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General Announcements

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Item Lister Relaunched

Item Lister has been relaunched. Rather than pulling data from a static file that was updated once a month, Item Lister now pulls data directly from Depository Selection Information Management System (DSIMS)....

DSIMS Technical Issues Resolved

The Depository Selection Information Management System (DSIMS) technical issues that were reported earlier today have been resolved. Libraries may now resume their selection changes. We apologize for any...

FDLP Connection, Volume 2, Issue 5 Released

The May 2012 issue of FDLP Connection has been released. This month's theme is "Service". In her column, Superintendent of Documents, Mary Alice Baish provides updates on FDsys training and the FDLP...

FDLP and C&I Metrics - March 2012

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has released statistics for March 2012 regarding the activites of the FDLP and the Cataloging and Indexing (C&I) Program.

LSCM Welcomes Its New Director: Jane Sánchez

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) is proud to introduce its new Director of Library Service & Content Management, Jane Sánchez. Ms. Sánchez comes to GPO with 35 years of significant library...

Depository Selection Information Management System (DSIMS) Launched

FDLP Connection, Volume 2, Issue 4 Released

WEBTech Notes Search Feature Unavailable

FDLP State Forecast Now Available

FDLP and C&I Metrics - February 2012

FDsys is GPO's Only Site for Free Online Government Information

FDLP Connection, Volume 2, Issue 3 Released

GPO Access Shuts Down on March 16, 2012

Update to Changes to Depository Item Selection Tools

FDLP and C&I Metrics - January 2012

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Cataloging

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New Electronic Titles April 2012

New Electronic Titles (NET) are now available for April 2012. These files are accessible from the New Titles section of the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP).

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...

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,...

MetaLib Enhancements Now Feature Simultaneous Search of FDsys and CGP

Update: Resource Description and Access (RDA) and the Implications of RDA for Federal Depository Libraries

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) Search Option Label Change

Partial Revert of Bulk Modified PURLs

Resource Description and Access (RDA) and the Implications of RDA for Federal Depository Libraries

GPO Access PURLs Modified

112th Congress House Committees

Automated PURL Referral Tool Released

Libraries Selected for the FY2011 Cataloging Record Distribution Project

CGP FDLP Login Released

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Distribution

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Economic Report of the President, 2012

The Economic Report of the President, 2012 is now available from the U.S. Government Printing Office. It is issued by the Executive Office of the President and the Council of Economic Advisers and transmitted...

President's Budget of the U.S. Government, FY 2013

The President's Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2013 is now available from the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO). The public can search or browse the budget, which is accessible...

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

CSV File of Newly-Added Congressional Document Item Numbers

Do Not Claim Additional Copies of Legal Requirements and Program Regulations of the FDLP

New Item Numbers Added for Congressional Documents

Response Required/Deadline Approaching: Withdrawal Notification for Senate Hearing 111-856

Withdrawal Notification for Senate Hearing 111-856

Time to Clean House of GPO Access Materials

Congressional Pictorial Directory, 112th Congress

Deschler-Brown Precedents Volume 17 (Ch. 34 - 40)

Depository Libraries in Need

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Events

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Tracking Federal Regulations in GPO’s Federal Digital System (FDsys)

You are invited to an educational webinar on Tracking Federal Regulations in GPO's Federal Digital System (FDsys)! Join GPO on Thursday, June 21, 2012 at 1:00 pm EDT as we offer a 45-minute course in utilizing...

2012 Annual Interagency Depository Seminar Schedule

Space is still available for the U.S. Government Printing Office's (GPO's) 25th Annual Interagency Depository Seminar, which will be held in Washington, DC, from Monday, July 30 through Friday, August...

Save the Date for the 2012 DLC Meeting & FDL Conference

The 2012 Depository Library Council Meeting and Federal Depository Library Conference will be held October 15-18 at the Doubletree Hotel in Crystal City, Virginia. Once again, we have extended the conference...

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

Hotel Selected for the Fall 2011 DLC Meeting

Chat with GPO: Digitization Projects Registry

Fall 2011 DLC Meeting Registration & Call for Proposals

24th Annual Interagency Depository Seminar Registrant Guide

Spring 2011 DLC Meeting Wrap-Up

Register for the 2011 Annual Interagency Depository Seminar

Transcripts and Proceedings from the Fall 2010 DLC Meeting

Going More or Mostly Electronic Part III: Question and Answer Open Discussion Forum

Going More or Mostly Electronic Part II: Options and Opportunities

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Partnerships

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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...

Partnership for Historic Panama Canal Commission Publications

Guidelines for Cataloging Partnerships

STAT-USA to Discontinue Operations September 30, 2010

New FDLP Service Partnership with St. Mary’s University

Public Access to PACER to be Enhanced

Reminder: Submit Form to Access Public Health Reports

Electronic Access to Public Health Reports

Work of the University of North Texas' CyberCemetery Highlighted by National Media

Pilot for PACER Access at Federal Depository Libraries

GPO Partnership Logo Now Available

Time to Clean House of GPO Access Materials PDF Print E-mail
Written on Wednesday, 15 June 2011

FDsys is GPO’s official system for Federal information from all three branches of the U.S. Government. As GPO Access transitions and is shut down, Federal depository libraries are asked to assist in promoting/using FDsys and discontinue promoting/using GPO Access.

In the past, brochures and other literature has been distributed or available for order that promote GPO Access. Today, these flyers are either outdated or deprecated. These include:

  • Authenticated Federal Government Documents
  • Research Each Step in the Lawmaking Process Using GPO Access
  • Explore Federal Rules and Regulations Using GPO Access
  • U.S. Government Bookstore
  • Easy as FDL

Brochures to Discard.

Updated brochures, which are designed to increase public awareness of the FDLP and GPO’s Federal Digital System (FDsys), can now be ordered, free of charge, by depositories through the FDLP Desktop. These full-color, 7” X 10” brochures are being offered in bundles of 25 copies. Up to 5 bundles may be ordered at one time.

In addition to ordering print brochures, high resolution PDF versions of the flyers, as well as the "How a Bill Becomes a Law" poster and flyer, are also available.

The new brochures are:

  • FDsys: Federal Digital System: Describes the uses and capabilities of GPO’s Federal Digital System (FDsys).
  • Track Federal Legislation in FDsys: Identifies primary legislative resources that can be found on FDsys and includes a brief description of each resource.
  • Research Federal Rulemaking in FDsys: Identifies primary regulatory resources that can be found on FDsys and includes a description of each resource, along with a brief description of the regulatory process.
  • Search the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications: Describes the uses and features of the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP), including information on searching by catalog. Features such as MetaLib are also detailed.
  • Easy as FDL: Federal Depository Libraries: Informs the public about the FDLP and depository libraries. It describes the FDLP, instructs how to locate a local depository library, and also lists important web sites for accessing Government information.

 

  FDsys: Federal Digital System :: Describes the uses and capabilities of GPO’s Federal Digital System (FDsys).  Track Federal Legislation in FDsys :: Identifies primary legislative resources that can be found on FDsys and includes a brief description of each resource.   Research Federal Rulemaking in FDsys :: Identifies primary regulatory resources that can be found on FDsys and includes a description of each resource, along with a brief description of the regulatory process.   Search the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications :: Describes the uses and features of the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP), including information on searching by catalog. Features such as MetaLib are also detailed.   Easy as FDL: Federal Depository Libraries :: Informs the public about the FDLP and depository libraries. It describes the FDLP, instructs how to locate a local depository library, and also lists important web sites for accessing Government information.

In addition to replacing brochures that advertise GPO Access, depositories are asked to start replacing other references to GPO Access (e.g., Web references, presentation slides, speech points) with FDsys.



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