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Government Publications Review, Vol. 10, pp. 319-320, 1983 Printed in the USA. All rights reserved.
0277-9390/83 $3.00 + .OO Copyright 0 1983 Pergamon Press Ltd
THESES INDOCUMENTS
JOHN V. RICHARDSON,
JR.
Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024 USA
Abstract-Appearing in issue number 3 and 5, this column provides bibliographic control of research papers, theses, and dissertations completed and in progress in the field of government publications and information on any level of government. A preliminary analysis of this research between 1928 and the present appears in “The Nature of Research in Government Publications” in Communicating Public Access to Government Information; Second Annual Government Documents and Information Conference, edited by Peter Hernon (Westport, CT: Meckler Publishing, 1983). A detailed study will appear as a monograph tentatively entitled, The Sociology of Research in Government Pubfications (Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, forthcoming). Retrospective ~umulations of graduate work have appeared in Government Publicafions Review as follows: 1928-1938, Volume 6, number 3; 1939-1948, Volume 7, number 1; 1949-1958, Volume 7, numer 3; 1959-1963, Volume 7, number 4; and 1964-1969, Volume 7, number 5.
IN PROGRESS
Lasnick, Karen. Classification of California State Documents. MLS Specialization Paper, UCLA, in progress. Major Advisor: John V. Richardson, Jr. Shuler, John. A yodel of Local Government information Systems, MLS Specialization Paper, UCLA, in progress. Major Advisor: John V. Richardson, Jr. Smikahl, Diane. Core Collections: An Analysis of Two Academic Depository Libraries. MLS Specialization Paper, UCLA, in progress. Major Advisor: John V. Richardson, Jr. Way, Kathy. An Evaluation of Telephone information Service in Academic Law Libraries in southern California; A Quantitative Study. MLS Specialization Paper, UCLA, in progress. Major Advisor: John V. Richardson, Jr. COMPLETED
Helmbold, Elizabeth A. Public and Academic Federal Documents Depository Libraries: Compliance with Selected Guidelines of the Depository Library Council. MLS Specialization Paper, UCLA, March 1982. 37 pp. Major Advisor: John V. Richardson, Jr. Compliance rates of public and academic depository libraries were examined and compared for seven measures selected from the Depository Library Council’s ‘rProposed Guidelines for the Depository Library System” (“Guidelines”) issued in 1977. These were the 15,000 minimum title requirement, the 23 recommended titles of Appendix A to the “Guidelines,” acquisition of guides and indexes, 25% item number selection, method of classification, presence of a professionally qualified librarian, and a staff:librarian ratio of 319
320
JOHN
V. RICHARDSON,
JR.
3:l. Responses from two system-wide surveys (Whitbeck, Hernon 8z Richardson, 1978; Richardson, Frisch, & Hall, 1980) were analyzed for staffing patterns, collection size and organization of materials. Holding records published in the National Union Catalog of United States Government Publications (Carrollton Press, 1974) provided information related to the selection of the 23 item basic collection list. No statistical difference was perceived between academic and public libraries on five of the seven measures. However, academic depositories more often purchase commercial bibliographies and select 25% or more of the available item numbers on the Classified List. Three measures met with overall compliance rates of less than 50% -the professional: staff ratio (22% compliance), purchase of commercial bibliographies (40% compliance) and selection of all 23 titles recommended in the Guidelines’ Appendix A (37% compliance).
White, Julie R. Government Standards and Specifications Documents: A Librarian’s Guide and Bibliography. MSLS paper, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, September 1982. 24pp. Major Advisor: Ridley R. Kessler, Jr. Despite the importance of standards and specifications documents and the wide need to insure their availability to all citizens, federal government standards documents have been notoriously difficult to access. In order for documents librarians to successfully serve the public in this area, a clear understanding of the origins and uses of these documents is vital, as is knowledge of the tools needed to access the desired information. This study describes the nature and purpose of standards and specifications information and the sourcs of standards and specifications documents. Indices and catalogues leading to these documents are noted, and their use is explained. A sample search on DIALOG’s file 113, standards and specifications, is included to display the wide variety of access points and uses featured by this new database. A familiarity with the purposes and uses of standards and specifications, as well as the available indices, will enable the librarian to facilitate the use of these important documents without becoming overwhelmed by their abundance and complexity.
0277-9390/83 $3.00 + .OO Copyright 0 1983 Pergamon Press Ltd
THESES INDOCUMENTS
JOHN V. RICHARDSON,
JR.
Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024 USA
Abstract-Appearing in issue number 3 and 5, this column provides bibliographic control of research papers, theses, and dissertations completed and in progress in the field of government publications and information on any level of government. A preliminary analysis of this research between 1928 and the present appears in “The Nature of Research in Government Publications” in Communicating Public Access to Government Information; Second Annual Government Documents and Information Conference, edited by Peter Hernon (Westport, CT: Meckler Publishing, 1983). A detailed study will appear as a monograph tentatively entitled, The Sociology of Research in Government Pubfications (Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, forthcoming). Retrospective ~umulations of graduate work have appeared in Government Publicafions Review as follows: 1928-1938, Volume 6, number 3; 1939-1948, Volume 7, number 1; 1949-1958, Volume 7, numer 3; 1959-1963, Volume 7, number 4; and 1964-1969, Volume 7, number 5.
IN PROGRESS
Lasnick, Karen. Classification of California State Documents. MLS Specialization Paper, UCLA, in progress. Major Advisor: John V. Richardson, Jr. Shuler, John. A yodel of Local Government information Systems, MLS Specialization Paper, UCLA, in progress. Major Advisor: John V. Richardson, Jr. Smikahl, Diane. Core Collections: An Analysis of Two Academic Depository Libraries. MLS Specialization Paper, UCLA, in progress. Major Advisor: John V. Richardson, Jr. Way, Kathy. An Evaluation of Telephone information Service in Academic Law Libraries in southern California; A Quantitative Study. MLS Specialization Paper, UCLA, in progress. Major Advisor: John V. Richardson, Jr. COMPLETED
Helmbold, Elizabeth A. Public and Academic Federal Documents Depository Libraries: Compliance with Selected Guidelines of the Depository Library Council. MLS Specialization Paper, UCLA, March 1982. 37 pp. Major Advisor: John V. Richardson, Jr. Compliance rates of public and academic depository libraries were examined and compared for seven measures selected from the Depository Library Council’s ‘rProposed Guidelines for the Depository Library System” (“Guidelines”) issued in 1977. These were the 15,000 minimum title requirement, the 23 recommended titles of Appendix A to the “Guidelines,” acquisition of guides and indexes, 25% item number selection, method of classification, presence of a professionally qualified librarian, and a staff:librarian ratio of 319
320
JOHN
V. RICHARDSON,
JR.
3:l. Responses from two system-wide surveys (Whitbeck, Hernon 8z Richardson, 1978; Richardson, Frisch, & Hall, 1980) were analyzed for staffing patterns, collection size and organization of materials. Holding records published in the National Union Catalog of United States Government Publications (Carrollton Press, 1974) provided information related to the selection of the 23 item basic collection list. No statistical difference was perceived between academic and public libraries on five of the seven measures. However, academic depositories more often purchase commercial bibliographies and select 25% or more of the available item numbers on the Classified List. Three measures met with overall compliance rates of less than 50% -the professional: staff ratio (22% compliance), purchase of commercial bibliographies (40% compliance) and selection of all 23 titles recommended in the Guidelines’ Appendix A (37% compliance).
White, Julie R. Government Standards and Specifications Documents: A Librarian’s Guide and Bibliography. MSLS paper, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, September 1982. 24pp. Major Advisor: Ridley R. Kessler, Jr. Despite the importance of standards and specifications documents and the wide need to insure their availability to all citizens, federal government standards documents have been notoriously difficult to access. In order for documents librarians to successfully serve the public in this area, a clear understanding of the origins and uses of these documents is vital, as is knowledge of the tools needed to access the desired information. This study describes the nature and purpose of standards and specifications information and the sourcs of standards and specifications documents. Indices and catalogues leading to these documents are noted, and their use is explained. A sample search on DIALOG’s file 113, standards and specifications, is included to display the wide variety of access points and uses featured by this new database. A familiarity with the purposes and uses of standards and specifications, as well as the available indices, will enable the librarian to facilitate the use of these important documents without becoming overwhelmed by their abundance and complexity.