Question 2: Please briefly describe what has been cataloged. Please include agency names, SuDoc stems, etc.
Provide an estimate of the number of titles cataloged. [82 responses]
Alaska State Library. Long serial holdings, everything about our state, anything that has been checked out. 20%American Antiquarian Society. All federal documents printed before 1801, whether held at the American Antiquarian Society or elsewhere, are fully catalogued as part of the North American Imprints Program; all federal documents printed 1821-1830 and held at AAS are fully catalogued. State and local docs for these periods are also fully catalogued. NAIP is at work now on the 1830's. Eventually, AAS would like to see full-MARC records for all documents published through 1876. Although AAS selects less than 3% of the items available today, its holdings of federal docs for the 19th-century are virtually complete. AAS is especially interested in any cooperative efforts to enhance access to these important historical materials. 10,000 titles
Arizona State University Libraries. As special catalog projects: War; Military; Navy. SuDoc stems: W; M; N. Ongoing cataloging of pre-1976 items regardless of agency as they are returned from circulating. 1,000+? titles
Bates College, Ladd Library. Women's Bureau, Children's Bureau, House UnAmerican Activities & others, plus H publications, Smithsonian, Interior Dept material, most annual reports but not those in Serial Set, certain titles in the Serial Set, War Dept. , most commissions. Titles n/a
Baylor University. A 1.1:- US Dept. of Agriculture; C 3.1:- U. S. Bureau of the Census; SI 1.1:- Smithsonian Institution. 8,500 titles
Bowling Green State University. Hearings 1970-1976; Smithsonian Institution all holdings owned by BGSU including Miscellaneous SI 1.7, Bulletins SI 3.3, etc.; Office of Education HE 5 and HE 19; Decennial census 1790-1980. 7,000+ titles
Brigham Young University HWH Law Library. We became a depository library in 1972. All of our titles (with the exception of many Y4s) were put online in the early 1990s using library school intern help. Our local system was Notis, and we pulled records off of RLIN primarily.
Bucks County Community College. Our government publications are fully integrated. They are 100% cataloged, processed and integrated as part of the library collection. 100%
Calvin College & Calvin Theological Seminary. We are just starting to catalog documents that were not picked up by a retrospective conversion done with OCLC in 1994. We are starting with the congressional hearings. This is a 1998 summer project so we aren't very far with it yet. 300 titles.
Carleton College. We loaded Marcive records in August 1995 and applied smart barcodes. I was hired as a GovDocs cataloger & I'm working on a project to catalog the material for which we did not receive Marcive records.
College of Wooster (The), Libraries. Our library has completed an eight year catalog project for our entire government publications collection. We downloaded selected OCLC records which were on the OCLC database during the period 1986-1994. This includes pre-1976 titles. Titles NA
Colorado State University Libraries. We have cataloged a significant number of series from USDA (several series under A 1;(have finished A 1.2:) are in process of comprehensive conversion of Forest Service publications); selected series of D 103; all of D 104; are currently converting general and selected series of EPA; selected general/series groups from Interior (I1;I19; I20; I27; I29; I49; I53;); most Presidential commission reports; all of Council of Environmental Quality; S -S7; S18; all of SI except for two series; selected War Dept. monographs/series (exploration surveys, strategic bombing survey, civil war titles, etc.); selected independent commissions and agencies pubs (Y 3); and selected Congressional hearings (we hope to convert records for hearings for the period 1941-76 by the end of FY 1999). We could supply complete list of cataloged titles if a website is established for such a purpose. 17000 titles
Columbia University. Depository materials routinely received manual cataloging into Dewey and some other local classification systems, prior to 1976. Few of the catalog records are available electronically.
Cornell College, Russell D. Cole Library. Nuremberg Trials M 105.2:; Hearings before the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy Pr 36. 8:; Minerals Yearbook I 28. 37:; Vital Statistics of the United States HE 20. 6210:; Statistical Abstract of the United States C 3. 134; U. S. Reports JU 6. 8:; Congressional Hearings Y 4's;; Journals of the Continental Congress Z 2. 5:; American State Papers Y 1. 1/2:; War of the Rebellion W 45. 5:; Legislative History of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 Y3.AT 7:; Congressional Record X 1. 1/A:; U. S. Statutes at Large GS 4. 111:. 107+
Cornell University Olin Library. Cornell routinely catalogs its federal documents, and has always done so. Cataloged documents have full records with LC classification. We have been cataloging documents online since we first joined OCLC in 1974. Since documents are integrated into our regular stack collections, not held in a separate collection, I can best describe cataloging of any documents acquired before 1974 by mentioning the LC classes which we have reconned. Of particular interest might be our LC class JX records and numerous KF records from our Law Library. Many documents have been reconned in the course of conversion projects in our Management, Industrial and Labor Relations, and Engineering libraries. Many documents remain to be reconned in the main research library in the H and K LC classes. Number of titles N.A.
Cornell University, Albert R. Mann Library. All documents at Mann Library receive full LC cataloging. This has been done since the late 1940's. Before that the library used a special cataloging system. The University has never used the SuDoc classification system. Number of titles unknown
Dickinson College Library. As each year's weed would take place, the documents librarian would catalog those items deemed worthy of keeping. Work has been done in the census area, civil rights, presidential documents, and congressional hearings.
Duke University. War Dept. - W's; Navy Dept. - N's; Some Congressional Hearings - Y 4's. 5,000 titles.
Duke University School of Law Library. retrospective conversion of all documents especially those from: CR, J, Ju, S, and Y. 10,000 titles
East Central University [[Oklahoma]. All paper items except pamphlets (i.e. vertical file material) and microfiche items relating to university curriculum or "hot topics". 12000 titles
Eastern Connecticut State University. All exported from OCLC to our consortium database (CONSULS); no original cataloging of fed docs 400+ titles
Eastern Kentucky University - John Grant Crabbe Library. Selected monographs from all areas including hearings 15,000 titles
Five Colleges of Ohio, The NOTE: ALL ANSWERS TO THIS QUESTIONNAIRE ARE FOR THE COMBINED HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS CATALOGING PROJECT OF THE FIVE COLLEGES OF OHIO. The Five Colleges of Ohio Consortium is embarking on a three year joint historical collections cataloging project. One institution has already cataloged 99% of all documents held, covering the full range of agencies. The other institutions will add holdings and cataloging for selected agencies in the next three years. Large collections from the following agencies under consideration for cataloging are: Children's Bureau, EPA, President of the U. S. , Department of War, Women's Bureau, Department of Labor, NASA, Commission on Civil Rights, Congressional Committees, NOAA, Geological Survey, Coast and Geodetic Survey, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Smithsonian Institution. As time and money permit, smaller collections of agency publications will also be cataloged. 150,000 titles
Florida Institute of Technology. NASA, Energy, EPA, Defense. 500-1000 titles
Free Library of Philadelphia. This depository has cataloged between 5-10% of its pre-1976 collection. Cataloging has been based upon the request of retrieval of materials and departmental judgement. 6%
Haverford College [Pennsylvania]. The following classes were first weeded, then cataloged: I, IA, IC, ITC, S, SBA, SE, SI, and FEM. 1500 titles
Hoyt Public Library [Michigan]. Almost everything we have in paper has been catalogued-only exceptions are some of the Census publications and serials which we are still working on. We plan to do microfiche also. 80,000 titles
Idaho State Law Library. Census Bureau(C 3.2:), Health & Human Services Dept. (HE 1.1/2:), Interior Dept. (I 1.1:), Justice Dept. (J 1.1:), Labor Dept. (L 1.1:), President of the U. S. (PR 42.2:), State Dept. (S 1.1:), Treasury Dept. (T 1.1/4:), Congress(X 1.1:), Congress (hearings)(Y 4). 1261 titles
Indiana Univ. School of Law Library. We have been in the process, since April 1997, of converting our U. S. government serials holdings to the MARC format. The purpose of this is not only for cataloging, but also for creation of serials check-in records for our local online system. This includes serials which began pre-1976, as well as those beginning after that date. 415 titles
Iowa State University. all titles relevant to ISU's curricular, research, and service needs. 20,000 titles
Jacksonville State University. Census Bureau, Dept. of Education, Dept. of State, Dept. of Justice, Small Business Administration. 1000-2000 titles per year 1968-1976.
Linfield College Library [Oregon]. 90% of all items still in the collection have been cataloged. 1000?? titles
Longview Public Library [Texas]. Department of Defense, Health and Human Services, Education, EPA, Labor, Commerce. 55%
Mary Washington College [Virginia]. All items received through the depository library program.
Michigan State University. Only a few stems have been completed. We've done: Women's Bureau (L13), Federal Civil Defense Administration (FCD), Y3's, PR's, AID (S18). 12,000
Milwaukee Public Library. Documents with anticipated high usage. Documents pertaining to certain subjects or interests.
Montana State University - Bozeman. Primarily serials specifically in Agriculture. Some hearings have also been classified but in Dewey and we are changing these to SuDoc. unknown
New Jersey State Library. Primarily long runs, sets of materials
New York Public Library. 85%-90% of what NYPL has received through the years has been cataloged. NYPL automated its operations in 1971 and has recat'd earlier material as necessary. Before 1971 mat'l can be found in NYPL's Dictionary Catalog. With 1971 mat'l can be found in CATNYP (the automated library cat., also available on the web) and RLIN/OCLC. Titles: don't know
NOAA Central Library. Some hearings, NOAA publications, technical reports, some other documents publ. by U. S. gov't
Northeastern State University [Oklahoma] . As paper collection is bar-coded, starting with A, in PREX now, missing records have been loaded from OCLC when found. Original cataloging backlog is 200 titles at this point. 6500 titles
Northern Arizona University, Cline Library. Selective serials and monographic serial titles have been retro-converted. 2000 titles
Northwestern University Law Library. Arms Control & Disarmament, Census Bureau, Health and Human Services, Justice Dept., Labor Dept., NLRB, State Dept, Treasury Dept., Federal Judicial Center, Admin. Office of U. S. Courts, Internal Revenue Service, Independent Agencies(Y3's), Office of the President, Administrative Conference of the U. S. Titles u/a
Pennsylvania State University Libraries. We are in the process of cataloging any pre 100th congress hearings and reports we own in paper. We use OCLC copy and add a CIS number to the record in our own catalog. [This allows us to withdraw the paper volumes and retain only our CIS microfiche copy. ] We are also cataloging all serial holdings including former titles. We catalog all pre 1986 (when we began cataloging docs at PSU) as they circulate. Titles: I have no idea!
Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County. U. S. Congressional Hearings, 1920's - 1980's. All are Y4 items. This is the only large collection of documents in our OPAC. 10,000 titles
Purdue University. A number of 1975 congressional committee hearings have been cataloged. These include the following committees and SuDoc stems: Senate Aeronautical and Space Sciences Committee Y 4.Ae 8:, Senate Special Aging Committee Y 4.Ag 4:, House Special Aging Committee Y 4.Ag 4/2:, House Agriculture committee Y 4.Ag 8/1:, Senate Agriculture Committee Y 4.Ag 8/2, House Armed Services Comm., Y 4.Ar 5/2, Senate Armed Services Committee Y 4.Ar 5/3, Joint Atomic Energy Comm. Y 4.At 7/2, House Banking Comm. , Y 4.B 22/1, Senate Banking Comm. , Y 4.B 22/3, Senate Budget Comm. Y 4.B 85/2, House Budget Comm. Y 4.B 85/3, and Senate Commerce Comm, Y 4.C 73/2. 1000 titles
Saint Louis University Law Library. As the government documents collection is integrated into our LC class collection, documents from all agencies that we collect are retrocon cataloged. As a law library selecting 25%, we collect those items that would be appropriate. 25,000 titles (conservatively)
Sioux City Public Library. Congressional Record, Census Information, U. S. Code, Administrative Code, Agricultural Bulletins, Public Papers of the President of the United States, Patents and Trademarks. 500 titles
Spartanburg County Public Libraries [South Carolina]. All (99%) of paper and microfiche US documents have been cataloged online using OCLC. Full MARC records for all! 4000-5000 est. titles
Stanford University. In 1996 we completed a conversion from our paper shelf list for all 68,000 monograph entries published prior to 1976. The records created were "brief" with title, agency, SuDocs, brief descriptive info as appeared on the card. Sample below:
AUTHOR: United States. Consumers' advisory board. (National recovery administration).
TITLE: Suggestions for consumer representatives at local N.R.A. code hearings June 1934.
IMPRINT: 1934. Ü9† l.
LOCATION: Government Documents L 17. 2:CT
NOTES: Mimeo.
U. S. Supt. of Docs. No. L 17.2:CT
Language: English Year: 1934
Item CSUGAQR2432-B (Books) AQR2432 (NOTIS)68000 titles
State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo. Have cataloged titles published pre-1977 and still held for all agencies. 20,000 titles
Texas A&M University - Commerce. Congressional committees: Agriculture through Foreign Relations Y 4. Ag 4/2: - Y 4. F 76/2:. 600 titles
Texas Tech University Libraries. Congressional hearings Y 4's. 95%
Thomas M. Cooley Law School. All titles received via GPO have been cataloged. However, we became a depository after 1976, so we have little pre-1976 material.
Trinity College Library [Connecticut]. We had money left from another recon project and decided to use the time/skill of the person hired to work on documents. We weeded the collection first. We did hearings and all departments. Many serials were not done, but some were. No original cataloging was done; it was all copy cataloging of any documents we could find records for on OCLC. It was a bit of a scattershot approach!?
Trinity University [Texas]. All larger departments and major agencies have been cataloged. 25,000
Troy Public Library [New York]. The selective housing site (RPI) cataloged everything pre-1976 which was in our collection, regardless of agency. ? titles
Union College [Kentucky]. Depository status given in 1958; selection percentage was low in early years--1% or 2%. Subjects areas emphasized include education, history, statistics, military history, science, and presidential papers and reports from such agencies as the Smithsonian Institution, the Library of Congress, the Bureau of the Census, NASA, the National Archives and Records Service, ERIC, and the Department of the Army. 400 titles
Union College, Schaffer Library [New York]. We catalog selected (10-15%) of documents received in all subject areas, based on Documents Librarian's assessment of what is most likely to be of use; we are currently reconning everything previously cataloged. 2300 titles
University of California, Berkeley. We have always cataloged documents in out catalog. It began in 1935 and has continued to the present. When recon was done, documents were included in the process.
University of California, Davis. There is no pattern to our cataloging except that most Agriculture documents were cataloged, its agencies. 35% f collection
University of California, Santa Barbara. We have been a depository since 1960 (70%), and have about 200,000 pre-1976 documents from many collections. We are in the process of cataloging all our documents, including these older ones. 40,000
University of Central Oklahoma. many agencies
University of Colorado at Boulder. Primarily in A, HE, I 19, Pr, PrEx, and SI. Will be loading the CIS cataloging for Congressional hearings, 1833-1976. 10,200 titles
University of Colorado Law Library. Congressional publications, Federal register, CFR, Annual reports of most executive agencies, SEC publications, Commission reports, IRS publications, BLM, BIA, EPA, UST, TIAS, FRUS, Most Dept. of Justice titles, much Dept. of Labor material, National Labor Relations Board, Supreme and Federal Court publications, Federal Judicial Center, Judicial Conference of the U. S. , AOUSC. 10,000 titles
University of Illinois at Springfield. We did not become a depository until 10/88. However, we had extensive pre-1976 holdings. When we started conversion in 1994 we had about 54,000 IL. & federal items to be converted. We have converted or weeded about 83% of that collection. I do not have an accurate number of titles that are U. S. but a substantial percent.
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Documents Library. The UIUC Library has comprehensively cataloged its US Government documents at least since 1907 when it became a federal depository. These records -1974 appear in the library's paper card catalog. Brief records (author, title and Dewey call no. ) for these appear in the library's online catalog. A select number of long-standing serial titles have been reclassed in SuDoc, and these have full bibliographic entries in the online catalog. Also, 1975- (periodicals, 1977-), full bib record in online catalog; 1979-, US Government documents classed in SuDoc. ? (80-85%)
University of Iowa Law Library. All pre 1976 with the exception of some Congressional materials have been cataloged. All 1976 forward have been overlaid by a Marcive tapeload with the exception of about 2500 titles. 67,000 titles
University of Minnesota. Specialized groups of documents housed in special or branch libraries, such as Entomology and Music, and miscellaneous sets of annual reports and serials in various areas. There is no single list of pre-76 depository publications which have been cataloged. This library catalog includes three depositories, a regional, a selective, and a law school. Titles unknown
University of Montana Mansfield Library. We have primarily cataloged pre-76 items that have had to circulate on a brief record and the following high use areas. SI 2. 3 Bulletin of the Bureau of Ethnology and SI 3. 3 Bulletin of the United States National Museum, I 19: and A 13: Much of our work has been done on monographic series in which we have provided analytic records for individual within high use and high interest series. Much has also been done on pre-76 non-depository items of regional interest (e. g. A 13:). 500-800 titles
University of San Diego Legal Research Center. We are currently cataloging titles in the CIS Serial Set, part XII (1959-1969). Though not a depository item, cataloging these on a national bibliographic utility such as OCLC does enable users to identify needed pre-1976 documents. There is enough information in the records to relate them to the original documents. 2500 titles
University of Texas at Arlington. Serial publications. In general, any publication that was cataloged by the Library of Congress during the past 100 years. Publications for which the catalogers found an acceptable record in OCLC. I do not know what institutions were considered acceptable. ? titles
University of Texas at Dallas. Are cataloging depository pubs retrospectively. completed numbers A - HH (paper only)
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire McIntyre Library. Beginning in 1995, McIntyre Library has cataloged print materials we wish to retain permanently and which were deemed appropriate for our user population in SuDoc order. Materials yet to be selected for retention and cataloged are in the Y. 4s, various series in a storage location (A - Y), atlas and map cases. Microfiche are NOT a part of this project. 12,000 titles
Ursinus College [Pennsylvania]. We cataloged 99% of all of our federal documents from the time we became a depository about 1968.
Vanderbilt University Library. Many of our documents before 1970 were cataloged with Dewey call numbers but were not in our electronic catalog. Jean Wright has systematically gone back and cataloged most of the ones that we wish to keep. We also have an agreement with our regional (Memphis State) to house the pre-1980 documents for certain agencies, so we have or will focus our cataloging efforts on them: State Dept. , President (& Exec. Office), and Congressional hearings.
Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library. Holdings in Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor, U. S. Geological Survey, Congressional hearings (Y 4), and long-running serial publications. 14,000 titles
West Virginia Supreme Court Law Library. All legal materials from DOJ and the Federal Courts. All Administrative Law Decisions. 100 titles
Western State College [Colorado]. High usage; especially USFS and USGS. 1000 titles
Winthrop University, Dacus Library. All Education Department documents, in process of adding Health Department Documents and Interior Department Documents. All serials and all monographs that receive a lot of use. 5000 titles