The Registry contains records for projects that include digitized
copies of publications originating from the U.S. Government. The
projects may or may not be Federally funded. They are from libraries,
government agencies, or other non-profit institutions.
The projects in the Registry are either entirely composed of
digitized, U.S. Government publications or include a substantial number
of them. Access to the digitized material must be free. In the rare
case where a publication includes an element that is copyrighted, e.g.
an image, the metadata in the Other Information section of the Registry
entries will indicate that distinction.
A Registry project entry typically includes a multi-volume
publication title, a publication series title, or a specific range of a
Federal agency's publications, i.e. a set of publications identified by
a classification range or by years of publication. Digitization
projects are initiatives to create digitized collections of these sets
of resources.
Project entries derive from voluntary and solicited contributions
from Federal depository and other libraries, Federal and other
government agencies, and other non-profit institutions. GPO will input
entries for the collections it digitizes. Project entries may include
information about planned, in-process, ongoing, and complete projects.
Contributors may modify their entries at any time to update the status
of their project or to change other information as needed. The goal is
to provide comprehensive coverage of all appropriate digitization
projects that include Federal publications.
The Registry will be revised with additional functionality including: search, browse, and data entry.
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