Monthly Reports on Book Shipments and
Magazine Shipments for March 2000

Date: March 15, 2000

This report includes the following items:

1. LIST OF MULTI-PART BOOKS NEARING SHIPMENT

This lists multi-volume braille books and cassette
books requiring more than one container.  It is an
aid in determining the amount of shelf space needed
for titles that are nearing shipment.

2. SHELF PLANNING AID (GUIDE FOR SHELVING)

This lists book numbers of titles assigned or soon
to be assigned to producers.  It is a guide to
facilitate shelf allocation by network libraries
for books to be produced in the coming months.


[The following two reports were mailed to the network and
are available from the NLS FTP site.]

3. LIST OF BOOKS SHIPPED BUT NOT YET ON CD BLND

This is a cumulative list of all titles that have
been shipped but have not yet appeared in the CD
BLND Catalog.

Available from ftp://ftp.loc.gov/pub/nls/pcs/bkship.txt


4. MAGAZINE SHIPMENTS FOR March 2000

A report as of March 2000 showing magazines produced for
NLS/BPH and shipped over the last three months.

Available from ftp://ftp.loc.gov/pub/nls/pcs/mags.txt

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          Multi-Part Books Nearing Shipment
                    As Of 03/07/2000
          (Arranged By Book Sequence Number)

          Book No                    Volumes

          BR12097          3    VOLUMES
          BR12110          3    VOLUMES
          BR12125          5    VOLUMES
          BR12190          6    VOLUMES
          BR12217          2    VOLUMES
          BR12222          3    VOLUMES
          BR12233          2    VOLUMES
          BR12245          2    VOLUMES
          BR12264          5    VOLUMES
          BR12291          2    VOLUMES
          BR12292          3    VOLUMES
          BR12314          2    VOLUMES
          BR12318          2    VOLUMES
          BR12327          2    VOLUMES
          BR12372          3    VOLUMES
          BR12377          2    VOLUMES
          BR12379          3    VOLUMES
          BR12380          3    VOLUMES
          BR12381          2    VOLUMES
          BR12382          2    VOLUMES
          BR12386          2    VOLUMES
          RC47934          2    CONTAINERS

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                      SHELF-PLANNING AID
                     (Guide for Shelving)
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For book numbers prior to RC 40001 or BR 10051, see Network
Library Manual, Section 6.14.

BRAILLE

10,051-11,000       (BRAILLE)
11,001-11,050       (PRINT/BRAILLE)
11,051-12,000  (BRAILLE)
12,001-12,050  (PRINT/BRAILLE)
12,051-13,000            (BRAILLE)
13,001-13,050            (PRINT/BRAILLE)
13,051-14,000            (BRAILLE)

CASSETTE (RC)            (FD ALSO)

40001-40850
40851-40900..................(FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
40901-43950
43951-44000..................(FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
44001-46975
46976-47000..................(FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
47001-50000
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NOTE:

The following book numbers have not been assigned or have been
canceled and
will not be reassigned:  RC 26708, RC 27003, RC 27318, RC 28906,
RC 29276, RC 29984,
RC 33240, RC 34342, RC 35807, RC 36249 RC 36733, RC 37021, RC
37227, RC 38506,
RC 39758, RC 40529, RC 42015, RC 42265, RC 45091, RC 45608, RC
46054, RC 46317,     RC 46645, RC 48492, RC 48874, RC 48931, RC
49156, BR 7541, BR 7893, BR 8416,           BR 8475, BR 8970, BR
8978, BR 8991, BR 9254, BR 9498, BR 9904, BR 10028, BR 11022, BR
11445, BR 11446 and BR 12023.


Also please note: Foreign Language titles will be included with
regular titles after 47001.