denver Public; Fred Schmidt, CSU; 
Marit MacArthur, Auraria; Tim Byrne, CU; Lisa Stomberg, Mines; 
Sharon Johnson, Air force Acad.; Louise Treff-Gangler, Auraria; 
Allison Cowjill, DU; Paula LaFrenierre, Aurora and Mark Anderson, UNC.

The next meeting will be at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs in 
November. The precise date will be announced later.
Sharon modelled the Depository logo T-shirts that she and her staff 
designed. It has been suggested that more be printed up and they be made 
available to anyone interested. Ordering information will appear on 
cogopub in the near future.

Tim announced the resignation of Judy Russell at GPO. Watch govdoc-l and 
the Admin Notes for more details.

Not being preceded by a survey, the arrival of the U.S.  Patent CD-ROM 
collection was something of a surprise to everyone.  Rod Jackson has tried 
using them and reports that the graphics are bad,  prinouts take a long 
time, and the index necessary to identify patents must be purchased
separately.  Libraries not interested in retaining these may return the box 
unopened  without a postage charge, and send in a green deselection card.
The DOE microfiche program is being phased out. In the future, GPO will 
receive them in an  electronic format. A decision about how best to 
distribute them will be made by Oct. 1.

Tim made a general pitch for Colorado by the Numbers. New files are being 
added all the time. Periodically, he checks to see who's linking to it.

Re: Marcive - Louise reports that the call number browsing function has been
restored to database 83. A discount to CARL libraries for the Shipping List 
Service is not likely, but the Shipping List records appearing in database
83 should be pursued.  

GPO doesn't know where to put URL's in their MARC records, but they're 
putting them in just the same.

The CU/CSU/DPL  retrocon project (to create a database of pre-1976 records) 
is on hold. There is not as much money available in the first 
year as thought and so we will try again next year..

Re: GPO inspections. Tim would like to conduct a workshop for librarians 
facing their first inspections. Details will appear on cogopub-l. 
In the meantime, make sure the Depository logo is on the front entrance 
to your library, and do the self-study. We ought to be the last group of 
libraries inspected under the old system, and we're all darn proud to be 
part of history in that way.

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Mark Anderson
Government Publications
James A. Michener Library
University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO  80639-0001

Voice: 970-351-2987
FAX: 970-351-2540
E-Mail: maanders@bentley.univnorthco.edu