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Home Page > FDLP Desktop > Basic Collection Revised

Basic Collection Revised

Reprinted from Administrative Notes, v. Vol. 22, no. 11 - July 15, 2001

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    • The list of titles constituting the Basic Collection was developed in 1977 to identify the most basic Federal documents for inclusion in depository collections. These documents are vital sources of information that support the public's right to know about the workings and essential activities of their Federal Government. Good collection development and maintenance practices dictate that the list of titles must be kept current. Changes in the publications, including format, must be recognized, and new titles should be added as the user community and agency publication practices change.

    Library Programs Service (LPS) presented a proposed revision of the Basic Collection to the Depository Library Council for its consideration at its spring 2001 meeting. Following Council action, the Collection was revised, and replaces the Basic Collection found in the Federal Depository Library Manual, Appendix C, pp. 173-174 (1993). The revised list of titles in the Collection shown below is also available via the FDLP Desktop at <www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/coll-dev/basic-01.html>.

    All depositories are expected to have the titles in the Basic Collection accessible to their patrons (see Instructions to Depository Libraries, page 5, and the Guidelines for the Federal Depository Library Program, 3-1). How this is accomplished is a local decision; however, merely linking to GPO Access or the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) does not provide sufficient access to all of these titles. While access is best accomplished by cataloging the titles and including active hyperlinks in the bibliographic record, other alternatives are available to depositories:

    • Link to all the titles in the Basic Collection from the library's Web site
    • Catalog the Basic Collection using a collection level record and including a hyperlink
    • Link to the revised Basic Collection Web page from the library's Web site
    • Purchase and make available commercial equivalents (tangible or electronic) of the Basic Collection titles
    • Incorporate Basic Collection titles into topical bibliographies or guides

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    Last updated: June 10, 2004
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