Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications 2002-01: Iss 1308

123 Pages·30.3 MB·English

of United States Government Publications
January 2002
Entries 2002-3130 to 2002-4199
Use the catalog online at:
http://www.gpo.gov/catalog
ISSN 0362-6830

ERRATA
For the January 2002 issue of the Monthly Catalog, the entries listed on the title page were
incorrect. It should have read 2002-3130 to 2002-4199.

GP 3.8/8:2002/1
ISSN: 0362-6830
United States Government Publications
Entries 2002-3139 to 2002-4199
JANUARY 2002
Number 1308
Cataloging Branch
Library Division
Library Programs Service
Superintendent of Documents
U.S. Government Printing Office
Washington DC 20401
For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office
Superintendent of Documents, Mail Stop SSOP, Washington DC 20402-9328 PRELIM. 1

Contents
Brief History PRELIM <
Catalog Arrangement/Sample Entry PRELIM.
Document Sales Information PRELIM. 9
Order Form PRELIM. 1]
U.S. Government Bookstores. ...............5. PRELIM. 13
Federal Depository Library Program PRELIM. 15
Lah OE Sri IM. sw sw i ee eee ce cen PRELIM.
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Se I I ce ks Ca ee eRe bees |
Title Keyword Index
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Brief Hi ts aati tal
he Printing Act of 1895 specified described documents according to its
two products for the description and own standards and systems. A major
collocation of public documents. revision of the appearance and functionality
of the MoCat took place in July 1976.
e The Catalogue of the Public Documents
GPO catalogers began producing machine-
of the [...] Congress and of All Depart-
readable cataloging records (MARC) con-
ments of the Government of the United
forming to Anglo-American Cataloging
States (Document Catalogue) fulfilled
the requirement for a “comprehensive Rules (AACR), Library of Congress Subject
index of public documents” to be Headings (LCSH), the Ohio College Library
prepared “at the close of each regular Center (later the Online Computer Library
session of Congress.” Center, OCLC) bibliographic standards and
formats, and other applicable national
The Monthly Catalog of United States
level standards. Since that time, GPO has
Government Publications (MoCat) met
the stipulation for a “Monthly Catalogue gradually expanded the emphasis of its
... which shall show the publications cataloging and indexing program from the
printed during a month, where [those production of a single printed product to
publications are] obtainable, and the the creation and maintenance of a database
price thereof.” of high-quality, standards-based biblio-
graphic records. These records are used
Thus, the original relationship was a
by GPO and the library community to sup-
current awareness listing (in the MoCat)
port an expanding array of bibliographic
and a permanent, authoritative, and
comprehensive catalog (in the Document control activities.
Catalogue). The bibliographic data used to produce
In 1947, the cost and perennial difficul- this abridged paper edition is also used to
ty of compiling the Document Catalogue produce a World Wide Web (WWW) edi-
led the Superintendent of Documents to
tion. The Web edition links users
recommend to the Joint Committee on directly from bibliographic citations to
Printing that the Catalogue be discontinued
electronic publications, and assists the
after the edition for 1940 was completed.
public to locate information in depository
The MoCat began to serve in the capacity
libraries and through GPO sales. GPO
of a single source for bibliographic
bibliographic data is also available to
information, fulfilling the requirements of
libraries from the Library of Congress and
the 1895 act, which stand to this day in
from a variety of commercial sources for
44 USC §1710-1711.
From 1895 until 1976, the Government the creation of high quality local databases
Printing Office (GPO) arranged and and public access catalogs.
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