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The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) has kicked off its second Library Services & Content Management (LSCM) Pilot Project Initiative to help Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) libraries make Government information more discoverable for the American public. Through the initiative, GPO teammates are visiting partner libraries across the Nation to assess… Read More

Print records for 667 titles related to FDR-era Civil Defense (PR 32) have been added to the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) as part Pilot Project 1. These documents are currently being digitized and will be ingested into GovInfo. At that time, records for the EL versions will be added to the CGP as well.< To locate these records in the CGP, conduct an… Read More

The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) posted a new set of all Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) MARC bibliographic records (1,051,805 as of April 2023) on GitHub. Brief bibliographic records, also known as brief bibs, are included in the files. The records are available in UTF-8 in the cataloging-records-all-cgp-utf8 repository and in MARC XML in the… Read More

This message has been cross-posted. Please excuse any duplication. Staff members from GPO’s Library Services & Content Management (LSCM) will be joined by Superintendent of Documents Scott Matheson at the American Library Association’s Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois, this June. GPO is hosting a special event for the FDLP community, and we would love to see… Read More

"How to find Old SuDoc Classification Numbers," is now available for viewing. Duration: 15 minutes Speaker: Susan M. Golden, Librarian (Technical Services), Library Services & Content Management, U.S. Government Publishing Office  Learning Outcomes: This webcast reviews tools and resources for locating Superintendent of Documents classification… Read More

GPO is launching FDLP exchange version 1.1 the week of June 12, 2023, enhancing ease of use and functionality. Important information: Due to the need for data migration, FDLP eXchange will not be available for use June 12 -18, 2023. Users will not have access to the site during this time. Action item: Please consider extending the review periods in your library… Read More

Register to attend the live training webinar, "Finding Social Science Data Using Federal and State Resources." Date: Thursday, June 29, 2023 Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (EDT)   Recording and closed captioning are available. All webinars are free of charge. Speaker:… Read More

Register to attend the live training webinar, "GovInfo API Overview and Search Service Preview." Date: Wednesday, July 12, 2023 Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (EDT)   Recording and closed captioning are available. All webinars are free of charge. Speaker: Jon Quandt;… Read More

GPO Superintendent of Documents Scott Matheson will be attending this summer’s American Library Association Annual Conference in Chicago, and he looks forward to connecting with members of the Federal depository library community. There are a number of opportunities to meet with Mr. Matheson. Date: Saturday, June 24, 2023 Schedule: 9:00 a.m. … Read More

Register to attend the live training webinar, "Geography 101." Date: Thursday, June 22, 2023 Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (EDT)   Recording and closed captioning are available. All webinars are free of charge. Speaker: Noemi Mendez, Data Dissemination Specialist, U.S… Read More