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The 2021 Biennial Survey of Depository Libraries is set to launch on January 26, 2022, and run through March 9, 2022. You can now download a preview of the questions to help you prepare for submitting your responses. Your library director or designee must approve of the library’s responses. Additional information and instructions for completing the live survey will be… Read More

Are you a recently or soon-to-be retired member of the FDLP community? GPO wants to congratulate you on FDLP.gov! Reach out to Library Services & Content Management, and please send us: Your name as you would like it to appear. A photo of yourself for the FDLP.gov homepage. The institution from which you are retiring. The number of years you have worked… Read More

In order to benefit from the resources of Federal depository libraries, the public and researchers must be aware that these valuable information resources exist, as well as where they can receive assistance in using U.S. Government information. What's more, identifying your library as part of the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) is one of the requirements all… Read More

Does your library’s website prominently display links to your library’s social media accounts? Engaging your patrons via social media is a great way to highlight your library resources and services. Make it as easy as possible for your website visitors to also connect with you on social media by linking to your accounts and displaying those links prominently… Read More

As part of GPO’s partnership with the Law Library of Congress to digitize the United States Congressional Serial Set and make the volumes available in GovInfo, GPO has released the first group of MARC records in the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) and posted files of the records on GitHub. With each release of publications in govinfo, GPO will add the MARC… Read More

The Superintendent of Documents continues to seek your thoughts about the proposed draft Public Policy Statement, “Regional Depository Library Online Selections.” This policy will allow regional depository libraries to select the online (EL) version of titles without having to select a corresponding paper or microfiche version.Please submit your comments through May 16,… Read More

The Superintendent of Documents seeks your thoughts about the proposed draft Public Policy Statement, “Regional Depository Library Online Selections.” This policy will allow regional depository libraries to select the online (EL) version of titles without having to select a corresponding paper or microfiche version.You are strongly encouraged to submit your comments… Read More

Library Services and Content Management (LSCM) is discontinuing the use of the phrase “fugitive documents.” It will be replaced with “unreported publications” and the definition is:Public information products that are not discoverable through the Government Publishing Office's Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP)When this new definition was presented at the Fall… Read More

The U.S. Government Publishing Office is continuing its effort to update the statutory authority governing the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). In July 2020, Director Halpern submitted proposals for legislative change, which provide much needed flexibility and allow for more modern operations, to both the Senate Rules and Administration Committee and the… Read More

The U.S. Government Publishing Office is continuing its effort to update the statutory authority governing the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). In July 2020, Director Halpern submitted proposals for legislative change to both the Senate Rules and Administration Committee and the Committee on House Administration.Among the proposals are three new, and seven… Read More