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1. MARC Records from GPO's Shelf List

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LSCM staff have completed the processing of brief bibliographic records for 247 publications from GPO's historic shelf list. All the bibliographic metadata on the cards was transcribed and converted to MARC21. The metadata transcribed from the shelf...

Friday, 01 May 2009 | 394 hits | Read more

2. Cataloging Information on the FDLP Desktop

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The FDLP Desktop now includes a separate location for cataloging information. This can be found as a new tab in the top navigation bar, called "GPO Cataloging". Content from the legacy Desktop's Cataloging & Indexing page has been migrated from...

Thursday, 05 March 2009 | 1052 hits | Read more

3. New Item Number Procedure for Selected Congressional Publications

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GPO has begun to create separate item numbers for the online only (EL) format of U.S. Congressional Committee publications known as “Y 4s”, or those listed as “Hearings, Prints, Miscellaneous Publications” in the List of Classes. This does...

Tuesday, 25 November 2008 | 2253 hits | Read more

4. Display of Additional Federal Depository Library Directory Field

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As of December 1, 2008, in response to requests from the depository community, more fields will display in the FDLD. These will include the Library Director's title and name and the Depository Coordinator's name and telephone number. These fields...

Monday, 24 November 2008 | 1617 hits | Read more

5. Separate Record Cataloging Policy

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At the request of the Federal Depository Library community, the Government Printing Office, Library Services & Content Services, Library Technical Information Services (LTIS) staff has formulated a policy for creating separate records for every...

Thursday, 20 November 2008 | 2081 hits | Read more

6. Catalog of U.S. Government Publications Recent Enhancements

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LSCM is pleased to announce recent enhancements made to the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications. These enhancements include: Basic Search page The addition of a navigation bar to increase the number of search options available from this...

Wednesday, 02 July 2008 | 611 hits | Read more

7. Item and Classification Changes to Library of Congress' MARC 21 Titles

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GPO recently received several documents from the Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service for distribution to libraries in the FDLP. The Library of Congress has made significant changes to the suite of titles in the MARC 21 series...

Monday, 23 June 2008 | 738 hits | Read more

8. SuDoc Classification Practice Change for the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Hearings

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Effective immediately, GPO will cease using cutter numbers on the Hearings issued by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House): SuDoc Y 4.G 74/7: Item nos. 1016-A (P), 1016-B (MF) GPO will use the serial number that is on...

Monday, 05 May 2008 | 1710 hits | Read more

9. Converting the Historic GPO Shelflist

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GPO is pleased to announcement that Progressive Technology Federal Systems, Inc. (PTFS) of Bethesda, Maryland has been selected to assist GPO with the process to convert the historic GPO shelflist. This contract, a one-year project with four option...

Thursday, 10 April 2008 | 1665 hits | Read more

10. GPO Cataloging Practice Change

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The U.S. Government Printing Office is modifying a cataloging practice for serial titles. This change will impact fields of the MARC cataloging record. Staff will now be using the 776 MARC field to link records for serial titles in various formats....

Friday, 28 March 2008 | 1550 hits | Read more

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