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How it All Works
All Canadian government departments and agencies subject
to the Treasury Board's Communications Policy are
responsible for participating in the Depository Services
Program. Whenever a manuscript is completed within one
of the participating departments, the department is
required to obtain an ISBN and catalogue number for the
manuscript from the Depository Services Program.
Cataloguing-in-Publication information, required by the
Treasury Board Communications Policy, is also available
from the DSP.
Once the catalogue number and ISBN have been assigned, the Program
determines the quantities it needs. Communication Canada - Publishing works closely with the Program
to assist federal departments and agencies co-ordinate these requirements.
The quantity of a publication set aside for Checklist orders will vary, depending on whether
the publications is of specific or general interest.
At the end of the week the documentation section collects
the set of records representing the publications received
during the week, and produces a print and electronic
version of its Weekly Checklist. The file is then
immediately posted on the DSP's Web server, and the print version is mailed to all
selective depositories. Selective depository
libraries
use either the print or electronic format to select those items on the
Checklist that they require, and then send their requests
to Communication Canada - Publishing. The orders are processed and sent to
depositories free of charge. Full
depositories receive
the Checklist together with a weekly shipment of all the
publications listed therein.
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