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This message has been cross-posted. Please excuse any duplication. New resources are now available for the 2022 Federal Depository Library Conference. Updated Schedule Updated Agenda Poster Gallery (Posters will continue to be added.) Exhibitor Gallery (Exhibits will continue to be added.) Have you registered to attend yet? When: October 17 –… Read More

The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) is performing scheduled maintenance on the FDLP eXchange. Start Date: Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 5:00 p.m. (EDT) End Date: Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 8:00 p.m. (EDT) Total Duration: 3 hours The site should be accessible during maintenance, but certain functions may not be available. During the period, users… Read More

FDLP.gov will undergo routine maintenance this week. Start Date: Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 5:00 p.m. (EDT) End Date: Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 7:00 p.m. (EDT) Total Duration: 2 hours During this time, no content will be updated, and you may experience brief, intermittent downtime. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your cooperation… Read More

  Midnight, Friday, September 30, 2022, is the deadline for libraries intending to add tangible formats to their item selection profiles for Federal fiscal year 2023 (October 1, 2022 – September 30, 2023). Changes to item selection profiles are made in the Depository Selection Information Management System (DSIMS). Beginning on October 1, 2022, any tangible format… Read More

Federal depository libraries across the Nation celebrated Constitution Day on September 17, with events, contests, giveaways, displays, and more. Over 29,000 free Pocket Constitutions from GPO were shared with library patrons across the country! FDLP.gov’s ‘Celebrating Constitution Day’ gallery showcases photos and details of 2022 celebrations at Federal depository… Read More

The Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) including GPO’s MetaLib will undergo routine maintenance. Start Date: Wednesday, September 21, 2022, 8:00 p.m. (EDT) End Date: Thursday, September 22, 6:00 a.m. (EDT) During this maintenance period, you may experience brief, intermittent downtime. We apologize for the inconvenience and… Read More

The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) has won a 2022 Government Experience Award for GovInfo, the one-stop site for authentic information published by the Federal Government. GPO won the award for its entry “Nine Billion Government Information Retrievals.” GPO achieved the milestone of nine billion retrievals of Government information on its digital system this… Read More

This message has been cross-posted. Please excuse any duplication. An updated schedule and detailed agenda are now available for the 2022 Federal Depository Library Conference. Have you registered to attend yet? When: October 17 – 19, 2022 (afternoons, EDT) Where: Virtual; participate anywhere, from the comfort of your own home, office, or library Event cost:… Read More

Register to attend the live training webinar, “Federal Open Data - 2022 Update." Date: Thursday, October 6, 2022 Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (EDT)   Recording and closed captioning are available. All webinars are free of charge. Speaker: Hyon Kim, Program Director,… Read More

GPO has discovered two issues in FDLP eXchange that impact the input and retention of the Publication Start Date field when spreadsheets are uploaded. The bigger issue is isolated to uploads of long spreadsheets. Spreadsheets containing more than 250 items are uploaded directly into the system without going through the review panel process that allows users to… Read More