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Webinar: Business Trends and Outlook Survey

November 08, 2024
Register to attend the live training webinar, "Business Trends and Outlook Survey."Tuesday, December 3, 2024Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (EST)Recording and closed captioning are available. All webinars are free of charge.Speakers: Jennifer Boettcher, Business Reference Librarian, Georgetown University Learning outcomes: This webinar will introduce you to the Business… Read More

GPO Named One of America’s Best Employers for Veterans for the Third Year in a Row

November 07, 2024
The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) has been named to the Forbes list of America’s Best Employers for Veterans 2024. The Agency was also recognized for this honor in 2022 and 2023. GPO has a long-standing history of employing veterans dating back to the Civil War and currently employs nearly 500 veterans who make up one third of the Agency’s workforce. For decades… Read More

New Giveaway Item Available: Color Me Civics Coloring Books

November 04, 2024
A new, promotional giveaway item is available free to FDLP libraries.The Color Me Civics – U.S. Landmarks and Symbols coloring book is a new learning tool from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The book includes both English and Spanish content and will help families study together for the naturalization test. The book includes images of important U.S… Read More

Webinar: The Making of the Foreign Relations of the United States Series

October 23, 2024
Register to attend the live training webinar, "The Making of the Foreign Relations of the United States Series." Date: Monday, November 18, 2024Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (EST) Recording and closed captioning are available. All webinars are free of charge. Speaker: Adam Howard, The Historian for the Department of State… Read More

PURLs to Internet Archive Content Working Again

October 22, 2024
The Internet Archive (IA) has partially resumed services to content that it hosts, including the Wayback Machine, Archive-It, and their blog. The DDOS attacks on the IA briefly impacted the PURLs linking to the FDLP Web Archive and other web archive content. GPO has confirmed that FDLP content linked to via Persistent Uniform Resource Locators (PURLs) is fully… Read More

GPO Names Syracuse University Library with Best Federal Depository Website

October 21, 2024
The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) honors E.S. Bird Library at Syracuse University with the best website in the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) for 2024. This is the second library to ever receive the award, which was created last year to recognize the creativity and easy access of Government information libraries are sharing on their websites. The… Read More

Maryland Library Named Library of the Year

October 21, 2024
The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) names Harford Community College Library as the 2024 Federal Depository Library of the Year. The Bel Air, MD library was selected for its excellent promotion of the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) and FDLP digital and physical resources. In addition, Harford Community College has been actively engaged with the… Read More

FDLP.gov Scheduled Maintenance: Tuesday, October 22, 2024

October 21, 2024
FDLP.gov will undergo routine maintenance this week.Start Date: Tuesday, October 22, 2024, 3:00 p.m. (EDT)End Date: Tuesday, October 22, 2024, 6:00 p.m. (EDT)Total Duration: 3 hoursDuring this time, no content will be updated, and you may experience brief, intermittent downtime.We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your… Read More

UCUP Seeks Input at Virtual Snack with Council Session

October 21, 2024
Please join members of the Unique Challenges, Underserved Populations, and Federal Depository Libraries (UCUP) Subcommittee of the Depository Library Council at a Virtual Snack Session on Wednesday, October 23, 2024, at 12:00 p.m. (EDT), part of the fall 2024 Federal Depository Library Conference.The Snack forum is an opportunity for you to share your experiences and… Read More