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FDLP.gov Routine Maintenance - January 31, 2022
January 31, 2022
FDLP.gov will undergo routine maintenance this week.
Start Date: Monday, January 31, 2022, 5:00 p.m. (EST)
End Date: Monday, January 31, 2022, 7:00 p.m. (EST)
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 while…
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Webinar: The 11 Federal Holidays: What, When, Why, and How These Days Got To Be Holidays
January 27, 2022
Register to attend the live training webinar, "The 11 Federal Holidays: What, When, Why, and How These Days Got To Be Holidays."."
Date: Wednesday, February 9, 2022
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (EST)
Recording and closed captioning are available. All webinars are free of charge.
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Redesigned and Enhanced CGP Help Pages & Updated CGP About Page
January 27, 2022
GPO is pleased to announce that the newly redesigned and enhanced Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) Help pages, and the updated CGP About page are now available.
The redesigned and enhanced CGP Help Pages feature:
Updated and expanded content including:
Searching SuDoc Class Numbers.
Searching Item Numbers.
Expanded and reorganized Expert…
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Webinar: LSCM Pilot Projects: the Application Process
January 26, 2022
Register to attend the live training webinar, "LSCM Pilot Projects: the Application Process."
Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2022
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (EST)
Recording and closed captioning are available. All webinars are free of charge.
Speaker: Kristina Bobe,…
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GPO Director Appoints Task Force to Study Making GPO Library Program All-Digital
January 26, 2022
The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) Director Hugh Nathanial Halpern appointed a task force to study the feasibility of an all-digital Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). As 97 percent of Federal publications are born digital, Director Halpern is charging the Task Force on a Digital Federal Depository Library Program (“Task Force”) to determine whether an…
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Nominate Candidates for the DLC by February 9, 2022
January 26, 2022
There are two weeks left to submit your nominations for individuals to serve as members of the Depository Library Council. The deadline is February 9, 2022.
The Depository Library Council is the advisory body that counsels the GPO Director and the Superintendent of Documents in matters pertaining to future trends, innovation, and new concepts in libraries; Government…
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Webinar: Naval Postgraduate School: Historical and Contemporary Information Resources
January 25, 2022
Register to attend the live training webinar, "Naval Postgraduate School: Historical and Contemporary Information Resources."
Date: Thursday, February 10, 2022
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. (EST)
Recording and closed captioning are available. All webinars are free of charge.
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Congressional Pictorial Directory Available on GPO's govinfo
January 25, 2022
The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) makes available the Congressional Pictorial Directory: 117th Congress on GPO’s govinfo, the one-stop site to information published by the Federal Government. GPO teammates designed and produced the Pictorial Directory, which features a color photograph of each Member of the House of Representatives and Senate. It also details…
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Send GPO Your Library Shelfie!
January 24, 2022
Library Shelfie Day is Wednesday, January 26, 2022, and GPO wants to showcase your library staff and their ‘FDLP shelfies.’ Snap a few photos with your Government documents tangible or electronic collection, or if you are working remotely, take a teleworking ‘shelfie.’
Share your photos with us, and your library could be featured on GPO’s social media. Have some fun…
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Webinar: The Experiment of Employing Females as Clerks Has Been...a Success
January 24, 2022
Register to attend the live training webinar, “The Experiment of Employing Females as Clerks Has Been...a Success."
Date: Tuesday, February 8, 2022
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm (Eastern)
Recording and closed captioning are available. All webinars are free of charge.
Speaker:…
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