The transition to a more electronic or digital Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) began thirty years ago with the passage of the GPO Access Act, which brought digital publications into the FDLP through a system of online access to the Congressional Record, the Federal Register, and other publications distributed by the Superintendent of Documents. With the success of GPO Access, in 1995 Congress directed GPO to conduct a study of the electronic Government informat...

The Superintendent of Documents has the legal obligation to create a comprehensive catalog of the official publications of the U.S. Government, to increase public access to them. The Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) includes bibliographic descriptions of Government publications and, when available, links to digitized and born-digital resources. Publications in the CGP date from the 1800s to the present, and they, and their descriptions, may contain outdated,...

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Notes from Shelflist Cards = For shipments no.1(1899:Jan.)-1282(1906:June), a shipment number was assigned to each package wrapped upon any one day. Depository Shipments - nos.1/2(1899:Jan.)-#29/31(1900?) #1(1899:Jan. ??) - Shipment lists started. Kept on cards. One slip per package. Each document is a package. #31(1900:Mar ??) - Last invoice listed on cards-only. Notes from Shelfist Cards = The record for nos. 1-31 is found only on the cards for invoices arra...

Thursday, May 2, 2024; 12:30 – 5:15 p.m. (EDT) Final Schedule  Detailed Agenda  Open Forum and Poll Questions  Handouts & Slides Archived Recordings Thank you, FDLP community, for another successful, annual spring Virtual Meeting. During this free event, attendees: Participated in informative and interactive meetings of the Depository Library Council. Contributed to important discussions about free public access to U.S. Government ...

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 Location(s) and format(s). Formats in the FDLP have historically included print, microfic...