


Number 1

Fred B. Wood
Title 44 and Federal Information Dissemination-A Technology
and Policy Challenge for Congress: A Viewpoint
................................................................................. 1
Bruce Morton and Steven D. Zink
"Embarking on an Information Management Plan," An Interview with Gerry
Bethell, Director of Information Management Practices, Administrative
Policy Branch, Treasury Board, and Peter Gillis,
Group Chief of Information Practices, Treasury Board
...................................................... 7
Jessica D. Schwab
National Security Restraints of the Federal Govemment on Academic
Freedom and Scientific Communication in the United States
............................................... 17
Robert W. Schaaf
Information Policies of International Organizations
...................................................................
49
Deborah Mongeau
User Awareness and Accessibility of Rhode Island
State Depository Publications: A Case Study
.......................................................................
63
Khoo Siew Mun
Malaysian Library Deposit Legislation and Use of Official Publications
.......... 73
Beth D. Peters
Letter to the Editor
................................................................................. 83
Louis Vyhnanek
Reviews
................................................................................... 85
Louis Vyhnanek
Books and Other Materials Received
................................................................................. 91
LeRoy C. Schwarzkopf
News from Washington
.................................................................................. 95
Robert W. Schaaf
International Organizations News
................................................................................. 101

Number 2

Ian Thomson
European Documentation Centres: Their Role in EC Information Provision,
with Particular Reference to the United Kingdom
................................................................................. 107
Charles A. Seavey
Government Graphics: The Development of Illustration
in U.S. Federal Publications, 1817-1861
................................................................................. 121
Rebecca Wondriska
Women and the American Dream, 1900-1925: An Annotated Bibliography
of Selected Documents from the U.S. Serial Set
.................................................................................. 143
Andrew Hubbertz
Crown Copyright and Privatization of Govemment Information
in Canada, with Comparisons to the United States Experience
..................... 159
Carolyn D. Baber
Recent Literature on Government Information
............................................................................... 167
Louis Vyhnanek
Reviews
.................................................................................. 173
Louis Vyhnanek
Books and Other Materials Received
.................................................................................. 179
Leroy C. Schwarzkopf
News from Washington
.................................................................................. 183
Jack Sulzer
Regional, State, and Local News
................................................................................... 191

Number 3

Ken Rockwell
Privatization of U.S. Geological Survey Topographic Maps: A
Survey ..............................................................
199
Howard Coxon
Australian Official Publications: An Update
............................................................................... 213
Gretchen Whitney
Information Policy and the Educated Librarian
................................................................................. 221
Daniel K. Blewett
U.S. World War II Navel History: Some Lesser-Known Documents
.......................................................... 237
John Walters
Using Automated Item Files as the Basis for Effective Collection
Management and Cooperative Collection Development: A Note
............................... 251
Louis Vyhnanek
Reviews
.................................................................................. 257
Louis Vyhnanek
Books and Other Materials Received
................................................................................... 265
Richard A. Baker, John Walters
and Peter Hernon
Letters to the Editor
....................................................................................... 267
LeRoy C. Schwarzkopf
News from Washington
................................................................................... 269
Robert W. Schaaf
International Organization News
.................................................................................. 275

Number 4

Fred B. Wood
Office of Technology Assessment Perspectives on
Current U.S. Federal Information Issues
................................................................................. 281
Diane H. Smith
Depository Libraries in the 1990s: Whitner, or Wither
Depositories?
.................................................. 301
Henry H. Perritt, Jr.
Determining the Content and Identifying Suppliers of
Public Information in Electronic Form
................................................................................
325
Bert R. Boyce, J. Stuart Douglass, John Rabalais
Lee Shiflett, Danny P. Wallace
Measurement of Subject Scatter in the Superintendent
of Documents Classification
................................................................................... 333
Barbara E. Haner
Government Information as Recorded in Core Serials
of the Geological Sciences
.................................................................................. 341
M.R. Aderibigbe
Report of a Workshop on Nigerian Government Publications
................................................................................. 357
Louis Vyhnanek
Reviews
....................................................................................... 361
Louis Vyhnanek
Books and Other Materials Received
.................................................................................. 369
Naomi V. Kerze
Letter to the Editor
................................................................................... 371
LeRoy C. Schwarzkopf
News from Washington
.................................................................................... 373
Jack Sulzer
Regional, State, and Local News
................................................................................... 381

Number 5

The Honorable Jeff Bingaman
The Changing Federal Information Landscape: TheNeed and
Opportunities for Better Management-A Viewpoint
................................................................................... 387
Jim Jacobs
U.S. Government Computer Bulletin Boards: A
Modest Proposal for Reform
................................................................................... 393
Bruce Morton and Steven D. Zink
"We Are Here to Make Sure That Information Is Available,
Accessible, and Cost-effective." An Interview With Patricia
Homer, Director of the Canadian Government Publishing Centre
........................................................................ 397
Diane K. Kovacs
GovDoc-L--An Online Intellectual Community of Documents Librarians and
Other Individuals Concemed With Access to Government Information
............................................................. 411
Margaret T. Mooney
Matching Library Holdings Against GPO Tapes: Issues, Concerns, and
Solutions .......................................... 421
Dov Te'eni
Towards Effective Information Processifig in High Office: An Analysis of
Decision Support Systems in the National Govemments of Israel and Egypt
................................................... 429
Elizabeth Stephenson
Data Archivists: The Intermediaries the Census Bureau Forgot.
A Review Essay of "The Role of Intermediaries in the Interpretation
and Dissemination of Census Data Now and in the Future"
.................................................................................. 441
Carolyn D. Baber
Recent Literature on Government Information
..................................................................................... 449
Jean Slemmons Stratford and Juri Stratford
Reviews
................................................................................................................... 461
Jean Slemmons Stratford and Juri Stratford
Books and Other Materials Received
.................................................................................................. 472
LeRoy S. Schwarzkopf
News from Washington
........................................................................................................ 475
Robert W. Schaaf
International Organizations News
................................................................................... 483
Announcement .................................................................................................................... 489

Number 6

Ellen Calhoun
Introduction
................................................................................................................ 491
Michele T. Ruhlin, Maxine R. Haggerty,
Betty Jean Swartz and David L. Morrison
U.S. Government (Depository Items)
................................................................................ 493
Fred Schmidt
Technical Reports and Non-depository Publications
.................................................................................. 513
David W. Parish
State Publications
................................................................................... 521
Marc A. Levin
Local Publications
.................................................................................... 533
Virginia Gillham
Canada
................................................................................... 539
Penny Scott and Graeme Siddle
Australia and New Zealand
..................................................................................... 563
Eudora I. Loh and Stephanie Sterling
Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America
................................................................................. 573
Jan Wright
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
..................................................................................... 583
Chere Negaard and Marian Shaaban
United Nations and Other International Organizations
.................................................................................. 589
Category Index ........................................................................................ 619
Jean Slemmons Stratford and Juri Stratford
Reviews
......................................................................................... 623
Jean Slemmons Stratford and Juri Stratford
Books and Other Materials Received
.................................................................................. 640
LeRoy C. Schwarzkopf
News from Washington
................................................................................... 643
Jack Sulzer
Regional, State, and Local News
...................................................................................... 645
Contents and Author Index for Volume 17 .................................................................................. I
