AboutThe Print Distribution Dashboard displays where Print Distribution Titles (PDTs) are currently being deposited. Data displayed on the map can be downloaded in a spreadsheet format.Selector and title information displays on the left side. Filters are available at the top. Yellow dots identify libraries that receive one or more PDTs. Blue dots identify libraries that have a Preservation Steward agreement for one or more of their selected PDTs. To download the dat...

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, you may...

The Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) is a database containing non-classified Presidential directives, policy, and national strategy documents as well as specialized resources related to homeland security. The public can access approximately half of the items in HSDL without an account. For more information about HSDL content, see the Sources and Collection information on the HSDL about page. Additional information about this service is co...

OverviewLaunched in 2021, LSCM Pilot Projects are focused initiatives designed to enhance the National Collection of U.S. Government Public Information and to help Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) libraries make Government information more discoverable for the public. Learn more by visiting the LSCM Pilot Projects page.Pilot Project 1 opened for submissions in the fall of 2021, and the Merrill Cazier Library (MCL) at Utah State University was sele...

AboutFDLP eXchange facilitates disposition processing by allowing libraries to enter information on printed materials they want to discard and to have the process managed by an automated workflow. FDLP eXchange also enables libraries to enter information on materials needed for their collections or digitization efforts.FDLP eXchange TerminologyOffers: Offers are items that a library is seeking to weed from their collection. Offers can be entered as individual items or ra...

If you are new to the FDLP, the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) welcomes you. This guide is intended to help you get started with your library’s Federal depository operation.First StepsIdentify Basic Information about Your Library’s DepositoryFederal Depository Library (FDL) NumberFound in the FDL Directory and on the inside flap of depository shipment boxes. The number includes leading zeroes and may contain a letter at the end, for example, 0463B. Eac...

BackgroundTraditionally, 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 been used ...

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 Events for new SS...

AboutFDLP Resource Guides provide information about the Federal Government and the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). There are two types of guides:Subject guides explore a variety of topics that concern the Federal Government for the general public.FDLP Information guides contain resources and guidance for Federal depository libraries about operations and services.All of the guides are open educational resources. Anyone can share, copy, and reuse the guides.Scre...

AboutItem Lister provides users with the ability to see which item numbers are and are not being selected by any Federal depository library. One library’s item selection profile may be accessed at a time.Item Lister is often used to quickly verify a library’s selection of an item number, without having to log in to any tool. For example, after you add or deselect an item number from your library’s item selection profile, you can double check selections in Item Liste...