JAN/FEB 2001 FEDLINK TECH NOTES ON FLICC WEB SITE


WASHINGTON DC, MARCH 22, 2001 - Due to production delays the print
edition of the  January/February 2001 issue of FEDLINK Technical Notes
newsletter is not yet available. We will be mailing it as soon as
possible. The online edition is on the Web at
http://lcweb.loc.gov/flicc/tn/2001/01/tn0101.html.

In this month's issue:

* FEDLINK Revolving Fund Signed Into Law

Susan M. Tarr, Executive Director, FLICC, says this new law will
allow for a normalized business operation that will ultimately mean
greater efficiencies and substantial savings for the government.

* OCLC News

Get details on the following:

FEDLINK is offering a variety of cataloging training this spring and
summer and will hold a two-day program on Cataloging Internet
Resources June 4/5;

new network training contracts have been established with several
OCLC networks;

a newly reindexed and reloaded OCLC Public Affairs Information
Service (PAIS) is now on the OCLC FirstSearch service; and

OCLC is now offering ILLiad resource sharing software.

Also, the OCLC Institute has released their first offering of the
Online Library Learning Web-based training series, "Cataloging
Internet Resources Using Marc 21 and AACR2"; get details on this
training and information on member pricing and non-member pricing.

* WEB CITINGS

FLICC's new Content Management Ad Hoc Working Group will deliver its
report to the FLICC Executive Board (FEB) later this month; the report
will discuss, among other things, FirstGov, the U.S. Federal
government online resource engine.

And visit the FLICC/FEDLINK Educational Calendar Web page for
information on upcoming FLICC educational events and the FEDLINK
training program at http://lcweb.loc.gov/flicc/calclass.html.