Abstract
The decision of the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) to join the OCLC cataloging network and the resulting availability of GPO Monthly Catalog tapes present libraries with an economically attractive and feasible means of providing enhanced bibliographic access to U.S. government publications in their rapidly developing online catalogs. The time lag which exists between the receipt of depository materials and the availability of their cataloging data, however, raises serious concerns over the timeliness of GPO cataloging and its efficacy as a current bibliographic access tool for U.S. documents. This study attempts to identify and ascertain the extent and the patterns of the time lag between the receipt of depository publications and the availability of GPO's cataloging records for these materials. The findings of this study will enable librarians to assess the viability of GPO's cataloging data made available on Monthly Catalog tapes as the primary bibliographic access tool for U.S. government publications.
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