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The Public Printer of the United States Bob Tapella recently visited the Central University Libraries at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, Texas. While in Dallas visiting the GPO Regional Office, he took advantage of the opportunity to see the Federal depository library collection and services at this active, large facility and to discuss the FDLP with the… Read More

The dissemination format for Public Health Reports will be switching from paper to electronic only on January 11, 2010. In order to ensure your depository has electronic access on that date, you must submit to GPO a completed account validation form that is signed by your library’s director by December 18, 2009.For more information on Public Health Reports, please see the… Read More

(From left to right): Bob Tapella, Public Printer of the United States; Melissa Martin, Supervisor, Science and Government Publications; Gary Klockenga, Government Publications Librarian.Public Printer of the United States Bob Tapella recently visited the Central Library of the San Diego Public Library. While in San Diego visiting a GPO Regional Office, he took the… Read More

GPO is releasing monthly statistics on the activities of Statistics for  October 2009 activites of the FDLP and the Cataloging and Indexing Program have been released. Read More

Proceedings from the October 2009 Federal Depository Library Conference and transcripts from the Depository Library Council Meeting are now available.In addition to the agenda and the schedule of events, also available from this page are:Remarks of Bob Tapella, Public Printer of the United StatesRemarks of Ric Davis, Acting Superintendent of Documents and Director,… Read More

A new presentation has just been added to the GPO OPAL archive. This presentation provides a general overview of the process by which microfiche is distributed to selecting libraries in the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). Topics covered include a discussion of FDLP tools that libraries can use to monitor their microfiche selections. The audience for this… Read More

The U.S. Government Printing Office is seeking recommendations for new members to serve on the Depository Library Council (DLC). The DLC is an advisory body that counsels the Public Printer in matters pertaining to future trends, innovation, and new concepts in libraries and information dissemination, particularly as they relate to the Federal Depository Library Program … Read More

In continuation with GPO's commitment to highlight services that depository libraries are performing for their users, we are pleased to announce the Depository Library Spotlight for the month of November 2009 is the Marian Gould Gallagher Law Library at the University of Washington School of Law. The Gallagher Law Library, which has strong support for public access to… Read More

The 2nd annual Library Services and Content Management (LSCM) Year in Review has been released. It emphasizes the major accomplishments of fiscal year 2009 for providing current and future access to U.S. Government publications. Further it highlights how LSCM works collaboratively and in partnership with various entitites to advance discovery of and access to Government… Read More

The Oklahoma Department of Libraries (ODL) was named the 2009 Federal Depository Library of the Year at the Fall Federal Depository Library Conference and Depository Library Council meeting in Arlington, Virginia. Public Printer Robert C. Tapella presented the award to ODL’s Steve Beleu and Cliff Broadworth on behalf of the U.S. Government Printing Office and the Federal… Read More