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Northeast National Collection Service Area

  • Last Updated: February 19, 2025
  • Published: August 04, 2022

The Northeast 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 Northeast NCSA

NorthEast

This eleven-state and District of Columbia area has 258 Federal depository libraries serving a population of 65,465,865. This is one depository library for every 253,743 people.

Digital Only FDLs:  51 (20%)

Libraries by Type:
Academic, General 122
Public 43
Academic Law 35
Federal Agency 24
State Libraries 9
Community College 7
Highest State Court 5
Special 5
Federal Court 5
Service Academy 3
Libraries by Size:
Large 73
Medium 123
Small 62

FDL Data current as of 7/15/2024.

Directory of Northeast NCSA depositories
Directory of Northeast NCSA Regional Depositories

The Northeast NCSA Steering Committee

The Northeast 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.

  • Steering Committee Charter
  • Steering Committee Members
NORTHEAST NCSAINSTITUTIONTERM (years)TERM ENDS
Kris AberyConnecticut State Library15/31/2025
Andrea CraleyHarford Community College25/31/2026
Liza Duncan, Chair-electNew York State Library35/31/2027
Jake Eschler, SecretaryVassar College25/31/2026
Joshua FinnellColgate UniversityDepository Library Council5/31/2025
Trina MagiUniversity of VermontAlternate5/31/2025
Charlotte SchneiderRutgers Law School Library15/31/2025
Nicholas Wolkowicz, ChairMassachusetts Trial Court25/31/2026

GPO Representatives

NAMEGPO ORGANIZATIONSTEERING COMMITTE ROLE
Abigail McDermottMetadata and Collection ServicesNon-voting Member
Katherine Pitcher, ChiefFederal Depository Support ServicesAdvisory
Designated Federal Officer
Cynthia EtkinOffice of the Superintendent of DocumentsAdvisory
Designated Federal Officer

The Northeast 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 258 active depository libraries in the Northeast when this process began. Of those, 145 (56%) responded to the criteria questionnaire. Below is a table of the Northeast criteria ranked from highest to lowest — Print preservation commitment to Depository collection circulates.

CriteriaNortheast
Print preservation commitment16.76
Extensive run of title preserved12.01
Interlibrary loan available11.25
Demonstrated user need for print10.45
Government information expertise available8.51
Will provide reference service for NCSA7.33
Community with limited internet connectivity7.22
Library Type6.72
Geographically dispersed5.56
Depository type (regional/selective)5.31
Distributed geographically - NCSA subregions4.57
Depository collection circulates4.23

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. Slightly more than 66% of depository libraries from the Northeast completed the questionnaire.

The final library allocations of print titles are available in a spreadsheet. To see the titles that will be distributed in the Northeast NCSA, consult the spreadsheet where the data are presented by LIBRARY, by TITLE, by NCSA and TYPE by TITLE, and MAPS by TITLE. A spreadsheet of the final library allocations for print distribution was released July 9, 2024.

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 Northeast NCSA

The following titles are eligible for Regional Discard in the Northeast 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 SpreadsheetSyracuse University (0426)
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United StatesGS 4.113:
AE 2.114:
2019-1 
2020-2
See SpreadsheetUniversity of Maine, Orono, Raymond H. Fogler Library (0235)  Queens Public Library (0393)

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

Questions or comments?

  • Contact LSCM via askGPO. Use the category, 'Digital FDLP.'
  • Northeast National Collection Service Area
    • About the Northeast NCSA
    • The Northeast NCSA Steering Committee
    • GPO Representatives
    • The Northeast NCSA and Limited Print in the Digital FDLP
    • Regional Online Selection Authorization
    • Titles Eligible for Regional Discard in the Northeast 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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