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FDLP Connection, Volume 2, Issue 2 Released
The February 2012 issue of FDLP Connection has been released. The theme for this issue is "Collaboration". In this issue, Mary Alice Baish provides her insights as Superintendent of Documents for the...
Important Changes to Depository Item Selection Tools
The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has been working to implement a replacement system to the Depository Distribution Information System (DDIS), a legacy mainframe system used to manage depository...
State Forecast Questionnaire Coming Soon
The FDLP State Forecast Questionnaire, along with explanatory information and accompanying informational FDLP Desktop Web pages, is currently undergoing a final review by GPO management and members of...
Final Chance to Weigh In on fdlp.gov and Ben's Guide Site Redesigns
This is the final chance to weigh in on the designs for fdlp.gov and Ben’s Guide before coding begins. Help shape the future of these sites by participating in the on-going discussions on the FDLP Community...
ALA 2012 Midwinter: FDLP State Forecast Project Overview Presentation
The American Library Association’s 2012 Midwinter conference provided an opportunity for Superintendent of Documents Mary Alice Baish and State Forecast Project Co-lead Cherie Givens to provide an overview...
Post JFK assassination Air Force One Flight Deck Recording
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is providing public access to the newly discovered audio tape recording of conversations between various individuals in Washington and Air Force...
CGP and FDLD Maintenance
As part of the work to shut down GPO Access, the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) and the Federal Depository Library Directory (FDLD) are being updated to remove the associated branding. Over...
GPO Access PURL Modifications Complete
In January 2011, 42,163 PURLs were modified to change the target URLs to point from GPO Access to the FDsys equivalent; however, discrepancies were discovered in PURLs that originally pointed to http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/*....
Update: Resource Description and Access (RDA), Changes to the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP)
The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has been keeping track of the upcoming implementation of the new cataloging standards, Resource Description and Access (RDA). The RDA project page has been updated...
Final Shipping List Numbers for FY11
Libraries are reminded that all new items added to item selection profiles during the 2011 Annual Update Cycle are now active. You should begin receiving these items with the first shipping list for FY12,...
LSCM FY2011 Year in Review
The 4th annual Library Services and Content Management (LSCM) Year in Review has been released. It addresses topics such as the Digitization Projects Registry, Needs & Offers 2.0, the GPO Access transition...
Printing Error in Released Title
The U.S. Army Chaplin Corps recently released the title, Reliable and Religious: U.S. Army Chaplains and the War of 1812, with a printing error; the chapter numbers in the Table of Contents do not match...
Foreign Relations of the United States Series: 150th Anniversary
The following is a message from the Historian, Special Projects Division, Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State to all Federal depository libraries: December 3, 2011 marks the 150th anniversary...
List of Classes, October 2011
The List of Classes of United States Government Publications Available for Selection By Depository Libraries, October 2011 edition is available in PDF format and was distributed in paper to depositories...
CSV File of Newly-Added Congressional Document Item Numbers
In response to requests from depository library staff for options in addition to the new item number information in WEBTEch Notes, a file of the new item numbers is now available in .csv format. This file...
Register for the 2012 Interagency Depository Seminar
Registration is now open for the 25th Annual Interagency Depository Seminar, which will be held in Washington, DC from Monday, July 30 through Friday, August 3, 2012. During the week-long seminar, representatives...
Transcripts and Proceedings from the Fall 2011 Meeting and Conference
Transcripts and proceedings from the fall 2011 Depository Library Council Meeting and Federal Depository Library Conference (Meeting and Conference) are available from the event page along with: Remarks...
DLC meeting & Conference Final Schedule and Detailed Agenda Now Available
The final schedule of events as well as the preliminary agenda for the Fall 2011 DLC Meeting and Conference have been posted to the Fall DLC event page. Please join us for the Depository Library Council...
Hotel Selected for the Fall 2011 DLC Meeting
The Federal Depository Library Council (DLC) Meeting and Federal Depository Library Conference will be held again at the Doubletree Hotel, which is located at 300 Army Navy Dr., Arlington, VA 22202. A...
Chat with GPO: Digitization Projects Registry
Join David Walls, GPO Preservation Librarian, on July 7, 2011, at 1:00pm EST, as he hosts the June session of "Chat with GPO" via OPAL. This month's session is entitled “Digitization Projects Registry:...
Increasing Participants in the PACER Access and Education Program
After initial beta testing, the PACER: Access and Education Program is ready to expand the number of participating libraries. The Program is now ready to add fifty Federal depository libraries. Priority...
DARTS To Be Discontinued
The pilot project with the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) to provide depository library access to approximately 240,000 scientific and technical publications will cease September 30, 2011....
New Partnership for Davis Bacon Wage Determinations
The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has partnered with the Department of Labor (DOL) and the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) to provide permanent public access to Davis Bacon Wage Determination...
Partnership to Increase Cataloging of pre-1976 U.S. Forest Service Publications
The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) and the Maureen & Mike Mansfield Library at the University of Montana (UM Libraries) have partnered to increase access to bibliographic records for pre-1976...
NCDC Database Login Access Change
The National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) implemented a change to the login system for the National Climatic Data Center Online Document Library...
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The Public Printer of the United States visited the state of Massachusetts in early December. First up on his visit was a trip to the American Antiquarian Society (AAS) in Worchester, MA. The AAS was the first designated depository library in the United States, getting special attention in 44 USC § 1908, which specified that certain government publications should be deposited in the AAS. That was back in 1814; 195 years later they continue to receive FDLP material.
