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Teacher strategies to help fourth-graders having difficulty in reading

dcornwall — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 11:37:21 +0000

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Contact Information
Name:	Vicki Tate
Depository Library Number:	0007B
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Fugitive Document Information
Publication Title:	Teacher strategies to help fourth-graders having difficulty in reading : an international perspective. 2009 (ocn460904253)
Format:	online, paper
Other (please describe):	Dept. of Education, NCES, Institute of Education Sciences. Written by Anindita Sen, Stephanie Burns, David C. Miller.
SuDoc Number:	ED 1.328/4:
Item Number:	0455-G-11
Sub/Series Title:	Statistics in Brief
URL:	http://
Surrogate Information:	No file was uploaded

Editor’s Note (10/26/2011): A record for the electronic (online) version of this item was created in the Catalog of Government Publications on September 20, 2010, 184 days after this report was made to GPO. The CGP indicates that a record for the paper version was already present at the time this report was made to GPO.

National CARES Mentoring Movement : Mentoring & Literacy Guide

dcornwall — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:09:04 +0000

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Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 16:36:26 -0500

Thank you for your submission. Here is a copy of your submission for reporting fugitive documents.

Contact Information
Name:	John Stevenson
Depository Library Number:	0087
Phone:
E-mail:

Fugitive Document Information
Publication Title:	National CARES Mentoring Movement : Mentoring & Literacy Guide
Format:	online
Other (please describe):	Link labeled: ESSENCE CARES Mentoring & Literacy Guide; paper copy not distributed to depository libraries per CGP record.
SuDoc Number:	Y 3 L 71:8 M 52
Item Number:	1089-V
Sub/Series Title:
URL:	http://www.nifl.gov/publications/pdf/mentorguide.pdf
Surrogate Information:	No file was uploaded

Editor’s Note: This entry is good fodder for a discussion of what exactly is a fugitive document. Normally we’d call this a false positive because 1) an item for the electronic record exists in the Catalog of Government Publications (CGP) and 2) Under most circumstances we don’t know whether a physical copy was produced and 3) An entry in the CGP is usually our only way of knowing whether GPO has heard of a given item.

In this instance, a corresponding record for the print item sans an item number makes it appear that GPO did acquire at least one print copy but for whatever reason did not distribute to regionals and selecting libraries. As this item was produced tangibly and appears to be solidly in the scope of the FDLP, this seems odd. Additionally, the published date is 2008 and the date in the 008 field of the tangible record is December 2008, so it seems unlikely the title had gone out of print at the time GPO acquired it.

We at FGI don’t insist that GPO distribute a tangible item when that item is solely available in an online format, but when a tangible item is available and fits the program, it should be distributed. GPO’s policy on dissemination, SOD 301, states (emphasis mine), “When the product is available both online and in a tangible format, GPO will disseminate the online version to depository libraries. Tangible versions will be offered as well, budget permitting.” Hopefully this means that most of the time the budget will permit this. If an item wasn’t distributed for budget reasons, GPO should note this in the print record.

To reflect the ambiguity this report represents, we’re going to tag it as a “false positive” in honor of the preexisting print and online records and “explanation needed” to reflect the fact that it’s not obvious why this report was not distributed in paper format.

The Big Read. 2007

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:26:50 +0000

*From:* FDLP Webmaster
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This is a confirmation of your form submission at: http://www.fdlp.gov
*Your Name:* Vicki Tate
*Depository Library #:* 0007B
*Your Library Name:* University of South Alabama Library
*Your Phone Number:*
*Your Email Address:*
*Publication Title* The Big Read. 2007 (OCLC #180717283)
*Online* Online
*Paper* Paper
*CD-ROM* N/A
*Other* N/A
*If other, please describe:*
*SuDocs Classification Number:* NF 2.2:
*Item Number:* 0831-B-02
*Sub/Series Title:*
*URL:* http://www.arts.gov/pub/BigReadCatalog.pdf
*ipaddress* 69.85.217.190

Editor’s note: A record matching this item was created in the Catalog of Government Publications on July, 10, 2008. This item was cataloged 30 days after this report to GPO.

The date created in CGP was changed 12/11/2009 to reflect the date given in the 008 field of the items MARC record.