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SURVEY TO IDENTIFY ESSENTIAL TITLES FOR PUBLIC USE IN PAPER OR OTHER
TANGIBLE FORMAT 
MARCH 4 - MARCH 18, 2005 

GPO is conducting a survey to identify Essential Titles for Public Use in
Paper or Other Tangible Format. The purpose of this survey is to identify
items that should be added to the current list of Essential Titles for
Public Use in Paper Format (
<http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/pubs/estitles.html>
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/pubs/estitles.html), either for all
Federal depository libraries or for specific types of depository libraries.
The objective is to more effectively meet current user needs for tangible
Government information products available to them at depository libraries.
With this data, the Government Printing Office (GPO) will be able to
determine the resources that will be necessary to provide these materials to
depository libraries in print or other tangible format.

Every Federal depository library needs to respond to the survey so that GPO
will have meaningful data. GPO cannot assist you in meeting your users'
requirements for tangible Government information products if you do not
participate. Additional information about the survey and the login screen
are available at <http://www.gpoaccess.gov/essential/>
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/essential/.

During and following the survey, anyone can review the cumulative
submissions by going to
<http://www.gpoaccess.gov/essential/statistics.html>
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/essential/statistics.html. Once the survey is
complete, GPO will analyze the data, including the estimated cost for
recommended item numbers, and share that information with the depository
library community. The results and GPO's analysis will also be discussed at
the Depository Library Council meeting in Albuquerque, NM, in April (
<http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/events/spring_council.html>
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/events/spring_council.html).

BACKGROUND 

The dissemination of information products through the Federal Depository
Library Program (FDLP) includes a variety of tangible formats, including
paper, microfiche and CD-ROM/DVD. As directed by Congress, the primary
method of making publications available to the FDLP is in online format.
There are, however, specific titles that are to remain available for
selection in paper or other tangible format, so long as they are published
in tangible format by the originating agency. These titles contain critical
information about the activities of the U.S. Government or are important
reference publications for libraries and the public. In establishing the
list of Essential Titles, GPO and the depository library community agreed
that maintaining the availability of these titles for selection in tangible
format was essential to the mission of the FDLP.  

The current list of Essential Titles was developed by GPO in consultation
with the Federal Depository library community and issued in 2000. This
initial list omitted Congressional Hearings, Committee Prints, House and
Senate Documents, and House and Senate Reports. GPO has added the item
numbers for these Congressional titles to the list. With these item numbers
added, the expanded list of Essential Titles now includes approximately 25%
of FY 2004 print titles distributed to the FDLP and utilizes 40% of the
estimated FY 2004 printing dollars. 

GPO is seeking recommendations from the Federal depository library community
to assist in updating the current list of Essential Titles and tailoring the
list to more accurately reflect the selection preferences of different types
of depository libraries. Responses to this survey will assist GPO in its
efforts to identify additional item numbers that should remain available to
specific types of depository libraries in tangible format, whether or not
they are Essential Titles for other types of depository libraries. 

GPO will post status reports on the progress of the survey each Monday and
Friday until the survey is completed. Technical support is available from
the GPO Customer Contact Center, <http://www.gpoaccess.gov/help/index.html>
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/help/index.html. Other questions and comments about
the survey can be directed to me, jrussell@gpo.gov.

Judy Russell 

Judith C. Russell (jrussell@gpo.gov) 
Managing Director, Information Dissemination (Superintendent of Documents) 
U.S. Government Printing Office 
Phone: 202-512-0571 
Fax: 202-512-1434 

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size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>SURVEY TO
IDENTIFY ESSENTIAL TITLES FOR PUBLIC USE IN PAPER OR OTHER TANGIBLE =
FORMAT</span></font><font
size=3D3><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'> <br>
</span></font><font face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-family:Arial'>MARCH 4</span></font><font
size=3D3><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font><font =
face=3DTahoma><span
style=3D'font-family:Tahoma'>-</span></font><font face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-family:Arial'> MARCH 18, 2005</span></font><font =
size=3D3><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

GPO is
conducting a survey to identify Essential Titles for Public Use in =
Paper or
Other Tangible Format.&nbsp; The purpose of this survey is to identify =
items
that should be added to the current list of Essential Titles for Public =
Use in
Paper Format (<a
href=3D"http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/pubs/estitles.html"
title=3D"http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/pubs/estitles.html"><fon=
t size=3D2
face=3DArial>http://www.access.gpo.gov/s=
u_docs/fdlp/pubs/estitles.html</a>), either for all =
Federal depository
libraries or for specific types of depository libraries. The objective =
is to
more effectively meet current user needs for tangible Government =
information
products available to them at depository libraries. With this data, the =
Government
Printing Office (GPO) will be able to determine the resources that will =
be
necessary to provide these materials to depository libraries in print =
or other
tangible format. <o:p></o:p>

Every
Federal depository library needs to respond to the survey so that GPO =
will have
meaningful data. GPO cannot assist you in meeting your users' =
requirements for
tangible Government information products if you do not participate. =
Additional
information about the survey and the login screen are available at =
<a
href=3D"http://www.gpoaccess.gov/essential/"
title=3D"http://www.gpoaccess.gov/essential/">http://www.gpoaccess.gov/es=
sential/</a>.<o:p></o:p>

During and
following the survey, anyone can review the cumulative submissions by =
going to <a
href=3D"http://www.gpoaccess.gov/essential/statistics.html"
title=3D"http://www.gpoaccess.gov/essential/statistics.html">http://www.gpoaccess.gov/es=
sential/statistics.html</a>. Once the survey is =
complete, GPO
will analyze the data, including the estimated cost for recommended =
item
numbers, and share that information with the depository library =
community. The
results and GPO's analysis will also be discussed at the Depository =
Library
Council meeting in <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City
 style=3D"BACKGROUND-POSITION: left bottom; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: =
url(res://ietag.dll/#34/#1001); BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat-x"
 tabIndex=3D"0" w:st=3D"on">Albuquerque</st1:City>, <st1:State =
w:st=3D"on">NM</st1:State></st1:place>,
in April (<a
href=3D"http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/events/spring_council.htm=
l"
title=3D"http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/events/spring_council.ht=
ml">http://www.access.gpo.gov/s=
u_docs/fdlp/events/spring_council.html</a><f=
ont
face=3DArial>). <o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>BACKGROUND</span></font><fo=
nt
size=3D3><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'> =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

The
dissemination of information products through the Federal Depository =
Library
Program (FDLP) includes a variety of tangible formats, including paper,
microfiche and CD-ROM/DVD. As directed by Congress, the primary method =
of
making publications available to the FDLP is in online format. There =
are,
however, specific titles that are to remain available for selection in =
paper or
other tangible format, so long as they are published in tangible format =
by the
originating agency. These titles contain critical information about the
activities of the U.S. Government or are important reference =
publications for
libraries and the public. In establishing the list of Essential Titles, =
GPO and
the depository library community agreed that maintaining the =
availability of
these titles for selection in tangible format was essential to the =
mission of
the FDLP.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

The current
list of Essential Titles was developed by GPO in consultation with the =
Federal
Depository library community and issued in 2000. This initial list =
omitted
Congressional Hearings, Committee Prints, House and Senate Documents, =
and House
and Senate Reports. GPO has added the item numbers for these =
Congressional
titles to the list. With these item numbers added, the expanded list of
Essential Titles now includes approximately 25% of FY 2004 print titles
distributed to the FDLP and utilizes 40% of the estimated FY 2004 =
printing
dollars. <o:p></o:p>

GPO is
seeking recommendations from the Federal depository library community =
to assist
in updating the current list of Essential Titles and tailoring the list =
to more
accurately reflect the selection preferences of different types of =
depository
libraries. Responses to this survey will assist GPO in its efforts to =
identify
additional item numbers that should remain available to specific types =
of
depository libraries in tangible format, whether or not they are =
Essential
Titles for other types of depository libraries. <o:p></o:p>

GPO will
post status reports on the progress of the survey each Monday and =
Friday until
the survey is completed. Technical support is available from the =
<st1:place
w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">GPO</st1:PlaceName> =
<st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Customer</st1:PlaceName>
 <st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Contact</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType =
w:st=3D"on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>,
<a
href=3D"http://www.gpoaccess.gov/help/index.html"
title=3D"http://www.gpoaccess.gov/help/index.html">http://www.gpoaccess.gov/he=
lp/index.html</a>. Other questions and =
comments about
the survey can be directed to me, jrussell@gpo.gov.<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
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size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Judy =
Russell</span></font><font
size=3D3><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'> =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Judith C.
Russell (jrussell@gpo.gov)</span></font><font size=3D3><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'> <br>
</span></font><font face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-family:Arial'>Managing Director,
Information Dissemination (Superintendent of =
Documents)</span></font><font
size=3D3><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'> <br>
</span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>U.S. =
Government
Printing Office</span></font><font size=3D3><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'> <br>
</span></font><font face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-family:Arial'>Phone:
202-512-0571</span></font><font size=3D3><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'> <br>
</span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>Fax:
202-512-1434</span></font><font size=3D3><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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