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The 2024 Federal Depository Library Conference is just a few weeks away. Let’s have some fun and play Fall Conference Bingo! Keep your bingo card nearby during the conference. Each time you experience something listed on the card, check off the box. Post your completed bingo card, include #FDLConference, and tag @USGPO. If you get ‘bingo’ during a session, chat the… Read More

GPO is pleased to announce the Keynote Speaker for the fall 2024 Federal Depository Library Conference is Dr. Colleen Shogan, 11th Archivist of the United States and the first woman appointed to lead the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).The keynote session is titled, ‘A Conversation with the Archivist,’ and will feature open dialogue… Read More

U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO)’s biennial customer services survey of more than 500 Federal agency customers showed abundantly positive customer satisfaction ratings. The average satisfaction rating across GPO procurement contracts, programs, and services was 96 percent. Respondents reported the highest satisfaction ratings with staff professionalism, the value… Read More

GPO’s System of Online Access | Collection Development Plan for fiscal year 2024 is now available on FDLP.gov. This revision reflects content added to GovInfo in FY24.The National Collection of U.S. Government Information, Strategic Plan for FY 2023 – FY 2027 emphasizes expanding access to Government information, which will be accomplished through a combination of GPO… Read More

Laurie Hall, long-time Managing Director of GPO’s Library Services & Content Management, is retiring as of today, September 30, 2024.Ms. Hall joined GPO in 1985 and served as GPO’s Superintendent of Documents for seven years, only the third woman in GPO’s history to have held that position. She has also served in other key roles at GPO, such as Director of Library… Read More

This is to alert you that a previously-announced webinar has a change in their speaker panel. Register to attend the live training webinar, "NTIA’s Connecting Minority Communities, Digital Equity, and Tribal Broadband Connectivity Grant Programs." If you have already registered for this webinar, there is no need to register again.Date: Thursday, October 3, 2024Time: 3:00… Read More

Item Update CycleDepository libraries have until midnight (EDT), September 30, 2024, to add any unlimited distribution paper-format titles to their library’s item selection profile. New selections will become effective on October 1, 2024 (Federal fiscal year 2025).Please note:Libraries should focus on unlimited distribution titles in the Print Distribution Titles … Read More

Register to attend the live training webinar, "Discovery of Indigenous Publication Records by Using USGS Geology Research Tools ."Date: Wednesday, October 30, 2024Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (EDT)Recording and closed captioning are available. All webinars are free of charge.Speaker: Emily C. Wild, Chemistry, Geosciences and Environmental Studies Librarian, Princeton… Read More

The Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP), including GPO’s MetaLib, will undergo routine maintenance. Start Date: Thursday, September 26, 2024, 8:00 p.m. (EDT) End Date: Friday, September 27, 2024, 6:00 a.m. (EDT) During this maintenance period, you may experience brief, intermittent downtime. We apologize for the inconvenience and… Read More

The FDLP PURL Usage Report is used by libraries to create monthly reports of their usage of PURLs at their library. Reports are based off IP address and hostname/domain name patterns input by library staff. For libraries that have configured their report, a monthly email goes out when the report is available, and they may log in to the FDLP PURL Usage Report tool to… Read More