Describes the urban statistical abstract published by the reference department of St. Louis University's library since 1971. Significant by-products of this venture are noted, including the development of bibliographic control of local documents and the identification of sources for local information. (Author/JD)

A follow-up study to a February 1978 report concerning the inadequate annotations on depository survey item cards issued by the Superintendent of Documents of the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), this report presents an analysis of 65 new survey items received by each of six selective depository libraries for the 3-month period, March…

The U.S. Serial Set has changed since its beginning in 1817. The early Serial Set is a large and comprehensive record of government activity, but the 20th-century Serial Set has been reduced in scope and contains almost no executive branch documents and only a select portion of congressional publications. Four tables outline the contents of the…

This newsletter, adapted in 1976 from one originally published in 1960, reviews the subject of weights and measures from several standpoints. It deals first with the historical development of standard systems of measurement, discussing both the metric and English systems. The second section defines a variety of units and describes standardization…

Describes various inflationary measures, price indexes, and price deflators. Highlights include Bureau of Labor Statistics price indexes, including the Consumer Price Index and the Producer Price Index; Bureau of Economic Analysis price deflators; the Cost of Living Index; and a comparison of measures of inflation. (27 references) (LRW)

The Study Committee on Federal Documents Depository Survey Items analyzed 67 survey items received by each of five selective depository libraries for a two-month period in order to determine the adequacy of annotations on depository survey item cards issued by the Superintendent of Documents of the U.S. Government Printing Office. Findings of the…

Results of a survey of 51 community college depository libraries are reported. The objectives of the study were to: (1) collect basic data on depositories in community college libraries; (2) ascertain the 'state of the art' in this type of depository with reference to administration, collection development, and utilization of these materials; (3)…

The Center for Education Statistics (CES) projects that this fall (1988), nearly 100,000 more students will enroll in public elementary and secondary schools than last year. Public school enrollment in grades K-8 is expected to increase 1.6 percent from 28.0 million in 1987 to 28.4 million in 1988. In contrast, public school enrollment in grades…

The scope of current major programs of the Bureau of Labor Statistics is presented in concentrated form. Selected characteristics of more than 50 programs, grouped into related subject-matter areas, are given in compact tabular format. The frequency with which data are made available, the principal publications in which they appear, and some of…

Growth and changes in "RQ" (1960-1985) are examined and detailed in both text and tables (cover/size, pagination, editor, articles, advertisements, physical features, association interests, reviews, columns, government publications). Development of columns, government publication news, thematic articles, authors of "RQ"…

Describes a study that determined which reference sources, including nongovernment, were most useful in answering questions about U.S. congressional matters by using a computer science technique called state-transition modeling. Implications for document librarians, the Government Printing Office, and the Superintendent of Documents are discussed.…

This report summarizes the views of depository librarians on the Government Printing Office's (GPO) depository library program as obtained from a questionnaire administered by the U. S. General Accounting Office. The questionnaire was developed to obtain background information for that office's response to the request of the Chairman of the Joint…

Immunization data are collected annually from Illinois public and nonpublic schools. This report is a compilation of the data on the immunization status of school-age children in Illinois for the school year 1998-99. The compliance level for all Illinois students is 97.25 percent. The data by specific disease category, based on the percent of…

Examines U.S. executive agency publishing and printing from 1919 through the 1950s. Focuses on the Congressional Joint Committee on Printing (67th Congress), advancements in graphic arts, and resulting institutional tensions; and discusses the emergence of the Printing Industries of America. Six tables of expenditure data are appended. (Author/AEF)

Reports on an analysis of the availability of publications contained in the 1991 "Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications" through depository libraries, the Government Printing Office (GPO) Sales Program and its Publications Reference File (PRF), and federal agency distribution centers. Implications for collection…