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   The Department of the Interior Library will host a special Open House
   featuring online vendor representatives and information, special library
   tours, and a presentation on 19th-century river exploration in the
   American West on Wednesday, September 26th from 9:30 am to 4:00 pm.  All
   are invited to attend.

   The DOI Library offers a full range of reference resources and services
   to both Department of the Interior employees and the public.  The
   Library's Open House will highlight and explain those resources and
   services, allowing our patrons to efficiently and effectively utilize
   them when doing research.

   The Library's Open House will feature demonstrations from a number of
   online database vendors who provide the DOI Library and Interior
   Department employees with access to their databases through the
   Library's website (http://library.doi.gov).   Online database vendors
   are scheduled to appear as follows:

      9:30 am - 12:00 noon

         National Journal - CongressDaily
         LexisNexis
         EBSCO - Electronic Journals Service
         Elsevier - ScienceDirect
         Thomson Gale - Academic OneFile

      1:30 pm - 4:00 pm

         Readex - Congressional Serial Set Digital Edition
         EBSCO - Science & Technology Collection
         Environmental Law Reporter
         Westlaw
         William S. Hein Co., - HeinOnline

   Additionally, tours of the library will be offered by DOI Law Librarian
   Maureen Booth at 10:00 am, 11:00 am, 1:45 pm, and 2:45 pm.  These tours
   will look at the many resources and services available at the DOI
   Library, as well as the history of the Library and the Interior
   Department.   Included will be a description of legal and legislative
   resources in the Library, such as the Code of Federal Regulations, U.S.
   Code, U.S. Statutes at Large, and case reporters. Also included will be
   a look at the U.S. Congressional Serial Set, dating back to 1789, and
   the Library’s Rare Book Collection.

   The Open House will also feature a lecture by DOI historian Francis
   Flavin who will present a program entitled "Pens, Paintings, Panoramas
   and Pixels: Documenting the Waterways of the American West."   Dr.
   Flavin's program will discuss several notable individuals who documented
   the great rivers of the American West from the time of Lewis & Clark
   through the end of the 19th century, the different media they used, and
   the significance of their works.  Dr. Flavin's lecture will be presented
   in the Library's Training Room from 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm.

   All are welcome to attend, government and general public.  The
   Department of the Interior Library is located in the Main Interior
   Building, located at 1849 C Street, NW, Room 1151 in Washington.
   Please call the DOI Library at (202) 208-3796 or contact us via e-mail
   at [log in to unmask] if you have any questions.

   George Franchois
   Coordinator of Library Services
   U.S. Dept. of the Interior Library
   1849 C Street, NW, MS 1151
   Washington, DC  20240
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   Phone: (202) 208-3796
   Fax: (202) 208-6773
   URL: http://library.doi.gov