recent literature on government information

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RECENT LITERATURE ON GOVERNMENT INFORMATION

PATRICK RAGAINS Government Information Librarian, Montana State University Libraries, Bozeman, MT 597 17, USA

Internet: ragains/[email protected]

This column was prepared from a manual scan of library and information science journals, and man-

ual or automated searches of sources including ERIC, PAIS International in Print, America: History

and Ltye, Historical Abstracts, R.R. Bowker’s Books in Print, British Books in Print, Canadian Peri- odicals Index, Library Literature, Current Conlents: Social and Behavioral Sciences, and Government

Reports Announcements & Index. Citations are to items published or indexed from April through Sep- tember I99 I, including articles, books, reports, government publications, chapters or essays in collected

works and messages posted on the electronic discussion group GOVDOC-L. Reviews and short news articles are omitted. Each publication is cited once under its primary topic, and annotated if the content cannot be adequately discerned from the title. “Recent Literature on Government Information” is published twice annually in Government Publications Review (in the March/April and September/October

issues). Contributions of citations to this column are welcome and may be addressed to the column editor.

GOVERNMENT INFORMATION POLICY: UNITED STATES

Allin, N. “The Air Force Technical Publications Program: A Personal Reflection of Yester- day, Today, and Tomorrows.” Government Information Quarterly 8, no. 2 (1991): 155-66.

Barclay, R.O. “The NASA/DOD Aerospace Knowledge Diffusion Research Project.” Gov- ernment Information Quarterly 8, no. 2 (199 1): 2 19 + .

Blados, W.R. “United States Air Force Scientific and Technical Information Program: The STINFO Program.” Government Information Quarterly 8, no. 2 (199 1): 135-54.

“Comments to Robert W. Houk, U.S. Public Printer, From the Depository Library Council, Spring 199 1 ( 18 April 199 l).” Administrative Notes 12, no. 12 (May 3 1, 199 1): 2-4.

Note: reprinted in Documents to the People 19, no. 2 (June 199 1): 86.

Corbin, R.A. “The Development of the National Research and Education Network.” Znfor-

mation Technology and Libraries 10, no. 3 (September 199 1): 2 12-20.

Eaton, Nancy L. “Freedom and Equality of Access to Information: The Lacy Commission Report.” Library Trends 39, no. l-2 (Summer/Fall 1990): 11 l-25.

Portions concern access to federal government information.

Erlich, J.N. “The Role of the Air Force in Federal Technology Transfer.” Government Znfor- mation Quarterly 8, no. 2 ( I99 1): 19 l-98.

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Glisson, L.D. “The Work Unit Information System: A Database for Research in Progress.” Government Information Quarterly 8, no. 2 (199 1): 167-74.

Describes a database used to track research in the U.S. Air Force.

Hill, Elizabeth. Taking Liberties: National Barriers to the Free Flow of Ideas. New York: Praeger, 199 1, ISBN O-275-93043-2. $38.95.

Houk, Robert W. “Remarks by the Public Printer.” Documents to the People 19, no. 2 (June 1991): 82-86.

Remarks delivered at the Spring 199 1 Meeting of the Depository Library Council to the Public Printer, April 17, 199 1, Boston.

-. “Technology and Its Future Effect on the Government Printing Office: Prepared Remarks Before the Joint Committee on Printing, Wednesday, June 19, 199 1.” Administra- tiveNotes 12, no. 17 (July 31,1991): 1-13.

Kelley, Wayne P. “Remarks by the Superintendent of Documents.” Documents to the People 19, no. 3 (September 1991): 156-58.

Remarks delivered at the American Library Association Annual Conference, July 1, 199 1, Atlanta, Georgia.

King, Frederick D. “Electronic Privacy and Data Protection Legislation in the 102nd Con- gress.” In Reynolds, Dennis J., ed. Citizen Rights and Access to Electronic Information: A Collection of Background Essays Prepared for the 1991 LITA President’s Program, 45-5 1. Chicago: Library and Information Technology Association, 199 1.

Klinefelter, P.M. “Centers for Analysis ofscientific and Technical Information (Information Analysis Centers).” Government Information Quarterly 8, no. 2 (199 1): 175-82.

Information centers operated by the U.S. Air Force.

Kranich, Nancy. “The Public’s Right to Know and Electronic Government Information.” In Reynolds, Dennis J., ed. Citizen Rights and Access to Electronic Information: A Collection of Background Essays Prepared for the 1991 LITA President’s Program, 27-29. Chicago: Library and Information Technology Association, 199 1.

Kuhn, A.D. “Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC): Its Role in the USAF Scientific and Technical Information Program.” Government Information Quarterly 8, no. 2 ( 199 1): 205-18.

Lawrence, David M. “Access to Computerized Public Records.” Popular Government 56 (Fall 1990): 18-25.

Library and Information Technology Association. “Information Technology & Libraries: Federal Roles.” In Reynolds, Dennis J., ed. Citizen Rights and Access to Electronic Znfor- mation: A Collection ofBackground Essays Preparedfor the 1991 LITA President’s Program, 55-60. Chicago: Library and Information Technology Association, 1991.

Love, James P. “Taxpayer Assets Project.” GOVDOC-L electronic discussion group, Oct. 7, 1991. [email protected].

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Lists electronic documents about government information available from the Taxpayer Assets Project, an effort begun by Ralph Nader to “investigate issues related to the management of publicly owned assets.”

Maida, Pamela, ed. Freedom of Information Case List. Washington: United States. Depart- ment ofJustice. Office of Information and Privacy, 1990. (SuDoc No. J 1.56:990; GPO Stock no. 027-000-01336). $20.00 in U.S.; elsewhere $25.00.

Includes “Justice Department Guide to the FOIA.”

McClane, Joe. “What Has the Depository Services Staff Been Doing For You Lately?’ Administrative Notes 12, no. 12 (May 3 1, 199 1): 12-24.

McClane’s address to the Spring 199 1 meeting of the Depository Library Council to the Public Printer. Includes reviews ofthe U.S. Government Printing Office’s pilot programs for disseminating electronic information.

McClure, Charles R. Access to Electronic Government Information Through the GPO’s Depository Library Program: An Update. 1990. (ED 329 264).

Briefly covers existing statutes, regulations and policy initiatives. Paper presented at the ONLINE/CD-ROM ‘90 Conference in Washington, D.C., November 5-7, 1990.

McClure, Charles R., et al. Federal Information Inventory/Locator Systems: From Burden to Benefit, Final Report. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University. School of Information Studies, 1990. (ED 326 247).

McWilliams, P.T. “Controlling and Disseminating Information in the Department of Defense.” Government Information Quarterly 8, no. 2 (199 1): 183-90.

Milevski, Sandra N. “Federal Policy-Making and National Security Controls on Informa- tion.” Library Trends 39, no. l-2 (Summer/Fall 1990): 132-44.

Miller, Page Putnam. “The Integrity of the U.S. Department of State’s Historical Series Is at Stake.” Government Publications Review 18, no. 4 (July/August 199 1): 3 17-23.

Molz, R. Kathleen. “Censorship: Current Issues in American Libraries.” Library Trends 39, no. l-2 (Summer/Fall 1990): 18-35.

Specific sections of this overview cover “The U.S. Commissions on Pornography,” “The Library Awareness Program,” and “The Price Tag of Public Information.”

Morton, S.I. “Public Access to [government] Information.” Database 13 (October 1990): 6-8.

National Commission on Libraries and Information Science. “Principles of Public Infor- mation.” In Reynolds, Dennis J., ed. Citizen Rights and Access to Electronic Information: A Collection of Background Essays Preparedfor the 1991 LITA President’s Program, 52-54. Chicago: Library and Information Technology Association, 199 1.

Oakley, Robert L. “Public Information and the Emerging Role of the American Association of Law Libraries.” Documents to the People 19, no. 2 (June 199 1): 1 lo- 13.

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Oaks, B.G. “The New York Photonics Development Corporation: A Showcase for Innova- tion Commercialization.” Government Information Quarterly 8, no. 2 ( 199 1): 199-204.

Concerns U.S. Air Force information.

Reynolds, Dennis J. “The Bill of Rights and Beyond: Citizen Entitlement and Information Access in an Electronic Age.” In Reynolds, Dennis J., ed. Citizen Rights and Access to Elec- tronic Information: A Collection of Background Essays Prepared for the 1991 LITA Presi- dent’s Program, 1 - 16. Chicago: Library and Information Technology Association, 199 1.

Rosenzweig, Robert M. Scholarship and the Needfor Information. 1989. (ED 329 275). Paper presented at the 6th Annual Forum on Federal Information Policies, March 22, 1989. Concerns the relationship between federally employed researchers and the government.

Ruhlin, Michele, Herb Somers, and Judith Rowe. “National Research and Education Net- work and the Federal Depository Library Program.” Documents to the People 19, no. 2 (June 1991): 106-09.

Schneider, Paula J. and Campbell Gibson. “Emerging Data Needs for the 2 1 st Century.” Government Publications Review 18, no. 3 (May/June 199 1): 275-84.

“Secretary of Commerce Robert A. Mosbacher Decides Against Adjustment of the 1990 Census.” Census and You 26, no. 8 (August 199 1): l-4.

Sorokin, Leo T. “The Computerization of Government Information: Does it Circumvent Public Access Under the Freedom of Information Act and the Depository Library Program?” Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems 24, no. 2 (199 1): 267-98.

Stanfield, Rochelle L. “Statistics Gap: Critics Say the Federal Statistical System is Out of Whack; Because of Reagan-era Budget Cuts, There Is a Risk That Policy Decisions for the 1990s May Be Based Upon Erroneous Data.” National Journal 23 (April 13,199 I): 844-49.

“Strengthened GPO Ties With the Library Community Announced by the Public Printer.” Administrative Notes 12, no. 11 (May 15, 1991): l-10.

Robert W. Houk’s address to the Spring 199 1 Depository Library Council. See also Doc- uments to the People 19, no. 2 (June 1991): 82-86.

“‘Technology Tea’ Survey Results With Library Programs Service’s Responses.” Adminis- trative Notes 12, no. 15 (June 30, 199 1): lo- 19.

Issues surrounding acquisition and dissemination of electronic information by the federal depository library program.

“Tour of the Library Programs Service.” Administrative Notes 12, no. 20 (September 15, 1991): 6-17.

Text of a programmed tour of the GPO’s Library Programs Service.

United States. General Accounting Office. Government Printing O&e: Monopoly-Like Sta- tus Contributes to Ineficiency and Ineflectiveness. Washington: General Accounting Office, 1990. (SuDoc No. GA l.l3:GGD-90- 107)


Walters, John, “The Monthly Labor Review: The Early Struggles of a Burgeoning Giant, 1912-1925.” Government Publications Review 18, no. 3 (May/June 1991): 253-62.

GOVERNMENT INFORMATION POLICY: FOREIGN, INTERNATIONAL, AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL

Aderibigbe, M.R. “A Review of the Effects of Government Policies on Information Dissem- ination in Nigeria.” Government Publications Review 18, no. 3 (May/June 199 1): 245-52.

Barton, J. “Local Government Information.” ASLZB Proceedings 43, no. 6 (June 1991): 2 13-20.

Local government information in the European Community.

Baxter, John D. State Security, Privacy, and Information. Hertfordshire, England: Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1990. ISBN 0-7450-0452-O.

Legal issues related to government surveillance and release of information in Great Britain.

Bukumirovic, S. “Harmonisation of Classifications, Nomenclatures and Identifications for Goods and Services, and Activities to Solve These Problems in Yugoslavia.” International Forum on Information and Documentation 16, no. 1 (January 199 1): 18-2 1.

Cooper, M. “European Community Documentation and Social Policy: An Introduction.” ASLIB Proceedings 43, no. 6 (June 199 1): 22 l-26.

Delcourt, Bernard. “EC Decisions and Directives on Information Technology and Telecom- munications.” Telecommunications Policy 15 (February 199 1): 15-2 1.

D’Souza, Frances, ed. Information Freedom and Censorship: World Report 1991. Chicago: American Library Association, 199 1. ISBN O-8389-2 156-6. $39.00.

Gatchenko, A.E., et al. “Informatsiia: Khozraschet i Interesy Obshchestva.” <Information: Self-financing and the Interests of Society> Nauchno-Tekhnicheskaya Informatsia Seriya 1: Organizatsiya Z Metodika Znformatsionnoi Raboty No. 1 ( 1990): 12- 14.

Relations of information organs to the state.

Gibson, R. “Government vs. Private Enterprise: Who Serves the User Best?’ Canadian Jour- nal of Information Science 15 (July 1990): 65-73.

Goldemberg, Jose and Jose Marques de Nelo, editors. Direito a Znformacao, Direito de Opi- niao. Sao Paulo, Brazil: Universidada de Sao Paulo, Escola de Communicacoes e Artes, 1990.

Proceedings of a conference held at Sao Paulo University, Aug. 25, 1987, on constitutional aspects of freedom of information and opinion.

Haddock, M.J. “A Comparative Analysis of National Information Policy in Six Industrial- ized Nations.” In Tallman, Julie I. and Joseph B. Ojiambo, International Doctoral Student Conference (1988: Pittsburgh, Pa.), 45-56. Scarecrow Press, 1990. ISBN O-8 108-2072-2. $29.50.

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Lattimer, M. “European Information Needs of the Voluntary Sector.” ASLIB Proceedings 43, no. 6 (June 1991): 231+.

Ligue des Droits de I’Homme, La LibertP de l’information en France: Preface d’Yves Jou&. Paris: Les Editions Ouvrihes, 1990. ISBN 2-7082-2858-7.70 French francs.

Right of public access to government information in France.

Lutani, G. “Sul Deposit0 Obbligatorio Degli Stampati: Comment0 ad un Possibile Disegno di Legge.” <On the Legal Deposit for Printed Matter: Comment and a Possible Outline of a Law> Bollettino d’lnformazioni (Assosociazione Italiana Biblioteche) 29 (January 1989): 61-64.

Malinin, M.M. and A.D. Nikiforov. “Main Tendencies of Development of the National Sci- entific and Technical Information System.” Nauchno-Tekhnicheskaya Informatsia Seriya 1. Organizatsiya I Metodika Informatsionnoi Raboty no. 2 (199 1): l-5.

Outlines recent Soviet developments.

Mandillo, A.M. “Un Cinquantenario Alla Rovescia.” <The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Legal Deposit Law> Bollettino d’Informazioni (Assosociazione Italiana Biblioteche) 29 (October-December 1989): 48 l-85.

McCarthy, E. “The Role of European Documentation Centres (EDCs).” ASLZB Proceedings 43, no. 6 (June 199 1): 203-06.

Menou, M.J. “National Information Policy in the Less Developed Countries: An Educa- tional Perspective.” International Library Review 23, no. 1 (March 199 1): 49 +.

Morton, Bruce, and Steven D. Zink. “Contemporary Canadian Federal Information Policy.” Canadian Public Administration 34, no. 2 (Summer 1991): 312-38.

Nweke, Ken M.C. “Legal Deposit Laws in Nigeria and Bibliographic Control of Nigeriana Since 1950.” Government Publications Review 18, no. 4 (July/August 199 1): 339-45.

Oli, Mohamed. “Formulating a National Policy on Library and Information Services in Malaysia.” Libri 4 1 (June 199 1): 132-44.

Roberts, Sean and Ian Rowlands. “Freedom of Information: A Practical Perspective.” Policy Studies 12 (Summer 1991): 40-51.

Access to official information in Great Britain.

Schwuchow, W. “The Situation of the Online Information Services Industry in the European Community (With Special Consideration of the FRG).” International Forum on Information and Documentation 16, no. 1 (January 199 1): 6-10.

Sheridan, William. “Freedom of Trade/Freedom of Information.” Documents to the People 19, no. 2 (June 1991): 94-101.

Concerns U.S. and Canadian information policies.


Szakolczai, A. and A. Horvath. “Information Management in Bolshevik-type Party States: A Version of the Information Society.” East European Politics and Societies 5, no. 2 ( 199 1): 268-305.

Tant, A.P. “The Campaign for Freedom of Information: A Participatory Challenge to Elitist British Government.” Public Administration 68 (Winter 1990): 477-9 1.

Concerns efforts to revise Great Britain’s Official Secrets Act.

Walker, Celine F. “Co-ordination of United Nations Information Systems.” Documents to the People 19, no. 2 (June 199 1): 118-22.

UNITED STATES FEDERAL PUBLICATIONS AND INFORMATION RESOURCES

Alexander, Margaret. Acquired Immune Dejiciency Syndrome, AIDS: A Selected Bibliogra- phy ofFederal Government Publications. Research Guide 90- 104. Auburn, AL: Auburn Uni- versity Libraries, 1990. (ED 328 256).

Brandhorst, Ted. “Educational Resources Information Center.” In The Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac, 1991-92, 142-45. 36th ed. New York: Bowker, 1990. ISBN o-8352-3036-8. $129.95.

Burgh, S.G. “U.S. Government Documents, Executive Branch, on AIDS, 1986- 1989.” Col- lection Building 11, no. 1 (1990): 35-52.

Costle, D.M. and C.A. Yirka. “The Law Library of Congress as a National Law Library.” Law Library Journal 83, no. 2 (Spring 199 1): 2 19-24.

Crawford-de Sa, Elizabeth and Michele Valerie Cloonan. “The Preservation of Archival and Library Materials: A Bibliography of Government Publications.” Documents to the People 19, no. 3 (September 1991): 163-71.

Danner, R.A. “The Law Library of Congress and the Legal Profession.” Law Library Journal 83, no. 2 (Spring 1991): 211-18.

Federally Sponsored Training Materials, 1989: A Directory and Reference Guide. (5 ~01s.) Javelin Associates, 1989. ISBN o-8103-4535-7. $200.00.

Hausrath, Donald C. “United States Information Agency.” In The Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac, 1991-92, 102-06. 36th ed. New York: Bowker, 1990. ISBN O- 8352-3036-8. $129.95.

Jabbour, Alan. “Ethnic Research at the American Folklife Center.” Ethnic Forum 7, no. 2 (1987): 7-16.

Describes the research activities and resources of the Center at the Library of Congress.

Keating, Kathleen. “New Government Publications of Interest.” Bulletin [Special Libraries Association. Geography and Map Division] No. 161 (September 1990): 52-53.

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Kroeger, M. “U.S. Government Publications in the Humanities.” North Carolina Libraries 48 (Summer 1990): 105-08.

LaMoure, Lawrence J. “National Center for Education Statistics.” In The Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac, 1991-92, 117-20. 36th ed. New York: Bowker, 1990. ISBN o-8352-3036-8. $129.95.

Larsgaard, M.L. “Government Cartographic Materials for Earth Sciences/Energy Resources Research.” Information Bulletin (Western Association of Map Libraries) 2 1 (June 1990): 172-74.

Low, Kathleen. Electronic Access to Government and Government Information: A Selective Bibliography. Public Administration series: Bibliography no. P 3095. Monticello, IL: Vance Bibliographices, 199 1. ISSN 0 193-970-X; ISBN o-7920-08 15-4. $3.00.

McClung, James W. “The Library of Congress.” In The Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac, 1991-92, 120-35. 36th ed. New York: Bowker, 1990. ISBN 0-8352-3036- 8. $129.95.

MacEoin, Dorothy Aukofer. “National Technical Information Service.” In The Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac, 1991-92, 93-97. 36th ed. New York: Bowker, 1990. ISBN o-8352-3036-8. $129.95.

Mack, T. and J. Prescod. “The Struggle for Civil Rights: A Selected, Annotated Bibliography of Research Collections and U.S. Government Documents.” Choice 28 (February 1991): 887-92.

Mehnert, Robert B. “National Library of Medicine.” In The Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac, 1991-92, 139-4 1. 36th ed. New York: Bowker, 1990. ISBN 0-8352- 3036-8. $129.95.

Norris, Brian. “National Agricultural Library.” In The Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac, 1991-92, 136-39. 36th ed. New York: Bowker, 1990. ISBN 0-8352-3036- 8. $129.95.

O’Mahony, Daniel P. “Lost But Not Forgotten-The U.S. Census of 1890.” Government Publications Review 18, no. 4 (July/August 1991): 331-37.

Price, M.K. “Building a National Law Library to Serve the World Legal Community.” Law Library Journal 83, no. 2 (Spring 1991): 225-34.

Ritchie, Donald A. “‘No Secrecy Possible’-One Aspect of the Relationship Between the U.S. Senate and the Press in the Nineteenth Century.” Government Publications Review 18, no. 3 (May/June 199 1): 239-44.

Strauss, D.W. “Meeting the Global Challenge: How Libraries Can Help North Carolina Busi- nesses Enter the Export Market.” North Carolina Libraries 48 (Summer 1990): 98- 104.

Bibliography of core information sources.


United States. Bureau of the Census. Foreign Trade Division, Guide to Foreign Trade Sta- tistics, 1992. Washington: Government Printing Office, 199 1 (SuDoc no. C 3.6/2:F 76/99 1)

FOREIGN, INTERNATIONAL, AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL PUBLICATIONS AND INFORMATION RESOURCES

Barav, A. and D.A. Wyatt, eds. Yearbook of European Law, 1989. Cary, NC: Oxford Uni- versity Press, 1990. ISBN 0- 19-825423-7. $140.00.

Bjorck, E.B. “Government Libraries in Sweden: A Survey of Information Services.” ZNSPEL 24, no. 4 (1990): 186-98.

Crewe, M. “The National Meteorological Library and Archives.” State Librarian 38 (November 1990): 37-39.

[Great Britain]

Cunningham, Willis F. “IGO Depository Collections in U.S. Libraries: A Directory and Analysis.” Government Publications Review 18, no. 4 (July/August 199 1): 37 I-97.

Dembinski, Ludwik, ed. International Geneva Yearbook 1990: Organization and Activities of International Institutions in Geneva. Norwell, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers Group, 1990. ISBN o-7923-07 1% 1. $64.00.

Di Biase, Linda. “The Pacific Northwest Canadian Studies Consortium in a New Era of Canadian Studies.” Documents to the People 19, no. 2 (June 199 1): 10 I-05.

European Communities. Economic and Social Committee. Upland Areas: Basic Data and Statistics. Luxembourg: European Communities Official Publications Office, 199 1 (dist. by UNIPUB, Lanham, MD). (Cat. no. EX-56-89- 102-EN-C) ISBN 92-830-0155-9. $25.00.

Ganly, J. “The European Community: Sources of Information for 1992.” Collection Build- ing 11, no. l(l990): 26-31.

Gurvich, G.M., et al. “Sovershentvovanie ASNTI po Okhrane Truda.” <Improvement of the Automated Scientific and Technical Information System for Labor Protection> Nauchno- Tekhnicheskaya Znformatsia Seriya 1: Organizatsiya Z Metodika Znformatsionnoi Raboty no. 3 ( 1990): 2 1+ .

Hanson, T. “European Community Social Information Databases.” ASLZB Proceedings 43, no. 6 (June 1991): 207-12.

Jackson, C. “Information Sources on Economic Development.” ASLZB Proceedings 43, no. 6 (June 199 1): 227-230.

Information sources in the European Community.

Jacobs, Francis and Richard Corbett. The European Parliament. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1990. ISBN o-8133-1210-8. $58.00.

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Lawson, Edward H. Encyclopedia of Human Rights. Bristol, PA: Taylor & Francis, 199 1. ISBN O-8002-8003-2. $275.00.

Covers human rights issues worldwide, including texts of treaties and information on intergovernmental human rights organizations.

Lopresti, Robert. “Analagous Reference Tools Produced by the U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments.” Government Publications Review 18, no. 3 (May/June 1991): 263-74.

Louis, Jean Victor. The Community Legal Order. 2d revised edition. European Perspectives Series. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1990 (dist. by UNIPUB, Lanham, MD). (Cat. no. 56-89-392-EN-C) ISBN 92-826-1665-7. $14.50.

Special characteristics and sources of EEC law and its relationship to the national laws of member states.

Matsuura, Kumiko, et al. Annual Review of United Nations Aflairs, 1988. Dobbs Ferry, NY: Oceana, 199 1, ISSN 0066-4340; ISBN v. l, O-379- 12339-g. $47.50.

Moline, F. “Literature Grise et Publications Officielles.” tGrey Literature and Official Pub- lications> Bulletin d’lnformations de 1’Association des Bibliothecaires Francais no. 144 ( 1989): 42-45.

Morris, Brian, et al. The European Community, 1991/2. 3d ed. London: Macmillan, 199 1. ISBN O-333-39838-6.

Covers issues, practice, and policies of the EEC. Includes a directory of institutions and representative organizations.

Osmanczyk, Edmund Jan. The Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Rela- tions. 2d edition. Bristol, PA: Taylor & Francis, 1990. ISBN o-85066-833-6. $340.00.

Poliusuk, G.A., et al. “Informatsionnye Resursy GASNTI: Osnova udovletvoreniia Infor- matsionnykh Potrebnostei Spetsialistov Geologicheskogo Profilia.” <Information Resources of the State Automated System of Scientific and Technical Information: The Basis for Satisfying the Information Needs of Specialists in Geology.> Nauchno-Tekhnicheskaya Informatsia Seriya 1: Organizatsiya I Metodika Informatsionnoi Raboty no. 3 ( 1990): 18- 20.

Schwietzke, Joachim. “Fachtagung ‘Europaische Dokumentation’ 1990.” Mitteilungen der Arbetsgemeinschaft fur Juristisches Bibliotheks-und DokumentationswesenfRecht Bib- liothek Dokumentation 20 (1900): 92.

Note: a slightly abridged translation was published as: “Conference on European Doc- umentation 1990.” Documents to the People 19, no. 2 (June 1991): 92.

Turner, J. “Representing and Accessing Information in the Stockshot Database at the National Film Board of Canada.” Canadian Journal of Information Science 15 (December 1990): l-22.

United Nations. United Nations Juridical Yearbook, 1984. New York: United Nations (dist. by UN agents worldwide), 1991. (Sales no. E.91.V.l) (ST/LEG/SER.C/22). ISBN-92-1- 133403-9. $55.00.


Documentary materials of a legal nature concerning the UN and related intergovernmental organizations.

-. Department of Public Information. Yearbook of the United Nations, 1986. Cambridge, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990 (U.N. sales no. E.90.1.1). ISSN 0082-8521 v. 40; ISBN o-7923-1076-4. $95.00.

GOVERNMENT ARCHIVES (WORLDWIDE)

Alegbele, B.G. “The Evolution of the Nigerian National Archives and Some Unresolved Problems in Its Further Development.” Indian Archives [India] 33, no. 1 (1984): 25-34.

Allen, Marie B. The Intergovernmental Records Project. Phase 1 Report. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service. Archives Library Information Center, 1990. (ED 329 278)

Describes the Intergovernmental Records Project, established by the National Archives and Records Administration to facilitate exchange of information about federal records.

Beers, Henry Putney. French and Spanish Records of Louisiana: A Bibliographical Guide to ArchiveandManuscript Sources. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1989. ISBN O-807 1- 1444-8. $45.00.

The Black Experience: A Guide to Afro-American Resources in the Florida State Archives. Tallahassee, FL: Florida Bureau of Archives and Records Management, 1988.

Boccaccio, Mary, ed. Constitutional Issues and Archives. Archival Symposia 1. Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, 1988.

Legal issues affecting archives in the United States.

Bustard, Bruce I. “The World in Flames: World War II Documents in the National Archives.” Prologue: Quarterly Journal of the National Archives 23, no. 3 (Fall 199 1): 3 15- 23.

Butler, Stuart. “Genealogical Records of the War of 18 12.” Prologue: Quarterly Journal of the National Archives 23, no. 4 (Winter 199 1): 420+.

Butler, Stuart L. and Graeme McCluggage. “Taking Measure of America: Records in the Cartographic and Architectural Branch.” Prologue: Quarterly Journal of the National Archives 23, no. 1 (Spring 199 1): 4 l-57.

Donelly, Brian. “Irish Manuscripts Commission Survey of Business Records.” Irish Eco- nomic and Social History 16 (1989): 95-97.

Elzy, Martin I. “Holdings of the Carter Library and the Lyndon Johnson Library: A Com- parison.” Proceedings and Papers of the Georgia Association ofHistorians 8 ( 1987): 106- 12.

[Forty Years of Archival Science and Practice in East Germany.] Archivmitteilungen 39, no. 4 (1989): 97- 160.

Special issue devoted to East German archives from 1949 to 1989.

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Gallichio, Marc. “Our Heritage in Documents: After Nagasaki: General Marshall’s Plan for Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Japan.” Prologue: Quarterly Journal of the National Archives 23, no. 4 (Winter 1991): 396-405.

Goldstein, Jonathan. “Old China Trade Documents in Several East Coast American Librar- ies: Their Usefulness to Historians of China, the United States, and Sino-American Rela- tions.” Societyfor Historians ofAmerican Foreign Relations. Newsletter 20, no. 4 (1989): 5- 17.

Describes holdings in the Library of Congress, Manhattan Libraries, and the National Archives.

Guide to the Records of the Florida State Archives. Tallahassee, FL: Florida Bureau of Archives and Records Management, 1988.

Hlavacek, Ivan. “Archivum Coronae Regni Bohemiae Redivivum.” <The Archive of the Kingdom of Bohemia Restored.> Archivni Casopis [Czechoslovakia] 37, no. 3 (1987): 137- 45.

Describes structure and changes in the Archive of the Bohemian Crown from the 14th century to 1987.

Heaps, Jennifer Davis. “World War II Prisoner-of-War Records.” Prologue: Quarterly Jour- nal ofthe National Archives 23, no. 3 (Fall 199 1): 324-28.

Hrnko, Anton. “Slovenska Otazka vo Fonde Foreign Office v Britskom Ustrednom Archive v Londyne.” <Foreign Office Records Dealing with the Slovak Question Located in London Archives.> Slovenska Archivistika [Czechoslovakia] 24, no. 1 (1989): 144-47.

Karpat, Kemal H. “An Update on Turkish Archives. ” Middle East Studies Association Bul- letin 23, no. 2 (1989): 181-87.

Describes changes in the Turkish archives, including the official decision to keep Otto- man documents in Istanbul.

Kepley, David R. “National Archives and Records Administration.” In The Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac, 1991-92, 97-102. 36th ed. New York: Bowker, 1990. ISBN o-8352-3036-8. $129.95.

Khorkhordina, T.I. “Iz Istorii National’nogo Arkhiva Kuby.” <The History of the National Archives of Cuba.> Sovetskie Arkhivy [USSR] No. 5 (I 988): 90-97.

Kidd, Y.M. “The State of Federal Micrographics Records Management.” Inform 4 (Novem- ber/December 1990): 6-7.

Briefly covers microfilming standards within the U.S. government.

Kollman, Josef. “Archivnictvi ve Spanelsku.” <Archives in Spain> Sbornik Archivnich Praci [Czechoslovakia] 38, no. 2 (1988): 405-82.

Concerns the development of official archives in Spain from the 15th century to the present.


Kupferschmidt, Uri M. “The French Foreign Office Records on North Africa and the Middle East in Nantes.” Middle East Studies Association Bulletin 23, no. 1 (1989): 9- 14.

Lockwood, E. “Imponderable Matters: The Influence of New Trends in History on Appraisal at the National Archives.” The American Archivist 53, no. 3 (Summer 1990): 394-405.

Minotto, C. “Les Archives Nationales du Quebec: Pour les Affaires et la Culture.” <The National Archives of Quebec: For Business and Culture> Documentation & Bibliotheques 35 (January-March 1989): 3- 11.

Pillak, Peep. “Reforms in Estonian Archives.” The American Archivist 53, no. 4 (Fall 1990): 576-8 1.

Reeves, Charles R. “The Wider World: Resources for National and International History at the National Archives-Atlanta Branch.” Proceedings and Papers ofthe Georgia Association of Historians 9 (1988): 90-99.

Rider, R.E. “Saving the Records of Big Science: Clashes Between Librarians and Govern- ment Officials Jeopardize Access to Research Materials.” American Libraries 22 (February 1991): 166-68.

Covers a dispute between the National Archives and the Department of Energy on one hand and the University of California on the other.

Roy, B.P. “Evolution of Record Keeping in Bengal.” Indian Archives [India] 33, no. 1 (1984): 35-51.

A history of official archives in Bengal from 1757 through the early 1950s.

Samajpati-Majmumdar, Jagadindu. “Centralisation of District Records in West Bengal.” Quarterly Review of Historical Studies [India] 25, no. 3 ( 1985): 47-52.

Present-day structure of West Bengali archives.

Samberger, Zdenek. “K Archivni Rozluce po Rote 19 18.” <On Archival Separation After 19 18.> Sbornik Archivnich Praci [Czechoslovakia] 38, no. 2 (1988): 365-403.

Describes the separation of Czechoslovakian and Austrian records after the breakup of Austria-Hungray.

Shaughnessy, Charles A., Margaret O’Neill Adams, and Elizabeth L. Hill. “Archivist’s Per- spective: Vietnam Records in the National Archives.” Prologue: Quarterly Journal oJ’ the National Archives 23, no. 1 (Spring 1991): 69-85.

United States. National Archives and Records Administration. National Archives Microjilm Resources for Research: A Comprehensive Catalog. Atlanta, GA: National Archives Trust Fund, 1990. ISBN O-9 11333-34-7. $5.00.

Wilson, Don W. “Documenting World War II.” Prologue: Quarterly Journal of the National Archives 23, no. 3 (Fall 1991): 220-22.

-. “Living Documents, Precious Freedoms.” Prologue: Quarterly Journal ofthe National Archives 23, no. 4 (Winter 199 1): 340-l.

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Describes the role of the National Archives of the U.S. in preserving and exhibiting documents related to constitutional issues.

-. “Opening a Window on America: The 1920 Census.” Prologue: Quarterly Journal of the National Archives 23, no. 2 (Summer 199 1): 116-K

Concerns the opening of the 1920 U.S. census schedules, slated for early 1992.

STATE AND LOCAL PUBLICATIONS AND INFORMATION RESOURCES (UNITED STATES)

Jennejahn, Judith and Margaret Rich. New York State Periodical Index 1988. (ED 329 255). Describes the development of an index to periodicals published by New York State agencies.

Williams, Dorothy, camp. and ed. Florida Public Documents, 1990. Talahassee, FL: State Library, 199 1. (avail. from R.A. Gray Building, Tallahassee, FL 32301-0250).

Lists documents distributed to Florida depository libraries.

TECHNOLOGY AND AUTOMATED PROCESSES

Baldwin, Gil. “Automation Status of LPS in 199 1.” Administrative Notes 12, no. 12 (May 31, 1991): 5-12.

Baldwin’s address to the Spring 199 1 meeting of the Depository Library Council to the Public Printer.

Cisler, Steve. “Freedom and Privacy in Electronic Libraries.” In Reynolds, Dennis J., ed. Citizen Rights and Access to Electronic Information: A Collection of Background Essays Pre- pared for the 1991 LITA President’s Program, 19-23. Chicago: Library and Information Technology Association, 199 1.

Donahoe, A. Visual Electronic Hansard System for the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Report. Halifax, Canada: Nova Scotia. House of Assembly. Special Committee on Rules and Procedures, 1990. (NTIS order no. MIC-90-07 180)

Fowlie, L. “House Information Systems Online Services: Today and Tomorrow.” Govern- ment Information Quarterly 8, no. 3 (1990): 285-92.

Geue, J. “Managing Data For Survival Through Changes in Hardware and Software: Expe- rience in the Australian Patent Office Library.” LASIE 2 1 (September/October 1990): 45- 50.

Griffith, J.C. “The Development of Information Technology in the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress.” Government Information Quarterly 8, no. 3 ( 199 1): 293- 308.

-. “The Use of Information Technology in the Secretariat of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.” Government Information Quarterly 8, no. 3 (199 1): 3 13-23.


Kollar, U. “Bibliographic Applications of FORMEX at the Office for Official Publications of the European Communities.” In Dempsey, Lorcan, ed. Bibliographic Access in Europe, 2 12- 18. Brookfield, VT: Gower, 1990. ISBN o-566-03644-4. $69.95.

Describes a system used for exchange of electronic publications.

Meenan, T.G. and C.R. Wyman. “Information Systems in the United States Senate: An Overview of Current and Projected Applications.” Government Information Quarterly 8, no. 3 (1991): 273-84.

Newkirk, M.G. “Trends in State Legislative Information Technology.” Government Znfor- mation Quarterly 8, no. 3 (199 I): 259-72.

Obrien, A. and R. Desramaux. “The Canadian Parliament’s Automated Information Sys- tems.” Government Information Quarterly 8, no. 3 (199 1): 309- 12.

“Recommended Minimum Technical Guidelines for Federal Depository Libraries.” Admin- istrative Notes 12, no. 19 (August 3 1, 199 1): l-3.

Guidelines developed by the U.S. Government Printing Office for computer workstation configuration and software used in depository libraries.

Rocha, Sinai P. “Planning for Online Access of Government Documents.” Documents to the People 19, no. 2 (June 1991): 113-16.

Seavey, Charles A. “Three CD-ROM Versions of the GPO Database: A Comparison, With an Editoral Observation.” Documents to the People 19, no. 2 (June 199 1): 116- 17.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Akalin, Oguz, ed. Laws, Statutes, Etc. Patent Law and European Patent Convention. Docu- ments on Politics and Society in the Federal Republic of Germany. Bonn: Inter Nationes, 1991.

Includes full text of the 1990 German Patent Law.

Aoki, Zachary B. “Will the Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China Follow the United States’ Adherence to the Berne Convention?’ Boston College Znternational and Com- parative Law Review 13 (Winter 1990): 207-35.

Becker, Jurgen, ed. Die Verwertungsgesellschaften im Europaischen Binnenmarkt. Baden- Baden, Germany: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 1990. ISBN 3-7890-1982-8.65 DM.

Protection of intellectual property in the EEC, emphasizing harmonization of copyright law and copyright of satellite broadcasting. Based on papers presented at a 1989 conference held by the Munchner Institut fur Urheberund Medienrecht.

Besen, Stanley M. and Leo J. Raskind. “An Introduction to the Law and Economics of Intel- lectual Property.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 5 (Winter 199 1): 3-27.

Buntrock, R.E. “Patents-Markush and All That Stuff.” Database 14 (February 199 1): 94- 95.

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Carleton, William A. “Copyright Royalties for Visual Artists: A Display-Based Alternative to the Droit de Suite.” Cornell Law Review 76 (January 199 1): 5 10-48.

“Computers and Privacy: The Eye of the Beholder: Through New Laws on Privacy, Piracy, and Censorship; Governments Are Writing a Rulebook for the Information Age.” Economist 319 (May 4, 1991): 21-23.

The Copyright Directory, 1990-91: Attorneys, Professors, Government Agencies, Congres- sional Committees, Searchers, Clearinghouses, Hotlines, and Associations. Copyright Ref- erence Series, 2. Friday Harbor, WA: Copyright Information Services, 1990. ISSN 1050- 5156; ISBN 1-914143-22-O. $79.95.

Copyright Symposium No. 37: Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition: Sponsored by the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers [ASCAP]. Irvington, N.Y.: Colum- bia University Press, 1990. ISSN 0069-9950; ISBN O-23 l-073 1 O-O. $30.00.

Some emphasis on the application of U.S. law to computer software.

Cornish, G.P. “The New United Kingdom Copyright Act and Its Implications for Libraries and Archives.” Law Library Journal 83 (Winter 199 1): 5 l-59.

Cutts, Robert L. “Patently Unfair? Japanese Protection of Intellectual Properties-Patents, Trademarks, Service Marks, Copyrights, and Trade Secrets-Is the Latest Issue That Has American Trade Warriors Up in Arms.” Journal of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan: Issues in Bilateral Relations 28 (April 199 1): 42-46 + .

Deardorff, Alan V. “Should Patent Protection Be Extended to All Developing Countries?” World Economy 13 (December 1990): 497-507.

Ginsburg, Jane C. “Creation and Commercial Value: Copyright Protection of Works of Information.” Columbia Law Review 90 (November 1990): 1865- 1938.

U.S. copyright law applied to compilations such as directories, indexes, and databases.

Harris, C.M. “Specimens of Genius and Nicknacks: The Early U.S. Patent Office and the ‘National Museum of the Arts.“’ Prologue: Quarterly Journal of the National Archives 23, no. 4 (Winter 199 1): 406- 19.

Hummel, Marlies. “The Economic Importance of Copyright.” Copyright Bulletin 24, no. 2 ( 1990): 14-22.

Traces the development of copyright industries in the 1980s and their contribution to domestic income.

“Ideas as Assets: A Guide to Intellectual Property Law Worldwide.” International Financial Law Review 10 (May 1991): 95-page supplement.

Individual reports for the EEC and 12 industrialized countries.

Kaltenbach, M., W.A. Turner, and F. Laville. “Lexitran-mediated Access to Patent Data- bases.” Journal of Information Science 17, no. 1 ( 199 1): 13-20.


Keating, William J. “The European Community- 1992 and Beyond: The Implications of a Single Europe on Intellectual Property.” Dickinson Journal of International Law 9 (Winter 1991): 53-75.

Kerever, Andre. “Satellite Broadcasting and Copyright.” Copyright Bulletin 24, no. 3 (1990): 6-22.

Elements of treaties and conventions on direct satellite broadcasting in Europe.

Kruse, G.A. “On the Problem of Library Collections Requiring Constant Amendment and Updating, as Exemplified by Patent Specifications Which, Together With Other Literature, Constitute Legally Relevant Documentation When Examining for Novelty.” ZNSPEL 24, no. 4 ( 1990): 199-205.

Lambert, N. “After the Grant: Online Searching of Legal Status Information for United States Patents.” Database 14, no. 4 (August 1991): 42-49.

Leaffer, Marshall A., ed. International Treaties on Intellectual Property. Washington, D.C.: Bureau of National Affairs, 1990. ISBN O-87 179-659-7. $58.00.

Full texts, with summaries of current, revised, and proposed treaties and conventions.

“Protecting United States Intellectual Property Abroad: Toward a New Multilateralism.” Eia Law Review 76 (January 1991): 273-308.

McCarthy, J. Thomas. McCarthy’s Desk Encyclopedia oflntellectual Property. Washington, D.C.: Bureau of National Affairs, 199 1. ISBN O-87 179-682- 1. $57.00.

Includes statistics on applications, registrations, and renewals of patents and trademarks.

Meiners, Roger E. and Robert J. Staaf. “Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks: Property or Monopoly?’ Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy 13 (Summer 1990): 9 1 l-47.

Economic aspects of intellectual property protection; United States chiefly.

Nogues, Julio. “Patents and Pharmaceutical Drugs: Understanding the Pressures on Devel- oping Countries.” Journal of World Trade 28 (December 1990): 8 1- 104.

Pearson, Hilary E. and Clifford G. Miller. Commercial Exploitation of Intellectual Property. London: Blackstone Press Ltd., 1990. ISBN l-8543 l-044-5. L 2 1.95.

Concerns Great Britain’s intellectual property laws.

“Pirates in the Dock: New Laws to Curb the Activities ofcomputer Programme Thieves Will Catch the Great and the Small in Their Net; But Software Makers are Sleeping No Easier in Their Beds.” International Management 46 (May 199 1): 56-7 + .

Copyright protection for software in the EEC.

Schmoch, U. and U. Kuntze. “Patents as Potential Indicators of the Utility of EC Research Programs.” Scientometrics 2 1, no. 3 (July/August 199 1): 4 17-46.

Shen, Jianming. “The P.R.C.‘s First Copyright Law Analyzed.” Hastings International and Comparative Law Review 14 (Spring 199 1): 529-72.

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Stanberry, Kurt. “The Changing World of International Protection of Intellectual Property.” Publishing Research Quarterly 7 (Spring 199 1): 6 l-77.

Positions of developed and less developed nations are expressed in treaties and other instruments.

Tellini, Mark P. “Uniform Copyright Protection for Computer Software in the EEC.” Boston College International and Comparative Law Review 13 (Summer 1990): 483-50 1.

United States. Congress. House of Representatives. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcom- mittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Administration of Justice. Industrial Design Protection: Hearings, on H.R. 902, Industrial Innovation and Technology Act of 1987; H.R. 3017, Industrial Design Anti-Piracy Act of 1989; and H.R. 3499, Design Protection Act of 1989. 1Olst Cong., 2d sess., 3 May-27 September, 1990. (SuDoc no. Y 4.5 89/1:101/138).

United States. General Accounting Office. Technology Transfer: Copyright Law Constrains Commercialization of Some Federal Software; Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Administration of Justice, Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives. Washington: Government Printing Office, June 1, 1990. Report B-238912. (SuDoc no. GA 1.13: RCED-90-145)

Wherry, Timothy Lee. “Patent Searching for Librarians: Patent Definitions.” Documents to the People 19, no. 3 (September 199 1): 160-62.

“Patent Searching for Librarians: The Manual of Classification.” Documents to the Peo- $19, no. 2 (June 1991): 88-90.

Wilson, Patrick. “Copyright, Derivative Rights, and the First Amendment.” Library Trends 39, no. l-2 (Summer/Fall 1990): 92- 110.

GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS IN EDUCATIONAL CURRICULA

Bowman, Linda. Examining Possible Jobs with the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (D.O. T.). 1990. (ED 326 673)

A guide to the D.O.T., aimed at high school and early college levels, including a workbook.

Murdock, J.L. “An Overlooked Resource: Government Publications.” The School Librari- an’s Workshop 11 (November 1990): 5-6.

Ryssevik, Jostein. “Use of Official Data by the Norwegian Social Sciences Data Services to Encourage Development of the Social Science Laboratory.” Government Publications Review 18, no. 4 (July/August 199 1): 325-29.

Walters, J. “Federal Documents For Undergraduate Students in Public Administration.” Research Strategies 8 (Fall 1990): 197-99.

West, Jean and Wynell Burroughs Schamel. “Teaching With Documents: Rights in Times of Crisis: American Citizens and Internment.” Social Education 55, no. 5 (September 199 1): 31 l-13.


A relocation report and legal decisions are among the materials used in developing a unit on World War II-era Japanese internment.

GENERAL (including Government Documents Librarianship)

Boyce, Bert R. and Mary Stowe. “A Brief Investigation of U.S. Superintendent of Documents Filing Practice.” Government Publications Review 18, no. 4 (July/August 199 1): 347-52.

Dalton, L.K. “Dot Soup: Dealing With Documents in Small Non-depository Libraries.” North Carolina Libraries 48 (Summer 1990): 9 l-94.

Kessler, R.R. and P.A. Langelier. “Public Documents [special issue].” North Carolina Libraries 48 (Summer 1990): 85-137.

McGinn, Howard F. “Information for All People: The Role of Local and State Libraries in Overcoming Geographical Barriers to Information.” In Reynolds, Dennis J., ed. Citizen Rights andAccess to Electronic Information: A Collection ofBackground Essays Preparedfor the 1991 LITA President’s Program, 36-39. Chicago: Library and Information Technology Association, 199 1.

Morehead, Joe. “Everybody Counts: The Bicentennial Census of These United States.” Seri- als Librarian 20, no. 2-3 ( 199 1): 37-54.

Nesta, F. and H.T. Blanke. “Warning: Propaganda! A Reference Librarian Tries to Convince the Boss to Put a Label on It.” Library Journal 116 (May 15, 199 1): 4 l-43.

Memos concerning a South African government publication.

Porter, J.M. “Mary Elizabeth Poole: The Documents Librarian’s Documents Librarian.” North Carolina Libraries 48 (Summer 1990): 122-25.

Postema, Beth and Terry L. Weech. “The Use of Government Publications: A Twelve-Year Perspective.” Government Publications Review 18 (199 1): 223-38.

Renton, Margaret A. “Government Publications: A Comparative Use Study.” Government Publications Review 18, no. 4 (July/August 199 1): 353-70.

Stephenson, Richard W. “America’s First Federal Map Library.” Meridian 1 ( 1989): 3- 15. Outlines the creation and early development of the Hall of Maps and Charts (now the Geography and Map Division) at the Library of Congress.