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Herbert B. Landau
A Secondary Publisher's Views on Federal
Information Policy: A Viewpoint .................................................................................... 1

Joan Sherry and Tom Hoffman
EC Index: Birth and Death of a Guide to
Publications of the European Communities .................................................................................. 11

Ray Jones and Thomas Kinney
Government Information in Machine-Readable Data Files:
Implications for Libraries and Librarians ................................................................................. 25

Gloria Westfall
Recent Developments in French Official Publications ................................................................................... 33

Julie Jones-Eddy and Ann H. Zwinger
 In-House Preservation of Early U.S. Government Maps ................................................................................... 41

Robert A. Emery
Where to Find Local Laws in New York State:
A Note ....................................................................................... 49

L.O. Aina
 The Use of Government Documents by Researchers in
Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Extension
in Nigeria: A Research Note ................................................................................... 61

Louis Vyhnanek
Reviews ..................................................................................... 65

Louis Vyhnanek
Books and Other Materials Received ........................................................................................ 82

LeRoy C.Schwarzkopf
News from Washington .................................................................................. 85

Robert W. Schaaf
International Organizations News .................................................................................... 91

Number 2

Bruce Morton and Steven D. Zink
An Interview with Roger K. Summit, President,
DIALOG Information Services, Inc. ................................................................................... 97

Peter B. Ives
State Atlases by State Agencies: An Historical Survey .................................................................................. 113

Joseph 0. Aina
Cataloguing and Classification of Nigerian Government Publications:
Survey Report of the University of lbadan
and Obafemi Awolowo University Libraries ................................................................................. 137

Thomas Kinney and Ray Jones
Microcomputers, Govermment Information, and Libraries ............................................... ....... 147

Carolyn D. Baber
Recent Literature on Government Information ................................................................................. 155

John V. Richardson, Jr.
Theses in Documents ..................................................................................... 165

Marilyn Bergin
Letter to the Editor .................................................................................... 169

Louis Vyhnanek
Reviews .................................................................................... 171

Louis Vyhnanek
Books and Other Materials Received ...................................................................................... 186

LeRoy C. Schwarzkopf
News From Washington .................................................................................... 189

David W. Parish
State and Local Byways ..................................................................................... 197

Number 3

Bernard M. Fry
Pergamon Press 40th Anniversary Year,
1948-1988: An Editorial ...................................................................................... 203

Ronald J. Abler
 Desktop Publishing and the U.S. Federal
Government: A Viewpoint .................................................................................... 205

Suzanne M. Clark
Use of the U.S. Serial Set in an Academic Institution:
A Collection Management Tool ................................................................................... 213

George T. Mazitzan
 Official Government Historians and Standards for Scholarship ................................................................................... 225

Jean Slemmons Stratford
 United States Economic Indicators: Definitions,
Sources, and Resources ................................................................................... 231

Douglas J. Ertiest
Accessing Federal Govemment Publications with RLIN .................................................................................... 237

Julie Stielstra
Guide to U.S. Department of Commerce Current
Industrial Reports 1960-1986 ........................................................................................ 245

Louis Vyhnanek
Reviews ............................................................................................ 271

Louis Vyhnanek
Books and Other Materials Received ...................................................................................... 284

LeRoy C. Schwarzkopf
News from Washington ....................................................................................... 287

Robert W. Schaaf
International Organizations News ...................................................................................... 295

Number 4

Claudine Schneider
Congressbridge to Understanding: An Experiment in Televised
Dialogues Between U.S.and Soviet Legislators ................................................................................... 301

Jean L. Sears and Margaret A. Lewis
Currency of Selected U.S. Federal Govemment Agency Annual
Reports Received by Depository Libraries .................................................................................. 323

Michael Kelsey
Feeding the Information Society: The Japanese Information
Center for Science and Technology .................................................................................... 343

Kathleen Eisenbeis
An NTIS Case Study: A Skirmish
in the Privatization Wars .................................................................................. 355

Louis Vyhnanek
 Reviews ...................................................................................... 371

Louis Vyhnanek
 Books and Other Materials Received .................................................................................... 385

LeRoy Schwarzkopf
News from Washington ................................................................................... 387

Jack Sulzer
Regional, State, and Local News ..................................................................................... 393

Number 5

Sherwood Boehlert
 Federal Information Policy and Its Impact on
Competitiveness: A Viewpoint ..................................................................................... 399

Fred B. Wood
Proposals for Privatization of the National
Technical Information Service: A Viewpoint ................................................................................... 403

Sandra Peterson and Susan Tunis
An Interview with James B. Adler and Esthy Adler,
Founders Congressional Information Service,Inc. .................................................................................. 411

Diane Garner
 The Information Policy of the Organisation for
Economic Cooperation and Development ..................................................................................... 421

Alan R. Calmes
 Documenting Changes in the Physical Condition of the U.S. Declaration
of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights:
The Charters Monitoring System .................................................................................... 439

Nancy Andes
The Commodification of Government Information: A Summary
and Analysis of the Reagan Administration's Restrictions
on Federal Information ....................................................................................... 451

Kayla Landesman
Readex Microprint: An Historic Perspective ..................................................................................... 463

John Y. Cole and Lee Shiflett
Letters to the Editor ........................................................................................ 471

Carolyn D. Baber
Recent Literature on Government Information ..................................................................................... 475

John V. Richardson,.Jr.
Theses in Documents ............................................................................... 485

Louis Vyhnanek
Reviews ........................................................................................ 487

Louis Vyhnanek
Books and Other Materials Received ................................................................................. 494

LeRoy Schwarzkopf
News from Washington ................................................................................... 497

Robert W.. Schaaf
International Organizations News .................................................................................... 503

Announcements ............................................................................................ 511

Number 6

Notable Documents Issue

Ellen Calhoun
Introduction ................................................................................... 513

Ellen Calhoun, Kathy Wodrich Schmidt
and Betty Jean Swartz
U.S. Government (Depository Items) .................................................................................... 515

Fred Schmidt
 Technical Reports and Non-Depository Publications .................................................................................. 535

David W Parish
State Publications .................................................................................... 547


Local Publications ................................................................................... 561

Virginia Gillham
Canada ..................................................................................... 567

Penny Scott
Australia ...................................................................................... 593

Jan Wright
Great Britain and Northern Ireland .................................................................................. 601

Eudora L. Loh
Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America ................................................................................... 607

Chere Negaard and Marian Shaaban
United Nations and Other International Organizations ................................................................................... 615

Category Index ...................................................................................... 647

Louis Vhynanek
Reviews ...................................................................................... 651

Louis Vhynanek
Books and Other Materials Received ..................................................................................... 665

LeRoy C. Schwarzkopf
News from Washington ..................................................................................... 667

Jack Sulzer
Regional, State, and Local News ........................................................................................ 671

Contents and Author Index for Volume 15 ................................................................................... I

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