


Number 1

Steven D. Zink
Editorial: The Journal of Government
Information
.................................................................................... 1
James P. Love
A Window on the Politics of the Government Printing
Office Electronic Information Access Enhancement Act
of 1993
................................................................................................
3
R. F. de Bruine
European Commission Policy in the Framework of
the Information Services Market
......................................................................................
15
John Richardson and Margaret R. Zarnosky
A State Transition Model of United States Congressional
Information
.............................................................................................
25
Robert D. Armstrong
"The Matter of Printing": Public Printing in the Western
Territories of the United States
............................................................................................
37
J. Christopher Mihm
The U.S. Decennial Census: An Agenda for Change
..........................................................................................
49
Vivienne Monty, Jeffrey T. Richelson and Roger D. Launius
Letters to the Editor
............................................................................................
59
Jean Slemmons Stratford and Juri Stratford
Reviews ... 63
Jean Slemmons Stratford and Juri Stratford
Books and Other Materials Received
...........................................................................................
76

Number 2

Charles A. Seavey
Fixing the Depository Library System: Some Thoughts
on Vacuum Cleaners, the Manifesto, and the State of
the Government Information Distribution System, With
a Modest Proposal to Remedy the Various Ills
Therein:
A Viewpoint
............................................................................................................................. 77
Joseph L. Ebersole
Competition, Jobs, and Information Policy: The Case
for Private-Sector Information Services: U.S. Patents
...............................................................................
83
Jeffrey Graf and Louise Malcomb
Identifying Unidentified U.S. Government Reports
...................................................................................
105
Virginia Anyanwu
Toward a National Classification Scheme for Nigerian
Official Publications
........................................................................................ 129
Paul D. Pattwell
An Electronic Bulletin Board for Sharing Government
Documents Information
............................................................................................
139
Susan M. Ryan
Recent Literature on Government Information
......................................................................................
149
Jean Slemmons Stratford and Juri Stratford
Reviews
........................................................................................
175
Jean Slemmons Stratford and Juri Stratford
Books and Other Materials Received
........................................................................................ 186

Number 3

Information Industry Association
189
Telecommunications Infrastructure Objectives and
Implementation Principles
........................................................................................
189
Susan Tulis and Steven D. Zink
"This Is an Exciting Place!" An Interview With Don
Johnson, Director, U.S. National Technical Information
Service, Department of Commerce
........................................................................................
195
J. A. A. Sillince
Information Policy in the European Community:
Balancing Protection and Competition
.........................................................................................
215
J. Timothy Sprehe
U.S. Office of Management and Budget Circular
No. A-130: Old and New
..........................................................................................
231
Vigdor Schreibman
The Politics of Cyberspace
.........................................................................................
249
Jean Slemmons Stratford and Juri Stratford
Reviews
..................................................................................... 281
Jean Slemmons Stratford and Juri Stratford
Books and Other Materials Received
...................................................................................... 292

Number 4

John V. Richardson, Jr.
In Memoriam: Bernard Mitchell Fry (1915-1994)
...............................................................................................
295
Bruce E. R. Thompson
Professional Ethics and the Problem of U.S. GPO
Document Withdrawal and Destruction Requests: A
Viewpoint
...........................................................................................................................
297
Eliot J. Christian
Helping the Public Find Information: The U.S.
Government Information Locator Service (GILS)
..........................................................................................
305
Ron Sept
Towards a Canadian Farm Management Resource
Centre: Preliminary Concept Study
..............................................................................................
315
Richard D. Walker
Use Made of U.S. Government Supported Technical
Reports by Researchers in Water Resources
....................................................................................... 335
Mark Thomas, Aimee Piscitelli and Julia Rholes
Security and Preservation of the U.S. Congressional
Serial Set
.............................................................................................................................
351
Jean Slemmons Stratford and Juri Stratford
Reviews
...........................................................................................................................
367
Jean Slemmons Stratford and Juri Stratford
Books and Other Materials Received
....................................................................................................
367

Number 5

Eric J. Massant
383
The Roles of Libraries and the Private Sector: Policy
Principles for Assuring Public Access to U.S. Federal
Government Information: A Viewpoint
..............................................................................................
383
Ted D. Smith
Measuring the Effect of U.S. Office of Management and
Budget Circular A-130: A Case Study
............................................................................................
391
Lancelot A. Busby
Statistical Data Dissemination: The Experience of the
United Nations Economic Commission for Latin
America and the Caribbean
..............................................................................................
403
John Spencer Walters
"Toy" Presses and the Rise of Fugitive
U.S. Government Documents
..........................................................................................
413
Ramona L. Reno
The U.S. Monthly Catalog and the Publications
Reference File as Collection Development Tools
............................................................................................
437
Susan M. Ryan
Recent Literature on Government Information
............................................................................................
455
Jean Slemmons Stratford and Juri Stratford
Reviews
........................................................................................................................
487
Jean Slemmons Stratford and Juri Stratford
Books and Other Items Received
............................................................................................ 502
Announcement: Pergamon/Elsevier Science Announces
the Recipients of the 1993 Bernard M. Fry Award
............................................................................................ 505

Number 6

Ellen Calhoun
Introduction
.................................................................................................
507
John Maxymuk, Louise A. Buckley and Christopher O. Dixon
U.S. Government (Depository Items)
.............................................................................................
507
Suzanne N. Taylor
Technical Reports and Non-depository Items
.............................................................................................
527
Janita Jobe
State Publications
.............................................................................................
539
Yvonne Wilson, Debora Richey and Barbara Ceizler Silver
Local Publications
.................................................................................................
559
Virginia Gillham
Canada
.............................................................................................
567
Julia Chandler
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
.............................................................................................
599
Ray Penn
Australia
.............................................................................................
605
Eudorah I. Loh
Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America
...............................................................................................
613
Chere Negaard and Michael Van Fossen
United Nations and Other International Organizations ... 621
Ellen Calhoun
Category Index
.................................................................................................
641
Jean Slemmons Stratford and Juri Stratford
Reviews
...........................................................................................
645
Jean Slemmons Stratford and Juri Stratford
Books and Other Materials Received
.............................................................................................
660
Announcement ................................................................................................. 663
