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Published
by the Government Documents
Editor: Joyce Lindstrom
Number 53
June 2000
Contributed
articles are welcome. Contact Joyce
Lindstrom, Social Science and Humanities Dept., 152 Parks Library, Iowa State
University, Ames, IA 50011-2140; (515) 964-8069; fax (515) 294-5525;
e-mail: lindstro@iastate.edu
Fifteenth
Annual Government Documents Workshop
The
fifteenth annual ILA Government Documents Workshop will be held July 21, 2000,
at the Parks Library at Iowa State University.
This year’s theme is “Census 2000”.
Matthew
Milbrodt, Information Services Specialist at the Kansas City Regional Office of
the Census Bureau, will give us an update on Census 2000 and plans for the
dissemination of Census data. We’ll
take a look at the Census Bureau’s Web site, see a preview of the data products,
and hear about the schedule for their release. In the afternoon Matthew will
demonstration the American FactFinder, the Census Bureau’s online system for
providing access to Census data, followed by hands-on lab time.
The
day will end with a guided tour of the artwork in Parks
Library.
Parking
options for all-day visitors to campus:
*The
Pay Option* Park at the Memorial
Union for $3.50-$4.00 and enjoy a scenic, roughly 7-minute walk to the
Library.
*The
Really Free Option* Park in one of
two designated free lots out beyond Stephens Auditorium and take the shuttle bus
(also free) which runs every 15 minutes throughout the day. The bus stops right next to the
Library.
Printable maps are on the Web at http://www.fpm.iastate.edu/maps/
Mark
your calendars and plan to join us.
The workshop is free for members of ILA/GODORT; the cost is $10.00 for
nonmembers and $5.00 for ILA members who join ILA/GODORT at the workshop.
A registration form is attached to this newsletter, for your
convenience.
For more information, contact Karen Dole.
Update
on ILA/GODORT’s Web Page
We’re
on the Web!
Visit ILA/GODORT’s Web site for the summer conference registration form,
newsletters, bylaws, minutes, and other information that will be helpful to all
of you.
Our URL is:
http://www.iren.net/ila/web/GODORT/index.html. If you have suggestions
about what you would like to see on our site, contact Karen
Dole.
ILA/GODORT
to Sponsor Two Sessions at ILA Fall Conference
Watch
the Catalyst and ILA Fall Conference Registration form for information about two
sessions that ILA/GODORT is sponsoring at the conference. On Thursday, October 19, Matthew
Milbrodt will join forces with Beth Henning, State Data Center Coordinator, to
present an update and overview of Census 2000 data products. Roy Kenagy and staff from the State
Library and Information Technology Services will present a session, “State
Government Information: Creating New Connections”, on Friday, October 20. This session will focus on core state
documents and the electronic repository. ILA/GODORT will also have a
documents display at the conference.
Government
Publications Listservs
Are
you aware that Iowa has a government publications listserv? It was established in association with
the ILA/GODORT for discussion of issues surrounding provision of government
information in all formats, on both the federal and state levels.
To Subscribe: Send e-mail message to: GOVDOC-IOWA-REQUEST@LIST.UIOWA.EDU
IN
BODY OF MESSAGE TYPE:
subscribe
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To send a message to the listserv: govdoc-iowa@list.uiowa.edu
GOVDOC-L
is a listserv-based discussion forum about government documents and the Federal
Depository Library Program.
Visit their web site to subscribe or search their archives at http://docs.lib.duke.edu/federal/govdoc-l/index.html
Favorite
Government Publications Survey
What
are your favorite online government publications/web sites?
What publications do you feel would be most valuable to public
librarians?
Please send a list of your favorites with the URL and a brief description
of each site, what it has to offer, and why you like it to Joy Tofteland at
tofteland@ankeny.k12.ia.us.
We’re
planning to post a list on the Web site and feature one or two in each issue of
the Catalyst and on the iowalib listserv to help promote government
information.
GPO PURL Alert – A New
Cataloging Tool for Electronic Serials
by Tim
Byrne, Government Publications Library, University of Colorado—Boulder
(forwarded
from the AUTOCAT e-mail list and edited by Greg Wool)
The
GPO PURL Alert – Periodicals Supplement (2000 annual) is available at http://www2.lib.udel.edu/godort/cataloging/alert/.
This file contains the PURLs (Persistent URLs) that GPO has added to the
records used to produce the annual Periodicals Supplement to the Monthly Catalog of United States Government
Publications.
Purpose
Until now, libraries using GPO
cataloging records, but not receiving updated or corrected versions of
previously distributed GPO records through subscription, have not had an easy
way to add GPO-assigned PURLs to their catalogs. To meet this need, the (ALA) GODORT
Cataloging Committee offers the GPO PURL Alert. This service will assist libraries
wishing to add PURLs to GPO records already in their catalogs. Beginning in January 2000, the GPO PURL
Alert provides monthly lists of GPO cataloging records which have had PURL
information added to the 856 field.
Using GPO PURL Alert lists in electronic format allows libraries to cut
and paste the PURLs into their local catalogs.
Current
procedure at GPO when assigning a PURL is to move the original URL to the (MARC)
530 or 538 field and put only the PURL and any necessary text in the 856
field.
The URL is placed in the 530 field if the record is for both paper and
electronic versions.
The 538 field is used if the record is for an electronic-only title.
Electronic-only titles receive Superintendent of Documents Classification
numbers that contain an accession number (e.g., C
61.2:97019096).
GPO
PURL Alert reports are generated from vendor-supplied data, and may not
replicate the exact monthly output from GPO as posted in the UPCMOCAT file.
Generally, however, a GPO PURL Alert report for any month will contain
data from the preceding month; thus, the January 2000 report primarily offers
changes to records made in December 1999.
The information in GPO PURL Alert is extracted from the updated GPO
records by searching the University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries’ catalog,
Chinook, for the records with “PURL” in the 856 field and “PURL” or “http” in
the 530/538 fields.
Each entry in this list contains the
Superintendent of Documents classification number, the OCLC number, the GPO
depository item number, the title, the text from the 530/538 field which usually
ends with “current access is available via PURL” and the information contained
in the 856 field. The records
are sorted in depository item number order.
Libraries who want to identify URLs and PURLs added to records by GPO prior to January 2000 should use either GPO’s “Browse Electronic Titles” (http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dpos/btitles.html) or the “GPO-MARC Internet Resources” at the Basic Depository Library Documents web site (http://www.du.edu/~ttyler/mirintro.htm#gtr00). GPO PURL Alert lists are current supplements to these files. The archive of monthly GPO PURL Alert lists can be found at http://www2.lib.udel.edu/godort/cataloging/alert/.
July
21, 2000
Fifteenth
Annual Workshop
"Census
2000"
Iowa
Library Association-Government Documents Roundtable
Parks
Library, Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa
Presenter: Matthew Milbrodt, Information Services
Specialist
Kansas City Office, Bureau of the
Census
8:30-9:00
AM
Registration/Refreshments/Welcome
9:00-10:30
AM
Census 2000 Overview/Census Geography
10:30-10:45
AM
Break
10:45
AM-11:45 PM
Census 2000 Data Production/Schedule of their Release
11:45-1:00
PM
Lunch (On your own)
1:00-2:45
PM
American FactFinder/Census Web Site
2:45-3:00
PM
Break
3:00-4:00
PM
Tour of ISU Library Art Work
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Registration
Form
Name___________________________________________________________
Library
Address__________________________________________________________
Work
Phone Number__________________________________________________________
E-mail
address: ________________________________________________________________
Continuing
Education Credit Voucher:
Yes_____
No____
Send
registration form by July 17, 2000, to Joy Tofteland, Kirkendall Public Library
1210 NW Prairie Ridge Drive, Ankeny, IA 50021. Phone: 515-965-6460; Fax:
515-965-6474; E-mail:
tofteland@ankeny.k12.ia.us
Cost:
Free for ILA/GODORT members, $10.00 for non-members, $5.00 for ILA members who
join ILA/GODORT at the workshop.
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