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In continuation with the U.S. Government Printing Office's (GPO) commitment to promote the innovative services and work depository libraries are performing for their users, we are pleased to announce the depository library spotlight for the month of June 2009 is the Oklahoma Department of Libraries, U.S. Government Information Division.The monthly spotlight can also be… Read More

Transcripts for the Depository Library Council Meeting held in Tampa, FL, on April 20-22, 2009 can be found in the file repository.The transcripts are provided by a third party transcription service and are posted as received with no editing. Read More

GPO revised the guidelines for selective depository libraries to substitute tangible depository materials for access to online government information dissemination products. Guidelines for Depository Libraries: Substituting Online for Tangible Versions of Depository Publications by Selectives can be found under Collection Management.In addition to enumerating the… Read More

With the increasing availability of digital reproductions of older U.S. Government publications, the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has developed new procedures for assigning Superintendent of Documents (SuDoc) classification numbers and item numbers to these publications as they are being added to the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP). For more… Read More

GPO is pleased to announce the release of a new Public Service Announcement (PSA) promoting the FDLP. This particular PSA was created to inform students, faculty, and staff at academic institutions with depositories on campus about the valuable Government resources that are available to them.GPO has reached out to a number of campus radio stations across the country about… Read More

GPO Congressional Publishing Services (CPS) has informed Library Services and Content Management that there is an error in the following publication:Title: 109-2, U.S. Congressional Serial Set, House Documents, nos. 99-117, Serial No. 15029, January 3-December 9, 2006SuDocs Class: Y1.1/2: SERIAL 15029Item No.: 1008-FShipping List No.: 2009-0039-SShipping List Date: May 13… Read More

The Washington Post recently released a video profile of GPO's Head Forwarder, Peter James in their "Federal Eye: Keeping Tabs on the Government" online series by Ed O'Keefe. This video features a marbling demonstration and background information about the specialized services GPO provides in crafting important government documents.Mr. James has worked for GPO for 10… Read More

The May 2009 edition of the Unified Agenda is now available on GPO Access. This edition was released in the Federal Register (FR) on May 11, 2009. View the Table of Contents for the May 11, 2009 edition of the FR.Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735) and the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 602) require that agencies publish semiannual regulatory agendas describing… Read More

The May 2009 Revision of the Federal Depository Library Handbook is now available.While revisions to the content of the Handbook have been minor and are noted in the change log in Appendix F, the format has undergone a major change. The Handbook is integrated into the FDLP Desktop and will be updated as necessary based on changes in the Program and community input. Users… Read More

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