Upcoming Events
Sep 1, 2009: Fall DLC Call of Presentations Deadline |
Oct 19, 2009: Federal Depository Library Council Meeting and Conference |
Mid-Session Review, Budget of the United States Government
The Mid-Session Review, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2010, is now available from GPO on FDsys and GPO Access. The Mid-Session Review is an annual update of estimates for Federal...
FDLP and C&I Metrics - July 2009
GPO is releasing monthly statistics on the activities of Statistics for July 2009 activites of the FDLP and the Cataloging and Indexing Program have been released.
PURL Server experiencing problems
The PURL Server is currently inaccessible. GPO is working with IT staff to restore service as soon as possible. We regret any inconvenience caused by the server problems. We will post an announcement once...
Federal Depository Libraries and GPO: Partners in Challenging Times
Libraries are facing dramatic shifts due to technological advances, severe budget cuts, library reorganizations, and more. Some of these situations require immediate action on the part of the library....
House Health Care Reform Bill Available on GPO's Federal Digital System
As lawmakers and Americans discuss health care reform, The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has made available H.R. 3200, America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, in electronic and printed...
Additional Item Numbers for EL Versions of Congressional Publications Created
As part of LSCM’s continuing efforts to break out item numbers for EL versions of publications when possible, the following item numbers have been created. These new item numbers will also be published...
New Electronic Titles: July 2009
New Electronic Titles (NET) are now available for July 2009. These files are accessible from the New Titles section of the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP).
Change in LSCM Cataloging Practice Provider-neutral model
Library Technical Information Services (LTIS), Bibliographic Control (Cataloging) staff is making a change to cataloging practice effective August 1, 2009. The Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC),...
Shelflist Records Continually Added to CGP
LSCM staff is continuing to transcribe and convert to MARC 21 the bibliographic metadata contained on the cards in GPO’s historic shelflist. The first batch of converted records was loaded into the...
New Procedures for Classifying Digital Reproductions of Monographs
With the increasing availability of digital reproductions of older U.S. Government publications, GPO has developed new procedures for assigning Superintendent of Documents (SuDoc) classification numbers...
Shipping List # 2009-0171-M Cancelled
Shipping List # 2009-0171-M has been cancelled and will not be used. View a listing of Shipping Lists distributed this past week on the FDLP Desktop.
Fax Number for Claims To Be Discontinued
Beginning September 30, 2009 the claims fax number for GPO-distributed tangible products (paper and electronic products, including separates) will no longer be in use. After that date, all depository claims...
Clarification on Microfiche Shipping List Dates
Until further notice from LSCM, please allow six weeks from the date on microfiche shipping lists for receipt of the microfiche in the library. In the interest of improving customer service, LSCM has...
Separate Shipments for CFR, FR, & CR
In May, 2009, GPO started distributing paper editions of Federal Register, Congressional Record, and Code of Federal Regulations as separates rather than including them in the regular depository shipment...
The U.S. Code, 2006 Edition
The entire 2006 edition of the United States Code is now available from the U.S. Government Printing Office. The 2006 edition contains the laws enacted through the 109th Congress (ending January 3, 2007,...
FDLP on the Go
The U.S. Government Printing Office is constantly on the go as we work to improve the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) and to communicate with you about the Program. FDLP on the Go, a new set...
Spring 2009 DLC Meeting Transcripts
Transcripts for the Depository Library Council Meeting held in Tampa, FL, on April 20-22, 2009 can be found in the file repository. The transcripts are provided by a third party transcription service...
GPO Partnership Logo Now Available
GPO is pleased to announce the release of the first of its new marketing strategies for official FDLP partners. A partnership logo is now available for download by official partners from the FDLP Desktop....
Marketing GPO’s Partnerships
GPO is pleased to announce the release of a new page on the FDLP Desktop dedicated to marketing GPO’s partnerships. GPO has created new marketing strategies as a way to help our partners expand awareness...
Access STAT-USA’s Online Services
As was mentioned in a listserv posting on 02/10/2009, GPO has been working with STAT-USA to issue new passwords, create FAQs, and revise the validation form for Federal depository libraries wanting to...
GPO Announces New Partnership with GAO
The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to provide permanent public access to the GAO Reports and GAO Comptroller...
PACER Access
In 2007, GPO and the Administrative Office of the United States Courts undertook a pilot to provide free public access to Federal court records at 17 Federal depository libraries through Public Access...