The Reinvention of the FDLP: A Paradigm Shift from Product Provider to Service Provider.

Texas A&M University loaded retrospective GPO records in December 1989 and continues to add current records on a monthly basis. By the fall of 1990, it was realized that the move from catalog cards and shelflist check-in to an online system required an improved means of database management. Marcive supplied the Sterling C. Evans Library with monthly GPO tapes and a customized printout of the monthly records. Procedures were then developed to (1) check the records against items received, (2) address problems such as missing documents and missing records, (3) resolve inconsistencies in records and holdings as they are found. Results indicate that this is a successful and cost effective method of collection and database management.

Laura Tull

Papers

Maintaining the GPO Tapes