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Please share with digital resources librarians and others who work with usage data for your library. In response to feedback from the FDLP community, the PURL Usage Reporting Tool has been enhanced. Our library users have many different networks and IP addresses used to access PURLs found in catalog records and online finding aids. Up to 10 IP Address ranges were… Read More

The deadline to complete the 2021 Biennial Survey of Depository Libraries is extended through March 23, 2022. Those listed as depository coordinators in the FDL Directory at the end of January were sent a link to complete the survey. If you have trouble completing the survey, did not receive a link, or have other questions, please submit an inquiry to askGPO. A… Read More

GPO staff have completed the processing and distribution of all materials for the FY 2021 shipping lists. Please note that because shipping list numbers are often processed out of order, the last shipment physically distributed for FY 2021 was 2021-0228-P. The previously-announced last shipping list, 2021-0257-P, is still the last shipment in the number sequence for FY… Read More

Register to attend the live training webinar, “Weeding Tangible Federal Depository Collections.." Date: Wednesday, April 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: Ashley Dahlen… Read More

The Superintendent of Documents is pleased to announce that four additional states have adopted FDLP eXchange to simplify the process for offering depository material when weeding FDLP collections. The decision was adopted by the five designated regional depositories in these single-state regions: the California State Library (0040), the Illinois State Library (0140),… Read More

All of the available Special Selection Offer copies of the publication Women in Congress, 1917-2020 have been claimed. The special selection offer is now closed. The online version of the publication is available on govinfo. Read More

GPO recently distributed the publication Women in Congress, 1917-2020. This publication is now being offered as a Special Selection Offer. Libraries not selecting item number 0996-A-02 can request to receive the publication. Cataloging and distribution information: Title: Women in Congress, 1917-2020 Item number: 0996-A-02 SuDoc Class number: Y 1.1/7:116-152 … Read More

The Depository Library Council (DLC) and the staff at the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) invite you to participate in the spring 2022 DLC Virtual Meeting, taking place April 11 and 12. View the FDLP.gov event page. Access the preliminary schedule. Register today to participate in the virtual programs. Event highlights include: Welcoming… Read More

Register to attend the live training webinar, “Daniel Inouye Center for Asia-Pacific Strategic Studies Information Resources." Date: Thursday, March 24, 2022 Time: 2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. (EDT)   Recording and closed captioning are available. All webinars are free of charge. … Read More

This message has been cross-posted. Please excuse any duplication. Applications are now being accepted for the second LSCM Pilot Project. Pilot Project Opportunity 2 is scoped as cataloging, item-level inventory, condition assessment, and digitization of a collection of 200-300 Federal Government print publications focused on a state, region, common theme, or topic,… Read More