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Midwest National Collection Service Area

  • Last Updated: April 21, 2025
  • Published: August 04, 2022

The Midwest National Collection Service Area (NCSA) is one of four areas in the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) that was established to ensure geographically dispersed permanent public access to Federal Government information products, to receive services from the Government Publishing Office, and to facilitate collaboration between and among Federal depository libraries.

About the Midwest NCSA

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This twelve-state area has 290 Federal depository libraries serving a population of 65,465,865 . This is one depository library for every 225,744 people.

Digital Only FDLs:  62 (21%)

Libraries by Type:
Academic, General 163
Public 54
Academic Law 35
Community College 16
Highest State Court 9
State Libraries 9
Special 2
Federal Court 2
Libraries by Size:
Large 93
Medium 131
Small 66

FDL Data current as of 07/15/2024.

Directory of Midwest NCSA depositories
Directory of NCSA Regional Depositories

The Midwest NCSA Steering Committee

The Midwest NCSA will have a steering committee for the purposes of facilitating discussion and collaboration among the Federal depository libraries, increasing opportunities for collection flexibilities and management, increasing the collaborative possibilities for depository library administration (e.g., training, resource sharing), and coordinate NCSA-wide planning. The Charter identifies some specific duties they may undertake.

Steering Committee Documents

  • Limited Print Distribution Reallocation Process — Order Of Operations (10/11/2024)
  • Steering Committee Charter

Steering Committee Members 

MIDWEST NCSAINSTITUTIONTERM (years)TERM ENDS
Brent Abercrombie, Chair-electIndiana State Library25/31/2026
Marie Concannon, ChairUniversity of Missouri15/31/2025
Sheri HuppertMinnesota State Law Library25/31/2026
Sanga SungUniversity of Illinois15/31/2025
Ellen WredeUniversity of Iowa35/31/2027
Anne Zald, SecretaryNorthwestern University35/31/2027
Angela BonnellIllinois State UniversityDepository Library Council5/31/2025
Brylynn EllisIndiana State University ALTERNATE5/31/2025

GPO Representatives

NAMEGPO ORGANIZATIONSTEERING COMMITTEE ROLE
Alicia KubasFederal Depository Support ServicesNon-voting Member
Katherine Pitcher, ChiefFederal Depository Support ServicesAdvisory
Designated Federal Officer
Cynthia EtkinOffice of the Superintendent of DocumentsAdvisory
Designated Federal Officer

 

The Midwest NCSA and Limited Print in the Digital FDLP

At the core of the New Limited Print Distribution Framework for the digital FDLP is the need for at least four geographically dispersed copies throughout the FDLP network and the recognition that the needs of depository libraries and their users may vary from NCSA to NCSA. GPO sought a collaborative process to obtain input from depository libraries and the NCSAs. All were invited to complete a questionnaire that identified and ranked criteria that were important to them for GPO to consider when determining which libraries would receive the Print Distribution Titles (PDT).

 There were 288 active depository libraries in the Midwest when this process began. Of those, 165 (almost 57%) responded to the criteria questionnaire. Below is a table of the Midwest criteria ranked from highest to lowest — Print preservation commitment to Depository collection circulates.

CriteriaMidwest
Print preservation commitment17.08
Interlibrary loan available13.27
Demonstrated user need for print11.3  
Extensive run of title preserved8.35
Community with limited internet connectivity7.89  
Government information expertise available7.58
Will provide reference service for NCSA7.26
Library Type5.89
Depository type (regional/selective)5.55  
Geographically dispersed5.45
Distributed geographically - NCSA subregions4.72  
Depository collection circulates4.42

The next step was for depository libraries to complete a questionnaire to indicate which, if any, print titles they want to receive. They were also asked to identify which of the above criteria applied to them for each of the titles they identified as wanting. The questionnaire deadline was December 22, 2023. Sixty-nine percent of depository libraries from the Midwest completed the questionnaire. A spreadsheet of the final library allocations for print distribution was released July 9, 2024.

Midwest NCSA Communication Distribution List

In the Digital FDLP framework, depository libraries are encouraged to consider FDLP collection development at the NCSA level. These NCSA distribution lists are a venue for depository libraries to foster discussion and communication about collections and services with the other depository libraries in their NCSA. GPO will also use these lists to convey activities and information to the individual NCSAs. Ensure you have whitelisted the email address of the communication distribution list so that you receive these email communications. Please contact us via askGPO for any questions or concerns about the NCSA Distribution Lists.

Regional Online Selection Authorization

Regional depositories were previously authorized to deselect print format material via Regional Online Selection Authorizations (ROSAs). With the implementation of the digital FDLP and the reduction of copies per the Print Distribution Titles List, ROSAs are no longer being sought. Archived information about ROSAs may be found on the Superintendent of Documents Public Policies, Guidance, and Reports page on FDLP.gov under Regional Online Selections Authorization (SOD-ROSA).

Titles Eligible for Regional Discard in the Midwest NCSA

The following titles are eligible for Regional Discard in the Midwest NCSA under Superintendent of Documents Public Policy Statement, Government Publications Authorized for Discard by Regional Depository Libraries SOD-PPS 2020-1. Permission to discard must be received from the Superintendent of Documents prior to removing publications from a regional depository’s collection. See the Regional Discard page for more information and instructions to submit a discard request.

TitleSuDoc StemRegional Discard Eligibility (SOD-RDE)Eligible ItemsPreservation Steward(s)
Statutes at LargeGS 4.111:2020-1See Spreadsheet

Indiana State Library (0170)

Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Jerome Hall Law Library (0177B)
 

Public Papers of the Presidents of the United StatesGS 4.113:
AE 2.114:    
2019-1
2020-2
See Spreadsheet

Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Jerome Hall Law Library (0177B)

North Dakota State University Libraries (0455)

Related Resources

Webinar Recordings

  • NCSA Meetings (held February 2022)
  • Implementation of a Digital FDLP: NCSA Virtual Meetings (September 2023)
  • NCSA Collaborative Collection Development Meetings (held November 2023)
  • Other recordings related to the PDT List and the Digital FDLP may be found in the FDLP Academy Training Repository by clicking on the “Digital FDLP” subject tag.

Related web pages

  • Regional Discards
  • Selective Housing Agreements (SHAs) (guidance article)

Questions or comments?

  • Contact LSCM via askGPO. Use the category, ‘Digital FDLP.’
  • Midwest National Collection Service Area
    • About the Midwest NCSA
    • The Midwest NCSA Steering Committee
    • Steering Committee Documents
    • Steering Committee Members 
    • GPO Representatives
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    • The Midwest NCSA and Limited Print in the Digital FDLP
    • Midwest NCSA Communication Distribution List
    • Regional Online Selection Authorization
    • Titles Eligible for Regional Discard in the Midwest NCSA
    • Related Resources
    • Questions or comments?

Related Information:

  • National Collection Service Areas
  • Digital FDLP Implementation
  • New Limited Print Distribution Framework
  • Action Items to Implement a Digital FDLP
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