United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Information Resources
Management
(PM-211D)
Issue Number 11
November 1991
&EPA INFO ACCESS
	Library Network Communications
Resource Sharing: An Overview
The focus of this issue of
INFOACCESS is "resource sharing."
Resource sharing is an often used
phrase but it has a special meaning
for libraries. Libraries have a rich
tradition of resource sharing for the
benefit of their customers. In this
issue, innovative case studies of
EPA library network resource
sharing are highlighted to promote
successes and recognize libraries'
efficient use of resources.
Resource sharing among
libraries is increasingly important as
j cost saving strategy, but there are
other reasons besides economics to
share resources. A common
exchange of information, materials,
and services can improve
cooperation between libraries and
foster relationships which help
librarians more effectively solve
problems and extend the universe of
available resources for their clients.
The articles on the following
pages contain information about the
resource sharing activities of the
library network, sharing with other
EPA libraries, and sharing with non-
EPA or non-environmental libraries.
One of the articles describes the
Information Access Branch support
of resource sharing activities in the
library network.
This month's INFOACCESS
interview is with Michele Zenon,
Chief of the Information Sharing
Branch. Michele discusses resource
sharing between EPA and State
environmental programs and with
international clients.
In a network, the goal of resource
sharing is to equalize and enhance the
service provided by all the members,
as well as to decrease costs. The
sharing most often involves interlibrary
loan, document delivery, and
cooperative cataloging. In a more
established or formal network it may
also involve a union catalog and/or
union list of serials, and coopera-
tive collectio'n development or
cooperative periodical retention
policies. But one of the most
important
resources that can be shared is the
personal expertise of the librarians.
The interpersonal relationships
formed between network members
enable them to develop innovative
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Sharing with State and International
Partners: Interview with Michele Zenon,
Chief, Information Sharing Branch
Michele Zenon joined EPA in 1985. She began her EPA tenure in the Office
of Toxic Substances, working in the Information Management Division, with
TSCA Confidential Business Information (CBI) and non-CBI projects, and with
the Toxics Release Inventory program. She then set up an information
management program in the Office of Ground Water Protection, Michele is
currently Chief of the Information Sharing Branch in the Information Manage-
ment and Services Division. Mary Hoffman conducted this interview for
INFOACCESS.
Q What is the mission of the Information Sharing Branch?
A The Branch's mission is to establish and promote EPA as a reliable
partner in environmental information exchange with States and local
communities, Native Americans, other Federal agencies, and the international
environmental community. The Branch is responsible for promoting data
sharing at all levels of government and for fostering the use of integrated
environmental analyses to support sound environmental decision-making.
The State and international components of the Branch have separate but
related missions.
The mission of the State/EPA Data Management Program is to advance
the Agency's qoals of sound environmental decision-making, pollution
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prevention, and risk
reduction efforts nationwide by
optimizing EPA and State
investments in information
resources through information
sharing and integrated data analysis.
The mission of the International
Data Sharing Program is to establish
the United States as a reliable world
partner in environmental information
exchange, to establish effective
information management systems in
developing nations, and to make
information available to international
partners in useful formats.
Q Can you describe some of the
resource sharing activities of the
State/EPA Data Management
(SEDM) Program?
A The SEDM program operates at
two levels, at the Headquarters,
level, and at the Regional level. The
Headquarters staff largely focus on
creating information exchange
opportunities for sharing information
and building a rapport among the
Headquarters, Regional and State
contacts. One of their information
products is The SEDM Source, a
news bulletin designed to initiate a
dialogue on SEDM-related issues.
Other printed products currently in
development include brochures and
fact sheets about the program, and a
State resource guide that will assist
States in locating EPA contacts and
resources. These products should be
completed in time for the National
Environmental Information
Conference in early December. The
staff is also developing a traveling
exhibit about SEDM, to be used at
conferences and State or Regional
presentations.
During FY 91, SEDM staff
conducted a program assessment
by interviewing State, and EPA
Headquarters and Regional
contacts; the results of this review
will be used to develop a program
strategy for future activities. The
The Information
Sharing Branch
creates opportunities
for people to
share data and
information resources.
- Michele Zenon
staff also compiled information for its
1990-1991 Progress Report, which
should be available in the near
future. The staff instituted monthly
teleconferences with the Regional
staff and quarterly SEDM meetings
with State and Regional staff.
The Program has also been
active at the Regional level.SEDM
coordinators have been established
in each Region to act as a liaison to
the States. Regional coordinators
have been encouraged to sponsor
regular meetings with their States;
some have also established
newsletters and teleconferences for
State contacts. SEDMhas provided
some funding to help States, in the
form of grants for multimedia IRM
projects. FY 91 was the first year
that such grants were available, and
the States that received grants are
just now embarking on their
projects. The results of these
projects will be shared throughout
the SEDM Network.
To improve communications,
EPA's National Data Processing
Division established a high-speed
telecommunications access point in
each State and Puerto Rico to
provide easier access to the
information on the mainframe. The
SEDM staff has been assisting on
connecting multiple offices within
each State to broaden the network.
Anyone who would like to know
more about the SEDM program can
contact their Regional SEDM
coordinator (see attached list).
Q Does the Branch participate in
similar international resource
sharing activities through its
International Data Sharing (IDS)
Program?
A The Branch is involved in some
formal resource sharing networks,
INFOTERRA and the International
Registry for Potentially Toxic
Chemicals (IRPTC), as well as in
initiatives with international partners.
One of the formal networks,
INFOTERRA, is an information
exchange network of the United
Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP), which has about 140
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INFO ACCESS, a forum to provide information and report on progress in information management
across the Agency, is produced by the Information Access Branch of the Information Management
and Services Division, Washington, DC, under the direction of Jonda Byrd, National Library Network
Program Manager. Please send comments and suggestions to Mary Hoffman (LABAT-ANDERSON
Incorporated), Network Coordinator, PM211B, EPA Headquarters Library, 401 M Street, SW,	I
^Washington, DC 20460. Telephone: FTS 260-7762. Electronic mail: EPA30360, Hoffman.Mary.	J
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^participating nations, each with a National Focal Point
PfNFP). The staff of the U.S. NFP, located in the Branch,
answers questions posed by international clients or
domestic clients with international topics. The staff uses a
variety of sources including online databases, journals,
books, and technical reports to respond to the questions.
The INFOTERRA staff also maintains the U.S.
section of the INFOTERRA International Directory of
Sources, a directory that contains a listing of
environmental experts worldwide. The staff is preparing a
special hardcopy version of the U.S. sources for the
National Environmental Information Conference in
December.
INFOTERRA is currently involved in two initiatives.
The first initiative is the development of "regional service
centers," a project in which more developed NFPs assist
less developed ones in the same region. The regional
centers will provide access to online databases and other
information sources. The U.S. NFP has been designated
as the regional center for the English-speaking
Caribbean. The second initiative is called the
"companionship program." In this program more
technologically advanced countries assist less developed
countries. For example, the U.S. NFP is helping the
Botswana NFP develop into a regional service center for
the countries in the Southern Africa region. The U.S. NFP
staff are providing Botswana with equipment, resources,
guidance, and basic tools. Anyone interested in learning
more about INFOTERRA can contact Linda Spencer at
FTS 260-1522.
The Branch is the national correspondent for the
IRPTC, another formal resource sharing network that is
part of UNEP. IRPTC's goal is to share information on
legislation, chemical effects, and health effects relating
to potentially toxic chemicals, and its database provides
access to information produced worldwide. Branch statt
provide access to the information contained in the
IRPTC database. If you would like to know more about
IRPTC, contact Andy Battin at FTS 260-5109.
In addition to their participation in these formal
networks, the Branch is involved in a number of
initiatives around the world, through a partnership with
EPA's Office of International Activities. In Eastern
Europe, EPA is helping to establish environmental
protection programs in the emerging nations. ISB is
serving as a consultant on managing environmental
information. They also assisted in the establishment of a
Regional Environmental Center in Budapest that serves
as a focus for environmental information resources and
exchange in the region. In another project, the Wider
Carribbean Initiative, EPA is developing a consortium of
public, private and academic groups in the Caribbean to
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solutions to problems. Participation
in a network with other librarians is
an invaluable way to maintain and
update one's professional
competencies. Whether it is formal
or informal, the continuing education
and training offered through network
participation is an asset for the
librarians and their organizations.
The EPA Libraries have
practiced resource sharing in one
way or another for almost two
decades. They have engaged in
lively interlibrary loan activity with
regional non-EPA libraries through
the Online Computer Library Center
(OCLC) for many years. [OCLC
maintains a database containing the
holdings of libraries around the
world, which enables libraries to
locate information needed for their
clients ] Their collective holdings are
available in the Online Library
System (OLS), and their journal
holdings are published in the annual
Journal Holdings List.
An annual directory of network
libraries, ACCESS EPA, provides
valuable information on contacts and
special collections. A recent project,
the development of an EPA/NOAA
CD-ROM, will create a new link
between the two Agencies, and new
opportunities for the libraries to
share their resources.
Resource sharing has become
more sophisticated with advances in
computer and telecommunications
technology. The remote use of
libraries through telecommunications
links is increasingly important for
research and business. Those links
have also been critical to the
success of regional resource
sharing networks such as M-LINK
(in Michigan) and ILLINET Online
(in Illinois). The EPA Library
Network is just beginning to
explore this type of network.
In recent months, staff from the
Information Access Branch have met
with representatives from M-LINK, to
coordinate the sharing of EPA
information with Michigan libraries.
In September EPA and the library
network took another giant step
forward, offering the public dial-in
access to the Online Library System.
Future resource sharing on a
regional and national basis will be
supported by a network of
interconnected computer networks.
In 1991 legislators introduced the
idea of a National Research and
Education Network (NREN), which
would link academic and research
sites across the nation. Hopefully
EPA will be part of this vast network,
connecting the information resources
of a multitude of agencies,
organizations, and researchers. &
Mary Hoffman (contractor). Network
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Network Resource Sharing Activities
Libraries in the EPA Library Network actively participate in resource-sharing
activities with public, academic, corporate, health-related, and other special
libraries in their local regions. Following are selected examples of these
activities.
A.W. Breidenbach Environmental Research Center Library,
Cincinnati, Ohio
The AWBERC Library in
Cincinnati has practiced resource
sharing with an academic colleague,
the University of Cincinnati (UC)
Library, since 1972. The Linking Pin
committee, an association of senior
officials from US and U.S. EPA,
implement the cooperative
interactions between the two
institutions. This close working
relationship in areas of mutual
interests extends to sharing the
professional personnel, laboratory
facilities, scientific equipment, and
library resources. The libraries honor
special reciprocal borrowing
privileges and sponsor the exchange
of information. Stephena Harmony
(contractor), Head Librarian, is
interested in working with the UC
librarians to further expand and
enhance the relataionships of the
libraries.
Within the EPA Library Network, the
AWBERC Library has
traditionally provided assistance with
online searches for EPA libraries
without access to online database
services. Since more network
libraries now have the capability of
doing their own searches, requests
for this service have decreased. In
addition, the library staff has
generously shared its expertise in
CD-ROM technology. They were the
first EPA library to purchase CD-
ROM equipment and databases,
and have shared information on the
acquisition of this technology. ~
R.S. Kerr Environmental
Research Library,
Ada, Oklahoma
The R.S.Kerr Environmental
Research Laboratory in Ada has a
strong outreach effort in its
community, and the library is an
integral part of that effort. The
Library staff, led by Joyce Bergin
(contractor), Head Librarian, works
hard to maintain good working
relationships with universities in the
area, including the University of
Oklahoma (OU), Oklahoma State
University (OSU), and East Central
University (ECU).
The Kerr Library exchanges
interlibrary loan and reference
requests with the university libraries,
and shares duplicates of EPA
reports with their Government
Documents sections (with GSA
approval). The Library provides
access to environmental data and
other materials for ECU students
who work at the Laboratory, as well
as for graduate students from the
Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
(OU). Joyce reports that the
university libraries are interested in
getting access to EPA's Online
Library System, and especially to
the EPA reports available through
the National Technical Information
Service.
In addition to this direct contact, the
Kerr Library receives requests
through the Oklahoma Department
of Libraries (ODL), which serves the
state legislature. Joyce consults the
ODL Law Library for information on
state environmental laws. The Kerr
Library accepts telephone reference
requests from the ODL library staff
as well as the general public.
Joyce often conducts tours of the
Kerr Library for special librarians in
the area, and she has been asked to
do a presentation about
environmental information for a
February meeting of the Oklahoma
Chapter of the Special Libraries
Association. ~
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Tip of the Hat
INFOACCESS would like to recognize library staff throughout the Network for
excellent work in the field of library management - development of a special
product, completion of a significant project, or recognition of an Agency or
professional award. Anyone interested in sharing items for this column can
contact Mary Hoffman (contractor). Network Coordinator, at FTS 260-7762.
-» Three Cheers for Diane McCreary !!
Diane McCreary, Region 3 Librarian, was awarded FY91 funds from the
Investment Fund for Quality and Productivity Improvement. Diane's award-
winning proposal included a plan to put a modified version of the Hazardous
Waste Superfund Database in E-Z REF into CD-ROM format, and then make it
available through the Region's Superfund LAN in the HWTIC. [The HWTIC is an
information center that is separate from the main library, and established to
serve the needs of the Superfund and other Hazardous Waste Management
Division staff.]
•* Linda Sunnen - New California Celebrity
Region 9 Librarian Linda Sunnen (contractor) was quoted in the April 1991 issue
of California Libraries, a publication of the California Library Association. The
article, titled "California Environmental Libraries: A Bay Area Sampling,"
profiled six types of environmental libraries or resource centers. The Region
9 office is described as "an enormously active organization," and Linda's
comment was that "telephone reference is constant." *
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Region 8 Library, Denver, Colorado
The Region 8 library actively participates in resource sharing with libraries in
tots area. In their brochure, they describe their clients as "anyone living in the
Region 8 states (Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota and
South Dakota), or anyone outside the Region who needs information about
EPA activities in those states." Barbara Wagner, Head Librarian, arranged
special borrowing privileges for EPA staff at the Colorado School of Mines
Arthur Lakes Library; EPA staff can use their ID cards to borrow items directly
from the CSM Library. The staff can search the Colorado Area Regional
Library (CARL) system for titles available at the CSM and other libraries in
the area. ~
Region 1 Library,
Boston, Massachusetts
The Region 1 Library offers a unique
opportunity for about 100 corporate
firms without their own libraries. They
can obtain special privileges at the
Region 1 Library, with a letter of
request from a corporate officer. The
Library shares copies of outdated
EPA catalog microfiche with state
and local government libraries, and
environmental consulting firms, on a
rotating basis.
Peg Nelson (contractor), Region 1
Head Librarian, maintains the Index
to EPA Test Methods, and as a result
the library receives numerous
requests relating to test methods.
The Library's response includes
copies of actual test methods, as well
as information about them. ~
Environmental Research
Laboratory Library,
Corvallis, Oregon
In a recent issue of INFOACCESS,
Renie McVeety (contractor), Head
Librarian, shared information about
the Corvallis library's special
relationship with the Oregon State
University (OSU) Library. The
Corvallis library has access to
OSU's library catalog, OASIS, and
its CD-ROM network. The Corvallis
library is training the EPA staff to
access both OASIS and the CD-
ROM network through the
Laboratory's Local Area Network
(LAN). Renie also maintains close
working relationships with
numerous special libraries in the
Corvallis area. ~
Region 9 Library,
San Francisco, California
The EPA Region 9 library has many
different avenues for sharing
resources. As a result of a recent
weeding project, numerous copies of
duplicate books and reports were
donated to other libraries. Over 30
boxes of duplicate EPA reports were
sent to Budapest for the Regional
Center for Central and Eastern
Europe. Over 10 boxes of
transportation material was sent to
the University of California-Davis for
a new transportation library. The
Region also routinely sends duplicate
EPA reports to University of Hawaii
in Honolulu for their Government
[ Documents collection.
The Regional librarians also share
their expertise. Linda Sunnen
(contractor), Region 9 librarian
visited Hawaii DHS - Hazard
Evaluation and Emergency
Response Section to advise them
on establishing a library. She
demonstrated EPA library systems
and has provided many duplicate
reports for their collection.
Deborra Samuels (contractor),
Superfund Librarian, distributes a
Superfund Memo of documents
received in the library to EPA staff
at the Region and State contacts.
She has plans to contact the state
library to set up a distribution list of
key California libraries who would
like to receive Superfund
documents. ~
A limited number of the
following new publications are
available at the Public Information
Center (PIC) this month. If you are
interested in obtaining copies of any
of these titles, call the Public
Information Center at FTS 260-7751.
The 33/50 Program: Forging an
Alliance for Pollution Prevention,
July 1991, Office of Toxic
Substances.
Developing Criteria to Protect Our
Nation's Water, September 1990,
Office of Water.
Water in Your Hands, 1990 [Agua
en tus manos, 1991], Soil and
Water Conservation Society,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Department of Agriculture, and the
Department of Defense Natural
Resources Council.
What You Should Know About
Combustion Appliances and
Indoor Air Pollution, 1991.
This booklet was prepared by
the American Lung Association,
the Consumer Product Safety
Commission, and the
EnvironmentaLProtection Agency.
PIC also maintains a supply of
fact sheets from the Office of
Mobile Sources, Office of Air and
Radiation. Following are the titles of
the most requested fact sheets:
Automobile Emissions: An
Overview. (November 1990)
Automobiles and Ozone.
(November 1990)
Clean Fuels: An Overview.
(July 1991)
Motor Vehicles and the 1990
Clean Air Act. (January 1991) *
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OIRM Facilitates Resource Sharing Efforts
in the Library Network by Jonda Byrd, imsd
The Information Access Branch of the Information Management and Services
Division (IMSD) supports the resource sharing activities of the Library network
in a variety ot ways.The National Library Network Program Manager is
responsible for the development and marketing of Library Network capabilities
to provide products and services integral to EPA's information needs. The
following list includes some of the resource sharing tools, communications
mechanisms, and examples of management support provided by IMSD to
assure that the libraries fully support the Agency's mission.
~	Online Library System (OLS)
A combined catalog of the holdings
of all the libraries in the network.
IMSD provides for the maintenance
and updating of the system,
production of COMCat microfiche
and reports, system documentation,
and publicizes public access to
facilitate sharing with non-EPA
users.
~	EPA/NOAA CD-ROM
A product that contains the catalogs
of the EPA Libraries and the NOAA
Libraries. IMSD provides funding for
the project through an interagency
agreement with the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration. Testing is planned
at several network sites this fall.
~	OCLC
IMSD provides a subscription to the
Online Computer Library Center
(OCLC) database and services,
including the basic costs of
membership to support interlibrary
loan and cataloging functions. The
OCLC database provides access to
the holdings of thousands of
libraries around the world.
~	Journal Holdings Report
This is an alphabetical list of the
journal titles owned by the network
libraries. It is updated annually to
facilitate sharing of current journal-
based information.
~	EPA Cumulative Bibliography
This is a quarterly publication listing
all EPA reports available at the
National Technical Information
Service. Selected libraries receive
Selected Research in Microfiche,
copies of reports in microfiche.
~	Annual Librarian's Meeting
IMSD provides the planning and
coordination for an annual meeting of
the network librarians. The meeting
provides continuing education and
networking opportunities.
~	Information Services Contract
IMSD provides an Agencywide
contract vehicle for an information
network that includes libraries, records,
and information centers.
~	Network Coordinator
This contractor facilitates
communications in the Network and
provides ad hoc reference for Network
related information.
~	INFOACCESS.
IMSD supports this monthly bulletin
that provides information, and reports
on progress in information
management across the Agency.
~	ACCESS EPA Directories
This series of directories provides
contact information and descriptions of
services offered by a variety of
information sources. It enhances
EPA's public access effort, providing
staff with information to make
appropriate referrals within the Agency.
ACCESS EPA Library and
Information Services is esepcially
useful lor the network. It is a
directory of staff and services in the
network, including contact names,
telephone and facsimile numbers, and
detailed information about special
collections and databases available at
each library. &
Sharing Legal
Environmental
Information
Environmental law is a topic that
received a lot of attention in the
decade of the 1980s, and with
increasing interest in environmental
protection, should continue to
generate interest in thel990s.
EPA's Law Librarian, Barbara
Pedrini Morrison, has been working
with the producers of three online
systems to provide access to EPA
legal nformation.
Barbara negotiated the
provision of EPA documents to
Mead Data Central, Inc., to be
added to the Environment Library
file on LEXIS. Mead has loaded the
decisions of EPA's Administrative
Law Judges and the Chief Judicial
Officer. Currently, the EPA General
Counsel Opinions are being
prepared for addition to the
database.
Barbara is also working with
WESTLAW and JURIS to provide
access to these documents. The
WESTLAW database has some of
the EPA General Counsel Opinions
online, and Barbara has provided
them with hardcopy of back and
recent decisions to complete the
set. She has also coordinated with
staff of the JURIS system at the
Department of Justice to keep its file
of General Counsel decisions
up-to-date.
Barbara's contributions to
resource sharing extend beyond her
work with the database producers.
Through a contact at West
Publishing, she is able to distribute
free copies of Selected
Environmental Law Statutes to
EPA's international visitors, and
contacts in other countries.
Recently, copies have been given to
Agency contacts in China, Hungary
and Poland.
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( Around the Library Network)
This section of INFOACCESS is used to report on upcoming meetings and
projects currently undenvay in the Regions, Laboratories and Headquarters.
Anyone with contributions for this column should contact Mary Hoffman
(contractor), Network Coordinator, at FTS 260-7762.
R.S. Kerr Environmental Research Library
Joyce Bergin (contractor), Head Librarian, hosted a meeting of the Oklahoma
Chapter of the Special Libraries Association on October 4. She presented
information about the EPA Library Network and the Kerr Library, and
conducted a special tour of the library for the participants.
Region 5 - Solid Waste Information Center
Paula Sennett (contractor), Reference Librarian, compiled fact sheets on
recycling legislation in the Region 5 states, scrap tires, compost markets,
used oil, wood waste, and recycling in universities. If you have questions
about these fact sheets, or would like copies, contact Paula at FTS 353-4686.
Office of Toxic Substances (OTS) Library
Risk Assessment, Management, and Communication, has been updated.
Tim Schoepke (contractor), Head Librarian, announced that v. 4 n.1 will be
available from the National Technical Information Service in the near future.
You can call the OTS Library at FTS 260-3944 for ordering information.
Headquarters: Legislative Reference Library
The Legislative Library has moved to Room 2439 at Waterside Mall, placing it
in close proximity to the Law and Headquarters Libraries on the second floor.
If you need copies of bills, Federal Register notices, or legislative information,
ou may contact Joan Platten at FTS 260-5425; Email J.PIatten; FAX FTS
;60-8866. &
OTS Sponsors Information Resources
Workshop
Evironmental Law
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Barbara is also an active
member of the Law Librarians
Society of the District of Columbia
(LLSDC). She currently serves on a
volunteer task force that is compiling
a directory of all library and
information facilities in the D.C.
metropolitan area. This is a huge
project; the mailing list to date
comprises approximately 1,000
locations. Barbara also participates
in the preparation ot COUNSEL, the
law librarians journals holdings list,
and in the update of the Union List of
Legal Looseleafs.
In addition to her work in the DC
law library community, Barbara is
actively participates in resource
sharing with the EPA Libraries. One
of her many contributions is her
standing offer to visit the Library of
Congress Gifts & Exchange Room
for Regional and Laboratory
librarians, to find copies of legal and
other reference volumes. She can
often obtain recent editions of key
reference titles, a valuable 1avor in
these days of limited funding.
Barbara also generously shares
copies of superseded volumes from
the Law Library, titles such as the
Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory,
duplicate copies of various EPA
reports, and extra copies of the
Code of Federal Regulations. She
also sends old copies of the EPA
COMCat microfiche to the Regions
for sharing with their State and local
contacts.
If you are interested in learning
more about any of Barbara's
resource-sharing projects, or about
environmental law resources, you
can call her at FTS 260-5919; Email
Library.Law. &
Mary Hoffman (contractor), Network
Coordinator, with Barbara Morrison,
OGC
The Office of Toxic Substances'
Environmental Assistance Division
(EAD) sponsored an Information
Resources Workshop on November
14,1991. The purpose of the
workshop was to bring together
hotlines, clearinghouses, libraries,
dockets, and similar information
services from EPA and related
agencies to share information about
their services. EAD hopes that the
workshop will help the participants to
expand their audience, to increase
their efficiency, and to improve
communications and coordination
among the various operations.
Over 30 information services from
EPA such as the TSCA Hotline, the
Public Information Center, the RCRA
Docket, the OTS Library, and the
Clean Lakes Clearinghouse, were
represented at the workshop. The
Government Printing Office also
displayed information about its
operations. Each participant had an
area for displaying and distributing
pamphlets, publications and other
materials relating to their mission
and services. EAD prepared a
handout for all workshop participants
summarizing the services offered by
the participants. $
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work on pollution prevention, risk
reduction, and land-based sources
of pollution. In itially, the project
involves the establishment of an
environmental information center in
Puerto Rico that is targeted to open
in 1992.
Q Can you talk about any future
Branch projects?
A The SEDM Program will be
developing training programs and
bulletin boards to further facilitate the
exchange of information in the
Regions and States. In the
international arena, the Branch will
continue to work with OIA as a
technical advisor to Envirotech, a
system that will connect people to
new technology and pollution
prevention resources, as well as
promote U.S. technology abroad.
Envirotech will be piloted in Mexico
and at the Puerto Rico
environmental center.
Branch staff are looking forward
to the National Environmental
Information Conference that will be
held in Philadelphia on December 2-
5,1991. They anticipate participation
by representatives from the States,
Indian tribes, and international
organizationsas well as EPA and
other Federal agencies. It will be a
forum for discussion about
information management as it
relates to risk reduction and
pollution prevention. *
ATTACHMENTS:
~	List of SEDM Coordinators.
~	Updated Library Network
Contacts List.
~	Email Distribution Lists.
~	National Library Network
Program brochure.

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