Item Lister currently reflects the selection information in the GPO Depository Distribution Information System (DDIS). Item Lister is updated weekly. The exact time and date of the update (generally on Friday morning, or the next Monday or Tuesday morning) is indicated at the bottom of the search results screen for each of the four Item Lister search options. However, that file is downloaded from the mainframe system on Thursday evening. Also, the Item Lister file for options 1 - 4, selections and non-selections for all libraries, is on the Federal Bulletin Board, under file library UNIONL.

Option 5, Pending Adds This option will only be active and viewable during the Annual Selection Update Cycle (NOTE: normally adds accepted June through July (drops year round); adds effective October 1 - NOW adds accepted December 1, 2005 through January 31, 2006 (drops year round); adds effective April 1, 2006 - Disregard the search results page that says ". . . . effective October 1." Now that should read ". . . effective April 1, 2006). Please NOTE: These pending adds are NOT listed in the other Item Lister options (1-4), nor do they effect the selection percentage rate noted in those other options.

NOTE: There is some lag time from when a depository submits item number changes to when those changes are reflected in Item Lister. Libraries that amend their selections should routinely check Item Lister to ensure that those amendments were properly recorded and processed by our system. Our mainframe files are downloaded on Thursday evening, to be used for the Friday Item Lister update. That means that submissions made through Wednesday SHOULD be reflected in that next Friday's Item Lister update. If your amendments are NOT recorded in Item lister, please contact Joe Paskoski, preferably by email at jpaskoski@gpo.gov. If possible, please forward the email confirmation your received for the amendment of item selection submission in question. Item Lister should be checked first by depositories before submitting any amendment of selections to GPO. Item Lister should also be checked prior to submitting a claim to GPO to verify that a depository is selecting a specific item number.

The bottom of the search results screen, for Options 1, 3, and 4 will indicate the depository's total item numbers selected, the total item numbers available for selection, and the depository's selection percentage. Option 2 below calculates non-selection information.