The Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP) provides GPO produced catalog records to participating Federal depository libraries at no cost to the libraries. The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) contracts with MARCIVE, Inc. for bibliographic record services for CRDP participants. MARCIVE personnel work with each participating library to develop a customized profile (CRDP Profile) and then provide monthly sets of GPO produced bibliographic records for each ...

The Northeast National Collection Service Area (NCSA) is one of four areas in the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) that was established to ensure geographically dispersed permanent public access to Federal Government information products, to receive services from the Government Publishing Office, and to facilitate collaboration between and among Federal depository libraries. About the Northeast NCSA This eleven-state and District of C...

If you are new to the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP), the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) welcomes you. Your position and hard work support free, public access to U.S. Government information resources. Your primary role as Federal depository library staff is to help your library’s researchers find and access Federal content. This guide is intended to help you learn more about your library's Federal depository operation. Depending on your library,...

Unreported publications are public information products that are not discoverable through the Government Publishing Office’s Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP). Different terms have been used to refer to unreported publications over time, including fugitive documents, LostDocs, and non-receipts. GPO’s Cataloging & Indexing (C&I) Program endeavors to develop a comprehensive national bibliography of U.S. Government public information, accessibl...

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 online.  Item numbers were adopted for use in catalog record distribution services and have also be...

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. Check if there is interest at your library in receiving Special Selection Offers. If so, start monitoring FDLP News and...

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...

What is ISO 16363:2012 Certification? On December 28, 2018, GPO made history by becoming the first organization in the United States and second organization in the world to achieve ISO 16363:2012. The Primary Trustworthy Digital Repository Authorization Body Ltd. awarded GPO ISO 16363:2012 for GovInfo and publicly-announced the certificate on their organization website. As of February 2024, GPO is currently the only organization in the world to hold ISO 16363:2012 ...

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...

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