The E-Sylum:  Volume 5, Number 7, February 10, 2002, Article 9

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS COMMUNICATIONS

  Regarding Library of Congress assistance, Patrick Parkinson
  writes: "I work for the federal government in Washington (not
  the LOC).  We have received very little mail since the anthrax
  episode.  As I understand the situation, all mail is being shipped
  to Ohio for irradiation but the amount of mail far exceeds the
  capacity of  the irradiation equipment.  So there are tremendous
  delays in delivery.

  These days the only effective way to communicate with the U.S.
  government is by e-mail.  I would advise going to the LOC's
  website and checking for an e-mail address for inquiries."

  I checked with Bob Lyall to learn how he had gotten in touch
  with the library.  His reply:  "My original communication was
  snail mail but my heading gave them an email address as well
  as a snail mail address.

  I understand what  Patrick Parkinson is saying but it is amazing
  that they presumably have sheds full of unopened mail!  What
  is the way forward,  I wonder!  Abandon enveloped mail?

  Anyway, I've now been informed by Dick Hanscom of an
  email address at the bottom of the Researcher's Services
  page (http://www.loc.gov/rr/) and so have sent an email this
  evening.  I'd tried to find one previously without success.  So,
  I now hold my breath - will this be the culmination of 5 years
  searching to attribute a couple of tokens to the correct country,
  or............."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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