A discussion of this issue recently took place on GOVDOC-L. In fact,
Public Papers of the President does not reprint everything that appears
in the Weekly Compilation. If it is discarded, some public statements
will be lost. Also, most databases index the Weekly Complilation, and not
the Public Papers sets.

Hope this helps,

Arlene Weible
Periodicals and Government Documents Librarian
Willamette University
Mark O. Hatfield Library
Salem, OR 97301
Phone: 503-370-6312
Fax: 503-370-6141
Internet address: aweible@willamette.edu

On Wed, 22 Feb 1995, Oftedahl, Lenora wrote:

> .... another question about a different journal.  We receive and bind
> Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents.  These are superceded by Public
> Papers of the President (starting with the Carter administration).  They are
> indexed on Infotrac products as Weekly Compilation.  Is there anyone out
> there who gets rid of the Weekly Compilation in favor of the Public Papers or
> do you keep all of them?