Projects | FDLP

The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) is constantly working to develop and enhance the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).

GPO monitors changes and advances in technology and will often evaluate how these advances and trends might benefit the FDLP. The following is a list of projects that have been evaluated.

Active Projects

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Depository Selection Information Management System (DSIMS)

Digital FDLP Implementation

Digitizing the United States Congressional Hearings

Digitizing the United States Congressional Serial Set

FDLP eXchange Application Development

Federal Information Preservation Network (FIPNet)

Federal Publications Digitization and Public Access Files Initiatives

GovInfo

GPO Historic Shelflist

Legislative Revisions to Title 44 U.S.C., Chapter 19: Depository Library Program

LSCM Pilot Projects

LSCM Year In Review

National Bibliographic Records Inventory Initiative (NBRII)

Special Selection Offers

Streamlining the Process: Disposition of Depository Materials

Submit Regional Discard Requests to GPO

The New Version of Resource Description and Access (RDA): GPO’s Preparations and Impacts on the FDLP Community

Archived Projects

Print On Demand

Administrative Notes (AdNotes)

Administrative Notes Technical Supplement (ANTS)

Cataloging Record Distribution Pilot Project Summary Report

CD-ROM Equivalence Project

Center for Research Libraries (CRL) - 2004

Customer Relations Program: Segmentation & Needs Assessment

Define Criteria for Disposal Prior to a 5 Year Retention

Depository Access to Reports Scientific and Technical (DARTS)

Determining the Future of Microfiche Distribution

Discontinuation of Microfiche Distribution to FDLP Libraries

DPLA eBook Pilot Project

FDLP eXchange Archived Project Page

FDLP Forecast Study

Future Direction of the FDLP: Modeling Initiative

GPO Access to FDsys Transition

GPO and the LOCKSS Alliance

Handles

Library of Congress Subject Headings (e-LCSH)

Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER)

PURL Enhancement and Stabilization

Regional Discard Policy

Regional Online Selections Policy

Resource Description and Access (RDA) and Implications for Federal Depository Libraries

Revising the Superseded Guidelines

Strategic Plan for the Future of the FDLP

Study of FDLP Selection Mechanisms

Study of Regional Depositories

Superintendent of Documents Classification Guidelines Revision Project

Survey to Identify Essential Titles for Public Use in Paper or Other Tangible Format

Task Force on a Digital Federal Depository Library Program

The Future of the GPO Sales Program

The Historic Federal Register

The National Plan for Access to U.S. Government Information

Title 44 Revision, H.R. 5305: FDLP Modernization Act of 2018 (115th Congress, 2017-2018)

Web Publication Harvesting

Z39.50 Stress Test on Catalog of U.S. Government Publications