>GPO is currently surveying depository libraries for suggestions, by type
>of library, for additions to the "Essential Titles for Public Use in Paper
>Format" list
>(http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/pubs/estitles.html). Paul Arrigo
>and I will be compiling the many, many suggestions we recieve from law
>libraries. (We've gotten one so far.)
>
>To start the ball rolling I am appending a list which was compiled by a
>group of law librarians eariler this year. It's quite extensive. Anyway,
>perhaps we could use this list as a starting point. Please take a look at
>the list. Then look at the List of Classes. Then go to the survey -
>http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/tools/essential_titles_survey.html
>- and make your suggestions for titles that LAW LIBRARIES should recieve
>in paper format. It's that easy.
>
>Thanks for your help.
>Barbie Selby
>bselby@virginia.edu
>(434) 924-3504
>
>Paul Arrigo
>paa11@psu.edu
>(724) 983-2880
>
>
>
>
>
>Recommended Core List of Titles in Paper Format for Law Libraries
>Participating in the Federal Depository Library Program
>(last updated Feb. 28, 2003)
>
>Below is a core list of print titles needed by law libraries that
>participate in the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). The list
>was compiled by a group of law librarians, among them a director of a
>depository law library, and documents librarians from depository law
>libraries of different types, located throughout the United States. These
>law libraries include a state law library serving state government and the
>public, two private academic law libraries, and several public academic
>law libraries. A shared commitment to providing public access to federal
>government information has led these law librarians to call for depository
>distribution of print versions of federal documents, for the following reasons:
>
>* Most electronic versions of federal government publications are not
>official. For example, the electronic versions of U.S. Supreme Court Slip
>Opinions, Official Reports, and U.S. Reports available on the GPO Website,
>bear a disclaimer that the Supreme Court considers them unofficial.
>
>* Most courts, government agencies, and legal publications require
>citation to the official, print versions of federal government
>documents. For example, most federal and state courts and regulatory
>agencies, as well as most professional U.S. legal publications, follow The
>Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (16th ed. 1996), which requires
>citation to official, print versions of federal government documents.
>
>* Federal documents are among the most heavily used materials in law
>libraries, with a single title commonly being used simultaneously by many
>patrons. Only print publications can meet the needs of the public for
>such high-use government information, because law libraries cannot provide
>enough computer workstations to accommodate all the users who need access
>to federal documents, nor can law libraries afford the enormous quantities
>of paper and toner that patrons would use to access federal documents on
>the Internet.
>
>* Many law-related federal government publications are unusable in
>electronic format. For example, Congressional hearings, essential sources
>of legislative history information, are typically hundreds of pages long,
>and often cannot be successfully downloaded from the GPO Access during
>business hours, let alone navigated and read on a computer
>workstation. Likewise, the length and complexity of most federal statutes
>make the Statutes at Large and the U.S. Code virtually unusable in
>electronic format.
>
>* Internet access is too slow and unreliable to meet the public’s need for
>federal legal information. Public users of law-related federal documents
>often need information immediately to meet a legal deadline. Yet GPO
>Access is often inaccessible or very slow during working hours, rendering
>key documents unavailable. Further, law libraries’ local networks and
>Internet connections commonly experience interruptions during heavy usage
>periods. Print materials are always available for public use.
>
>* Some crucial, law-related federal government publications are
>unavailable in electronic format. For example, GPO Access makes available
>only the daily edition of the Congressional Record, while the courts,
>government agencies, and legal publications require citation to the
>permanent edition.
>
>* Access to print materials in a Regional Depository Library does not meet
>the needs of the public for law-related federal government
>information. Many depository law libraries are located hundreds of miles
>from their Regional Depository Library, putting vital law-related federal
>documents, such as the permanent edition of the Congressional Record and
>the bound Serial Set, out of public reach. All depository law libraries
>need print copies of key law-related federal documents to meet public needs.
>
>Law librarians respectfully ask the Superintendent of Documents and
>Members of Congress to provide the following publications in print, free
>of charge, to depository law libraries, through the FDLP:
>
>* Congressional Bills, Joint Resolutions, Concurrent Resolutions, and
>Printed Amendments (Item # 1006-A, SuDoc # Y1.4/ )
>* Public Laws (Item # 0575, SuDoc # AE 2.110:)
>* U.S. Statutes at Large (Item # 0576, SuDoc # AE 2.111:)
>* U.S. Code (Item # 0991-A, SuDoc # Y 1.2/5:)
>* Constitution of the United States, Analysis and Interpretation (Item #
>1004-E-01, SuDoc # Y 1.1/3:)
>* Congressional Record (Daily) (Item # 0994-B, SuDoc # X 1.1/A:)
>* Congressional Record (Bound) (Item # 0993-A-01, SuDoc # X 1.1:)
>* Congressional Record (Bound) Index and Daily Digest (Item # 0993-B,
>SuDoc # X 1.1:)
>* Congressional Serial Set (Bound) (Item # 1008-F, SuDoc # Y 1.1/2:)
>* Congressional Hearings and Committee Prints (Item # 1000-B through
>1046-C, SuDoc # Y 4)
>* House Journal (Item # 1030-A, SuDoc # XJH:)
>* Calendar of the U.S. House of Representatives (Item # 0998-A, SuDoc # Y
>1.2/2:)
>* Senate Journal (Item # 1047-A, SuDoc # XJS:)
>* Journal of Executive Proceedings of the U.S. Senate (Item # 1047-C,
>SuDoc # Y 1.3/4:)
>* Calendar of Business, Senate (Item # 0998-B, SuDoc # Y 1.3/3:)
>* Deschler’s Precedents of the U.S. House of Representatives (Item #
>0995-G-01, SuDoc # Y 1.1/2:)
>* Riddick’s Senate Procedure (Item # 0996-A, SuDoc # Y 1.1/3:)
>
>
>* Federal Register (Item # 0573-C, SuDoc # AE 2.106:)
>* Code of Federal Regulations : LSA, List of CFR Sections Affected (Item #
>0573-C, SuDoc # AE 2.106/2:)
>* Code of Federal Regulations (Item # 0572-B, SuDoc # AE 2.106/3:)
>
>
>* U.S. Supreme Court Slip Opinions (Item # 0740-A, SuDoc # JU 6.8/B:)
>* Official Reports of the Supreme Court (Item # 0740-B, SuDoc # JU 6.8/A:)
>* U.S. Reports (Item # 0741, SuDoc # JU 6.8:)
>* United States Court of International Trade Reports (Item # 0736, SuDoc #
>JU 9.5/2:)
>* Reports of the United States Tax Court (Item # 0742, SuDoc # JU 11.7:)
>* Reports of the United States Tax Court (Advance Sheets) (Item # 0742,
>SuDoc # JU 11.7/A 2:)
>* Tax Court Memoranda (Item # 0742-B, SuDoc # JU 11.7/2:)
>* Slip Opinions, U.S. Court of Veterans Appeals (Item # 0742-D, SuDoc # JU
>15.9:)
>
>
>* U.S. Treaties and Other International Agreements (Item # 0899-A, SuDoc #
>S 9.12:)
>* Treaties and Other International Acts Series (Item # 0899, SuDoc # S 9.10:)
>* Treaties in Force (Item # 0900-A, SuDoc # S 9.14:)
>* Foreign Relations of the U.S. (Item # 0872-B, SuDoc # S 1.1:)
>
>
>* Agriculture Decisions (Item # 0002, SuDoc # A 1.58/A:)
>* FCC Record (Item # 0284, SuDoc # CC 1.12/3:)
>* FERC Reports (Item # 0438-C, SuDoc # E 2.17:)
>* Notices of Determinations by Jurisdictional Agencies under the Natural
>Gas Policy Act of 1978 (Item # 0438-C-02, SuDoc # E 2.22:)
>* Environmental Administrative Decisions (Item # 0431-I-01, SuDoc # EP
>1.2:D 35/)
>* Social Security Rulings (Item # 0523-A, SuDoc # HE 3.44/2:)
>* Decisions of the Federal Maritime Commission (Item # 0233-A, SuDoc # FMC
>1.10:)
>* Federal Trade Commission Decisions (Item # 0534, SuDoc # FT 1.11:)
>* Decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States (Item # 0544,
>SuDoc # GA 1.5:)
>* HCFA Rulings (Iten # 0512-A-24, SuDoc # HE 22.38:)
>* Decisions of Department of the Interior (Item # 0602-A, SuDoc # I 1.69/A:)
>* Decisions of Department of the Interior Index-Digest (Item # 0602-C,
>SuDoc # I 1.69/2:)
>* Decisions of Department of the Interior: Cumulative Index-Digest of
>Unpublished Decisions (Item # 0602, SuDoc # I 1.69/2-3:)
>* Official Opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States (Item #
>0717-C-23, SuDoc # J 1.5:)
>* Administrative Decisions under Employer Sanctions… (Item # 0717-C-20,
>SuDoc # J 1.103:)
>* Administrative Decisions under the Immigration & Nationality Laws (Item
># 0723, SuDoc # J 21.11:)
>* Interim Administrative Decisions under the Immigration & Nationality
>Laws (Item # 0723-A-05, SuDoc # J 21.11/2:)
>* Decisions of the Office of Administrative Judges and the Administrative
>Review Board (Dept. of Labor) (Item # 0745-G, SuDoc # L 1.5/2:)
>* Compendium of Copyright Office Practices (Item # 0803-B, SuDoc # LC
>3.11:)
>* Decisions and Orders (NLRB) (Item # 0826, SuDoc # LR 1.8:)
>* Classified Index of NLRB Decisions (Item # 0826, SuDoc # LR 1.8/6:)
>* Weekly Summary of NLRB Cases (Item # 0826-C, SuDoc # LR 1.15/2:W-)
>* Cases Decided by the Merit Systems Protection Board (Item # 0290-K-03,
>SuDoc # MS 1.15:)
>* Report to the President by the Emergency Board (NMB) (Item # 0833, SuDoc
># NMB 1.7:)
>* Determinations of the National Mediation Board (Item # 0834, SuDoc # NMB
>1.9:)
>* Decisions and Reports (SEC) (Item # 0908, SuDoc # SE 1.11:)
>* SEC Docket (Item # 0908-C, SuDoc # SE 1.29:)
>* Customs Bulletin (Item # 0927, SuDoc # T 17.6/3-5:)
>* Internal Revenue Cumulative Bulletin (Item # 0960, SuDoc # T 22.25:)
>* National Transportation Safety Board Decisions (Item #0982-I-04, SuDoc #
>TD 1.122:)
>* Surface Transportation Board Reports (Item # 0982-P-01, SuDoc # TD 13.6/2:)
>* Board of Veterans Appeals Decisions (Item # 0983-E-01, SuDoc # VA 1.95/2:)
>* Federal Election Commission Record (Item # 1091-A, SuDoc # Y 3.El
>2/3:11/)
>* EEOC Decisions (Item # 1059-A-02, SuDoc # Y 3.EQ 2:18/)
>* Merger Decisions (FDIC) (Item # 1061-K-03, SuDoc # Y 3.F 31/8:1-3/)
>* Administrative Law Judge Decisions Report, FLRA (Item # 1061-G-01, SuDoc
># Y 3.F 31/21-3:9-3/)
>* Decisions of the Federal Labor Relations Authority (Item # 1061-G-01,
>SuDoc # Y 3.F 31/21-3:10-4/)
>* Citator: Decisions of the Federal Labor Relations Authority (Item #
>1061-G-01, SuDoc # Y 3.F 31/21-3:9-4/)
>* Nuclear Regulatory Commission Issuances (Item # 1051-J, SuDoc # Y 3.N
>88:11/)
>* NRC Issuances (Advance Sheets) (Item # 1051-J-01, SuDoc # Y 3.N 88:11-2/)
>* ALJ Decisions, Occupation Safety and Health Review Commission (Item #
>1070-L-02, SuDoc # Y 3.OC 1:10-5/)
>* Commission Decisions, Occupation Safety and Health Review Commission
>(Item # 1070-L-02, SuDoc # Y 3.OC 1:10-6/)
>
>Agency Annual Reports (Various Item Numbers, SuDoc # _ _.1:)
>
>* Reports of the Proceedings of the Judicial Conference of the U.S. (Item
># 0728, SuDoc # JU 10.1:)
>* Judicial Business of the U.S. (Item # 0728-C-01, SuDoc # JU 10.1/4:
>* General Publications (FJC) (Item # 0743-C-01, SuDoc # JU 13.2:)
>* Handbooks, Manuals, Guides (FJC) (Item # 0743-C-02, SuDoc # JU 13.8:)
>* Report FJC-R (series) (Item # 0743-C-03, SuDoc # JU 13.10:)
>
>* Uniform Crime Reports (Item # 0722, SuDoc # J 1.14/7:)
>* Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics (Item # 0968-H-06, SuDoc # J
>29.9/6:)
>* Federal Court Management Statistics (Item # 0717-X, SuDoc # JU 10.14:)
>* Federal Judicial Workload/Caseload Statistics (Item # 0729-D, SuDoc # JU
>10.21:)
>* Statistical Tables for the Federal
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