Depository Document Selection in Academic law Libraries: A Core List of Items Selected

SARAH HOLTERHOFF

This article reports the results of a study done of the item selection patterns of selective federal depositories in academic law libraries. Previously published core lists of docu- ments for law school collections are reviewed, and the issue of a minimum percentage requirement for selection is clarified. The current study proposes a new list, one derived from research using data from the GPO Automated Item Number File. A magnetic tape of the item selections for the 143 law school libraries with depository status as of May 1983 was obtained by the author from the Government Printing Office. The tape was reformatted to show the number of libraries selecting each item. A list was then created of the 200 item numbers that appeared most frequently, and these were matched with SuDocs numbers using the List of Classes. The result is a core list of titles selected by three-fourths or more of the libraries. This list of basic titles is analyzed. Also discussed are the types of documents which appear on a list of 200 infrequently-selected item numbers (selected by 10 or 11 percent of the libraries), though the list is not reproduced here. It was found that over two-thirds of the available item numbers are selected by less than 10 percent of the libraries. Results of this research can serve as a guide to law-related documents perceived to be most useful for law school depository librarians.

Public Law 95-261,’ enacted in 1978, made it possible for accredited law school libraries to become federal depositories. Since that time, the number of academic law libraries with this designation has more than tripled, from 42* to 143.3 The number of active item numbers from which depositories can choose has also increased, from 4,103 in December 197g4 to 5,949 by December 1983,5 due in part to the break-down of large categories into smaller ones. Along with these increases, other changes have occurred: greater recogni- tion on the part of librarians of the hidden costs of depository collections (especially if under-utilized), a new emphasis on meeting the needs of primary users, and a growing

Sarah Holterhoff is Documents Librarian at the Valparaiso llniversity School of Law Library, Valparaiso, IN

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interest in avoiding over-selection and waste. In light of these factors, an updated and s~eamlined core list of documents for law school depositories, based on research find- ings, would seem to be in order.

In the past, basic lists have been proposed, based on surveys and/or the experience and intuitions of working librarians. As early as 1972, Paul Willis and Richard Hutchins suggested that a comparison of selections of law library depositories would be useful.6 They reported results of their 1970 survey of thirty law library depositories (not just academic), which yielded a list of 700 classes selected by one-third or more of the libraries. These authors stated that “the list of government publications needed by law library users is seemingly endless,“’ and they recommended depository status as an effective means of acquiring such documents.

In 1978, several writers dealt with the new eligibility of accredited law school libraries to become depositories. Paul Axel-Lute estimated that 800 items, or 21 percent of items then available, were “useful enough in a law school library to justify their selection.“* These publications, he believed, included:

most of the publications of Congress, the Judiciary, the Justice Department, the Office of the Federal

Register and the regulatory commissions, annual reports of al1 departments and agencies, major statistical

compliations, budget documents and various bibliographic tools.y

Kay Schlueter, in a related article, reported results of a survey similar to that of Willis and Hutchins.‘O She attempted to define a core or basic documents collection for law school libraries by surveying the forty-one such libraries which had depository status as of April 1977 (prior to Pub.L. 95-261). Twenty-seven libraries responded to her survey. Schlueter listed in her Appendix B the titles and types of documents seIected by at least two-thirds of the respondents from a list of sixty-six titles given in her survey. Her result was not, by her own admission, the core list she intended, but was useful as a guide for the many law libraries undertaking depository status at that time. Schlueter found “few consensus choices”’ l and concluded that “only a few document titles can be considered completely essential to all law school libraries.“i2 She did point out the value of high- lighting “titles which are chosen by all or a large portion of libraries.“i3

Carol Boast, in a paper prepared for an AALL workshop in 1978, provided a helpful list, based partly on the work of Schlueter and of Willis and Hutchins, and partly on the experience of the University of Illinois Law Library as a depository for twelve years. i4 Her list of nearly 500 titles was especially helpful for new depositories because it included price information, shelf space, growth rate, and availability for purchase retrospectively.

In 1979, Kathleen Larson, in a paper on the implementation of depository status in a law school library, discussed subject areas for document selection and the relative usefulness of various types of documents. I5 She suggested comparing item selections of other selective depositories in law school libraries as a way to identify “those items which are uniquely valuable to all law libraries.” I6

In Luw L~~rur~~nsh~p: A Handbook, a 1983 publication of the American Association of Law Libraries, Dennis Stone in the chapter on government documents discussed the use of documents in various types of law libraries and the issue of depository status.*’ Stone provided a core list of approximately 500 item numbers but did not elaborate on its contents or how it was derived. Types of documents he listed include several categories that previous authors had cautioned against selecting: “general publications,” “laws,”

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and “regulations, rules and instructions.” He also discussed selection requirements as set forth in the 1977 Guidelines, Section 4-5: “Selection of at least 25% of the available Item Numbers on the ~las~i~ed List is suggested as the minimum number necessary to under- take the role of depository library.“Is

Although Stone acknowledged that this particular guideline “is not enforced and in fact does not reflect current depository policies,” l9 he went on to suggest that a law library selecting under 25 percent might develop sharing a~angements with another library in the same area. While this is a worthy idea, it is not necessary.

Current GPO policy supports a lower level of selection, without special arrangements. A letter from Michael F. DeMario, then Superintendent of Documents, recently clarified this issue as it applies to law school libraries. ** He acknowledged that “most law libraries select less than 25%,” and emphasized that meeting potential demand and avoiding wasteful overselection should take priority over adhering to a percentage level. He di- rected attention to the new inspection form (revised and in use since March 1984),21 which eliminates mention of percentages found in the previous version. He also men- tioned proximity to a larger depository as a possible reason for selecting fewer items.

In fact, GPO data examined for this article reveals that the average percentage of selection for law school depositories is 13.07 percent (785 items). The median percentage is 11.37 (683 items). Among the 143 libraries whose data was studied, a wide variation exists, from 1.36 percent (82 items selected) to 44.34 percent (2,664 items). As pre- viously mentioned, various factors may account for this discrepancy: proximity to a larger depository, on one hand, or the type of sharing a~angement which Stone describes, on the other.

It seems quite likely that the writings and lists described above have had considerable effect on the development of law school documents collections in dozens of newly- founded depositories. By 1983 the number of such depositories had grown to 143, most of which (87 percent) have been established for five or more years. Presumably this has given them time to determine their needs accurately and to stabilize their patterns of selection. It seems that law school depositories would be moving toward more consensus of choices, which earlier writers had reported was lacking.

As Peter Hemon and Gary Purcell have suggested, “further study of the patterns of distribution of depository items to law libraries seems warranted.“2” It is now possible, by examining data from the GPO Automated Item Number File, to make a more thorough and accurate assessment of actual selection patterns of czEl academic law library deposito- ries, not just those willing to answer a survey. Calling on the collective wisdom of 143 libraries, a meaningful core list can be derived for analysis and comparison.

A STUDY OF SELECTION PATTERNS

To begin the current project, a list was compiled of academic law libraries with depository status, as determined from the May 1983 list distributed by the Joint Committee on Printing.23 Altogether 143 libraries were identified and a list of their depository library numbers was sent to GPO after initial arrangements had been made with Michael F. DiMario and Jan Erickson of his staff. A print-image tape of the item selection profiles of these 143 depositories was produced; each library receives such a printout of its own selections for updating several times a year.

This tape, with data as of July 24, 1984, was purchased and then reformatted locally by

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item number. The total number of active items as of that date was 6,008. The reorganized data was programmed to yield a list of the 200 item numbers most frequently selected by the 143 libraries. The number 200 was selected to be consistent with the earlier work of Hemon and Purcellz4 and because it yielded a workable list for study. (A future study might carry the frequency ranking closer to 785-the “average” number of items chosen by law school depositories.) The 200th item number was still selected by 106 libraries or 74.1 percent. Therefore, the top 200 list is composed of titles selected by approximately three-fou~hs or more libraries.

The list of 200 item numbers was then matched to SuDocs numbers and titles and reorganized in order of the List of Classes 25 to produce the list contained in the Appendix: a Core Documents Collection. Actually more than 200 titles appear, since some item numbers represent two or more related titles. At the end are listed several discontinued titles whose item numbers wet-c still active as of July 1984.

For each document in the Appendix, the SuDocs number is given, followed by the title, item number, and (in parentheses) the number of libraries out of 143 that currently select this item. Some titles are labeled as paper or microfiche format, according to List of Classes.26 In a few cases format designations are followed by an asterisk (*), when they differ from the List. Several items were found at each ranking level: for example, four items actually ranked number 1 (chosen by all 143 libraries), followed by five item numbers chosen by 142 libraries, etc. The items listed comprise about 4 percent of the 6,008 items available, as of July 1984.

COMMENTS ON THE CORE DOCUMENTS LIST

The Appendix list allows some generalizations to be made about the selection patterns of a majority of law school library depositories. Types of documents preferred and the depart- ments or agencies issuing these top choices are revealed. As one might expect, the largest number of documents listed are issued by the Judiciary (33 titles), followed closely by the Department of Justice (31 titles) and Congress (29 titles). Titles appearing from the Judiciary represent almost all the documents offered to depositories from this department. In contrast, Justice Department titles included on the list comprise less than a quarter of those available and the titles from Congress are only a small portion of those offered. Law school libraries seem to be choosing carefully, perhaps on the basis of curricular empha- sis, from many publications of legal significance produced by these bodies. Interest is also shown in publications issued by the Library of Congress ( 18), the GSA-Office of Federal Register (13), the Treasurey-IRS (1 I), the State Dep~ment (IO), and the Depa~ments of Commerce and Defense (9 each).

It appears that the area of Civil Rights has expanded greatly since previous lists were compiled. However, this is probably due in large part to the breaking down of Item Number 288 (CR 1.) into various subnumbers, allowing for more selectivity. However, law school depositories are still selecting afmost all item nutnbers offered in this area of continuing Iegal interest.

Documents from such sources as the Department of Agriculture, Postal Service and various executive branch agencies and commissions seem to be chosen quite selectively, based on the data in the Core List.

Not appearing at all in the Core List are document titles from some sources found in earlier proposed lists. Examples of issuing bodies not represented include: the Arms

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Control and Disarmament Agency, Civil Service Commission, Office or Department of Education, Federal Home Loan Bank Board, Federal Reserve, National Credit Union Administration, and Personnel Management Office. These omissions indicate a lack of agreement among law school depositories about the value of publications in these areas. Perhaps special discretion should be used when considering selection of publications from these issuing bodies, since they may be appropriate for some but not all law school libraries. The same thing can be said of other areas not included in the Core List: they may be judged suitable according to individual curricular or research needs.

The Core List may be considered from another perspective, that of document type. Annual reports of agencies are a popular choice, with 18.5 percent of the 200 item numbers falling into this category. According to Laurence Schmeckebier and Roy Eastin, these reports “constitute the oldest series of government publications.“27 Peter Hemon and Charles R. McClure have noted that annual agency reports “frequently contain organization charts, list the services provided by the body, and provide a summary of detailed agency activities not likely to be found elsewhere.“28 It is interesting to note that almost half of the annual reports on the Core List have been converted to microfiche format for depository distribution.

Another frequently appearing document type is that of decisions and opinions. As Hemon and McClure state, these are “of primary importance to any library interested in legal matters” because they are the source of “legal precedence for interpreting Congres- sional law and executive regulations and provide an opportunity for these laws and

regulations to be challenged.“29 Sources of decisions and opinions chosen are executive agencies, commissions, courts, the attorney general, and the military.

The Core List reveals that more libraries get the bound decisions of particular agencies and courts than receive the corresponding slip opinions. This is perhaps due to the slowness of the individual opinions received on deposit, in comparison to private sector sources: looseleaf services, on-line databases, etc. The bound volumes are still needed by libraries for a permanent, official record, but the lack of speed and amount of record keeping and handling required make the slip opinions less desirable to some. An excep- tion is Agriculture Decisions, which are not available to depositories in bound, compiled volumes. Libraries must select the monthly segments and have these bound at their own expense.

Another document type is periodicals. Of the twelve government legal periodicals listed in Current Law Index (Volume 5, 1984) which are available for depository distribution, nine are in the top 200 list. Missing are: Drug Enforcement (J 24.3/2:), Federal Home Loan Bank Board Journal (FHL 1.27:), and The Reporter (Judge Advocate General of the Air Force) (D 302.11:).

As mentioned above, microfiche is the format for the distribution of many annual reports. Law librarians have strongly objected to conversion of decisions and opinions to microformat; nevertheless, some have been converted. Even more objectionable has been the distribution of scattered volumes of decisions in microfiche, while others come in paper copy format. Less than a quarter of the titles in the Core List are in a microfiche format (as determined from the List of Classes or other means). Law school library users need the greater accessibility of paper format for materials they use frequently, and they tend to avoid or ignore microfiche unless its use is absolutely necessary. But, as Hemon and McClure have noted, “microfiche has become the primary format for depository distribution,“30 and this fact may have increasing influence on selection patterns in law school depositories.

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Attempts to use Hernon and Purcell’s methodology to study the least-frequently-se- lected end of the spectrum for law school library depositories produced some predictable but nonetheless interesting results. It was learned that there are 355 item numbers which are not selected by any of the 143 libraries. Also, 659 numbers are selected by only one of the 143 libraries. This agrees with Hemon and Purcell’s finding that “a high percentage of item numbers have limited value to most libraries.“31 Indeed, over two-thirds (69.1 percent) of the possible 6,008 item numbers (at the time of this study) are selected by less than ten percent of law school library depositories.

Because a list of the 200 least-frequently-selected items would consist entirely of titles chosen by only one library, it would be fairly useless. Presumably these single choices (actually numbering 659) reflect very individual interests or even errors.

Rather, a list was produced of 200 item numbers which are chosen by 10 or 11 percent (14 to 16 of the 143 depositories). A few general comments will be sufficient to summa- rize the findings at this level. Census items are by far the largest category (37 percent). Reports for individual states make up the bulk of selections. The 1977 Guidelines recom- mend that every depository select the Census of Population and Census of Housing for its own state.“* But it seems that some libraries desire census data from surrounding states as well as their own. The usefulness of this material for a law school library may merit further study. Other titles can be grouped as bibliographies, handbooks, regulations, general publications, and reports of minor agencies. One can speculate about the reasons these categories are chosen less often. Regulations can be found in Code of Federal Regulations, chosen by 133 libraries in paper copy, and also in commercial sources. But perhaps depositories selecting these items agree with Dennis Stone that agencies’ versions of their own regulations include comments which are of particular value.“” “General publications, ” “handbooks,” and “bibliographies” are catch-all categories used by GPO. Many librarians avoid them because they may provide a number of documents of little value to a law school library. Reports of minor agencies may deal with areas of unique interest to some but not all law school programs.

It is, of course, not as valid to generalize at the 10 or 11 percent level of selection as it is at the level of 75 percent and above. At a low level, many items that appear may be chosen for housing outside law school libraries, or to satisfy some local need or idiosyncracy.

CONCLUSION

Government publications are perceived to be a valuable resource for legal information. This study has focused on identification of federal documents selected by a majority of law school library depositories, based on research into actual choices made by such depositories. Regardless of percentage of items selected (which varies widely in these libraries), it has been demonstrated in this study that there is agreement on a certain core group of documents. Examining a list of these 200 most-frequently-selected items may help depositories refine their own patterns of selection. By identifying types of documents and issuing bodies which appear often on this list, one can formulate guidelines for building a documents collection of legal interest. Analyzing sources and types of docu- ments selected infrequently by the same group of depositories suggests areas which are less essential.

The goal is a functional and streamlined collection that can meet a large portion of

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information needs without wasteful overselection. As Hemon and McClure have pointed out, “selection . . cannot be equated with use. “34 More research remains to be done on

use of documents collections, which would perhaps suggest changes in the established patterns of selection revealed in this study.

APPENDIX CORE DOCUMENTS COLLECTION

FOR LAW SCHOOL LIBRARIES

Agriculture

A 1.58/a:

Commerce

Agriculture Decisions (monthly) (P) 0002 (120)

c 1.1: C 3.6215: c 3.134: C 3.13412: c 3.13415:

c 21.212: C 21.9:

C 21.912:

C 39.226: Decisions of the Maritime Subsidy Board (P) 0233-A-02 (134)

Annual Report 0126 (106) Congressional District Atlas (P) 0140-B (122) Statistical Abstracts of U.S. (annual) (P) 0150 (141) Statistical Abstracts of U.S. Supplement (P) 0151 (133) State and Metropolitan Area Data Book, Statistical Abstract Supplement (P)

0150 (141) Annual Report of Commissioner of Patent and Trademark Office 025 I (122) Roster of Attorneys and Agents Registered to Practice before U.S. Patent

Office (MF) 0262-A (109) Attorneys and Agents Registered to Practice before U.S. Patent Office (MF)

0262-A (109)

Civil Aeronautics Board

CAB 1.1: Annual Report 0178 (117) CAB 1.21: CAB Reports (MF) 0179 (136)

Federal Communications Commission

cc 1.1: Annual Report (MF) 0283 (129) cc 1.12/2: FCC Reports: Second Series (P) 0284 (140) CC 1.12/2 a: FCC Reports (weekly) (P) 0284-A (132) cc 1.50: Major Matters Before the FCC (annual) 0285-B (108)

Civil Rights Commission

CR 1.1: Annual Report 0288-A (124) CR 1.2: General Publications 0288-A (I 24) CR 1.612: Handbooks, Manuals, Guides 0288-A-02 (118) CR 1.8: Hearings and Conferences before. . 0288-A-01 (112) CR 1.9: Bibliographies, Lists of Publications (P) 0288-A-04 (115) CR 1.10: Clearinghouse Publications 0288-A-05 (122) CR 1.12: New Perspectives (quarterly) (P) 0288-A-06 (123)

Defense Department

D 1.15: D 1.19:

Manual for Courts-Martial (P) 0349 (135) Annual Report of Court of Military Appeals 031 I-A (127)

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D 101.22: D 101.22: D 108.109: D 205.7: D 208.207: D 208.207/2: D 302.9:

Pamphlets: 27-50-nos. Army Lawyer (monthly) (P) 0327-F (131) Pamphlets: 27-IOO-nos. Military Law Review (quarterly) (P) 0327-G (137) The Advocate (bimonthly) (P) 0348-E (113) JAG Journal (semiannual) 0381 (141) International Law Studies: Naval War College (P) 0408-A (130) International Law Studies: Indexes (P) 0408-A (130) Air Force Law Review (quarterly) (P) 0427-B (139)

Energy

E 1.1: E 2.1:

Annual Report (P) 0429-A-01 (109) Annual Report, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (MF) 0429-V-10

(115)

Environmental Protection Agency

EP 1.1: EP 1.66:

Annual Report 0431-I-04 (113) Decisions of the Administrator and Decisions of the General Counsel (P) 0431-

1-58 (124)

Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

FM 1.1: Annual Report (MF) 0433 (114)

Federal Maritime Commission

FMC 1.1: FMC 1.10:

Annual Report (MF) 0233-A-01 (107) Reports (decisions) (MF*) 0233-A (137)

Federal Trade Commission

FT 1.1: F-T 1.11: IT 1.13:

Annual Report (MF) 0533 (129) FTC Decisions (bound volumes) (P) 0534 (140) Court Decisions (P) 0539 (134)

General Accounting Office

GA 1.5: GA 1.5/3: GA 1.519:

GA 1.5113:

Decisions of Comptroller General (bound volumes) (P) 0544 (140) Index-Digest of Published Decisions of Comptroller General (P) 0546 (139) Quarterly Digest of Unpublished Decisions: General Governmental Matters,

Appropriations and Miscellaneous (P) 0546-J (106) Personnel Law: Civilian Personnel and Military Personnel (quarterly) (P) 0546-

C (106)

Government Printing Offke

GP 3.712: GP 3.8: GP 3.2212: GP 3.2213: GP 3.2213-4: GP 3.28:

Numerical Lists and Schedule of Volumes (P) 0553 (123) Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (P) 0557-A (131) Subject Bibliographies, SB-(series) (P) 0552-A (111) Publications Reference File (bimonthly) (MF) 0552-B (135) Cumulative Price and Status Change Reports (biweekly) (MF) 0552-B (135) Final Cumulative Finding Aid, House and Senate Bills (annual) (P) 0553-A

(124)

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General Services Administration

GS 4.107: GS 4.107/a: GS 4.108: GS 4.108: GS 4.108/2: GS 4.109: GS 4.110: GS 4.111: GS 4.11112: GS 4.113: GS 4.113/2: GS 4.11313:

GS 4.114:

Federal Register (daily) (P) 0573-C (135) Federal Register Reprint Series (and unnumbered separates) (P) 0573 (137) Code of Federal Regulations (hardcopy) 0572-B (133) CFR: Index and Finding Aids (hardcopy) 0572 (139) Index and Finding Aids, Title 3, Supplements (hardcopy) 0572-B (133) U.S. Government Manual (annual) (P) 0577 (143) Slip Laws (public) (P) 0575 (134) Statutes at Large (P) 0576 (143) Statutes at Large, Tables of Laws Affected (P) 0576 (143) Public Papers of Presidents of U.S. (annual) (P) 0574-A (138) Proclamations and Executive Orders (P) 0574-A (138) Codification of Presidential Proclamations and Executive Orders (P) 0574-A

(138) Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents (P) 0577-A (142)

Health and Human Services Department

HE 3.3: HE 3.313: HE 3.315: HE 22.15: HE 23.110:

Social Security Bulletin (monthly) (P) 0523 (124) Social Security Bulletin, Statistical Supplements (annual) (P) 0523-A-01 (110) Author, Title, and Subject Index (P) 0523 (124) Health Care financing Administration Rulings (annual) (P) 0512-A-24 (121) Mental Retardation and the Law, a Report on Status of Current Court Cases

0444-K-04 (119)

Housing and Urban Development Department

HH 1.1: HH 1.79: HH 1.79/2: HH 1.86:

Annual Report 058 1 (106) Annual Report on National Housing Goal (MF) 058 1 (106) National Housing Production Report 0581 (106) Legal Opinions of Office of General Counsel (annual) (P) 0581-E-30 ( 130)

Interior Department

I 1.69: I 1.69/a: I 1.69/2: I 1.6912-3: I 1.6919:

Decisions (bound) (P) 0602 (140) Decisions (separate Preprints) (P) 0602-A (135) Index-Digest for Decisions (semi-annual) (P) 0602-C (137) Cumulative Index-Digest of Unpublished Decisions (P) 0602 (140) Opinions of Solicitor of Dept. of Interior Relating to Indian Affairs (P) 0602-B

(136) I 1.107: Kappler’s Indian Affairs, Laws and Treaties (P) 0627-J (I 18)

Interstate Commerce Commission

IC 1.1: IC 1.6: IC 1 act.5/2: IC 1 mot.8:

Annual Report (MF) 0673 (124) ICC Reports (P) 0677 (138) ICC Acts, Annotated 0676 (132) Motor Carriers: Reports, Motor Carrier Cases (P) 0688 (I 35)

International Trade Commission

ITC 1.1: Annual Report 0977 (111)

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Justice Department

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J 1.1: J 1.112-2: J 1.2: J 1.5: J 1.513: J 1.514: J 1.7: J 1.812: J 1.14/l: J 1.14/7: J 1.14/7-6:

J 1.14/8: J 1.14/16: J 1.15/l: J 1.32/2:

J 1.33: J 1.3312: J 1.47:

J 1.48:

J 1.53: J 1.55: J 1.58: J 1.59: J 1.87:

J 21.1 J 21.11:

J 21.11/2: J 26.1/2:

J 28.17: J 29.10

Judiciary

Ju 3.9: Ju 6.2: Ju 6.8: Ju 6.8/a: Ju 6.8/b: Ju 6.9: Ju 6.11: Ju 7.5: Ju 7.8: Ju 9.512:

Annual Report of Attorney General of U.S. 07 17-C-01 (140) Law Enforcement Assistance Agency Activities (annual) 07 17-C-06 (107) General Publications 07 17 (106) Official Opinions of Attorneys’ General (bound) (P) 0718 (142) Legal Opinions of Office General Counsel of the LEAA (P) 07 17-C-04 (129) Opinions of Office of Legal Counsel 07 17-C-04 (129) Register, Dept. of Justice and the Courts of the U.S. 0719 (122) Handbooks, Manuals, Guides 07 17-A-01 (107) FBI Annual Report 0721-A (119) Uniform Crime Reports (annual) 0722 (139) Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted, Uniform Crime Report (se-

ries) (annual) 0722-A (113) FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin (monthly) 0717-C-05 (107) FBI Handbooks, Manuals, Guides 0722-A-01 (116) Annual Report, Board of Parole 0717-C-02 (107) Attorney General’s Annual Report, Federal Law Enforcement and Criminal

Justice Assistance Activities (MF) 07 16-C (122) LEAA Grants and Contracts (lists) (MF) 0717 (106) LEAA - Dissemination Documents (MF) 0717 (106) Annual Report, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 07 17-W

(115) Report of Advisory Committee to the Administrator on Standards for Admin-

istration of Juvenile Justice 07 17-U ( I 18) Juvenile Court Statistics 07 17-B-04 (1 17) U.S. Attorneys’ Offices Statistical Report (annual) (MF) 0717-B-06 (115) FOlA Update (quarterly) 07 17-B-l 1 (I IO) Justice Assistance News (10 times a year) 0717-B-01 (I 16) Annual Report of Justice System Improvement Act Agencies (MF) 0717-B-13

(112) Annual Report, Immigration and Naturalization Service 0723-A (127) Administrative Decisions Under Immigration and Nationality Laws (P) 0723

(138) Interim Decisions (P) 0723-A-01 (134) Annual Report of National Institute for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Pre-

vention 07 17-C (132) Criminal Justice Research(P) 07 17-E (117) Privacy and Security of Criminal History Information (series) 0968-H-12 (109)

Court of Claims Reports (P) 0730 (137) General Publications, Supreme Court 0738 (115) United States Reports (P) 0741 (143) Supreme Court Decisions: Preliminary Prints-Advance Parts (P) 0740-B (143) Supreme Court Decisions (decisions in individual cases) (P) 0740-A (125) Rules and Orders, Supreme Court (P) 0739 (123) Regulations, Rules, Instructions, Supreme Court (P) 0740 (120) Customs and Patent Cases Ajudged (P) 0733 (139) Rules, Court of Customs and Patent Appeals (P) 0735 (108) U.S. Court of International Trade Reports (P) 0736 (138)

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Ju 10.1: Ju 10.1/2:

Ju 10.2: Ju 10.3/2: Ju 10.8: Ju 10.10: Ju 10.10/2:

Ju 10.11: Ju 10.12: Ju 10.13: Ju 10.14: Ju 10.16: Ju 10.17: Ju 10.21: Ju 11.7: Ju 11.7/a 2: Ju 11.8: Ju 11.8/2: Ju 13.1: Ju 13.2: Ju 13.10: Ju 13.10/2: Ju 13.1013:

Annual Report, Administrative Office of U.S. Courts (P) 0728 (137) Reports Judicial Conference of U.S. and Annual Report of Director of

Administrative Office 0728 (137) General Publications, Administrative Office of U.S. Courts 0729 (135) The Third Branch, Bulletin of Federal Courts 0728-B (134) Federal Probation (quarterly) (P) 0717-T (134) Reports of Proceedings of Judicial Conference of U.S. (MF) 0729 (135) Reports of Proceedings of Special Sessions of Judicial Conference of U.S. (P)

0729 (135) Federal Offenders in the U.S. District Courts (P) 0728-A (125) U.S. Courts, A Pictorial Summary (annual) 0717-Y-05 (119) Grand and Petit Juror Service in U.S. District Courts 0717-Y (126) Federal Court Management Statistics (MF) 0717-X (126) Report on Speedy Trial Act of 1974 (annual) (MF) 0717-Y-01 (117) U.S. Court Directory (annual) (P) 0717-Y-02 (136) Federal Judicial Workload Statistics (quarterly) 0729-D (119) Tax Court Reports (P) 0742 (141) Reports (separates, individual issues, monthly compilations) (P) 0742 (141) Tax Court, Rules of Practice (P) 0743 (115) Rules, Regulations, Instructions, Tax Court (P) 0743 (115) Annual Report, Federal Judicial Center (MF) 0742-A-01 (129) General Publications, FJC 0743-C-01 (111) Report FJC-R (series) 0743-C-03 (118) FJC Staff Papers, FJC-SP (series) (P) 0743-C-03 (118) Report FJC-M (series) (P) 0743-C-03 (118)

Labor Department

L 1.1: L 1.51:

L 1.51/6:

L 2.6: L 28.9:

Annual Report (MF) 0744 (126) Compliance, Enforcement and Reporting Under the Labor Management Report

and Disclosure Act (MF) 0762-D-03 (127) Rulings on Request for Review of the Assistant Secretary of Labor-Manage-

ment Relations Pursuant to E.O. 11491, as amended (P) 0762-D-03 (127) Monthly Labor Review (P) 0770 (13 1) Decisions of Employees Compensation Appeals Board (P) 0749-B (129)

Library of Congress

LC 1.1: LC 1.112: LC 1.18: LC 3.1: LC 3.3: LC 3.312: LC 14.6: LC 14.18: LC 14.20:

LC 26.7:

LC 26.712-2: LC 26.9:

Annual Report (P) 0785 (112) Brief Summary of Major Activities for Fiscal Year (P) 0785 (112) Library of Congress Information Bulletin (weekly) (P) 0785-C (115) Annual Report of Register of Copyrights (P) 0785-A-01 (111) Copyright Office Bulletins (P) 0790 (131) Decisions of U.S. Involving Copyright and Literary Property (P) 0790 (131) Digest of Public General Bills (P) 0807 (139) Major Legislation of the Congress (irregular) (P) 0807-A-01 (127) CRS (Congressional Research Service) Studies in the Public Domain (series)

(semiannual) (P) 0807-A-02 (114) Subject Headings Used in Dictionary Catalogs of Library of Congress and

Supplements (P) 0823 (129) L.C. Subject Headings Weekly Lists (P) 0823 (129) Classification (P) 08 19 (130)

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LC 26.9/2: LC 30.7/2: LC 30.9: LC 30.21: LC 42.2: LC 42.9:

L.C. Classification, Additions and Changes (quarterly) (P) 0821 (137) Cataloging Service Bulletin (queerly) (P) 0814-B (118) Monthly Checklist of State Publications (P) 0816 (135) Name Authorities, Cumulative Edition (quarterly) (MF) 08 15-A (109) General Publications, Law Library of Library of Congress 0818-J (I 15) Bibliographies and Lists of Publications, Law Library (P) 0818-K (128)

National Labor Relations Board

LR 1.1: LR 1.8: LR 1.816:

LR 1.816-2:

LR 1.817:

LR 1.X/8:

LR 1.14:

Annual Report (P) 0824 ( 133) Decisions and Orders (P) 0826 (140) Classified Index of NLRB Decisions and Related Court Decisions (P) 0826

(140) Classified Index of Decisions of Regional Directors of NLRB in Representa-

tion Proceedings (P) 0826 (t40) Classification Outline for Decisions of NLRB and Related Court Decisions (P)

0826 (140) Classified Index of Dispositions of ULP Charges by the General Counsel of the

NLRB (P) 0826-B (121) Court Decisions Related to the National Labor Relations Board Act 0825 (I 37)

Merit Systems Protection Board

MS 1.10: Decisions (P) 0290-K-03 (I 20)

National Mediation Board

NMB 1.1: Annual Report (MF) 0832 (I 15)

U.S. Postal Service

P 1.1018: National Zip Code Directory (P) 0839-A-03 (139)

President of the United States

Pr 40.9 Economic Report of the President (P) 0848 (113)

Executive Office of the President

Management and Budget Office

PrEx 2.8: Budget of U.S. Government 0853 (123) PrEx 2.812: Budget in Brief (annual) (P) 0855-A (109) PrEx 2.8/6: Budget highlights (P) 08.55-A (109) PrEx 2.8/7: Budget Revisions (P) 0853 (123) PrEx 2.20: Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (annual) (P) 0853-A-01 (124)

Council On Environmental Quality

PrEx 14:I Annual Report (P) 0856-E-01 (I 20)

State Department

s 1.1: s 1.112: s 1.1/3:

Foreign Relations of U.S. (P) 0872 (115) Foreign Relations (by countries) 0872 (I 15) Foreign Relations (conferences) 0872 ( 115)

Depository document Selection in Academic Law Libraries: A Core List of Items Selected 287

s 1.3: S 7.1212: S 7.1213: s9. IO: S 9.12: S 9.1212:

Department of State Bulletin (monthly) (P) 0864 (139) Digest of lntemational Law (Whiteman series) (P) 0864-A (142) Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law (P) 0864-A (142) Treaties and Other International Acts Series (TIAS) 0899 (140) U.S. Treaties and Other International Agreements (P) 0899-A (142) Treaties and Other International Agreements of the U.S. (1776-1949) (P)

0899-A (142) s 9.14: Treaties in Force, List (P) 0900-A (141)

Securities and Exchange Commission

SE 1.1: Annual Report (MF) 0903 (134) SE 1.11: Decisions and Reports (P) 0908 (141) SE 1.29: SEC Docket (weekly) (MF) 0908-C (133)

Treasury

T 1.11/3: Customs Bulletin (weekly) (P) 0950-D (122)

T 1.11/4: Customs Bulletin (bound volumes) (P) 0927 (133)

Internal Revenue Service

T 22.1: T 22.1912: T 22.1915: T i2.23: T 22.25: T 22.2515: T 22.2516: T 22.2517: T 22.2518:

Annual Report (MF) 0955 (130) Handbooks, Manuals, Guides (P) 0956-A (109) Tobacco Tax Guide 0956-A (109) Internal Revenue Bulletin (biweekly) (P) 0957 (139) Internal Revenue Bulletin Cumulative Bulletin (semi-annual) (P) 0960 (140) Index-Digest Supplement System: Service 1 (Income Tax) (P) 0960-A (I 34) -----Service 2 (Estate and Gift Tax) (P) 0960-A-01 (136) -----Service 3 (Employment Tax) (P) 0960-A-02 (135) -----Service 4 (Excise Taxes) (P) 0960-A-03 (135)

Transportation

TD 1.122: TD 11.1:

National Transportation Safety Board Decisions (P) 0982-I-04 (125) Annual Report, Maritime Administration 0233 (I 18)

Congress

X/a: Y 1.212:

Congressional Record (daily) (P) 0994 (133) Calendars of U.S. House of Representatives and History of Legislation (P)

0998-A (I 12) Y 1.215: United States Code (P) 0991 (142) Y 1.41 Public Bills and Resolutions (MF) 1006-A (128) Y 3.Ad 6:l Annual Report, Administrative Conference of the U.S. 1049-G (123) Y 3.Ad 6~9 Recommendations and Reports of Administrative Conference of U.S. 1049-H

(125) Y 3.C 76/3:1 Y 3.El 213: Y 3.Eq 2:

Annual Report, Consumer Product Safety Commission 1062-C-05 (117) Reports and Publications, Federal Election Commission 1091-A (112) Reports and Publications, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 1059-

A-01 (108) Y 3.F 31121-3

:I

:9lcase Annual Report 1062-H (112) Report of Case Decisions 1061-G-01 (124)

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Y 3.N 88:11-2 Y 3.oc I:

Y 3.oc 1: IO-2/ Y 3.oc 1: IO-31 Y 4.P 93/1:1

Discontinued Items

FSIP Releases 1061-G-01 (124) Digests and Tables of Cases, Decisions of FLRA (P) 106 I-G-O 1 (124) Administrative Law Judge Decisions (P) 1061-G-01 (124) Citator (P) 1061-G-01 (124) Supplemental Digest and Index of Published Decisions Pursuant

to E.O. 11491 (P) 1061-G-01 (124) Decisions and Reports on Rulings of Assistant Secretary of Labor for

Labor-Management Relations. . (P) 1061-G-06 (120) Subject Matter Indexes to Decisions of FLRA (annual) (P) 0762-D. 12

(117) Decisions of FLRA (P) 1061-G-01 (124) Decisions of Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

(monthly) (P) 1061-H-01 (108) Annual Report, Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1053 (1 10) NRC Issuances, Opinions and Decisions of NRC with Selected Orders

1051-J (132) NRC Issuances (monthly) (P) IO5 1 -J-O 1 ( 126) Reports and Publications of Occupational Safety and Health Review

Commission 1070-L (1 12) OSHRC Decisions (MF) 1070-L-01 (131) Index to Decisions of OSHRC (MF*) 1070-L (I 12) Congressional Directory (annual) (P) 0992 ( 14 I )

FP 1.20: Federal Power Commission Opinions and Decisions (P) (bound volumes) 0438

(140) J 1.5a: J 1.37:

J 1.3712:’ J 1.3713: J 1.37/4: J 26.26:

Opinions of Attorney General (separate opinions) (P) 0718 (142) Nat’1 Criminal Justice Statistics, Reports, Research, etc. 0717-E (117)

(This Item Number now represents only J 28.17; Criminal Justice

Research)

National Criminal Justice Reference Service: Document Retrieval Index (MF) (formerly J 1.42:) 0717-K-01 (110)

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ibid., p. 478.

Ibid., p, 479.

Ibid., p. 477.

Carol Boast, “Federal Depository Documents of Interest to Law School Libraries-An Annotated List,”

Section III-C of “Putting Documents to Work: A Public Service Perspective on Depository Status for Law

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Kathleen T. Larson, “Establishing a New GPO Depository Documents Department in an Academic Law

Library,” Law Library Journal, 72(1979):484-496.

Ibid., p, 486.

Dennis J. Stone, “Government Documents,” in Law Librarianship; A Handbook, edited by Heinz Peter

Mueller and Patrick E. Kehoe, AALL Publication Series No. 19 (Littleton, CO: Rothman, 1983), pp.

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Guidelines for the Depository Library System, as adopted by the Depository Library Council to the

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Peter Hemon and Gary R. Purcell, Developing Collections of cI.S. Government Publications (Greenwich,

CT: JAI Press, 1982), p. 51.

Government Depository Libraries, Revised May 1983.

Hemon and Purcell, Developing Collections , pp. 39-67.

List of Classes of United States Government Publications Available for Selection by Depository Libraries,

Revised September 1984 (Washington: GPO, 1984). Ibid.

Laurence F. Schmeckebier and Roy B. Eastin, Government Publications and Their Use, 2nd rev. ed.

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Peter Hemon and Charles R. McClure, Public Access to Government Information: Issues, Trends and

Strategies (Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1984), p. 45.

Ibid., p. 52.

Ibid., p. 5.

Hemon and Purcell, Developing Collections , p. 48.

Guidelines , p. 10.

Stone, “Government Documents,” p. 389.

Hemon and McClure, Public Access to Government Information. p. 14.