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Mary Alice Baish Discusses GPO’s Digital Efforts on Federal News Radio

April 18, 2011
On April 12, 2011, Federal News Radio spoke with Superintendent of Documents Mary Alice Baish at the Federal Senior Management Conference, which features keynotes and dialogue sessions from government and industry leaders and visionaries. Mary Alice provided a keynote session entitled, “The U.S. Government Printing Office: 150 Years of Innovation and Collaboration.”During… Read More

Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, Barack H. Obama, Book 1

April 18, 2011
{mbox:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE8_JorxKao|VIDEO HEIGHT|VIDEO WIDTH|title=U.S. Government Printing Office: Public Papers of the President|vthumb=pub-papers-video.png|height=175px|width=215px}On April 12, 2011, President Obama received the first book of the Public Papers of the President of the United States from his administration. The 1,084-page book was presented… Read More

Policy Regarding the Sale of Discarded Depository Material

April 14, 2011
There has been no change in policy regarding library responsibilities and procedures for the sale of FDLP materials.A question was raised in the Spring 2011 DLC Regional meeting concerning whether there had been a change in the policy regarding library responsibilities and procedures for the sale of FDLP materials. The U.S. Government Printing Office’s General… Read More

FDLP and C&I Metrics - March 2011

April 12, 2011
GPO is releasing monthly statistics on the activities of Statistics for  March 2011 activites of the FDLP and the Cataloging and Indexing Program have been released. Read More

FDLP Basic Collection Updates

April 06, 2011
Publications included in the Basic Collection are vital sources of information that support the public's right to know about the workings and essential activities of the Federal Government. The list of titles constituting the Basic Collection was first developed in 1977 to identify the most basic Federal publications for inclusion in all depository collections. This list… Read More

Depository Library Spotlight for April 2011

April 01, 2011
Libraries are places for research and discovery. The depository libraries in the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) are specifically designated to fulfill the mission of providing access to primary resources from the U.S. Federal Government while also providing service to the community. The Roberts-LaForge Library at Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi… Read More

Digitized U.S. Statutes at Large, Volumes 65-94

March 31, 2011
In February 2011, the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) announced a collaborative initiative with the Library of Congress (LOC) to digitize some of our nation’s most important legal and legislative documents. Drawing on the strengths of both agencies, the United States Statutes at Large, Volumes 65-94 is the first digitized collection to be released on FDsys. The… Read More

Resource Description and Access (RDA) and the Implications of RDA for Federal Depository Libraries

March 29, 2011
The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has been keeping track of the upcoming implementation of the new cataloging standards, Resource Description and Access (RDA). Library Technical Information Services (LTIS) supervisors, managers, and bibliographic control staff have begun training on the new RDA standards. For additional information about these activities and how… Read More

Meet William Boarman and Mary Alice Baish at the Spring Depository Library Conference

March 29, 2011
We are just days away from the Spring Depository Library Conference (DLC) in San Antonio Texas and we hope that you are just as excited as GPO to see and interact with new and familiar faces. From the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), two of the new faces will be Public Printer William Boarman and Superintendent of Documents Mary Alice Baish. Of the 150 people… Read More

FDLP and C&I Metrics - February 2011

March 09, 2011
GPO is releasing monthly statistics on the activities of Statistics for  February 2011 activites of the FDLP and the Cataloging and Indexing Program have been released. Read More