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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Public Printer Bill Boarman announced his appointments to the Depository Library Council (DLC) by saying,“I am honored to appoint these talented individuals to the Council and look forward to their advice on how to advance the mission of the FDLP. GPO has a strong partnership with the depository library community, which is also the foundation of GPO’s mission in… Read More

All libraries in the FDLP are required to select item numbers 0556-C and 1004-E. Item numbers 0556-C, associated with GPO and other agencies' publications, and 1004-E, associated with Congressional materials, are used by GPO to distribute key materials to all Federal depository libraries.GPO routinely checks that all libraries are selecting these item numbers, and it was… Read More

Registration is now open for the 24th Annual Interagency Depository Seminar, which will be held in Washington, DC from Monday, August 1 through Friday, August 5, 2011. During the week-long seminar, representatives from various Federal agencies will present an overview of their information products and activities as they relate to libraries participating in the Federal… Read More