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    Date: 15 Jan 90
    Subject: New List:  GovDoc-L@psuvm - Discussion of Government
                  Documents Issues
    GovDoc-L@psuvm -  Discussion of Government Document Issues
    Owners: KOVACSD@BKNLVMS
        (Diane K. Kovacs, Government Documents Coordinator,
        Ellen Clarke Bertrand Library, Bucknell University)
            KOVACS@BKNLVMS
        (Michael J. Kovacs, Library Systems Operator,
        Ellen Clarke Bertrand Library)

    GovDoc-L is open for public subscription.

    The focus is specifically on issues of information dissemination
    through Federal Depository Libraries.  Issues to be discussed
    include:  electronic dissemination policies of the Government
    Printing Office(GPO), the 1990 Census, access to Federal documents
    (Freedom of Information Act issues), automation of document
    collections in libraries (Marcive v. OCLC tapes; database
    consideration; retrospective conversion; etc.), document end user
    education and legislation related to depository libraries.  United
    Nations, State and Foreign Government documents can be included for
    discussion.

    This list is moderated but uncensored.  It is edited with the
    intention of producing a digest at the end of the year.

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