Working Groups

This is a standing subcommittee of the Depository Library Council (DLC) of the that provides a forum where DLC, Federal depository libraries (FDLs), and GPO may explore and discuss opportunities and proposals for collaboration in multiple areas of the program and management and development of depository collections. As the technological world develops rapidly and the physical landscape changes, CDSWG provides opportunities to coordinate thoughts, research, plans, and efforts to move the program forward into the future and to expand and enhance the services we provide to our communities and stakeholders.

The annual rosters of the membership of Depository Library Council subcommittees and working groups, based on the Council Year which is June 1 — May 31.

The working group was established as a result of a DLC recommendation from their fall 2018 meeting, with the charge of exploring current and future needs related to digital deposit - both dissemination of content and acceptance of content by GPO.
 

Since GPO has been using PURLs since March 1998, the PURL Working Group was established with investigating, and reporting on, persistent identifier schemas, including PURLs, to ensure GPO’s implementation is robust enough to best serve depository libraries and users of online Federal Government information.  The PURL Working Group is further charged with providing recommendations to the DLC for consideration.

This working group examines the practices, policies, and procedures enacted by FDLs since March 2020 as they adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic, and it will assess the long-term impact of these efforts at the institutional and national level.

This working group was created by GPO Director Halpern, at the request of the Council. It is charged with studying Federal depository libraries at affinity-focused institutions and other FDLs with unique needs and challenges that impact their ability to provide access to tangible and digital depository resources.