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RECENT LITERATURE ON GOVERNMENT rNFORMATION

PATRICK RAGAINS Government Information Librarian, Montana State University Libraries, Bozeman, h%T 59717, USA,

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This column was prepared from a manual scan of library and information science journals, and manual or automated searches of indexes and abstracts, including ERIC, PALS International in Print, America: Histo~ and Life, Historical Abstracts. R.R. Bowker’s Books in Print, Brit-

ish Books in Print, Canadian Periodicals Index, Library Literature, Current Contents: Social and Behavioral Sciences, and Government Reports Announcements & Index. Citations are to articles, books, reports, government publications, and chapters or essays in collected works, published or indexed from October 1990 through March 1991. Additionally, one message posted on the electronic discussion group GOVDOC-L is cited. Reviews and short news articles are omitted. Each publication is cited once under its primary topic, with annotations provided where the content cannot be adequately discerned from the title. Previous issues of Government Pubfi- cations Review have contained retrospective bibliographies of periodical literature on government information (Volume 4, no. 2; Volume 7A, no. 6).

Contributions are welcome, and may be addressed to the column editor.

GOVERNMENT INFORMATION POLICY: UNITED STATES

American Library Association. Washington Office. “Less Access to Less Information By and

About the U.S. Government: A 1989 Chronology.” Information Reports and Bibliographies

19, no. 1 (1990):2-27.

Armstrong, Anne A. “Profile: Russell Directs GPO Info Policy.” Federal Computer Week

April 15, 1991:18-19. A profile of Judith Russell, director of the information policy program at the U.S. Govem- ment Printing Office.

Bass, Gary and David Plocher. Strengthening Federal Znformation Policy: Opportunities and Realities at OMB. Number 6. Washington, D.C.: Benton Foundation, 1989 (ED 324 013).

Bingaman, Jeff. ““The Changing Federal Information Landscape: The Need and Opportunities for Better management - A Viewpoint.” government Publications Review 17, no. 5 (Septem- ber/October 1990):387-92.

Bradsher, James Gregory. “An Administrative History of the Disposal of Federal Records, 1950-1985.” Provenance 4, no. 2 (1986):49-73.

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Coleman, William G. and Delhpic C. Goldberg. “The Eisenhower Years and the Creation of ACIR [Advisory Council on Intergovernmental Relations]. ” Intergovernmental Perspective 16 (Summer 1990): 19-23.

Dahlin, Therrin C. Selected Articles on Government Information Policy, 1980-1989. Public Ad- ministration Series: no. P 2954. Monticello, IL: Vance Bibliographies, 1990. ISBN 0-7920- 0654-2. $5.00.

Desanti, V. “On Public Access to Electronic Information: Will the Public Step Forward, Please.” Government Information Quarterly 8, no. 1 (1991): 101-04.

“Electronic Tower of Babel Foreseen: Scientist Warns Fed Info Policies Forum Against Vary- ing Standards.” Library Journal 115 (June 1, 1990):34 +

Freedman, David. ‘ ‘The Technology Trackers. ” CIO: The Magazine for Information Execu- tives no. 4 (December 1990):25-29.

Describes the origins and mission of the U.S. Congress’ Office of Technology Assessment.

Gillespie, S. “Are Economic Statistics Overproduced?” Public Choice 67, no. 3 (December 1990):227-42.

“GODORT’s Principles on Government Information.” Documents to the People 19, no. 1 (March 1991):12-14.

Principles on federal information policy adopted during the 1990 annual ALA conference.

Goldman, P.A. “The Freedom of Information Act Needs No Amendment to Ensure Access to Electronic Records.” Government Information Quarterly 7, no. 4 (1990):389-402.

Halperin, Morton H. and Jeanne M. Woods. “Ending the Cold War at Home.” Foreign Policy no. 81 (Winter 1990/91):128+3.

Concerns U.S. government controls on information.

Hemon, Peter. “Discussion Forum: The Census Depository Library Program.” Government In-

formation Quarterly 8, no. 1 (1991): l-10.

Hull, Elizabeth. Taking Liberties: National Barriers to the Free Flow of Ideas. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1990. ISBN o-275-93043-2. $38.95.

Overview of U.S. legislation and administrative procedures which impede freedom of information and movement.

Jacobs, Jim. “U.S. Government Computer Bulletin Boards: A Modest Proposal for Reform.” Government Publications Review 17, no. 5 (September/October 1990):393-96.

Keefe, S. “Understanding the Links Between Information and Public Policy: Today’s Chal- lenges.” Information Reports and Bibliographies 18, no. 6 (1989):9-13.

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Kirschten, Dick. “Critiquing the Count: As Results of 1990’s Big Count Pour in, Census- watchers will be Monitoring the Commerce Secretary’s Handling of a Political Hot Potato- Deciding Whether to Adjust for Undercounting the Poor.” NutionaE Journal 22 (July 28, 1990):

1832-35.

McClure, Charles R. The Future of the National Technical Information Service: Issues and Op- tions. Manlius, N.Y. : Information Management Consultant Services, 1990 [sponsored by U.S.

Office of Technology Assessment] (ED 326 248).

McClure, Charles R., A. Bishop, P. Doty, and P. Bergeron. “OMB and the Development of a Government-wide Information Inventory Locator System.” Government Information Quarterly

8, no. 1 (1991):33-58.

McGarr, Sheila. “The Acquisitions Process at GPO’s Library Programs Service.” Administra-

tive Notes 12, no. 9 (April 15, 1991):7-13.

Moody, C. “Circular A-130 and its Effect on Federal Information Policy.” Show-Me Libraries

41 (Spring 1990):3242.

Nelson, N. M. “NISO’s Fiftieth, NCLIS’s Initiative, and the Library of Congress’ Dial-up Ex- periment.” Computing Librarian 10 (January 1990):6-9.

Pelzman, F. “The National Security Archive: Keeping the Government Honest. ” Wilson Li-

brary Bulletin 64 (May 1990):31-32-t.

Peterson, Sandra K. and Steven D. Zink. “ ‘. . . A Tough Job That Is Very Demanding’ - An Interview with Robert W. Houk, United States Public Printer.” Government Publications

Review 18, no. 1 (January/February 1991):1-14.

Potvin, L. “Privacy Issues in the Information Age: What Corporations Need to Know.” Gov- ernment Information Quarterly 8, no. l( 1991):95-100.

Robert, P.S. and S.T. Kadec. “The Effects of Electronic Recordkeeping on the Historic Record

of the United States Government.” Government Information Quarterly 7, no. 4 (1990):383-88.

Rotenberg , M . “In Support of a Data Protection Board in the United States.” Government

Information Quarterly 8, no. 1 (1991):79-94.

Snowhill, Lucia and Rosemary Meszaros. “New Directions in Federal Information Policy and

Dissemination. ” Microform Review 19, no. 4 (Fall 1990):181-85.

Sy, Karen J. and Alice Robbin. “Federal Statistical Policies and Programs: How Good Are the Numbers?” Annual Review of Information Science and Technology 25 (1990):3-54.

Trihart, D. “The Environment: The Data, the Information, the Debate [Role of Government].” RQ 30 (Fall 1990):13-22.

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U.S. Congress. House of Representatives. Committee on Government Operations. Government Information, Justice, and Agriculture Subcommittee. To Establish a National Policy on Perma- nent Papers: Hearing on House Joint Resolution 226. 1Olst Cong.. 2d sess. 21 February 1990

(SuDoc: Y 4 G 74/7:N 21/5).

U.S. Congress. House of Representatives. Committee on House Administration. Subcommittee on Procurement and Printing. The Government Printing Office Improvement Act of 1990: Hear-

ings H.R. 3849, to Amend Title 44, United States Code, to Reform the Public Information Func-

tions of the Public Printer and the Superintendent of Documents. IOlst Cong., 2d sess. 7, 8 March 1990 (SuDoc: Y 4.H 81/3:G 74).

U.S. Congress. House of Representatives. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Pro-

posed Guidelines for Statistical Adjustment of the 1990 Census: Hearing. 1Olst Cong.. 2d sess. 30 January 1990 (SuDoc: Y 4.P 84/10:101-43).

Viera, A. “Global Environmental Change: United States Policy and Research in the 1990’s.” RQ 30 (Fall 1990):32-44.

Wood, Fred B. “Helping America Compete Through More Effective Use of Scientific and Technical Information: An Opportunity for Office of Science and Technology Policy Leader-

ship. ” Government Information Quarterly 8, no. 1 (1991):105-14.

GOVERNMENT INFORMATION POLICY; FOREIGN, INTERNATIONAL, AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL

Aldrich, Duncan. “Looking Beyond 1992: Access to EC Information. Workshop for EC Depos-

itory Libraries, Washington, D.C., October 29-30, 1990.” Documents to the People 19, no. 1 (March 1991):41-43.

Bagrova, I.Y. “Database on Legislation Relating to National Libraries Throughout the World.” IFLA Journal 16, no. 3 (August 1990):336-42.

Blauer, Marvin. “Statistics Canada’s Corporate Assignments Program: Follow-up to a Success

Story.” Canadian Public Administration 31, no. 3 (October 1988):422-32.

Canada Communication Group. Publishing. Partners in Access: Report of the Task Group on Depository Program Review. Ottawa: Canada Communication Group. Publishing, 1990. ISBN O-660 56440-8.

Clark, Robert. Data Protection Law in Ireland. Dublin: Round Hall Press, 1990. ISBN 0-947686- 59-2.

Dolan, Elizabeth. The Depository Dilemma: A Study of the Free Distribution of Canadian Fed- eral Government Publications to Depository Libraries in Canada. Canadian Library Associa- tion, 1989. ISBN O-8802-239-5. $32.00 [Canada]


“Electronic Mailing List Established to Share News: News and Opinions on Government Infor- mation Issues.” Feliciter [Canada] 36, no. 10 (October 1990):21.

Eres, B.K. “International Information Issues.” Annual Review of Information Science and Tech-

nology 24 (1989):3-32.

Frangini, Monica. “Government Security in Disarray.” Computing Canada 16, no. 24 (Novem- ber 22, 1990):1, 10.

Greenwood, J. and K. Ronit. “Pharmaceutical Regulation in Denmark and the UK: Reformulat- ing Interest Representation to the Transnational Level.” European Journal of Political Re-

search 19, no. 2-3 (March-April 1991):327+.

Harris, Susan C. “Agricultural Information in Developing Countries. ” Library Trends 38, no.

3 (Winter 1990):578-634.

“Human Rights: Access to Intergovernmental Publications.” Documents to the People 19, no. 1 (March 1991):25-28.

Brief essays and annotated bibliographies on the human rights policies of the United Nations and the Organization of American States.

Huyghe, C. “De Belofte van Openbaarheid van Bestuur voor het Lokale Informatieveld [The Freedom of Information Act and Information Policy in Belgium]. ” Bibliotheek- en Archiefgids

65 (January 1989):3-26.

Kingsford-Smith, Dimity and Dawn Oliver, ed. Economical With the Truth: Law and the Me- dia in a Democratic Society. Oxford, England: ESC, 1990. ISBN o-906214-59-9.

British law and court practice concerning freedom of information and official secrets.

Klaus, Hans G. “ST1 and Government Information in the Federal Republic of Germany.” Gov- ernment Information Quarterly 7, no. 4 (1990):441-50.

Liberatore, A. “Problems of Transnational Policymaking: Environmental Policy in European Community.” European Journal of Political Research 19, no. 2-3 (March-April 1991):281- 306.

Milne, David. Canada-United States Free Trade: A Bibliography. 5th ed. External Affairs and International Trade Canada. Library. 1989.

A classified bibliography primarily listing material found in the Main Library and Legal Li- brary of the External Affairs and International Trade Canada. In English and French.

Morton, Bruce and Steven D. Zink. “ ‘We Are Here to Make Sure That Information is Avail- able, Accessible, and Cost-effective’: An Interview With Patricia Homer, Director of the Cana- dian Government Publishing Centre. ” Government Publications Review 17, no. 5 (September/ October 1990):397410.

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Onyshko, Tom, “Computerized Access [to Canadian government information] Criticized.” Con- rent, March/April 1990, 5-6.

-. “Reluctant Embrace: The [Canadian] Federal Government and Access to Information.” Content, January/February 1990, 12-13.

Paterson, W.E. “Regulatory Change and Environmental Protection in the British and German Chemical Industries.” European Journal of Political Research 19, no. 2-3 (March-April 1991): 307-26.

Rapaport, Edmond and Per Samuelson. “Storing of Public Data for Research - The Swedish Case.” Government Publications Review 18 (1991):65-69.

Rath, C.M. and J.R. Clement. “Information Policy Issues in Science and Technology.” An-

nual Review of Information Science and Technology 23 (1988):35-57.

Rhodes, M. “The Social Dimension of the Single European Market: National Versus Transna- tional Regulation. ” European Journal of Political Research 19, no. 2-3 (March-April 1991): 245-80.

Schlieroosen, F. “Qualitative Indicators for Federal Government Research and Technology Pol- icy.” Scientometrics 19, no. 5-6 (November 1990):427-38.

Covers science research in the Federal Republic of Germany (prior to German reunification).

Te’eni, Dov. “Towards Effective Information Processing in High Office: An Analysis of Deci- sion Support Systems in the National Governments of Israel and Egypt.” Government Publica- tions Review 17, no. 5 (September/October 1990):42940.

United Nations. Department of Technical Cooperation for Development. Management of Gov- ernment Information Systems: Elements of Strategies and Policies. New York: United Nations, 1989. ISBN 92-1-123113-2 (paper).

Vipond, P.A. “The Liberalisation of Capital Movements and Financial Services in the Euro- pean Single Market: A Case Study in Regulation.” European Journal of Political Research 19,

no. 2-3 (March-April 1991):22744.

Zuius, IU K. “Regional’naia Infomatsionnaia Politika i Voprosy Tsenoobrazovaniia.” <Re- gional Information Policy and Questions of Pricing> Nauchno-Tekhnicheskaya Informatsia Seriya I: Organizatsiya I Metodika Informatsionnoi Raboty no. 11 (1989):45-48.

UNITED STATES FEDERAL PUBLICATIONS AND INFORMATION RESOURCES

American Library Association. Government Documents Roundtable. “Notable Documents 1989.” Library Journal 115 (May 15, 1990):43-49.

Bass, G. D. and D. Plocher. “Finding Government Information: The Federal Information Loca- tor System (FILS).” Government Information Quarterly 8, no. 1 (1991):l l-32.


Burgh, S.G. “U.S. Government Documents, Legislative Branch, on AIDS.” Collection Build-

ing 10, no. 3/4 (1989):69-81.

Collins, Kay and Kevin Fredette. “American Statistics Index Non-Depository Collection: The Good News and Bad News for Depository Libraries.” Microform Review 19, no. 4 (Fall 1990): 210-13.

Harrison, J. “Congressional Research Service Info Packs.” Show-Me Libraries 40 (Summer 1989):33-36; The Unabashed Librarian no. 72 (1989):7-10.

Herman, E. “Reference Sources Describing and Summarizing the Federal Budget.” Reference

Services Review 18, no. 1 (1990):55-62+.

Hoag, Gary and William 0. Wears. “CIS Executive Branch Documents, 1789-1909:Beyond the Checklist of Public Documents.” Microform Review 19, no. 4 (Fall 1990):198-209.

Hulyk, Barbara. “Rare and Valuable Documents: Identification, Preservation, and Security Is- sues.” North Carolina Libraries 48 (Summer 1990): 118-21.

Jones, D.E. “Serving Everyone: Government Documents to Serve the Physically Handicapped.” Illinois Libraries 71 (November 1989):466-7 1.

Keating, Kathleen. “New Government Publications of Interest.” Bulletin [Special Libraries Association. Geography and Map Division] no. 159 (March 1990):49-50; no. 160 (June 1990):48-52.

Lesko, Matthew, ed. The Federal Data Base Finder: A Directory of Free and Fee-Based Data bases and Files Available from the Federal Government. 3rd ed. Kensington, MD: Information USA, Inc., 1990. ISBN l-878346-03-2. $125.00 (paper).

Littlewood, J.M. “The AIDS Epidemic That GPO Does Not See [Documents on AIDS Not

Being Distributed by GPO].” Illinois Libraries 71 (November 1989):462-66.

Mason, Pamela R. “Planning the National Agricultural Library’s Multimedia CD-ROM Orna-

mental Horticulture.” Government Publications Review 18, no. 2 (March/April 1991):137-46.

McClure, Charles R. et al. Federal Information Inventory/Locator Systems: From Burden to Bene$t. Final Report. Syracuse, N.Y.: The University. School of Information Studies, 1990 [sponsored by the U.S. General Services Administration] (ED 326 247).

Norton, Beverly J. Comprehensive Index to the U.S. Department of State Current Policy State- ments, 1975-1989. Public Administration Series no. P 2910. Monticello, IL: Vance Bibliogra- phies, 1990. ISBN o-7920-0590-2. $21.50.

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Schwarzkopf, LeRoy C., camp. Government Reference Books, 88189: A Biennial Guide to U.S.

Government Publications. Volume 11. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1990. ISBN 0-87287- 849-X. $55.00.

-. Guide to Popular U.S. Government Publications. 2nd ed. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlim- ited, 1990. ISBN O-87287-796-5.

Stephenson, Elizabeth. “Data Archivists: The Intermediaries the Census Bureau Forgot. A Re- view Essay of ‘The Role of Intermediaries in the Interpretation and Dissemination of Census Data Now and in the Future.“’ Government Publications Review 17, no. 5 (September/Otto- ber 1990):44147.

Theoharis , Athan. “Editorial Reflections on Compiling FBI Files for Publication in Micro-

form.” Microform Review 19, no. 4 (Fall 1990):186-91.

Washington Researchers. How to Find Business Intelligence in Washington. Business Research

Series, v. 4. 10th ed. Washington, D.C.: Washington Researchers Publishing, 1990. ISBN O-934940-53-3. $155.00.

Identifies federal departments and agencies that generate company, market and industry infor-

mation.

Witherell, Julian W. Libya 1969-1989: An American Perspective: A Guide to U.S. OfJicial

Documents and Government-Sponsored Publications. Near East Series, no. 4 Washington: Gov- ernment Printing Office, 1990. ISSN 0196-3562 (SuDoc: LC 41.9:L 61).

Holdings of the Library of Congress, in other government collections in the Washington, D.C. area. and selected titles in other American libraries.

Zwim, Jerrold. Access to U.S. Government Information: Guide to Executive and Legislative Authors and Authority. Bibliographies and Indexes in Law and Political Science. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1989. ISBN O-313-26851-7. $35.00

FOREIGN, INTERNATIONAL, AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL PUBLICATIONS AND INFORMATION RESOURCES

Aldrich, Duncan M. “Europe 1992 in Print: Propaganda and Guidance.” Government Publica- tions Review 18, no. 1 (January/February 1991):35-50.

Biffen, John. Inside the House of Commons: Behind the Scenes at Westminster. London: Grafton Books, 1989. ISBN o-246-13501-8. g16.95.

Describes contemporary British parliamentary rules, practice, procedures, and rituals in historical perspective.

Bird, James E. and Jessie C. Smith. “A Selected Annotated Bibliography of Agricultural Infor- mation.” Library Trends 38, no. 3 (Winter 1990):51741.


Brosius, M. “The OECD as Publisher. ” Scholarly Publishing 22, no. 1 (October 1990):44-50.

Carpentier, Louise. “Quebec G ovemment Publications in Microform and Other Non-print For- mats: Past, Present, and Future Years.” Microform Review 19, no. 4 (Fall 1990):174-80.

Cunningham, Willis F. “A Reference/Documents Librarian’s Treasure Map.” RQ 30, no. 2

(Winter 1990):249-60. Includes a bibliography of access tools to United Nations publications.

Fang, S. “Mainland China’s 1990 Census: Some Tentative Conclusions.” Issues and Studies:

A Journal of China Studies and International Affuirs 26, no. 12 (December 1990):8-l 1.

Great Britain. Central Statistical Office. Guide to Ojkial Statistics. Revised edition (no. 5). London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1990. ISBN O-l l-620394-3. 524; Lanham, MD: UNI- PUB, $51.00.

Covers all official and selected nonofficial sources of statistics for the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man. and the Channel Islands.

Hanson, T.A. “A Survey of European Communities Databases. ” Aslib Proceedings 42 (June 1990):171-88.

Hayes, Stephen M. “EUR COM. info (non-US INFO).” GOVDOC-L electronic discussion group, Dec. 5, 1990. [email protected].

Includes text of a presentation on European Community publications by Barbara Sloan, head of the European Community Information Office in Washington, D.C., delivered at the Octo- ber 1990 meeting of European Community Depository Libraries in Washington. This address was also briefly reported in Documents to the People 19, no. 1 (March 1991):41-43.

Hewett, S. “European Documentation Centers. ” The Law Librarian 20 (December 1989):87-89.

Hunt, M.H. and O.A. Westad. “The Chinese-Communist-Party and International Affairs: A Field Report on New Historical Sources and Old Research Problems.” China Quarterly No. 122 (June 1990):258-72.

Jones, Douglas E. “Sources of Agricultural Information.” Librav Trends 38, no. 3 (Winter 1990):498-516.

Lowe, Robin, “Guide to Housing Statistics at Statistics Canada.” Plan Canada 29, no. 3 (May 1989):22-25.

Luebbe, Mary. “ 1990 Survey of Canadian Government Documents Micropublishers.” Micro- form Review 19, no. 4 (Fall 1990):16673.

Martland, N. “Singapore Parliamentary Publications.” In Gopinathan, S. and Valerie Barth. The Need to Read: Essays in Honor of Hedwig Anuar, 135-46. Singapore: Festival of Books, 1989. ISBN 981-00-1275-6 (paper).

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Medina Isaza, M.I. and M.L. Ruiz Arango. ‘ ‘Disponibilidad de las Publicaciones Oficiales en las Bibliotecas Publicas de Medellin y Propuesta Para la Creation de una Coleccidn Especial- izada (extracto).” [Availability of Official Publications in the Public Libraries of Medellin and a Proposition for the Creation of a Special Collection (extract)] Revistu Interamericana de Bib-

liotecologiu 12 (January-June 1989):51-68.

Ross, Joseph E. and Hugh Finsten. “Research Services in Congress and Parliament.” Cunu- diun Parliamentary Review 11, no. 4 (1988-89):10-14.

Compares legislative research services of the Congressional Research Service in the United States and the Library of Parliament in Canada.

Stratford, Jean Slemmons, Juri Stratford, and Steven D. Zink. “Applying an ‘Entrepreneurial Attitude’ to the Dissemination of Government Information: An Interview with Sir Charles Chad- wyck-Healey, Chairman of the Chadwyck-Healey Publishing Group.” Government Publicu-

tions Review 18, no. 2 (March/April 1991):123-36.

United Nations. Department of Technical Cooperation for Development. Management of Gov- ernment Information Systems: Elements of Strategies and Policies. New York: United Nations, 1989. ISBN 92-1-123113-2 (paper).

Westfall, Gloria, ed. Guide to OfJiciul Publications of Foreign Countries. Bethesda, MD: Con- gressional Information Service, 1990. $179.00

Lists and provides acquisition information for selected public documents of 157 foreign countries.

GOVERNMENT ARCHIVES (WORLDWIDE)

Boehm, Randolph H. “Historical Records of the U.S. Department of Justice at the National Archives as Illustrated in the Peonage Files and the Strike Files.” Microform Review 19, no. 4

(Fall 1990):214-19.

Brown, Elizabeth A.R. “The Library of Congress Microfilm Collection of Unpublished Inven- tories of the Archives Nationales, Paris.” French Historical Studies 14, no. 4 (1988):759-77.

Bruno, N.J. “Press Reform in Occupied Japan (1945-1952): The Records of the Press and Publications Branch, Information Division, Civil Information and Education Section of the Su- preme Commander for the Allied Powers at the National Archives and Records Administration, Suitland, Maryland.” Committee on East Asian Libraries Bulletin 89 (February 1990):1-15.

Burger, Barbara Lewis. “American Images: Photographs and Posters in the Still Picture Branch.” Prologue: Quarterly Journal of the National Archives 22, no. 4 (Winter 1990):353-68.

Chacon de Umana, Luz Alba. “Implantation de1 Sistema National de Archives en Costa Rica.” [Establishment of the National System of Archives in Costa Rica] Anuario Znferumericuno de

Archives [Argentina] 11 (1984): 163-67.


Devos, Jean-Claude and Marie-Annick Hepp. “Du Depot de la Guerre Au Service Historique

de 1’Armte de Terre.” <From the War Depository to the Army Historical Service> Revue

Historique des Armt!es [France] 1988, no. 2:3-l 1. A survey of the history of French Army archives over the last 400 years.

Duchein, Michel. “Die Franzosischen Archive: eine Gesamtschau Anlasslich des XI Internation- alen Archivkongresses vom 22. bis 26. August 1988 in Paris.” <The French Archives: a Com- prehensive View on the Occasion of the 1 Ith International Archives Congress, 22-26 August 1988 in Paris.> Archivar [Germany] 41, no. 3 (1988):341-52.

Franc0 Huerta, Eutiquio. “El Sistema National de Archives en Mexico.” <The National Sys- tem of Archives in Mexico> Anuario Znterumericano de Archives [Argentina] 11 (1984): 169-72.

Freidel , Frank. “Roosevelt to Reagan: The Birth and Growth of Presidential Libraries.” Pro- logue: Quarterly Journal of the National Archives 21, no. 2 (1989):103-10.

Giles , Geoffrey. “The Central State Archives at Potsdam: Glastnost for Historians?” German

History 7, no. 1 (1989):133-135. A user’s guide to the East German state archives at Potsdam.

Hoxie, Frederick E. “The View From Eagle Butte: National Archives Field Branches and the Writing of American Indian History. ” The Journal of American History 76, no. 1 (1989): 172-80.

Jones, Adam. “Ghana National Archives: a Supplementary Note.” History in Africa 15 (1988): 385-88.

Karren. S.H. “Building a Better Mousetrap: Records in the National Archives Relating to Sci- ence and Technology [and the Development of Atomic Weapons].” Science and Technology

Libraries 9 (Summer 1989):5767.

Kepley, D.R. “National Archives and Records Administration.” In The Bowker Annual Li- brary and Book Trade Almanac, 1990-91, 114-18. 35th ed. New York: Bowker, 1990. ISBN O-8352-2943-2. $119.95.

Knapp, Michael. “World War I Service Records.” Prologue: Quarterly Journal of the Na- tional Archives 22, no. 3 (Fall 1990):300-03.

Leppanen, Markku and Aila Narva. “Yleisarkistot [Public Archives].” Historiallinen Aikakauskirja [Finland] 87, no. 2 (1989): 168-172.

Recent activities and acquisitions of both national and provincial public archives in Finland.

McGovern, N.Y. “National Archives.” In Cortada, James W., ed. Archives of Data-processing History, Z-30. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1990. ISBN O-313-25923-2. $45.00.

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Morris, Robert C. “Archivist’s Perspective: The Government’s Lawyers: United States Attor- neys Records in the National Archives.” Prologue: Quarterly Journal of the National Archives 22, no. 4 (Winter 1990):388-95.

Potter, Constance and Jean West. “Indian Depredation Cases Under the Acts of 1891 and 1915.” Prologue: Quarterly Journal of the National Archives 22, no. 4 (Winter 1990):396-99.

Historical and genealogical significance of U.S. National Archives files pertaining to claims arising from Indian depredations.

Schewe, Donald B. “Establishing a Presidential Library: The Jimmy Carter Experience.” Pro-

logue: Quarterly Journal of the National Archives 21, no. 2 (1989):125-33.

Schick, F.L. “The Presidential Libraries of the National Archives: A Historical Perspective.” In The Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac, 1990-91, 160-65. 35th ed. New York: Bowker, 1990. ISBN O-8352-2943-2. $119.95.

Smart, John. “The Archival Records of Labour Canada.” Archivaria 27 (1988-89): 11 l-24.

Tanodi , Aurelio. “Notas Sobre la Legislation Archivista Latinoamericana.” <Notes on Latin American Archive Legislation> Anuario Interamericano de Archives [Argentina] 11

(1984):7-33. Surveys 19th and 20th century legislation in Latin America, the West Indies, and Puerto Rico, organizing national systems of archives. The issue also reprints archival legislation

from Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Haiti, and Honduras.

U.S. Congress. House of Representatives. Committee on Government Operations. Government Information, Justice, and Agriculture Subcommittee. Taking a Byte Out of History: The Archi- val Preservation of Federal Computer Records. Twenty-fifth Report. 1Olst Cong., 2nd sess.

1990. H. Rpt. 101-978.

Wakeman, Frederic, Jr. “China’s New Historical Archives.” American Neptune 48, no. 4 (1988):283-85.

Includes information on records of the Ming (1368-1644) and Quing (Ch’ing; 1644-1911) dynasties, previously thought to be destroyed.

Wilson, Don W. “Opening the 1920 Census.” Microform Review 19 (Spring 1990):80-82.

-. “Prologue in Perspective: The National Archives Preservation Mission.” Prologue: Quar- terly Journal of the National Archives 22, no. 4 (Winter 1990):320-21.

Wright, S. “Conservation Program Planning at the National Archives of Canada. ” The Ameri- can Archivist 53, no. 2 (Spring 1990):314-23.

Zupancic, Tonka. “National Archival Systems and Structures in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.” The American Archivist 53, no. 3 (Summer 1990):476-82.


STATE AND LOCAL PUBLICATIONS AND INFORMATION RESOURCES (UNITED STATES)

Balachandran, M. and S. Balachandran. State and Local Statistics Sources, 1990-91: a Subject Guide to Statistical Data on States, Cities, and Locales, Covering: Agriculture--. Detroit, MI: Gale Research. 1990.

Dow, S.L. State Document Checklists: A Historical Bibliography. Brooklyn, NY: William S. Hein. 1990.

Hellebust, Lynn, ed. State Blue Books, Legislative Manuals and Reference Publications: A Se-

lective Bibliography. Topeka, KS: Government Research Service, 1990. ISBN O-9615227-7-1. $30.00.

Moore, G.G. “Looking for Answers in All the Right State Documents [Basic Louisiana State Documents].” LLA Bulletin 52 (Winter 1990):111-14.

Parsons, Kathy A. “State and Local Documents Bibliography: January 1991.” Documents to

the People 19, no. 1 (March 1991):45.

Rawan, Atifa R. and Robert Mitchell. “Building State and Local Publications Collections: The Arizona Experience. ” Government Publications Review 18, no. 1 (January/February 1991): 71-82.

Williams, J. “Survey of State Court Opinion Writing and Publication Practices.” Law Library Journal 83, no. 1 (Winter 1991):21-50.

TECHNOLOGY AND AUTOMATED PROCESSES

Becker, K.A. “Getting Documents to the People: Using Finder for an Automated Solution. ” Illinois Libraries 71 (November 1989):513-16.

Discusses creation of an automated shelflist at Rosary College.

-. “Using Finder Information Storage and Retrieval Software for Government Documents.” Library Software Review 9 (January/February 1990):14-17.

Bolner, Myrtle Smith and Barbara Kile. “Documents to the People - Access Through the Automated Catalog.” Government Publications Review 18, no. 1 (January/February 1991): 51-64.

Cheney, S. “FARsearch.” CD-ROM Librarian 5 (July/August 1990):3&38. Overview and evaluation of a CD-ROM database for federal acquisitions regulations.

Ditzler, Carol J., Veronica Lefebvre, and Barbara G. Thompson. “Agricultural Document De- livery: Strategies for the Future.” Library Trends 38, no. 3 (Winter 1990):377-96.

Dossett, R. “For Those Few of You Who Still Aren’t Confused: An Introduction to Govem- ment Information and CD-ROM.” Illinois Libraries 71 (November 1989):492-94.

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Frierson, Eleanor and Georg Lindsey. “Computers and Communication: Technologies for the Management of International Agricultural Information. ” Library Trends 38, no. 3 (Winter 1990): 474-97.

Gassmann, M. “Government Information: Getting it Online.” Illinois Libraries 7 1 (November 1989):500-05.

Gould, S.B. “An Intellectual Utility for Science and Technology: The National Research and Education Network.” Government Information Quarterly 7, no. 4 (1990):415-26.

Harley, Bruce L. and Patricia Knobloch. “Government Documents Reference Aid: An Expert System Development Project.” Government Publications Review 18, no. 1 (January/February 1991):15-33.

Hemon, Peter and Charles R. McClure. “Electronic Census Products in the Depository Library Program: Future Issues and Trends.” Government Information Quarterly 8, no. 1 (1991):

59-78.

Hubbertz, Andrew and David Fox. “CODOC in a DECNAX Environment: Bibliographic Con- trol of Government Publications at the University of Saskatchewan Library.” Government Pub-

lications Review 18, no. 1 (January/February 1991):157-62.

Kovacs, Diane K. “GovDoc-L - An Online Intellectual Community of Documents Librarians and Other Individuals Concerned With Access to Government Information.” Government Pub-

lications Review 17, no. 5 (September/October 1990):41 l-20.

MacGilvray, Marian W., Joseph P. Paskoski and John M. Walters. Electronic Bulletin Board System for the Federal Depository Library Program: A Study. Washington: Government Print- ing Office. Library Programs Service, 1991 (SuDoc: GP 3.2:El 2).

McGrane, James. “The EDGAR Challenge. Automating the U.S. Security and Exchange Com- mission’s Internal Review Processes, Filing, and Information Dissemination Systems: A Devel- opment Note. ’ ’ Government Publications Review 18, no.2 (March/April 1991):163-69.

Mooney, Margaret T. “Matching Library Holdings Against GPO Tapes: Issues, Concerns, and

Solutions.” Government Publications Review 17, no. 5 (September/October 1990):42 l-28.

Sreebny, 0. and L. McGrew. ‘ ‘Vendor Integration of Multi-producer Databases: The WPI-API Case.” In National Online Meeting: Proceedings, 369-77, Learned Information, 1990. ISBN O-938734-44-X (paper). $50.00.

Stanninger, Steven W. “Using the U.S. Bureau of the Census CD-ROM Test Disk 2: A Note.” Government Publications Review 18, no. 2 (March/April 1991):171-74.


Tull, L. “Retrospective Conversion of Government Documents: The Marcive GPO Tape Clean-up Project.” Technicalities 9 (August 1989):4-7.

Zink, Steven D. “Toward More Critical Reviewing and Analysis of CD-ROM User Software Interfaces.” CD-ROM Professional 4, no. 1 (January 1991):1&22.

Includes analysis of software for CZS Master-file as an example.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Ardis, S. “Online Patent Searching: Guided by an Expert System.” Online 14 (March 1990): 56-62.

Basova, A.G. ‘ ‘Avtomatizirovannaia Faktograficheskaia Informatsionno-poiskovaia Sistema ‘Patent.“’ <‘Patent,’ an Automated Factographic Information System> Nauchno-Tekh- nicheskaya Informatsia Seriya I: Organizatsiya I Metodika Informatsionnoi Raboty no. 5 (1988): 15-17.

Bauer, G. and C. Schneider. “PADOK-11: Untersuchungen zur Volltextpoblematik und zur In- terpretativen Analyse der Retrievalprotokolle. ” <PADOK-II: Problems of Full-text Retrieval and Interpretative Analysis of Retrieval Protocols> Nachrichten fiir Dokumentation 41 (Febru- ary 1990):21-26.

Blais, Pierre. “Why We Must Protect and Use Intellectual Property.” Canadian Speeches 4, no. 4 (June/July 1990):47-52.

Brantley, Patricia N. Patent Law Handbook. Intellectual Property Library. New York: Clark Boardman Co., 1990. ISBN O-87632-726-9. $65.00 (paper).

An overview of current U.S. patent law.

Borisov, B. “Patent Information and Technology Exchange.” International Forum on Informa- tion and Documentation 15 (January 1990):10-12.

Paper presented at the international symposium PATENTINFORM ‘89.

Butler, Alison, “The Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights: What is at Stake?” Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review 72 (November/December 1990):34-46.

“Chile-United States: Agreement Concerning a United States-Chile Council on Trade and In- vestment (Done at Washington, October 1, 1990).” International Legal Materials 29 (Novem- ber 1990): 1404-12.

Establishes a monitoring mechanism for reducing barriers to trade, intellectual property rights, and creation of working groups.

Compendium of EC Intellectual Property Law. Stoneham, MA: Butterworth Legal Publishers, 1990. ISBN o-406-045-062. $126.00.

Covers enacted and proposed laws, and case notes; current as of June 25, 1990.

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Copyright Symposium No. 36: Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition: Sponsored by the Ameri- can Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers [ASCAP]. Irvington, N.Y .: Columbia Uni- versity Press, 1990. ISSN 0069-9950; ISBN O-231-07308-9. $30.00.

Covers extensions of U.S. copyright protection for computer programs, fair use, state protection for visual artists, colorized film, and music licensing.

Comey, C.E. “Automation in the U.K. Patent Office.” International Forum on Information and Documentation 15 (January 1990):23-25.

Comish, Graham P. Copyright: Interpreting the Law for Libraries and Archives. London: The

Library Association, 1990. ISBN O-85365-709-2. Covers Great Britain’s Copyright, Design, and Patents Act of 1988.

Davidson, Roy M. “Patents and Copyright: The Tilt in the Level Playing Field.” Policy Op-

tions Politiques [Canada] 11, no. 1 (January/February 1990):24-30; French summary:38-39.

Emmett, Frank. “Intellectual Property in the Uruguay Round: Negotiating Strategies of the Western Industrialized Countries. ” Michigan Journal of International Law 1 l(Summer 1990): 1317-99.

Assesses current laws and considerations for trade concessions to guarantee protection.

Faust, K. “Early Identification of Technological Advances on the Basis of Patent Data.” Scien-

tometrics 19, no. 5-6 (November 1990):473-80.

Field, Thomas G., Jr. “Brief Survey of Intellectual Property.” IDEA: The Journal of Law and Technology 31, no. 2 (1990):85-129.

An overview of U.S. law and practice on intellectual property.

Geiss, D. ‘ ‘Entwurf fur ein Deutsches Patentinformationssystem - eine Zwischenbilanz. ” <Ger- man Patent information System - an Interim Statement> Nachrichten fur Dokumentation 39

(October 1988):303-10; 40 (April 1989):99-101.

Griliches, Zvi. “Patent Statistics as Economic Indicators: A Survey.” Journal of Economic Lit-

erature 28 (December 1990):1661-1707.

Gutterman, Alan S. “Changing Trends in the Content and Purpose of Mexico’s Intellectual Property Right Regime. ” Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law 20, no. 3 (1990):51542.

Hoffman, Gary M. and George T. Marcou. “The Costs and Complications of Piracy.” Society

27 (September/October 1990):25-34. Suggests national and international measures to reduce illegal use of intellectual property.

Hogle, Doreen M. “Copyright for Innovative Biotechnological Research: An Attractive Alter- native to Patent or Trade Secret Protection.” High Technology Law Journal 5 (Spring 1989):75-127.


Kaback, S.M. “WPI [World Patent Index] + APIPAT: The Sum of the Parts.” Database 13: (April 1990):22-26.

Kostikov, L.E. “The Possible Role of Optical Disks in the Storage of and Access to Patent Information. ” International Forum on Information and Documentation 15 (January 1990):19-22.

Krause, J. and C. Womser-Hacker. ‘ ‘PADOK-II: Retrievaltests zur Bewertung von Volltextin- dexierungsvarianten fur das Deutsche Patentinformationssystem. ” <PADOK-II: Retrieval tests for the Evaluation of Full-text Indexing Variants of the German Patent Information System> Nuchrichtenfur Dokumentution 41 (February 1990):13-19.

Lafferanderie , G . “The United States Proposed Patent in Space Legislation: An International Perspective. Journal ofSpace Law 18, no. 1 (1990):1-10.

Investigates the compatibility of the proposed legislation with the International Space Station Agreement of 1988 and other U.S. treaty obligations.

Morozova, O.P. “The Overlap of Scientific and Technical Information Contained in Patent and Non-patent Documents. ” Nauchno-Tekhnicheskaya Informatsia Seriya 1: Organizatsiya I Meto- dika Informatsionnoi Raboty no. 11 (1990):29-32.

[In Russian]

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Science, Technological, and Indus- trial Indicators Division. Main Science and Technology Indicators, 1990. Washington: OECD, 1990. ISSN 1011-792X. $33.00.

In English and French; issued biannually and available from OECD agents worldwide.

Penn, C.J. “Photocopying Crown and Parliamentary Copyright Publications.” Library Associa- tion Record 92 (February 1990):117-18.

Politova, E.A. and O.A. Vorontsova. ‘ ‘Sistema Patentnoinformatsionnogo Obespecheniia Issle- dovanii i Razrabotok v MNTK.” <System of Patent Information Provision for Research and Development in an Interagency Scientific and Technical Complex> Nuuchno-Tekhnicheskaya Informatsia Seriya I: Organizatsiya I Metodika Informatsionnoi Raboty no. 3 (1988):15-17.

Poltorak, IU L. “Patentnye Dokumentye v Informatsionnom Potoke po Poligrafii. ” <Patent Documents in the Information Stream on Printing. > Nauchno-Tekhnicheskaya Informatsia Seriya 1: Organizatsiya I Metodika Informatsionnoi Raboty no. 1 (1987):25-27.

Rapp, Richard T. and Richard P. Rozek. “Benefits and Costs of Intellectual Property Protec- tion in Developing Countries. ‘ ‘ Journal of World Trade 24 (October 1990):75-102.

Public policy implications of excluding pharmaceuticals from patent protection.

Ress, Georg, ed. Entwicklung des Europaischen Uhrberrechts. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlags- gesellschaft, 1989. ISBN 3-7890-1817-l. DM 48.00.

Papers on protection of intellectual property and harmonization of copyright law among EEC

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members, presented at a conference held at the Europainstitut des Saarlandes, November 4, 1988. In English, German and French.

Rocca, J. “Register of Copyrights Reports to ABA Convention: Issues Raised on Computer Software, Fair Use, and Audio Taping.” Library of Congress Information Bulletin 49 (October 22, 1990):358-59.

Rushing, Francis W., and Carole Ganz Brown, eds. Intellectual Property Rights in Science,

Technology, and Economic Performance: International Comparisons. Westview Special Studies in Science, Technology, and Public Policy. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1990. ISBN 0-8133- 7916-4. $40.50.

Rzhezach, P. and others. “Nekotorye Osobennosti Struktury Opisaiia k Zaiavke na Nauchno Otkrytie v ChSSR.” <Some Features of the Structure of the Description of a Patent Claim in Czechoslovakia> [Compared to the U.S.S.R.] Nauchno-Tekhnicheskaya Znformatsia Seriya 1:

Organizatsiya I Metodika Informatsionnoi Raboty no. 12 (1986): 12-13.

Schloss, Peter A. “China’s Long-awaited Copyright Law.” China Business Review 17 (Septem- ber/October 1990):24-28.

Shanshurov, G.A. and others. “Faktogrficheskoe Predstavlenie Soderzhaniia Patentoi Dokumen- tatsii.” <Factographic presentation of the Contents of Patent Documentation> Nauchno-Tekh-

nicheskaya Informatsia Seriya 1: Organizatsiya I Metodika Informatsionnoi Raboty no. 8 (1989): 8-11.

Sherwood, Robert M. Intellectual Property and Economic Development. Westview Special Stud- ies in Science, Technology, and Public Policy. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1990. ISBN o-8133-8019-7. $29.50.

Contrasts protection of intellectual property in Europe and the United States with Mexico, Brazil, and other countries.

Slut&in, A.A. and others. “Analiz Informativnosti Bibliograficheskikh Opisanii Patentykh Dok- umentov i Sposob ee Povysheniia.” <Analysis of the Informativeness of Bibliographic Descrip- tions of Patent Documents and Ways to Enhance It> Nauchno-Tekhnicheskaya Znformatsia Seriya 1: Organizatsiya I Metodika Informatsionnoi Raboty no. 12 (1988): 15-17.

-. “Povyshenie Effektivnosti Poiska Patentykh Dokumentov po Bibliograficheskim Opisani- iam.” <Increasing the Effectiveness of Bibliographical Searching of Patent Documents> Nauchno-Tekhnicheskaya Informatsia Seriya I: Organizatsiya I Metodika Informatsionnoi Raboty

no. 4 (1989):11-13.

Snow, B. “Patents in Non-patent Databases.” Database 12 (December 1989):115-19.

Solov’ev, N.S. “ ‘Dlinnye Volny’ Novovvedenii i Izobreteniia.” <‘Long Waves’ of Innova- tions> Nauchno-Tekhnicheskaya Informatsia Seriya I: Organizatsiya I Metodika Informatsion- noi Raboty no. 8 (1988):2-6+ .


Patent literature dynamics in the U.S. electronics industry.

Stanberry, Kurt. “Piracy of Intellectual Property.” Society 27 (September/October 1990):35~0.

Reviews national, bilateral, and international instruments for protection of intellectual property

Stepanova, L.P. “Rol’ Bibliograficheskikh Ukaztelei Patentnykh Dokumentov v Informatsion- nom Obespechenii Nauki i Proizvodstva.” <Role of Bibliographical Indexes to Patent Docu- ments in Information Provision for Science and Production> Nauchno-Tekhnicheskaya Informatsia Seriya I: Organizatsiya I Metodika Informatsionnoi Raboty no. 10 (1986):19-21f .

Stone, Peter. Copyright Law in the United Kingdom and the European Community. European Community Law Series, No. 1. London: Athlone, 1990 [c/o Humanities Press, 171 1st Ave., Atlantic Highlands, NJ]. ISBN o-485-70004-2. $60.00.

Tian, Yin Xin. “Some Discussions on Patentability.” IDEA: The Journal of Law and Technol-

ogy 31, no. 1 (1990):27-49. Focuses on Chinese patent law.

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. The Use of Patents for the Protection

of Technological Innovation: A Case Study of Selected Swedish Firms. New York: United Na- tions , 1990 (UNCTAD/ITP/TEC/ 13).

U.S. Congress. House of Representatives. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Sub- committee on Science, Research, and Technology. Copyright Protection for Intellectual Prop-

erty to Enhance Technology Transfer: Hearing. IOlst Cong., 2d sess. 26 April 1990 (SuDoc: Y 4.Sci 2:101/117).

The effect of banning federal copyrights as a means to transfer technology to the private sector.

U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts, Property, and the Administration of Justice. Architectural Design Protection: Hearing on H.R. 3990, Unique

Architectural Structures Copyright Act of 1990. 1Olst Cong. 2d sess. 14 March 1990 (Serial no. 80; SuDoc: Y 4.5 89/1:101/80).

Concerns amending the Copyright Law of 1976 to provide for explicit protection of unique architectural works.

U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks. Moral Rights in Our Copyright Laws: Hearings on a bill to Amend Title 17, U.S. Code, to Provide Certain Rights of Attribution and Integrity to Authors of Works of Visual Art and S. 1253, a Bill to Amend the Copyright Law Regarding Work Made for Hire. 1Olst Cong., 1st sess. 20 September, 24 October 1990 (Serial no. J-101-25; SuDoc: Y 4.5 89/2:S.hrg.101- 694).

Weissman, Robert. “Patent Plunder: TRIPping in the Third World.” Multinational Monitor 11 (November 1990):8-l 1.

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Proposes stricter trade-related intellectual property (TRIP) protection within the GATT frame- work; reasons for U.S. support.

Wherry, Timothy Lee. “Patent Searching for Librarians.” Documents to the People 19, no. 1 (March 1991):39-41.

GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS IN EDUCATIONAL CURRICULA

Bridges, B.S. “Business Information in the Law School: A Selective Bibliography of Govern- ment Documents.” Law Library Journal 83, no. 1 (Winter 1991):131-48.

Freeman, Elsie. “Teaching With Documents. Due Process and Student Rights: Syllabus of the Goss v. Lopez Decision.” Social Education 55, no. 3 (March 1991):161-63.

Mueller, Jean West and Wynell Burroughs Schamel. “Teaching With Documents. The Bill of Rights: Due Process and Rights of the Accused. Clarence Earl Gideon’s Petition informa Pau-

peris.” Social Education 54, no. 7 (November/December 1990):421-24. The Supreme Court decision Gideon v. Wainwright is studied as a landmark case in the right of an accused individual to legal counsel.

-. “Teaching With Documents. The First Amendment: The Finished Mystery Case and World War I.” Social Education 54, no. 6 (October 1990):366-68.

Primary sources in a censorship case are offered in a model social studies teaching unit.

-. “Teaching With Documents. Native American Education.” Social Education 54, no. 5

(September 1990):267-69. An 1876 letter concerning religious education of Native Americans, reproduced from the National Archives, is presented for an instructional unit on developing an historical perspec-

tive on separation of church and state.

Prostano, Emanuel T. and Joyce S. Prostano. Educators Guide to U.S. Patents. New Haven, CT: In-Time Publications, 1989. ISBN o-944397-06-09. (ED 318 653). $19.95.

A guide for using patents as a vehicle to promote critical and creative thinking in elementary and secondary curricula.

GENERAL (including Government Documents Librarianship)

Brill, M.S. “Government Publications as Bibliographic References in the Periodical Literature of International Relations: A Citation Analysis. ” Government Information Quarterly 7, no. 4

(1990):427-40.

Campbell, B. “Rare Government Documents: Identification and Protection [1988 ALA Confer- ence Session]. ” Conservation Administration News no. 42 (July 1990): 10-I 1.

DuPont, Jerry. “De-Romancing the Book: The Pyrrhic Victory of Microforms.” Microform Re-


view 19, no. 4 (Fall 1990):192-97.

Elder, Nelda J., Brice G. Hobrock, Debora L. Madsen, and William H. Wiese. “Collection Development, Selection, and Acquisition of Agricultural Materials.” Library Trends 38, no. 3 (Winter 1990):442-73.

Fisher, Rita C. and Michael P. Kinch. ‘ ‘Agricultural Reference Services. ’ ’ Library Trends 38,

no. 3 (Winter 1990):397-414.

Fletcher, P.T. “Planning for the Future: The Leadership Role of State Library Agencies.” Gov- ernment Information Quarterly 7, no. 4 (1990):403-14.

French, Beverlee A. “User Needs and Library Services in Agricultural Sciences.” Library

Trends 38, no. 3 (Winter 1990):415-41.

Geahigan, P.C. “Economic Indicators and the Business Conditions Digest. ” Reference Services

Review 18, no. 2 (1990):59-&j+.

“Government Documents Education Position Statement.” Documents to the People 19, no. 1 (March 1991): 14.

“Historic Preservation: U.S. Documents [at the Oklahoma Dept. of Libraries or Your Local Depository Library]. ” The Unabashed Librarian no. 75 (1990):30.

Johnson, J.M. “Government Publications and Collection Development Policies: Implications of a Pilot Study [at two Research Libraries in Chicago].” Illinois Libraries 71 (November 1989): 477-79.

Kennedy-Olson, Jan. “Management of Trends in Agricultural Libraries. ” Library Trends 38,

no. 3 (Winter 1990):350-76.

Lewis, David G. Government Materials on Enrollment Management and Planning in Higher Education: A Resource Guide. 1990. ED 321 722.

Describes U.S. federal, Unesco, New York State, and non-government information sources on enrollment management, marketing, and higher education, admissions standards, and race and gender in admissions.

Montana Council of Depository Libraries. Montana State Plan for Federal Depository Library Service. [Helena: Montana State Library Commission] 1990.

Describes function and goals of, and performance measures for federal depository libraries in Montana. Appendices include union lists of item selections and federal documents reference tools held by the depositories, and a descriptive profile of each depository library.

Morehead, Joe. ‘ ‘Ariadne’s Thread: The United States Congress Celebrates its Bicentennial.” Serials Librarian 18, nos. 34 (1990):87-114.

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Noleen, S.H. “Circulation of Federal Documents: A Guide to Selection [at Western Illinois University]. Illinois Libraries 71 (November 1989):471-76.

Nyberg, C. “Selective Housing of Federal Government Documents in Non-depository Librar- ies.” Illinois Libraries 71 (November 1989):479-85.

Paskoff, Beth M. “History and Characteristics of Agricultural Libraries and Information in the United States.” Library Trends 38, no. 3 (Winter 1990):331-49.

Schanck, P.C. “The Only Game in Town: Contemporary Interpretive Theory, Statutory Con- struction, and Legislative Histories.” Law Library Journal 82, no. 3 (Summer 1990):419-62.

Seavey, Charles A. “Measurement and Evaluation of U.S. Federal Depository Collections.” Government Publications Review 18, no. 2. (March/April 1991):147-55.

Smith, H. “Agricultural Documents: Acquisition and Control.” Special Libraries 82, no. 1 (Winter 1991):23-29.

A survey of libraries at land grant universities concerning the acquisition, processing, and maintenance of publications from state agricultural experiment stations and the U.S. Depart- ment of Agriculture.

Stone, Martha B. “The Future of Agricultural Information Networks. ” Library Trends 38, no. 3 (Winter 1990):562-77.

Strange, M. “Government Documents Reference in an Electronic Era: Some Collection Manage- ment Considerations.” Illinois Libraries 71 (November 1989):4909-92.

Thomas, Sarah E. “Bibliographic Control and Agriculture.” Library Trends 38, no. 3 (Winter

1990):542-61.

Yirka, C.A. “Best Legal Reference Books of 1989.” Law Library Journal 82, no. 3 (Summer

1990):543-80.

Zink, Steven D. “In Search of Excellence in the Public Sector.” Bulletin of Bibliography 47 (December 1990):201-08.

A bibliography of works urging incorporation of “excellence” principles into the pub-

lic sector.