


Number 1

Geoffrey Hamilton, Bruce Morton
and Steven D. Zink
An Interview with John A. Dole, Controller and
Chief Executive, Her Majesty's Stationery Office
................................................................................. 1
A. Costandina Titus
Selling the Bomb: Public Relations Efforts by the Atomic Energy
Commission During the 1950s and Early 1960s
.................................................................................. 15
Albert H. Joy, Nancy L. Eaton
and Rodney K. Goins
Access to Canadian Government Publications on Acid Rain:
The University of Vermont9s HEA Title II-C
Grant ...................................................................... 31
Patrick Montbarbon
A Descriptive Analysis of the Use of Official Publications in a
Unique Public Information Service: The Pompidou Centre Experience
..................................................... 41
Cynthia J. Wolff
Necessary Monuments: The Making of the Presidential Library System ................................................... 47
Louise Stwalley
A Microcomputer Catalog for Municipal Documents
.................................................................................... 63
Louis Vyhnanek
Reviews
......................................................................................... 73
Louis Vyhnanek
Books and Other Materials Received
..................................................................................... 82
LeRoy Schwarzkopf
News from Washington
.................................................................................... 85
Robert W. Schaaf
International Organizations News
........................................................................................ 93

Number 2

Bruce Morton and Steven D. Zink
Interview with Michel Carpentier, Director General Directorate
General XIII, Telecommunications,Information Industries, and
Innovation, of the Commission of the European Communities, with
Comments by Gregory Paulger, Assistant to the Deputy Director General
............... 99
Calvin A. Kent
The Privatizing of Government Information:
Economic Considerations
..................................................................................... 113
Lisa Sanchez
Dissemination of United States Federal Government
Information on CD-ROM: An Issues Primer
.................................................................................. 133
Margaret Ferley
Canada's Trade Policy: A Guide to Basic Materials
................................................................................. 145
Diana Gonzalez Kirby and Tony A. Harvell
U.S. Government Information Policy and the AIDS Epidemic
..................................................................... 157
Carolyn D. Baber
Recent Literature on Government Information
.................................................................................. 173
John V. Richardson, Jr.
Theses in Documents
..................................................................................... 183
Louis Vyhnanek
Reviews
..................................................................................... 187
Louis Vyhnanek
Books and Other Materials Received
................................................................................... 196
LeRoy Schwarzkopf
New from Washington
.................................................................................... 199
Jack Sulzer
Regional, State, and Local News
................................................................................... 207

Number 3

Donald C. Smith
The Rhetoric of the Weekly Compilation of Presidential
Documents: "We Make That Decision on a Daily Basis"
................................................................................... 213
Eric Hansen
Introduction to the U.S. Congressional Budget Process
.................................................................................. 219
M. Y. Ali
Condition of Bangladesh Government Publications
................................................................................... 239
Philip Van De Voorde
Should Reference Service for U.S. Government Publications
and General Reference be Merged? A Case Study
................................................................................... 247
Margaret T. Mooney
GPO Cataloging: Is It A Viable Current Access
Tool for U.S. Documents?
..................................................................................... 259
Veronica Maclay
Selected Sources of United States Agency Decisions
................................................................................... 271
Louis Vyhnanek
Reviews
.................................................................................. 303
Louis Vyhnanek
Books and Other Materials Received
................................................................................... 313
LeRoy Schwarzkopf
News from Washington
.................................................................................... 317
Robert W. Schaaf
International Organizations News
..................................................................................... 321
Editor's Note ..................................................................................... 327

Number 4

The Honorable Tom Delay
There Is A Real and Immediate Need to Reduce
Federal Paperwork: A Viewpoint
...................................................................................... 327
Bruce Morton and Steven D. Zink
"Preserving the Institutional Memory": An Interview with Scott
Armstrong, Executive Director of the National Security Archive
..................................................... 331
John Chapman, Linwood Imlay,
Jim Smith and Duke Spence
The U.S. Govemment Printing Office Responds to Criticism of Its
Microfiche Procurement Practices: Who Says GPO Does Not Give a Damn?
................................................. 345
Opritsa D. Popa and Sandra J. Lamprecht
A Window on the USSR: Soviet Diplomatic Press Releases
................................................................................... 353
Debora Richey
Economic Report of the President: An Analysis
................................................................................. 365
Nancy Patricia O'Brien
Micro-Opaque Copiers: Is There a Resolution?
................................................................................. 377
Barbara Hale and Sandra McAninch
The Plight of U.S. Government Regional Depository Libraries
in the 1980s: Life in a Pressure Cooker
..............................................................................................
387
Louis Vyhnanek
Reviews
........................................................................................................ 397
Louis Vyhnanek
Books and Other Materials Received
............................................................................................. 410
LeRoy Schwarzkopf
News from Washington
...................................................................................... 413
Jack Sulzer
Regional, State, and Local News
................................................................................... 419

Number 5

The Honorable Bob Wise
Electronic Information and Freedom of Information --
Moving Toward Policy: A Viewpoint
.................................................................................. 425
P.R. Goswami
The Census of India: A Discussion of Issues of Data
Collection and Dissemination
.................................................................................. 429
Naomi V. Kerze
Separate vs. Integrated: The Disappearing Debate Over the Organization
of United States Government Publications in Depository Libraries
.............................................................. 439
Patricia A. Langelier
Putting the Public into State Publications: The North Carolina Saga
.......................................... 447
Joseph P. Harahan and David M. Pemberton
United States Federal History: A Bibliography
................................................................................... 463
Carole Joling
Food and Agriculture Organization: A Clearinghouse
for Agricultural Information
................................................................................. 489
Carolyn D. Baber
Recent Literature on Government Information
................................................................................. 495
Louis Vyhnanek
Reviews
................................................................................... 507
Louis Vyhnanek
Books and Other Materials Received
................................................................................. 516
LeRoy Schwarzkopf
News from Washington
.................................................................................. 519
Robert W. Schaaf
International Organizations News
................................................................................... 527
Announcements .................................................................................... 533

Number 6

Ellen Calhoun
Introduction
................................................................................. 535
Susan Thorpe Okey, Ellen Calhoun
and Betty Jean Swartz
U.S. Govemment (Depository Items)
................................................................................. 537
Fred Schmidt
Technical Reports and Non-Depository Publications
.................................................................................. 555
David W. Parish
State Publications
............................................................................................ 565
Ronald J. Heckart
Local Publications
............................................................................................. 577
Virginia Gillham
Canada
.................................................................................................. 581
Penny Scott
Australia
................................................................................................. 607
Jan Wright
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
.................................................................................. 613
Eudora I. Loh
Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America
.................................................................................. 619
Chere Negaard and Marian Shaaban
United Nations and Other International Organizations
.................................................................................. 627
Category Index ........................................................................................................ 657
John V. Richardson, Jr.
Theses in Documents
.................................................................................... 661
Louis Vyhnanek
Reviews
....................................................................................................... 663
Louis Vyhnanek
Books and Other Materials Received
.................................................................................. 670
LeRoy C. Schwarzkopf
News from Washington
................................................................................... 673
Jack Sulzer
Regional, State, and Local News
.................................................
........................................... 677
Announcement ............................................................................................................. 683
Contents and Author Index for Volume 16 ................................................................................... I
