Digital Content Contributors | FDLP

What are Digital Content Contributors?

If you have digitally imaged U.S. Government information or are considering a digital imaging project for content in scope of the National Collection, this partnership is for your organization.

Digital Content Contributors provide digital content to GPO for ingest into GovInfo. The Contributors provide content that meets GPO specifications for ingest into the repository. GPO provides ongoing access and preservation of the digital content.

Active Digital Content Contributors

Partner	NCSA	Contributions
Boise State University Albertson Library	West	Idaho related publications
Boston Public Library	Northeast	Various publications
Cecil H. Green Library, Stanford University	West	Various publications
George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida	South	Panama Canal related publications, National Recovery Administration publications, Agriculture related publications
Indiana State Library	Midwest	Decisions of the Department of the Interior and the General Land Office in Cases Related to the Public Lands
Law Library of Congress	N/A	U.S. Congressional Serial Set
Ned R. McWherter Library, University of Memphis	South	Peace Corps publications
Suzzallo Library, University of Washington	West	International Cooperation Administration publication
Washington State Library	West	Various publications
William & Mary Libraries	South	Amerika Illustrated

Digital Content Contributor: The Law Library of Congress

GPO, in collaboration with the Law Library of Congress, is working on a large multi-year effort to digitize and make accessible volumes of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set back to the first volume, which was published in 1817.

The United States Congressional Serial Set, commonly referred to as the Serial Set, is a compilation of all numbered House and Senate reports and documents, including executive reports and treaty documents, issued for each session of Congress. As a chronicle of events of the U.S. Congress over the years, the Serial Set is one of the Nation’s most treasured publications. The Law Library of Congress is digitizing the Serial Set. GPO is securely storing the files in its certified preservation repository where the documents cannot be edited or tampered with in any way. LSCM staff are also working to create bibliographic metadata about each volume and the individual reports and documents contained within the volumes. GPO is uploading volumes of the official Serial Set in phases for free public access on GovInfo, the one-stop site for authentic, published Government information.

To date over 8,400 volumes have been made available on GovInfo. Keep up to date on this effort at Digitizing the United States Congressional Serial Set

Benefits of Being a Digital Content Contributor

Gain national recognition for the work of your institution
Increase access to and discoverability of parts of the National Collection.
Preserve digitally imaged files in GPO’s ISO 16363:2012 certified repository.
Consultation with GPO’s digital preservation experts.

Expectations for Digital Content Contributors

Digitally image content within scope of the National Collection per GPO guidance. At minimum, a high-quality scan of a PDF/A is required, although a JEPG2000 master image file is preferred.
If cataloged, provide a MARC.xml file for creating the descriptive metadata in GovInfo. If there is no fill MARC record for the content, GPO can work with the partner on an alternative solution for generating bibliographic information.
Organize the digital files according to GPO guidance.
Submit the digital files to GPO using GPO’s SFTP server.

How to Become a Digital Content Contributor

Please contact us via askGPO to learn more about how your institution can participate. When submitting a question, select the category, “Partnerships.”

The process is easy. Once you submit your inquiry, a member of GPO’s staff will reach out to coordinate on the specifics of the partnership and then work with your organization to formalize the agreement with a Memorandum of Agreement.

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