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National Bibliography Program

The U.S. Government Printing Office's Library Services & Content Management business unit manages the National Bibliography Program. The goal is to develop a comprehensive and authoritative National Bibliography of U.S. Government Publications to increase the visibility and use of Government information products, and to develop a premier destination for information searchers.

The National Bibliography is a “comprehensive index of public documents,” including “every document issued or published … not confidential in character.” This is derived from the statutory requirements for cataloging and indexing codified at 44 U.S.C. §§1710-1711
and 44 U.S.C. §4101(a).


Latest National Bibliography News

   
Creation of Brief Bibliographic Records Overview - PDF
New Electronic Titles (NET) -
now available from January 2006 forward.
   
  National Bibliography News Archive....

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National Bibliography Related Handouts from Federal Depository Library Conferences

Annual Fall Depository Library Council Meeting, October 22-25, 2006

Cataloging & Accessing the Congressional Serial Set - PDF

ALA Annual Conference, June 24 - 30, 2006 - New Orleans, LA

GPO Cataloging Practice: ALA 2006 update - PDF
Cooperative Cataloging for Pre-1976 U.S. Government Publications - PDF
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or Questions

Related Links:

Catalog of Government Publications (CGP)
Format determination in GPO Cataloging Practices (April 2004) PDF
GPO Cataloging Guidelines
(updated March 25, 2002) MS Word | PDF
Revised Abridged Cataloging Guidelines
(revised April, 2007) PDF
PURL Search Form
Title 44 U.S.C.
The Interagency Committee on Government Information (ICGI)