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| Issue date: | 04/30/1983 |
| From: | Palmer M, Souder J NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM) |
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LPDR STAFF:
(1 to r) Sandra Schlosser, LPDR Coor-A dinator; Verdell Habry, LPDR Clerk; Bill Carrier, LPDR
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Coordinator, Marlene Palmer, Reference Librarian, Jona Souder, Branch Chief.
Not shown: Roxane Blanchard, 5
LPDR Clerk, to whom congratulations are in order upon
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the birth of Kiana Jamila, 8 lbs., 4 oz., on 11-20-82.
The U.S. Nuclear Regu-effort to address this latory Commission Local problem."
-5 Public Document Room Branch For example, LPDR col-y has commenced publication lection maintenance visits m
of its quarterly newslet-are now scheduled annually.
E ter, LPDR UPDATE, (NUREG/
The LPDR Hotline, a toll-g BR-00F with the Winter free reference service, has cd 1982-83 issue. The publi-been especially well cation is chiefly intended received. LPDR staff mem-4 5
to enhance communications bers routinely respond to a d
between the LPDR Branch large volume of information Z
Staff and the 130 LPDR requests from diverse oO Library Staffs.
- groups, including LPDR
.La "Because of the large Library staffs, LPDR Col-
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widely dispersed geographi-general public.
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cal locations, the volume A number of computer-
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A Staff," said Jona Souder, lection materials by D
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munication has always been Branch database has been a primary concern. During designed and will soon be-the past two years, several coue operational.
Among programs and procedures its capabilities are rapid have been instituted in an g, 3.gg.St.E77ER. p. A 8304200586 830430 PDR NUREG BR-OO57 R PDR
2 Felton Lauds LPDR Proaram 28nY Parts of their oper-e ation to make them more ef-ficient."
W LPDRs VISITED Remarkable 100 Reference oo________________________
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noticed that nearly every reference department has so-----------
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received a number of un-usual or humorous reference go requests.
In fact, many 9 - - /- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - _ - - -- -
libraries maintain logs of 10 these requests.
Since 19h5 19h6 19h7 19h8 1979 1980,1981 1982
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this ate al Fiscal Year have decided to include
" Remarkable Reference Re-LPDR STAFF COMPLETES SCHEDULED FY82 COLLECTION MAIN-quests",
by way of a humor TENANCE VISITS.
or curiosity column, as a Joceph M. Felton, Direc-able to accomplish that, regular feature of LPDR tor of NRC's Division of and I think it is very im-UPDATE. We invite you to Rules and Recorde, chose portant, particularly when share your remarkable ref-the publication of Volume so much of the program erence ' requests, and the 1,
Number 1
of LPDR depends upon good working manner in which your staff UPDATE to commend the ef-relationships, for the satisfied those requests, forts of all participants staff to get out of with the readers of in the NRC Local Public Washington and meet the LPDR UPDATE. Please sub-Document Room Program.
people they deal with on a mit material to Marlene "Both LPDR staff members daily basis."
- Palmer, Editor, (301) and participating library In addition to members 492-7536, (800) 638-8081.
staffs deserve recognition of the LPDR Branch staff,
!!ary Carlson, featured for their cooperative ef-other members of the Divi-in this issue's " Profiles" forts in making the LPDR sion of Rules and Records column, lists the following Program the success that it assisted in completing a as among the most unusual is," he said. "Witho c the record number of site requests for information at help and assistance of the visits in 1982. Also help-the Phoenix Public Library:
local libraries and their ing with the visits, as
'How to Make Tequila', 'How dedicated
- staffs, there they have done in the past, to Make a Coffin', and wouldn' t be an LPDR Pro-were Frank Logan, Fred
'What is a
Maxwell's
- gram, and the general Donaldson, Bill Dooly, and Demon? '
The answer to the public would be the ones George Williams.
latter is a hypothetical that suffer."
"LPDR Branch ac-being created by physicist I
"I think Jona Souder complishes a great deal J.C. Haxwell to illustrate and her staff also deserve with a minimal staff," said the second law of ther-commendation,"
he con-Felton.
"The chief reasons modynamics.
tinued, "for completing all for this are their en-Gract Karbott of the scheduled collection main-thusiasm and their honest Plymouth Public Library, tenance visits.
This is desire to help people.
See REMARKABLE, p. 8.
the first year we have been They have also automated
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- said, "all libraries are the School of Agriculture hard pressed for funds.
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tibrary at the university We, ae a1 wave, try to V
of Wisconsin.
provide excellent service Business, Science and with whatever resources are Technology is a large, available to us."
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heavily used department,
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serving the information funding for libraries has p
needs of the ninth largest been drastically cur-g 1
U.S.
city.
Short-term tailed," she continued, "we
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Government Depository Col-cal Public Document Rcom s
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- lection, established in Collection Maintenance Con-1917, as well as creation tract Program.
The NRC-of an online reference ser-furnished microfiche equip-vice for the extended ment has been extremely department.
valuable for the Business, Mrs.
Carlson cites Science and Technology ever-increasing document Department.
Approximately volume, more sophisticated one-third of the Government reference tools, and docu-Depository documents are ments in microfiche format presently received in MARY G.
CARLSON, PHOENIX as significant changes in microfiche format.
The PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Documents Librarianship LPDR reader / printer has which have occurred during enabled our users to make The " Profiles" column, her career. She believes, hardcopy reproductions from
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which will appear in each
- however, that basic re-microfiche documents at a issue of LPDR UPDATE, will quirements for effective minimal cost."
feature a Librarian in one reference professionals Mary Carlson's retire-of the more than 130 NRC have remained unchanged.
ment plans include visits Local Public Document Rooms
" Librarians must be with her children and grand throughout the country.
- open, friendly, service-children in the midwes t,
oriented people. A portion sewing, knitting, reading Mary G. Carlson, head of of the compensation which and "...perhaps a Christmas the Phoenix Public Library they receive for their work in Paris."
Members of the Business, Science and Tech-accrues when patrons say LPDR staff at NRC will miss nology Department which
'That's exactly what I
their association with Mary houses the Palo Verd e wanted!'
Expertis e in Carlson. According to Jona Nuclear Generating Station tactful interviewing tech-Souder, LPDR Branch Chief, Document Collection, has niques is a prerequisite
" Mary is a dedicated infor-announced plans to retire for effectively approximat-mation professional whose toward the end of 1983.
ing patron information well-organized department Mrs. Carlson completed needs. Also essential is and efficient staff attest ber undergraduate work in the ability to provide in-to her managerial exper-Biological Sciences and formation on all sides of tise.
Because of Mary's Education at the University any issue in varying de-cordiality and cooperation, of Kansas at Lawrence, and grees of sophistication."
the Phoenix Public Library received her MLS from the We asked Mrs. Carlson has always been a favorite University of Wisconsin at if unfavorable economic ass ignmen t when the Madison.
Before joining factors such as diminishing schedule for annual collec-the Phoenix Public Library opportunities for funding tion maintenance visits is staff in 1976, she held library proj ects and ac-d rawn up.
On behalf of
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library positions at the celerating costs had af-NRC, I should like to thank St.
Louis Public Library, fected the operation of her the Kansas State University department.
"Today,"
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no charge.
Nuclear Reactors Built, Being Built, or Planned in the United States, Oak Ridge, TN:
U.S. Department of U.S.
Department of ont g Energy Technical Information Center, DOE / TIC-8200-R46 (DE82019247) PB82-903002, 45pp.,~$10.00.
l 1o430 The following two non-Nuclear Reactors Built, t, cat,,
'd NRC documents are ready Being Built or Planned in reference tools which may the United States is a
be of interest to LPDR semiannual compilation
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- N librarians and to their issued by the DOE Technical
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Commercial Nuclear Power provides current informa-Plants is issued annually tion about facilities for by the NUS Corporation of domestic use or export W
Gaithersburg, MD.
It is which are capable of sus-intended for use as a handy taining a nuclear chain reference guide to basic reaction.-
It includes
^*uoN4 information on U.S. nuclear listings of
- civilian, g.,
units. It includes indices production, military and 4
to plants, utilities, firm export reactors as well as name abbreviations and con-for critical assembly fa-tainment types.
cilities.
Information is The body of the work presented in tabular form consists of an alphabeti-on location, owner, prin-cally arranged listing of cipal contractor,
- type, power companies.
Each power rating, docket num-entry provides information, ber, startup date and shut-in tabular format, on:
down date.
plant name and unit number, This publication is location, state, type, ca-available at $10.00 per pacity, containment, cool-copy and on a subscription
- ing, reactor
- supplier, basis from National Techni-turbine-generator manufac-cal Information
- Service, Free Mans,
turer, engineer, construc-U.S.
Departmen t of Com-A tor, NRC docket number, ap-
- merce, Springfield, VA plication date, cos truc-
- 22161, (703)S57-4650, or tion permit date, opersting from the DOE Technical In-J license date, first time formation Center, P.O. Box SMA OW h dd8
,l critical date, commercial 62, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, two free colored maps, pub-operation date, construc-(615)576-1306. e shd h deh mon M y tion progress and notes.
j u na ear s, en-Commercial Nuclear Power titled COMMERCLAL NUCLEAR Plants is available, free POWER STATIONS IN THE of charge, to individuals UNITED STATES - OPERABLE, requesting single copies, UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR OR-from NUS Corporation, Com-DERED - AUGUST 1, 1982" and munications Division, 910 COMMERCIAL NUCLEAR POWER Clopper Road, Gaithersburg, STATIONS AROUND THE WORLD -
MD 20878, (301)258-6000.
OPERABLE, UNDER CONSTRUC-TION OR ORDERED - SEPTEMBER 1, 1982."
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- request, while supplies formation regarding the last, from Rosemary Harvey, There are now three status of regulations and Advertising Sales Manager, toll-free telephone numbers of petitions for rulemaking American Nuclear Society, at NRC.
The LPDR Hotline on the toll-free number, 555 North Kensington
- number, (800) 638-8081, (800) 368-5642.
- Avenue, La
- Grange, It which has been in service The NRC Technical In-60525, (312) 352-6611.
for the 'pasti two years, of-formation Clearinghouse A black and white map fers reference service re-maintains a toll-free num-of Local Public Document lated to the NRC Local
- ber, (800)638-8282, in or-(~'N Room locations is available Public Document Room Pro-der to provide information V in 24" x 30" and in 8 1/2" gram and the documents con-regarding NRC Documents, x
11" sizes from LPUR tained within LPDR Collec-their availability, and how
- Branch, (301) 492-7536, tions.
to order them. 9 (800) 638-8081. e
e Additional Nuclear Energy NRC Rules and Information Sources Regulations on O
Microfiche LPDR Reference Librar-The Atomic Industrial ians have occassionally
- Forum, 7101 Wisconsin asked us how to obtain ad-Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814, Anyone who has worked ditional information not (301) 654-9260, i_s an or-in LPDR Collection main-included in LPDR materials, ganization of industrial tenance will agree that up-such as non-NRC publica-firms, research organiza-dating the NRC Rules and tions, bibliographies, 11-tions, educational institu-Regulations is probably lustrations, maps, univer-
- tions, labor groups and the most tedious of all the sity curricula in nuclear governmental agencies en-tasks involved. It should energy, advocacy literature gaged in the development therefore come as welcome and referral to non-NRC and utilization of nuclear news that the Rules nuclear energy experts.
energy for constructive and Regulations will soon For your information, we purposes. They issue four be available to the Local understand that the follow-publications as well as Public Document Rooms in ing groups will respond to technical reports related microfiche format.
Filing information requests from to nuclear energy.
They of the microfiche will reference librarians, stu-maintain an extensive present no problem, since a dents and members of the library of books, peri-set of fiche comprising the general public:
odicals and government entire updated Rules and-The U.S. Department of documents, and will respond Regulations will be sent Energy Technical Informa-to requests for informa-monthly, at which time the tion Center, P.O.
Box 62, tion,,ablications and bib-previous set may be dis-Oak Ridge, TN 37830, (615) liographies.
carded.
h 576-1306, supplies informa-The American Nuclear Rules and Regulations tion on all forms of tradi-Council, 410 First Street, microfiche will be shipped tional and alternative S.E., Washington, DC 20003, to LPDR libraries in the energy sources. Orders may (202) 484-2670, is composed near future, along with be placed for DOE publica-of organizations interested filing instructions, drawer tions which are free of in peaceful applications of labels, and a new section charge and for those which nuclear energy, including for the Indices to NRC may be purchased.
Refer-uranium suppliers, util-Collections binder.
rals will be made to ex-ities, engineering contrac-Those librarians who do perts in various areas of
- tors, and equipment not have microfiche equip-energy research.
manufacturers.
They. will ment or who wish to retain The American Nuclear respond to mail and tele-the hardcopy volumes of the
- Society, 555 North Ken-phone requests on various NRC Rules and Regulations sington Avenue, La Grange phases of the nuclear in addition to the
- Park, IL
~60525, (312) energy industry.
microfiche version, will be 352-6611, is a professional Compl ete descriptions given the opportunity to society for nuclear en-of the American Nuclear request continuation of the gineers, scientists, edu-
- Society, the Atomic In-present updating service. O l
cators and administrators dustrial Forum and the which maintains a library American Nuclear Council of 3,000 volumes on nuclear may be found in Section 4 -
engineering and business Scientific, Engineering and
.Knowledg is of N>o himls.
management, and issues five Technical Organizations, in ire know a subject ourselves, publications.
They will Gale Research Company En-or we know where we can j
respond to information re-cyclopedia of Associations.
find information upon it. '
quests, and they distribute e
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ing maps of commercial power installations.
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7 Their two hour counting reports, document audiovisual presentation filing procedures, requests a
Fbedback will feature the nRC tocal far ="99 tes. aad doc"**at
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Public Document Room Pro-availability.
gram and documents within Questions regarding LPDR UPDATE welcomes such matters can usually be the collection.
The LPDR reader letters in the Collection for the Beaver answered more promptly and
" Feedback" column. In the Valley Power -Station and m re accurately by speaking cbsence of letters to the for the Shippingport directly with the desig-c:ditor for the first issue, Proj ect are housed in the nated coordinator for the wa are devoting the first B.F.
Jones Memorial LPDR in question.
Coor-column to the description dinators may be reached on Library.
of an additional telephone the LPDR Hotline, (800)
LPDR Branch speakers source of NRC information.
are available, workload and 638-8081.
The Office of the The LPDR coo rdinator funding permitting, to ad-Srcretary of the Nuclear dress library associations assignments are as follows:
R:gulatory Commission main-and citizens groups.
For LPDRS in Arizona, Arkansas,
teins a recorded message example, speakers are some-California, Colorado, 11-ecryice providing informa-lin is, Indiana, Iowa, Kan-times requested to explain tion on upcoming Commission collection use to local
The telephone residents during a hearing.
Minnesota, Missouri, Ne-number, which is not toll-To make arrangements for
- braska, Ohio,
- Oklahoma, free, is (202) 634-1498.
LPDR cpeakers, please call Gregon, Puerto Rico, Texas, The recorded message, Jona
- Souder, (301)
Washington, and Wisconsin updated each evening, fur-492-7536, (800) 638-8081. e libraries are assigned to nishes the
- date, time.
Bill Carrier.
place, and subject matter The LPDRs in Alabama, of meetings scheduled for Connecticut, Florida, Geor-O the next two days. It also LPDR st.
to tete "e1=e.
indicates whether or not
- Maryland, Massachusetts, the meeting is open to the Coordinator Mississippi, New Hampshire, public.
New Jersey, New York, North SSignmentS Please send your con-Car lina, Pennsylvania, tributions to the _ Feed-South Carolina, Tennessee, back" column to Marlene Vermont, and Virginia 11-
- P21mer, Editor, LPDR braries are assigned to UPDATE, US Nuclear Regu-Since November
- 1981, Sandy Schlosser.
1ctory Commission, Mail LPDR Coordinators have been LPDR coordinators wel-Stop MNBB-7414, Washington, assigned to specific LPDR come collection-related in-DC 20555. e collections, in order to fornation requests on the provide expeditious and in-LPDR Hotline from members Souder and Palmer f rmed replies to col-of the public as well from lection-related and ad-LPDR library staffs. e to Address PA ministrative qun ct= s from
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LPDR librarians and other Library District staff members.
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Each coordinator main-Jona Souder, Chief of tains records on the LPDRs the U.S.
NRC LPDR Branch to which he or she has been
...Therefore, the only sure end Marlene Palmer, Refer-assigned in order to pro-bulwark of continuing liberty cnce Librarian, have been vide information and ser-is a government strong enough invited to address district vice regarding such matters to protect the interests of the librarians at the B.F.
as collection maintenance People, and a people well,
m Jones Memorial Library in contracts, quarterly re-enough informed to maintain U Aliquippa, PA on April 8,
- ports, property custodial its sovereign control over its 1983. Librarians from lo-8 """* #" #'
agreements, microfiche e-esl colleges have also been quipment repair, annual on-Nr',' N S : " * "
invited to attend.
site visits, inventory ac-d8"d "> "38
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NEWSLETTER, from p. 1.
Readers are invited to PROFILES, from p. 3.
discuss ideas or material retrieval. of information in for forthcoming LPDE Mary
- publicly, for her response to certain infor-UPDATE to Marlene Palmer, valuable assistance over mation queries and auto-
- Editor, (301) 492-7536, the years in making docu-matic generation of (800) 638-8081. e ments related to the Palo collection-related reports.
Verde Nuclear Generating A
voluminous Branch ARKABLE, from p. 3.
Station available to the Plymouth, MA, submits the correspondence load is now public." g 8*
handled in a more effective answer the question
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Previews much did it cost to come utilizing a word processor.
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8 Plymouth librarians con-Plans for future issues p oduc
- ity, a
m to9 tacted Mr. Larry Pizer, di-of LPDR UPDATE include has provided new Branch rector of Pilgrim's Hall.
articles on NRC rulemaking capabilities, such as com-ased upon the amount of procedures, records re-puterized text editing,
m ney merchants contributed quested under the Freedom document formatting, and to finance the voyage, he of Information Act at NRC, graphics production, all of estimated the fare at ap-the licensing process for which are illustrated in proximately 86 pounds ster-commercial nuclear power this issue of LPDR UPDATE.
ling per person. (Anyone plants, the organizational LPDR UPDATE is in-know what that amount would structure of NRC, high-tended to disseminate in-be in 1983 currency? )
lights of the Atomic Energy formation provided by the A patron who requested and Energy Reorganization Branch, host libraries and n rma n
n e sex Acts, the NRC Document Con-other interested groups or habits of fruit flies was trol System, and the NRC persons regarding collec-referred to Robert Wal-History Program.
tion contents, organiza-lace's How They Do It, Other proj ected topics tion, management and refer-M rr w, 1980.
Plymouth are the NRC Public Document ence duties.
Each issue librarians visited a local Room in Washington, DC, the will include articles on pet store to answer' the NRC hearing process, and these topics as well as 11-question How can I force plans for the LPDR lustrated profiles of LPDR boa constrictor?;
feed my Conference / Workshop.
Collection librarians and The answer:
Don tl If Reader suggestions for their rk it's not hungry, it's prob-topics in forthcoming ably shedding,"
advice issues of LPDR UPDATE are Souder "LPDR UPDATE is which proved to be true.
welcome and should be sub-meant to serve as an open A
Plymouth Public mitted to Marlene Palmer, forum between LPDR Branch Library patron requested
- Editor, (301) 492-7536, and LPDR Collection the address of a para-(800) 638-8081. e librarians and users."
On psychologist because she nearly every site visit was having 'out-of-body ex-she continued, "we gain LPDR UPDATE periences.
Librarians lo-valuable information re-cated the Institute for ESP I
garding collection main-in the Boston Yellow Pages.
LPDR UPDATE is pub-tenance which helps us t Sandy Schlosser, LPDR lished quarterly by the Lo-upgrade our service.
We Coordinator, recently rec-cal Public Document Room want to share these tips eived a call on the LPDR
- Branch, U.S. Nuclear Regu-with all the participants Hotline from a very young latory Commission, Washing-in the LPDR Program.
We man whose hobby was col-
- ton, DC
- 20555, (301) invite our readers to sub-lecting cloth patches fron 492-7536, (800) 638-8081, mit articles and to con-various government agen-Jona L. Souder, Chief, Mar-tribute to regular LPDR cies.
She was sorry to lene A. Palmer, Editor.
UPDATE features such as tell him that NRC has no It is available from the Remarkable Reference cloth patches, but she was the NRC/GPO Sales Program, Requests and the Feed-able to send him a decal of Washington, DC 20555, (301) a c lu ns._
the NRC seal, 492-9530, (800) 638-8282.e s
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