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To provide at the local level all reference, circulation,
and other services which will meet the specialized needs of
that local situation.
To acquire, process and make available any information
pertinent to the Agency's mission.
To provide the individual user with ready access to an
unlimited amount of information through EPA's own libraries
and to arrangements the system now has or is developing with
other government libraries and university and private informa-
tion services.
Major activities of the Library System Branch include:
-Coordination of interagency library and information
activities
-Centralized library program development, policy,
and guidance
-Centralized data processing
-Centralized contracting and services
-Centralized foreign literature exchange agreements
-Centralized cataloging in all areas except science
and technology
-Publishing of a book catalog and the journal list
procedures manual
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF EPA LIBRARIES
Headquarters Library is responsible for service to the
Headquarters staff in all areas; it will provide back-up support
to all Agency libraries in economic, social, administrative,
legislative and management literature. The Headquarters
Library is responsible for access to non scientific and technical
computerized search files outside EPA. Exhibit B lists these
services.
-Acquisition and storage of books, journals/ reports,
and other types of material in various formats in
areas of law, economics, management and sociology
to support Headquarters staff
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EPA REGIONAL LIBRARIES
EPA RESEARCH LIBRARIES
EPA PROGRAM OFFICES
STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
LIBRARIES
UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
EXTRAMURAL INFORMATION CENTERS
SPECIALIZED ECONOMIC SERVICES
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
BOOK PUBLISHERS AND AGENTS
JOURNAL AND SERIAL PUBLISHERS
AND VENDORS
CLIPPING SERVICES
NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION
SERVICE
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
II HEADQUARTERS
• LIBRARY
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EPA REGIONAL OFFICES
EPA RESEARCH LABORATORIES
EPA HEADQUARTERS STAFF
STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
UNIVERSITIES
INDUSTRY
INPUT
OUTPUT
FIGURE 2. ADMINISTRATIVE, ECONOMIC, »ND MANAGEMENT INFORMATION CHANNELS
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-Specialized indexing and abstracting for above as
necessary
-Loan and interlibrary loan services
-Reference, literature search and bibliography
services in areas above
-Current awareness for Headquarters staff
-Coordination with other Headquarters information
activities
The Central Technical Library at NERC/Cincinnati has been
designated as the central technical focal point for the Agency
Library System. It provides services to activities located at
NERC/Cincinnati at the local level and serves as back-up to
all other libraries in their requirements for scientific and
technical information as shown in Figure 3. The NERC/Cincinnati
Library is responsible for Agencywide access to various
scientific and technical computerized search files outside of
EPA. Exhibit C lists special services available through the
Central Technical Library.
The major activities of the Central Technical Library
include:
-Coordination of NERC and university programs
-Back-up support in all service areas for the
laboratories
-Centralized new material listings
-Centralized cataloging in science and technology
-Acquisition and storage of all types of material
in various formats primarily in science and technology
The NERC-Research Triangle Park library is responsible for the
operation of the centralized translations services. Region III
Library in Philadelphia maintains the central environmental
education collection.
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EPA REGIONAL LIBRARIES
EPA AND EXTRAMURAL TECHNICAL
INFORMATION CENTERS
EPA RESEARCH LIBRARIES
EPA PUBLICATIONS CENTERS
EPA AUDIO VISUAL CENTER
STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
LIBRARIES
TAPE SERVICE CENTERS
FOREIGN INFORMATION SERVICES
UNIVERSITY ENVIRONMENTAL
SCIENCE CENTERS
JOURNAL AND SERIAL PUBLISHERS
AND VENDORS
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
TRANSLATION SERVICES
BOOK PUBLISHERS AND AGENTS
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
CLIPPING SERVICES
NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION
SERVICE
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
CENTRAL
TECHNICAL
LIBRARY
EPA REGIONAL OFFICES
EPA RESEARCH LABORATORIES
EPA HEADQUARTERS SCIENTIFIC
STAFF
STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH
COMMUNITY
UNIVERSITY RESEARCH STAFF
INDUSTRY
INPUT
OUTPUT
FIGURE 3. SCIENTIFIC AND 1NICAL INFORMATION CHANNELS
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-Specialized indexing and abstracting for above as
necessary
-Loan and interlibrary loan services
-Reference, literature search and bibliography
services in above areas
-Publishing of a local users guide and other special
publications
-Centralized new scientific and technical information
listing
-Centralized access to computerized scientific and
technical information files outside EPA
All other libraries in the NERC's, associated laboratories
and Regional Offices will provide acquisition, circulation, and
reference services as required by local staff.
Their major activities include:
-Coordination among Agency, university, State, and
local government library programs
-Provide system inputs from universities, local research
organizations, State, and local governments
-Acquisition and storage of material in various formats
that deal with science and technology as well as books,
journals, reports, and other types of material in
areas of law, economics, management, and sociology
to support research or regional staff
-Specialized indexing and abstracting for above as
necessary
-Loan and interlibrary loan services
-Reference, literature search and bibliography services
in above areas
-Publishing of a local users guide and other special
publications
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CENTRALIZED PROGRAMS
Centralized programs are being established at various locations
to provide maximum use of the resources available on an
Agencywide basis at the lowest cost with the least amount of
work. Central programs available to users are:
Centralized Book Buying Contract. Through this contact
all libraries may order books from a single vendor, taking
advantage of discounts and simplified ordering procedures.
Centralized Journal Buying Contract. This contract operates
just as the book contract above except that a service charge
is made to cover computer control of the orders, establishment
of common expiration dates, multiple year subscriptions, and
provisions of renewal review reports.
Package Contracts. Special contracts have and are being
negotiated for services such as Biological Abstracts and
Environmental Access.
Journal Holdings. All journal titles and the range of
years covered in each have been collected from each library
and are on the computer. It has been distributed to all
librarians for use as an interlibrary loan, selections and
weeding tool.
Book Holdings. The Book Holdings file will permit immediate
cataloging of any items already in the system, selected buying
programs and the elimination of card catalogs. This file, which
should be completed by the end of 1974, and the Journal Holdings
file will provide for shared holdings of required older material.
Translations. A central translations service operates at
RTF using outside commercial contractors and Interagency agree-
ments with the National Science Foundation, State Department,
and Department of Commerce. EPA Form 1350-1 is to be used for
requesting translations from any library in the EPA system.
Foreign Literature Exchange. Publication exchange programs
are being developed with the assistance of the Office of Inter-
national Activities. Information gathered under these programs
will be available to all other libraries in the system.
Literature Searching. Literature searches from computerized
scientific and technical data bases are available to all EPA
personnel through a series of contracts and agreements monitored
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through the Central Technical Library, NERC/Cincinnati.
Current awareness search services, which provide the user
with periodic notification of new material in his subject
area, also are available.
Literature searches and current awareness search
services from the non-scientific data bases are available
to EPA personnel through the Headquarters Library.
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Appendix A
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
OF
UNITED STATES
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
LIBRARIES
Compiled by:
Rose Ann Gamache
Betty McCauley
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE
Introducti on 1
AIR POLLUTION & RELATED OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES - USSR LITERATURE 2
ANIMAL WASTE MANAGEMENT 2
ARCHIVAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY PUBLICATION COLLECTION 2
ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS 3
DR. PAUL S. GALTSOFF COLLECTION 3
DR. WILLIAM MARCUS INGRAM BIOLOGY COLLECTION 4
ESTUARINE WATER QUALITY 4
FOREIGN ENVIRONMENTAL LITERATURE 4
HEALTH ASPECTS OF PESTICIDES 5
JOHN K. HOSKINS COLLECTION 5
PESTICIDES ON PUBLIC HEALTH 6
PESTICIDES RESEARCH REPRINTS 6
PHELPS & STREETER CLASSICS 6
PINTLER COLLECTION ON AQUATIC BIOLOGY 7
U.S. PUBLIC DOCUMENTS 1789-1970 CHECKLIST 7
U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ANNUAL REPORTS. 1914-1969 7
RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH & U.S. NUCLEAR TESTING PROGRAM RESEARCH REPORTS 8
RIVER BASIN MATERIAL - ARKANSAS/WHITE/RED RIVER 8
RIVERS OF AMERICA SERIES 8
SPECIAL MICROFORM COLLECTIONS 9
Index 10 - 11
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INTRODUCTION
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
"A COLLECTION OF MATERIAL OF A CERTAIN FORM, ON A CERTAIN SUBJECT,
OF A CERTAIN PERIOD, OR GATHERED TOGETHER FOR SOME PARTICULAR
REASON IN A LIBRARY WHICH IS MORE OR LESS GENERAL IN CHARACTER."
The ALA Glossary of Library Terms
Published by:
The American Library Association
1943
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SPECIAL COLLbCTIONS
AIR POLLUTION AND RELAlED OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES - USSR LITERATURE
Translated by B. S. Levine - Vols. 1-18
CODE 04B
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ANIMAL WASTE MANAGEMENT
A current comprehensive research collection
concentrating on the various aspects ot animal
waste - treatment, disposal and utilization.
The collection contains over lUOO Items and
includes reprints* abstracts, conference
proceedings, bibliographies and literature
searches.
COOL 068
ARCHIVAL ENVIRUNMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY PUBLICATION COLLECTION
CODE 03B
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ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS - Limits of Allowable Concentrations of
Translated by B. S. Leving - Books 1-10
CODE 04B
DR. PAUL S. 6ALTSOFF COLLECTION
A. A general Invertebrate reprint collection
specializing 1n oysters and touching upon
many other topics in marine biology. The
most comprehensive reports on state and
federal legislation on oysters dating from
the 1920's are contained in this collection.
B, Bibliography of oysters and other marine
organisms associated with oyster bottoms
and estuarine ecology. Approximately six
thousand references are contained in this
collection.
C. The original plates are available on loan
that appeared in The American Oyster
Crassostrea virginica Gmelin.
Fishery Bulletin, Vol. 64, 1964.
CODE 01B
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DR. WILLIAM MARCUS INGRAM BIOLOGY COLLECTION
CODE 05D
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ESTUARINE WATER QUALITY
Reprints are held primarily of the Chesapeake
Bay drainage area.
FOREIGN ENVIRONMENTAL LITERATURE
Special collections for Headquarters,
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CODE 03C
CODE 03B
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HEALTH ASPECTS OF PESTICIDES
A collection of the library reference material
on the health aspects of pesticides collected
since 1950 from the world literature on pesticides,
total approximate 30,000 citations. Some citations
on older compounds date to the 1800's. The subject
area covered includes toxicology and pharmacology;
monitoring and residues; epidemiology, prevention,
and treatment, and analysis. These citations are
stored in a 3X5 card file, classified by subject
and author. Hard copy is available in the library
for approximately 18,000 of these references; this
collection is being duplicated in microfiche also.
CODE 04N
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JOHN K. HOSKINS COLLECTION
Twenty-five historic books on sanitary engineering.
CODE 05B
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PESTICIDES ON PUBLIC HEALTH
The Wenatchee Research Station Laboratory has a
collection of reprints of published papers relating
to the effects of pesticides on public health, dating
from some of the earliest work in the field.
CODE 10D
PESTICIDES RESEARCH REPRINTS
A special collection of reprints in pesticides
research, Including those publications of the Pesticides
Program of the National Communicable Disease Center, and
totalling over 10,000 items.
CODE 04C
PHELPS & STREETER CLASSICS
Water purification studies of the 1920's and 1930's.
CODE 040
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P1NTLER COLLECTION ON AQUATIC BIOLOGY
Approximately 2,000 reprints, reports, and
journals fully cataloged.
CODE 09A
U.S. PUBLIC DOCUMENTS 1789-1970 CHECKLIST
A dual media edition of the U.S. Superintendent
of Documents Public Library shelf lists with
accompanying indexes. Published by: The United
States Historical Documents Institute, Washington, DC
CODE 07A
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U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ANNUAL REPORTS, 1914-1969
CODE 04B
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RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH & U.S. NUCLEAR TESTING PROGRAM RESEARCH REPORTS
Over 12,000 research reports (wide subject span)
relating to Radiological Health and the U.S.
Nuclear Testing Program.
CODE 09B
RIVER BASIN MATERIAL - ARKANSAS/WHITE/RED RIVER
This Is a comprehensive collection of technical
reports and basic data material pertaining to
the water quality and related land resources of
the Arkansas, White and Red River Basins.
CODE 06B
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RIVERS OF AMERICA SERIES
CODE 056
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SPECIAL MICROFORM COLLECTIONS
HEADQUARTERS:
A. Major Indexing and Abstracting Services
B. Environmental Report Literature
C. Training Manual
D. Library Systems Catalogs* Directories
and other publications.
REGION VII LIBRARY:
A. Congressional Information Service
Indexes from I970 to present.
The complete microfiches library of
Congressional hearings* reports, etc.,
from I970 to present.
CODE 03B
CODE 07A
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INDEX
CODE LIBRARY PAGE
GIB NATIONAL MARINE WATER QUALITY LABORATORY
P.O. Box 277
West Kingston, Rhode Island 02892
Rose Ann Gamache (401) 528-4371 (FTS)
03B U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 2, 4, 9
LIBRARY SYSTEMS BRANCH
Waterside Mall
401 M Street, SW
Washington, OC 20460
Sarah M. Thomas (202) 755-0944 (FTS)
03C ANNAPOLIS FIELD OFFICE, REGION III 4
ANNAPOLIS SCIENCE CENTER
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Margaret S. Mason (301) 597-3311 (FTS)
04B OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION 2, 3, 7
LIBRARY SERVICES BRANCH
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711
Harriet J. Myers (919) 549-2104 (FTS)
04C PERRINE PRIMATE LABORATORY LIBRARY 6
P.O. Box 490
Perrine, Florida 33157
Rychard S. Cook, II (305) 350-2219 (FTS)
04D SOUTHEAST ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY b
College Station Road
Athens, Georgia 30601
Charlotte Folk (404) 546-3103
10
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CODE LIBRARY PAGE
04N DIVISION OF PESTICIDE COMMUNITY STUDIES 5
PUBLICATIONS AND INFORMATION SECTION
4770 Buford Highway
Chant lee, Georgia 30341
Claudia B. Lewis (404) 633-5203 (FTS)
05D NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER 4
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
4676 Columbia Parkway
Cincinnati, Ohio 45268
Morton Friedman (513) 871-1820 (FTS)
06B ROBERT S. KERR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY 2, 8
P.O. Box 1198
Ada, Oklahoma 74820
Lorene Fuller (405) 253-2241 (FTS)
07A ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY LIBRARY 7, 9
1735 Baltimore, Room 249
Kansas City, Missouri 64108
Bernadine E. Hoduski (816) 374-5828
09A REGION IX 7
100 California Street
San Francisco, California 94111
Jean Circiello (415) 556-4527 (FTS)
09B NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER - LAS VEGAS 8
P.O. Box 15027
Las Vegas, Nevada 89114
Doreen Wickman (703) 736-2969 X-252 (FTS)
10D WENATCHEE RESEARCH STATION
P.O. Box 73
Wenatchee, Washington 98801
E. Agnes Young (509) 663-8331 (FTS)
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Appendix B
Computrized Bibliographic Services
Available Through The Headquarters Library
ERIC (Education)
Chemical Abstracts
NTIS(National Technical Information Service)
COMPENDEX (Engineering Index)
Aim & Arm
CAIN (Agriculture)
PSYCH Abstracts
INSPEC (Physics)
ABI/INFORM
Social Science Citation Index
New York Times Information Bank
APTIC (Air Pollution Technical Information Center)
ENVIRON
CIRCOL (U-P AFB)
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Appendix C
Scientific and Technical Computerized Bibliographic
"Services Available Through the Cincinnati Library
ABI/INFORM (Abstracted Business Information)
APTIC (Air Pollution Technical Information Center)
BA-P (BA Previews)
Bibliography of North American Geology
CA-Condensates
CAIN
CBAC (Chemical - Biological Activities)
CHEMICAL TITLES
CIRCOL (CIRC On-Line)
CMA (Chemical Market Abstracts)
COMPENDEX (Computerized Engineering Index)
ENVIRON (Environmental Information Retrieval On-Line)
ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center)
FWRS (Fish and Wildlife Reference Service)
Geophysical Abstracts
GEOREF (Geological Reference File)
Bibliography and Index of Geology.
IFI/PLENUM (Patents)
INSPEC (Science Abstracts)
MEDLINE
NSA (Nuclear Science Abstracts)
NTIS/GRA (Government Reports Announcements)
PANDEX/TRANSDEX
PSYCH. Abstracts
SCISEARCH (Science Citation Index)
SOCIOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS
SSIE (Smithsonian Science Information Exchange)
SWIRS (Solid Wastes Information Retrieval System)
TOXLINE (Toxicology Information On-Line)
WRSIC (Water Resources Scientific Information Center)
GPO 883-221
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