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The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has released statistics for August 2012 regarding the activites of the FDLP and the Cataloging and Indexing (C&I) Program. Read More

Based on continued funding, the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) is extending the Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP) through FY2013. The project is designed to distribute GPO-produced cataloging records to libraries, who then use these records to populate their online catalogs.The project is being expanded to a maximum of 80 libraries on a first come,… Read More

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) and the Office of the Federal Register (OFR), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), have released an upgraded Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR) Web site. As of today, the old e-CFR site has been shutdown and will redirect users to the new site, eCFR.gov.The new site operates on an upgraded hardware and… Read More

The U.S. Government Printing (GPO) has discovered that the program designed to move pending adds of tangible item numbers from libraries’ selection baskets to their selection profiles on October 1 did not execute as expected. We believe that the problem has been identified, and we are working to correct it.GPO is aware that libraries put a good deal of effort into… Read More

The Fall 2012 issue of FDLP Connection has been released. This month's theme is "Emergency Preparedness".In her column, Superintendent of Documents, Mary Alice Baish previews programs and special events of the upcoming Depository Library Council Meeting & Federal Depository Library Conference. Meanwhile, your colleagues, Celina Nichols (University of Maryland), Hallie… Read More

In partnership with the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), the Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) is increasing the options for electronic access to Public Health Reports for depository libraries. Depositories will now have the option of selecting IP access or the use of a username and password.Coordinators from depositories that currently select or have… Read More

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Manual is now available from the U.S. Government Printing Office. It will be distributed to depository libraries under:Title: North American Industry Classification System, 2012Class: PREX 2.6/4:2012Item Number: 0854-A-08 (P), 0854-A-09 (EL)Shipping List: 2012-0055-SPURL: http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS26109CGP… Read More

Results from the 2011 Biennial Survey of Federal Depository Libraries, including a results summary, breakdowns by library type, and the raw data are now available.Over 90% of libraries completed the legally required survey, which provides important information concerning the conditions of both individual depository libraries and the Federal Depository Library Program … Read More

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) must perform scheduled maintenance on the Depository Selection Information Management System (DSIMS) this week:Start Date: Wednesday, September 12, 5:00 p.m. EDTEnd Date: Wednesday, September 12, 6:00 p.m. EDTTotal Duration: Approximately 1 hourBetween 5 and 6 p.m. that day, DSIMS will not be accessible. We apologize for any… Read More

You are invited to an educational webinar entitled “Using Metadata to Navigate GPO's Federal Digital System (FDsys).” Join the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) on Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 2:00 pm (Eastern Time) for a 30-minute course on utilizing FDsys metadata to create complex searches and retrieve specialized and precise search results. Metadata is structured… Read More