Monthly Reports on Book Shipments and
Magazine Shipments for August 1999

Date:  September 10, 1999

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 August 1999

A report as of September 10 showing 1999 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 09/10/1999
(Arranged By Book Sequence Number)

          Book No                    Volumes

          BR11496          2    VOLUMES
          BR11497          2    VOLUMES
          BR11498          2    VOLUMES
          BR11499          2    VOLUMES
          BR11774          4    VOLUMES
          BR11805          4    VOLUMES
          BR11828          5    VOLUMES
          BR11834          2    VOLUMES
          BR11865          2    VOLUMES
          BR11883          2    VOLUMES
          BR11896          2    VOLUMES
          BR11911          3    VOLUMES
          BR11946          3    VOLUMES
          BR11983          2    VOLUMES
          BR11984          2    VOLUMES
          BR11986          2    VOLUMES
          BR11988          2    VOLUMES
          BR12065          3    VOLUMES
          RC46184          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, RC 46054, RC 46317, RC 46645, 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 and BR 11446 BR 12023.




Print Braille book Leyenda de la Flor de Nochebuena (The Legend of the Poinsettia)
has been cancelled and the book number, BR12023, shall not be reused.

The book will be produced in braille and the new book number shall be BR12294.