Porter, 'Government Printing Office/Library Program Service Budget Crisis', NCSU Libraries Newsletter v20n05 (January 1993)
 
_The NCSU Libraries Newsletter_
Volume 20 no. 5
January 1993
Porter, Jean
"Government Printing Office/Library Program Service Budget 
Crisis"


In late November depository libraries across the country were 
informed that the Library Programs Service had a budget 
shortfall of $3.5 million.  Although there will be some staff 
reductions and other internal adjustments to cover this 
shortfall, the majority of the reductions will be in the 
distribution of government information.

The reductions include:

Distributing Department of Energy microfiche, NASA 
microfiche, and bound treaties only to regional depositories 
(e.g., UNC-Chapel Hill for N.C.).  Traditionally, NCSU has 
collected these materials, not UNC-Chapel Hill.

Distributing the _U.S. Reports_, _Official Gazette_ (patents 
and trademarks), army _Technical Manuals_, House and Senate 
_Calendars_, slip treaties, and slip Supreme Court opinions in 
microfiche only.

Limiting claims fulfillment (issues missing from shipments) 
for microfiche to regional depositories only and paper copies 
to core publications.

Distributing the bound _U.S. Congressional Serial Set_ to 
regional depositories.  Materials published in the _Serial Set_ 
are the House and Senate Documents and Reports.  Under this 
plan we will continue to receive the individual publications in 
microfiche but not a complete set in paper.

In addition each library was asked to re-examine its 
selections of materials available for distribution in either 
paper or microfiche.  Materials included in this category were 
congressional hearings and committee prints, the daily 
_Congressional Record_, the _Monthly Catalog_, and the _Code 
of Federal Regulations_.  We have changed a few more 
congressional hearings to microfiche, but the other titles 
mentioned above will continue to be received in paper format.

If you have any question, please call Jean Porter or Jack 
McGeachy in the Documents Department at ext. 5-3280.