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This message was cross-posted. Please excuse any duplication. ------------------------------------------------------------- Recently the Director for Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access at the Library of Congress announced that the Library would cease to provide controlled series access in the bibliographic records that its catalogers produce. The catalogers would cease to produce series authority records as well. The effective date of this change was moved back to June 1, 2006 from May 1, 2006. GPO is not making any changes to its current series authority practice at this time. GPO is, however, taking this opportunity to solicit the opinion of the depository community and to evaluate the costs and benefits of supplying controlled series access. The Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) is performing a costs benefits analysis for its members, and GPO will be working with the PCC to see if the series authority creation process can be streamlined. Please submit any questions or comments through askGPO at: <http://gpo.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/gpo.cfg/php/enduser/ask.php>. To ensure your question is routed to the correct area, please choose the category "Federal Depository Libraries" and the Cataloging Policies & Practices subcategory. You may also contact the GPO Customer Contact Center at 866-512-1800 (Toll-free), or at 202-512-1800 (DC Metropolitan Area), Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m., EST. GPO Customer Contact Center