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Government Information Quarterly Contents

Government Information Quarterly

Volume 1, Number 3, 1984

CONTENTS

Discussion Forum:

Call for Papers ......................................................................233

The Need for an American Privacy Protection Commission
David H. Flaherty ......................................................... 235

Government Publishing in Brazil
Laurence Hallewell .................................................... 259

Presidential Policy and Information Dissemination:
An Analysis of the Reagan Moratorium on Government Publishing
Valerie Florance ...............................................................273

Application Of Systems Analysis to Depository Library Decision
Making Regarding the Use of New Technology
Mary Sue Stephenson and Gary R. Purcell ........................285

Documents Librarianship

Proposed Regulations from the Joint Committee on Printing:
Patchwork Remedies for Complex Problems
Charles R. McClure.......................................................... 309

Contributors 327

Forthcoming 329

Reviews
David C. Heisser, Editor

The American Presidency: A Guide to Information Sources
Edited by Kenneth E. Davidson
Reviewed by Marie D. Natoli 331

Canada's New Access Laws: Public and Personal Access to
Government Documents
Edited by Donald C. Rowat
Reviewed by Tom Riley ...................................................... 333

CIS Federal Register Index, Volume 1
Prepared by Congressional Information Service, Inc.
Reviewed by Leo McAuliffe ................................................. 335

Lucy B. Foote: Librarian Extraordinaire
Compiled by Margaret T. Lane and Grace G. Moore
Reviewed by Jimmie H. Hoover............................................. 336

Government Printing Office Cataloging Guidelines
Prepared by Library Programs Service, GPO
Reviewed by Janet Swanbeck................................................ 337

Government Programs and Projects Directory:
A Guide to National Programs and Projects Administration
by the Executive Departments and Independent Agencies
of the United States Government (First Edition)
Edited by Anthony T. Kruzas and Kay Gill
Reviewed by Pauline Gunter................................................ 338

GPO Monthly Catalog Subscription Service
Prepared by Auto-Graphics, Inc.
Reviewed by Peter Hernon.................................................. 339

A Guide to U.S. Government Scientific and Technical Resources
Edited by Rao Aluri and Judith Schiek Robinson
Reviewed by Richard Leacy ................................................. 342

Reference Sources in Library and Information Services:
A Guide to the Literature
Edited by Gary R. Purcell and Gail Ann Schlachter
Reviewed by Peter Hernon................................................... 343

The Second Mile: Contemporary Approaches to
Counseling Young Women
Edited by Sue Davidson
Reviewed by Susan E. Parker ............................................... 344

The Need for an American Privacy
Protection Commission
DAVID H. FLAHERTY

The article argues that the Privacy Act of 1974 requires revision during the 1980s to reflect more fully the challenges posed to personal privacy by new forms or applications of information technology. The revised Privacy Act should establish a permanent mechanism for the articulation of privacv interests at the federal level in the form of the kind of Privacy Protection Cornmission originally proposed in the Senate version of the Privacy Act of 1974. The appropriate characteristics of such a regulatory mechanism, and the consequences of not having such an agency at present. are discussed.

Government Publishing in Brazil
LAURENCE HALLEWELL

Brazil's size, federal structure, and extent of government intervention in the economy mean that its official publishing output is considerable: some 6,000 books and pamphlets a vear and about 1,000 serial titles. The development of official publishing since de facto independence in 1808 reflects the country's administrative history. Bibliographic control, at least of federal level publishing, is now at last being achieved, but distribution is still poorly organized, and edition size often fails to correspond with demand. The range of material is vast, although publishing trends tend to reflect the importance of personalism in government in Brazil. Technical and esthetic standards are briefly touched upon.

Presidential Policy and Information Dissemination: An Analysis of the Reagan Moratorium on Government Publishing
VALERIE FLORANCE

In 1981, President Reagan declared a moratorium on the production of new government-financed pamphlets, periodicals, and audiovisuals. This study examines the impact of that action on the format and content of printed publications, issued during the freeze, by the Department of Health and Human Services. Analysis of those publications distributed to Government Printing Office depository libraries during the moratorium reflected: (1) no significant reduction in the number of documents produced, (2) a shift toward smaller, less-costly print formats, and (3) no significant reduction in the release of publicity/advertising materials. Changes observed in the quantity, format, and content of Department of Health and Human Services publications issued during the moratorium were not those expected given the presidential guidelines.

Application of Systems Analysis to Depository Library Decision Making Regarding the Use of New Technology
MARY SUE STEPHENSON and GARY R. PURCELL

This article, the first in a series of four, views the application of systems analysis and design as a method of problem solving for documents librarians. Particular emphasis is placed on the use of systems analysis as a major, first step in applying computer based technology to problem areas common to U.S. government publication collections. The specific problem areas amenable to the application of this methodology include (1) bibliographic control, (2) collection development, (3) collection integration, and (4) improved documents reference service. The steps required for its application to these problem areas are described in sequential fashion, and are augumented by actual examples. Several sources of supplementary information are noted for further references.

Contributors

David H. Flaherty is Professor of History and Law at the University of Western Ontario (Social Science Centre 4328, London, Canada N6A 5C2). He is the principal investigator of a three-year research project on Data Protection in Com- parative Perspective and has recently completed a report for the Ontario govemment on Privacy in Two-Way Cable TV Services. In December 1982, Flaherty submitted written testimony on computer matching programs for hearings held in Washington, D.C., by the U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, ubcommittee on Oversight of Government Management. His books include Privacy and Government Data Banks: An International Perspective (Mansell, London, UK, 1979).

Valerie Florance is documents librarian at the Eccles Health Sciences Library . (University of Utah, Building 89, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112) and editor of MEDOC: Index to U.S. Governnent Publications in the Medical and Health Sciences. She holds a M.L.S. from Brigham Young University and a M.A. in Medical Anthropology from the University of Utah.

Laurence Hallewell (B.A. London, Ph.D. Essex, FLA) has been associated with South America since 1958 when he joined the Trinidad Central Library Service. He taught librarianship at Paraiba Universltv (Brazil), 1979-1982, and is now Latin American Bibliographer at Ohio State University (Universitv Libraries, 1858 Neil Avenue Mall, Columbus, Ohio 43210). He has written extensively on Latin American and West Indian bibliography and librarianship, and is Latin American Editor for Scarecrow Press, which recently published his Books in Brazil: A History of The Publishing Trade.

Charles R. McClure is Associate Professor at the School of Librarv Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman 73019, where he teaches courses in government Publications, administration, and systems analysis He is President of Information Management Consulting Services, Inc., and is a frequent contributor to professional journals. He recently co-authored, with Peter Hernon, Public Access to Government Information (Norwood, N.J.: Ablex Publishing Corp., 1984) and Improving the Quality of Reference Service for Government Publications (Chicago: American Library Association, 1983).

Gary R. Purcell is Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37916. He received his M.L.S. from the University of Washington and Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University. In addition, he holds a M.A. degree in political science from Case Western Reserve. He teaches in the areas of government publications, reference, and information science. He is co-author, with Peter Hernon, of Developing Collections of U.S. Government Publications (Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1982) and the coauthor, with Gail Ann Schlachter, of Reference Sources in Library and Information Services: A Guide to the Literature (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio, 1984). He is also the author of several articles concerned with technical report literature, state publications, and the use of government publications.

Mary Sue Stephenson is Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37916. She received a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Austin in anthropology and her M.L.S. and Ph.D. degrees from North Texas State University in library and information science. She teaches in the areas of library automation, systems and design, library management, and special libraries. She has done research in systems analysis and design, and bibliometrics.


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