Q2B - Government Documents Retrospective Conversion Projects

Government Documents Retrospective Conversion Projects:
A Survey, June 1998

Libraries Reporting Significant Retrospective Conversion Projects
(for SNAPSHOT of reporting libraries, see below)

GENERAL

Entire Collection:: Cornell University Olin Library. Particularly LC class JX and KF (SuDocs classification not included).; New York Public Library. Prior to 1971 not online. (SuDocs classification not included)
University of California, Berkeley. Except pamphlets.
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Documents Library. 1975- full record online; -1974, manual catalog with brief online records (SuDocs classification not included).
University of Iowa Law Library. With exception of some Congressional materials.
Vanderbilt University Library.
Historical:: American Antiquarian Society. Pre-1801, North American Imprints Program (NAIP). 1821-1830, 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.
Monographs:: University of Montana Mansfield Library. 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.
Stanford University. All 68,000 monograph entries published prior to 1976. The records created were "brief" with title, agency, SuDocs, brief descriptive info.
Serial Set:: Bates College. Certain titles.
University of San Diego Legal Research Center. CIS Serial Set, part XII (1959-1969).

AGENCIES

Agriculture A:

Baylor University. Several series under A 1; finished A 1.2
Colorado State University Libraries
Montana State University - Bozeman. Primarily serials
University of California, Davis.
University of Colorado at Boulder.
University of Montana Mansfield Library.

Forest Service A13.

Baylor University. In process of comprehensive conversion of Forest Service publications:

University of Montana Mansfield Library. Much has been done on pre-76 non-depository items of regional interest.

Census Bureau I 14; C 3; C 56.200:

Baylor University;
Bowling Green State University. Decennial census 1790-1980.
Jacksonville State University

Children's Bureau C 19; L 5; FS3.200:; FS 14.100: FS 17.200:; HE 21.100:

Bates College
Five Colleges of Ohio

Civil Rights Commission CR:

Five Colleges of Ohio

Coast and Geodetic Survey T 11; C 4;

Five Colleges of Ohio

Commissions Y 3:

Bates College
Colorado State University Libraries
Michigan State University

Congressional Committees Y4.

Bates College. House UnAmerican Activities & others, plus H publications
Five Colleges of Ohio.

Hearings Y 4

University of Colorado at Boulder. 1833-1976 CIS cataloging.
Bowling Green State University. 1970-1976.
Colorado State University Libraries. We hope to convert records for hearings for the period 1941-76 by the end of FY 1999.
Duke University.
Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County. 1920's - 1980's.
Texas Tech University Libraries. 95%
Vanderbilt University Library.

Environmental Quality Council PrEx 14:

Colorado State University Libraries

Defense Department; War; Military; Navy D, W., M. N:

Arizona State University Libraries. War; Military; Navy.
Bates College. War Dept
Colorado State University Libraries. Selected series of D 103; all of D 104:; selected War Dept. monographs/series (exploration surveys, strategic bombing survey, civil war titles, etc.
Duke University . War Dept., Navy Dept.
Five Colleges of Ohio. War Dept.

Education Office I 16; FS 5; HE 5; HE 19.100:

Bowling Green State University. HE5, HE19.
Jacksonville State University
Winthrop University.

Environmental Protection Agency EP:

Colorado State University Libraries. Currently converting general and selected series.
Five Colleges of Ohio

Executive Office of the President PrEx 1:

University of Colorado at Boulder.
Vanderbilt University Library.

Federal Civil Defense Administration FDC:

Michigan State University

Foreign and Domestic Commerce Bureau C 18

Five Colleges of Ohio.

Health and Human Services HE:

University of Colorado at Boulder.
Winthrop University.

Interior Department I:

Bates College.
Colorado State University Libraries. Selected general/series groups from Interior (I1;I19; I20; I27; I29; I49; I53)
Winthrop University..

Geological Survey I 19.

Five Colleges of Ohio
University of Colorado at Boulder
University of Montana Mansfield Library

Justice Department J.

Jacksonville State University.

Labor Department L:

Five Colleges of Ohio

NASA NAS:

Five Colleges of Ohio.

NOAA.

Five Colleges of Ohio.

President of the U.S. Pr:

Five Colleges of
University of Colorado at Boulder
Michigan State University
Vanderbilt University Library.

Small Business Administration SBA:

Jacksonville State University.

Smithsonian Institution SI:

Baylor University
Bowling Green State University. All holdings, including SI 1.7:, SI 3.3: etc.
Colorado State University Libraries. All except two series.
Five Colleges of Ohio.
University of Colorado at Boulder.
Bates College
University of Montana Mansfield Library. SI 2.3: & SI 3.3:. 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

State Department S:

Colorado State University Libraries . S3 - S7.
Jacksonville State University.
Vanderbilt University Library.

International Development Agency S 18:: Colorado State University Libraries.
Michigan State University

Women's Bureau L 13; L 36.100:

Bates College.
Five Colleges of Ohio.
Michigan State University.

SNAPSHOT
of reporting libraries, for collections prior to 1976

American Antiquarian Society
Name(s): Russell L. Martin III
Phone: 508-755-5221
Email: rlm@mwa.org
Collected (don't know), weeded 0%-25%, cataloged 10,000. Depository designation 1814.
Arizona State University Libraries
Name(s): Rebecca Burke (Gov Docs & Maps); David Reynolds (Orig. Cataloging)
Phone: 602-965-3387; 965-6472
Email: rebecca.burke@asu.edu; david.reynolds@asu.edu
Internet address for online catalog: http://www.asu.edu/lib
Collected 75%-100%; weeded 0%-25%, cataloged 1,000+. Depository designation 1944.

Bates College
Name(s): Renee Phelan
Phone: 207-786-8326
Email: rphelan@abacus.bates.edu
Internet address for online catalog: http://ladd.bates.edu
Collected 25%-50%; weeded 0%-25%. Depository designation 1883.

Baylor University
Name(s): John S. Wilson
Phone: (254) 710-3457
Email: John_Wilson@baylor.EduJ
Collected 50%-75%; weeded 0%-25%, cataloged 8,500. Depository designation 1905.

Bowling Green State University
Name(s): Coleen Parmer
Phone: (419) 372-7826
Email: parmer@bgnet.bgsu.edu
Internet address for online catalog: http://maurice.bgsu.edu/screens/opacmenu.html
Collected 50%-75%; weeded 0%-25%, cataloged 7,000+. Depository designation 1933.

Colorado State University Libraries
Name(s): Fred C. Schmidt
Phone: 970-491-1881
Email: fschmidt@manta.colostate.edu
Internet address for online catalog: http://manta.library.colostate.edu
Collected 75%-100%; weeded 0%-25%, cataloged 17000. Depository designation 1903; land-grant. We perform original cataloging for all documents that do not have copy cataloging (currently, we estimate 10%). We could supply complete list of cataloged titles if a website is established for such a purpose.

Cornell University Olin Library
Name(s): Julia Stiles
Phone: 607/255-5762
Email: jgs3@cornell.edu
Internet address for online catalog: http://campusgw.library.cornell.edu
Collected 50%-75%; weeded 0%-25%. Depository designation 1907; land-grant.

Duke University
Name(s): Ann E. Miller
Phone: (919)660-5851
Email: aemiller@acpub.duke.edu
Internet address for online catalog: http://www.lib.duke.edu/online_catalog.html
Collected 50%-75%; weeded (don't know), cataloged 5,000. Depository designation 1890.

Five Colleges of Ohio (College of Wooster 1966, Denison 1884, Kenyon 1873, Oberlin 1885, Ohio Wesleyan 1845)
Name(s): Ellen Conrad
Phone: 740-427-5658
Email: conrade@kenyon.edu
Internet address for online catalog: http://consort.library.denison.edu/
Average 37% current collection rate, cataloged 150,000. Depository designations 1966, 1884, 1873, 1885, 1845. (For more information on consortial retro project, see http://www.wooster.edu/Library/Gov/Ohio5Docs/Catalog.html ).

Jacksonville State University
Name(s): Sonja L. McAbee
Phone: 256-782-5757
Email: smcabee@jsucc.jsu.edu
Internet address for online catalog: http//www.jsu.edu/depart/library
Collected 0% 25%; weeded 0%-25%, cataloged 1000-2000 per year 1968-1976. Depository designation 1929.

Michigan State University
Name(s): Debbi Schaubman
Phone: 517-432-2438
Email: schaubm1@pilot.msu.edu
Internet address for online catalog: http://www.lib.msu.edu/magicplus/magic.html
Collected 75%-100%; weeded 0%-25%, cataloged 12,000. Depository designation 1907; land-grant.

Montana State University - Bozeman
Name(s): Maggie Farrell
Phone: 406 994-6474
Email: farrell@montana.edu
Internet address for online catalog: http://www.lib.montana.edu
Collected 50%-75%; weeded 0%-25%. Depository designation 1907; land-grant.

New York Public Library
Name(s): Erminio D'Onofrio
Phone: 212-592-7044
Email: edonofrio@nypl.org
Internet address for online catalog: catnyp.nypl.org
Collected 75-100%; weeded 0-25%%, cataloged 85%-90%. Depository designation 1884.

Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County
Name(s): John W. Graham
Phone: (513) 665-3358
Email: johngraham@plch.lib.oh.us
Internet address for online catalog: http://plch.lib.oh.us/
Collected 75%-100%; weeded 0%-25%, cataloged 10,000. Depository designation 1884.

Stanford University
Name(s): Phil Schreur (tech info); Chuck Eckman (content info)
Phone: 650-723-3151 (Schreur); 650-723-2982 (Eckman)
Email: pschreur@sulmail.stanford.edu; ceckman@sulmail.stanford.edu
Internet address for online catalog: forsythetn.stanford.edu (login "socrates")
Collected 75%-100%; weeded 0%-25%, cataloged 68000. Depository designation 1895.

Texas Tech University Libraries
Name(s): Lorraine Bingham
Phone: (806) 742-2282 (806) 742-2238 Ext. 299
Email: lilzb@lib.ttu.edu
Internet address for online catalog: http://www.lib.ttu.edu
Collected 75%-100% (regional); weeded 0%-5%, Depository designation 1935.

University of California, Berkeley
Name(s): Andrea Sevetson
Phone: 510/643-9346
Email: asevetso@library.berkeley.edu
Internet address for online catalog: telnet://gladis.berkeley.edu or telnet://melvyl.ucop.edu
Collected 75%-100%; weeded 0%-25%. Depository designation 1884; land-grant.

University of California, Davis
Name(s): Patricia C. Inouye
Phone: 530.752-5247
Email: pcinouye@ucdavis.edu
Internet address for online catalog: www.melvyl.ucop.edu
Collected 75%-100%; weeded 0%-25%, cataloged 35%. Depository designation 1953.

University of Colorado at Boulder
Name(s): Tim Byrne
Phone: 303-492-4375
Email: byrnet@spot.colorado.edu
Internet address for online catalog: http://libraries.colorado.edu
Collected 75%-100%; weeded 0%-25%; cataloged 10,200. Depository designation 1879; regional.

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Documents Library
Name(s): Mary Mallory
Phone: 217-244-4621
Email: mmallory@uiuc.edu
Internet address for online catalog: http://www.library.uiuc.edu/gateway.asp
Collected 75%-100%, weeded 0%-25%, cataloged 80-85%. Depository designation 1907; land-grant.

University of Iowa Law Library
Name(s): Caitlin Robinson
Phone: 319-335-9049
Email: caitlin-robinson@uiowa.edu
Collected 25%-50%, weeded (don’t know), cataloged 67,000. Depository designation 1968.

University of Montana Mansfield Library
Name(s): Coby Johnson
Email: ml_crj@selway.umt.edu
Internet address for online catalog: http://www.lib.umt.edu
Collected 50%-75%, weeded 0%-25%, cataloged 500-800. Depository designation 1909; regional.

University of San Diego Legal Research Center
Name(s): Sushila Selness
Phone: 619-260-6813
Email: selness@acusd.edu
Collected 0%-25%; weeded (don't know), cataloged 2500. Depository designation 1967.

Vanderbilt University Library
Name(s): Larry Romans
Phone: (615) 322-2838
Email: romans@library.vanderbilt.edu
Internet address for online catalog: http://acorn.library.vanderbilt.edu
Collected 50%-75%; weeded 0%-25%. Depository designation 1884.

Winthrop University
Name(s): Lois Walker
Phone: 803-323-4501 x6187
Email: walkerl@winthrop.edu
Internet address for online catalog: www.winthrop.edu/dacus/opachome/dochome.html
Collected 25%-50%, weeded 25%-50%, cataloged 5000. Depository designation year 1896.

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Government Documents Retrospective Conversion Projects: A Survey, June 1998

Government Documents Retrospective Conversion Projects:
A Survey, June 1998