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DSIMS Technical Issues Resolved

May 21, 2012
The Depository Selection Information Management System (DSIMS) technical issues that were reported earlier today have been resolved. Libraries may now resume their selection changes. We apologize for any inconvenience. Read More

Tracking Federal Regulations in GPO’s Federal Digital System (FDsys)

May 14, 2012
You are invited to an educational webinar on Tracking Federal Regulations in GPO's Federal Digital System (FDsys)! Join GPO on Thursday, June 21, 2012 at 1:00 pm EDT as we offer a 45-minute course in utilizing FDsys resources to track Federal regulations through basic and advanced search techniques. The following FDsys regulatory resources will be explored: The Federal… Read More

2012 Annual Interagency Depository Seminar Schedule

May 14, 2012
Space is still available for the U.S. Government Printing Office's (GPO's) 25th Annual Interagency Depository Seminar, which will be held in Washington, DC, from Monday, July 30 through Friday, August 3, 2012. The 2012 Interagency Depository Seminar Schedule of speakers and events, as well as the 2012 Registrant Guide, are now available.During the week-long seminar,… Read More

Training Webinar on Navigating Federal Government Information Using FDsys

May 08, 2012
Back by popular demand for a third time, a repeat presentation of the educational webinar on GPO's Federal Digital System (FDsys)! Join GPO on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 1:00 pm EDT as we offer an hour-long course on navigating Federal Government information using FDsys. During this session, attendees will learn about basic and advanced searching, browsing, retrieving by… Read More

FDLP Connection, Volume 2, Issue 5 Released

May 04, 2012
The May 2012 issue of FDLP Connection has been released. This month's theme is "Service".In her column, Superintendent of Documents, Mary Alice Baish provides updates on FDsys training and the FDLP Forecast Study, and shares some GPO news. Meanwhile, your colleagues, Lori Smith (Southeastern Louisiana University) and Rachael Elrod (The Citadel) write about social media to… Read More

FDLP and C&I Metrics - March 2012

May 03, 2012
The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has released statistics for  March 2012 regarding the activites of the FDLP and the Cataloging and Indexing (C&I) Program. Read More

LSCM Welcomes Its New Director: Jane Sánchez

April 23, 2012
The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) is proud to introduce its new Director of Library Service & Content Management, Jane Sánchez. Ms. Sánchez comes to GPO with 35 years of significant library and information management experience in both the Federal Government and private sector and joined our team on March 26.She has substantial experience managing complex… Read More

Scheduled MetaLib Maintenance

April 18, 2012
The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) will be performing scheduled maintenance on the federated search tool, MetaLib (metalib.gpo.gov).Start Date: Saturday, April 21, 2012, 9:00 a.m. EDTEnd Date: Saturday, April 21, 2012, 12:00 p.m. EDTTotal Duration: 3 hoursDuring the maintenance period, MetaLib will experience brief intermittent downtime. The Catalog of U.S… Read More

Depository Selection Information Management System (DSIMS) Launched

April 17, 2012
Federal depository libraries can now view their selection profiles and drop item numbers with the Depository Selection Information Management System (DSIMS). This new system replaces the Depository Distribution Information System (DDIS), which was a legacy mainframe system that was used to manage List of Classes data, library item selections, and distribution… Read More

GPO-Wide Scheduled Maintenance

April 11, 2012
The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) will be performing scheduled maintenance on Saturday, April 14.Start Time: Saturday, April 14, 2012 09:00 a.m. EDTEnd Time: Saturday, April 14, 2012, 09:00 p.m. EDTTotal Duration: Approximately 12 hoursDuring this scheduled maintenance, FDsys and FDLP Web services (e.g., FDLP Desktop, FDLP Community, PURL, FDLP Electronic… Read More