Monthly Reports on Book Shipments and
Magazine Shipments for July 1998

Date:  August 14, 1998

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/bksg98.txt.]


4. MAGAZINE SHIPMENTS FOR JULY 1998

A report as of August 14 showing 1998 magazines produced for
NLS/BPH and shipped over the last three months.
[Available from ftp://ftp.loc.gov/pub/nls/pcs/magsg98.txt.]
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     LIST OF MULTI-PART BOOKS
         NEARING SHIPMENT
        as of Aug. 06, 1998


 BOOK NO.          QTNY
 --------          ----

 BR11183            7  VOLUMES
 BR11203            4  VOLUMES
 BR11236            5  VOLUMES
 BR11293            6  VOLUMES
 BR11299           10  VOLUMES
 BR11320            3  VOLUMES
 BR11327            2  VOLUMES
 BR11423            2  VOLUMES
 BR11451            2  VOLUMES
 RC43410            2  CONTAINERS
 RC43840            2  CONTAINERS
 RC44028            2  CONTAINERS
 RC44487            2  CONTAINERS
 RC44501            2  CONTAINERS
 RC44508            2  CONTAINERS
 RC44509            2  CONTAINERS
 RC44513            2  CONTAINERS
 RC44576            2  CONTAINERS
 RC44697            2  CONTAINERS
 RC44929            2  CONTAINERS
 RC44949            2  CONTAINERS
 RC45337            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)

CASSETTE (RC)           (FD ALSO)

40001-40850
40851-40900..................(FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
40901-43950
43951-44000..................(FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
44001-46975
46976-47000..................(FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
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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 45608,
BR 7541, BR 7893, BR 8416, BR 8475, BR 9254, BR 8970,
BR 8978 BR 8991, BR 9498, BR 9904, BR 10028 and BR 11022.

NOTE: The following book numbers are added this month to
the list of numbers that will not be re-used: BR 11445
and BR 11446.