Linda Johnson announced that the regional conference for Maine, New
Hampshire, and Vermont, "Will there be or not be Federal Depositories in
2006?" has been rescheduled to October 30, 2001 at the University of
Maine, Orono.  The Conference web site is:   http://www.library.umaine.edu/govdoc/conference.htm

Linda then introduced August Imholtz, Executive Editor, CIS, who gave an
interesting presentation, "The Printing and Distribution of the Serial
Set:  a Preliminary Contribution to 19th Century Congressional Publishing;
and some 19th Century Explorations."

Some of the highlights of Mr. Imholtz's talk included the fact that from
1789 to 1817 government printing was corrupt, imperfect and chaotic

There were four major problems when printing began.
1. There was no uniform numbering system
2. There was no simple distribution system
3. There was no uniform size.
4. There was no editorial control

The serial set began with the 15th Congress.  The 13th and 14th papers
were called the Congressional state papers.
Timothy Pickering, an Anglophile, in 1813 submitted resolutions to
standardize the numbering and distribution of the printing of government
document.  His legislation was responsible for the beginning of the
Federal depository library system.

He offered a brief chronology of government printing to include the
establishment of the Public Printer in 1852 and the Government Printing
Office in 1860.

Mr. Imholtz demonstrated a web site for Federal impeachment material:
http://www.lexisnexis.com/academic/research_resources/impeachment/default.thm

He also pointed out a serial set inventory web site that shows the
holdings of the serial set by institutions who have submitted holdings.
So far only the U.S. Senate Library is complete.  He asked other
institutions to volunteer to enter their holdings.  The site explains how
to download files. (http://www.ukans.edu/~anschutz/SerialSet)

The business meeting was called to order after a short break.

The minutes of the May 4, 2001 meeting were approved.

Pam Hays, Treasurer, gave the following report:
$876.75 = Checking account
$1,020.25 - CD savings account

There was no old business.
New business:  Betty Siegel announced that the Boston Library Consortium
/Government Documents Interest Group (BLC/GoDIG) will hold a meeting at
10:00am on Oct. 26 at Boston College.  BLC is restructuring so that will
be a topic of discussion.

There ensued a discussion concerning meetings for the rest of the year.
It was agreed that there would be a meeting in May that would focus on the
2000 census.  Chris Amherst of the Boston Office of MISER would give a
demonstration of American Factfinder.  It was suggested that a
representative of the Census Bureau's regional office in Boston give an
update on Census 2000 and its products.  Members of state data centers
would be invited to add what their offices would be offering their
constituents.  The meeting would take place at the University of
Massachusetts at Amherst.  Len Adams will coordinate that.  It was
suggested that NELINET be contacted for some financial support if it
became necessary to rent a room at the UMass Campus Center.

It was suggested that the meeting in March be held in the southern part of
our region.  Linda will work on that.

The next meeting will be held on December 7, 2001 at the University of New
Hampshire.
The meeting would consist of a report on the Regional Conference at the
University of Maine, reports on the FDLP national conference in
Alexandria, VA and a discussion of how libraries are dealing with
reference and technical services in the new electronic age.
The meeting adjourned at 12:20pm.

Attendees:
Len Adams, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Kathleen Berry, Boston College
Kathaleen Brearley, State Library
Jacqueline Fitzpatrick, Wellesley College
John Fobert, Roger Williams College
Pam Hays, Harvard University
August Imholtz, Lexis-Nexis
Linda Johnson, University of New Hampshire
Bob Kehner, MIT
Jim MacDonald, Connecticut College
Vida Margaitis, Harvard  University
Deborah Mongeau, University of Rhode Island
Frank Notarianni, Rhode Island College
Dan O'Mahoney, Brown University
Nancy Peluso, Connecticut State Library
Elaine Pinkos, Elms College
Meredith Ricker, University of New Hampshire
Bette Siegel, Massachusetts State Library
Jennifer Smith, Boston Public Library
Ralph Szymczak, Brandeis University
Jim Walsh, Lexis-Nexis
Debbie Wilcox, Southern New Hampshire University