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Since February, 2024, the only publications being distributed are Special Selection Offers and those on the Print Distribution Titles List.
Special Selection Offers (SSOs)
These are print publications on “hot topics” or titles of major interest to many libraries. They are disseminated in the FDLP by library request, and not by item number.
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Background
Traditionally, an item selection profile was a depository’s collection development profile. Item numbers were created circa 1940 to support tangible format distribution. Depositories selected various item numbers to receive associated publications in physical formats.
Item numbers have been assigned to all formats of publication, including…
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Gain an overview of your library’s depository operation.
Locate or identify:
Library staff involved in the depository operation and their roles.
This may include reference librarians, catalogers or systems librarians, electronic resource managers, collection management librarians, staff opening up depository shipments, etc.
Depository collections
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