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The May/June 2013 issue of FDLP Connection is available now. The focus of this edition of the newsletter is “Services”.In her column, Superintendent of Documents, Mary Alice Baish reports on the nomination of Davita Vance-Cooks to be Public Printer and welcomes new members of the Depository Library Council (DLC). Meanwhile your colleague, and outgoing chair of the DLC,… Read More

Recently GPO learned that the department edition of the Economic Report of the President, March 2013, was not distributed to libraries. We have now located the depository copies, and they were shipped from the FDLP Warehouse in Laurel, Maryland on Friday, June 14, in a separate mailing package. The distribution information is as follows:Title: Economic Report of the… Read More

The third set of Library Forecast Data Reports from the FDLP Forecast Study has been released. Data Reports present results by individual Library and State Forecast question, reported by qualitative and quantitative analysis.This third release includes the following Library Forecast Data Reports:Q6: Preferences for Tangible InformationQ7: Remote Storage ChallengesQ9:… Read More

The 2013 Biennial Survey of Depository Libraries is ready for completion. The survey will run through July 31, 2013. By completing the survey, depositories fulfill their legal obligation to "report to the Superintendent of Documents at least every two years concerning their condition" (44 USC § 1909).The 2013 Survey includes new questions regarding preservation and… Read More

New Electronic Titles (NET) are now available for May 2013. These files are accessible from the New Titles section of the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP). Read More

The full text of the prepared statement of Deputy Public Printer, Davita Vance-Cooks, delivered yesterday before the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration is now available. The hearing was held as part of the process in considering her nomination by President Obama to be the Public Printer of the United States Government Printing Office (GPO). The entire hearing… Read More

GPO has issued a press release about today's hearing by the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration on the nomination of Davita Vance-Cooks to serve as Public Printer of the United States.Davita Vance-Cooks submitted a statement to the Committee, which she summarized during the hearing. View the full hearing (testimony begins at about 21 minute marker in video)… Read More

A live training Webinar, "Creating SuDoc Classes and Item Numbers," will be offered June 26, 2013.Start Time: 2 p.m. Eastern TimeDuration: 40 minutesSummary: This Webinar will show you how Superintendent of Documents (SuDoc) classes and their associated item numbers are created. Participants will learn how LSCM staff determine appropriate SuDoc classes and item numbers… Read More

A live training Webinar, “Census OnTheMap,” will be offered Thursday, June 20, 2013.Start Time: 2 p.m. Eastern TimeDuration: 120 minutesSummary: In this webinar, uncover a wealth of information available on U.S. workers in an overview of this online mapping and reporting application. See where they are employed and where they live with companion reports on worker… Read More

As part of the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) and the U.S. Department of Treasury pilot project to provide permanent public access to the Treasury Library’s digital content, Treasury Combined Statement of Receipts, Expenditures, and Balances of the United States Government is now available on GPO’s Federal Digital System (FDsys) at www.fdsys.gov. The Treasury… Read More