The FDLP Desktop serves as a centralized resource for the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP), which disseminates U.S. Government information to the American public through libraries across the nation. Stay up-to-date with the latest innovations and progress of the Program and utilize various tools in order to enhance public services.

Libraries, log in with your institution's number and internal password to access depository-only content (e.g., order promotional materials).

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Depository Library Spotlight for September

September’s Depository Library Spotlight is on the University Libraries of the University of South Dakota. Serving the University of South Dakota campus and a state-wide community, the library has maintained...

GPO-Wide Scheduled Maintenance

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) will be performing scheduled maintenance on Saturday, September 4th. Start Time: Saturday, September 4, 2010, 8 a.m. EDT End Time: Saturday, September 4,...

Mike Wash selected as the Federal Player of the Week

The Partnership for Public Service selected Mike Wash, GPO’s Chief Information Officer, as the Federal Player of the Week. In an interview published in the Washington Post, Mike reflects on his reasons...

FDLP and C&I Metrics - July 2010

GPO is releasing monthly statistics on the activities of Statistics for July 2010 activites of the FDLP and the Cataloging and Indexing Program have been released.

RFQ for FDLP Consultant

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) posted a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for library consulting services to Federal Business Opportunities. The contractor will be tasked with developing practical...

Depository Library Spotlight for August

Tutorials/User Guides for GPO Access/FDsys Transition

GPO and National Archives Launch Federal Register 2.0

GPO Seek Comments on Disposition of Materials Requirements

GPO Welcomes Its First Preservation Librarian

FDLP and C&I Metrics - June 2010

New FDsys Collections to be Released

Depository Library Spotlight for July

Customer Relations Program and Biennial Survey Results

American Business Awards Names GPO Organization of the Year

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Cataloging

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New Electronic Titles August 2010

New Electronic Titles (NET) are now available for August 2010. These files are accessible from the New Titles section of the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP).

Change to National N&O Posting Availability‏

Effective May 17, 2010, any withdrawal list posted on the National Needs and Offers (N&O) Web site will be removed after 30 days. This is a change from the previous requirement of having the lists...

Results of the z39.50 Stress Test

In December 2009, LSCM staff in coordination with volunteers in five FDLP libraries conducted a stress test on LSCM’s Aleph production server primarily to test what impact if any the 10,000 record limit...

New WEBTech Notes Enhancements Released

In January GPO completed a massive cleanup of WEBTech Notes records. At the same time GPO staff developed enhancements to WEBTech Notes, which were based on comments received from the depository library...

Cataloging Record Distribution Pilot Kick-Off

GPO is pleased to announce the kick-off of the Cataloging Record Distribution Pilot. Due to the overwhelming response from the FDLP community, GPO has expanded the pilot to include 49 libraries. Participating...

WEBTech Notes Application Release

Bibliographic Record Distribution to FDLP Libraries

Z39.50 Download Limit Increased

Classification Change for Publications from the Congressional Oversight Panel

Availability of TIAS and and U.S. Treaties and Other International Agreements

Additional Item Numbers for EL Versions of Congressional Publications Created

Change in LSCM Cataloging Practice Provider-neutral model

Shelflist Records Continually Added to CGP

New Procedures for Classifying Digital Reproductions of Monographs

Reporting Fugitive Documents to GPO

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Distribution

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CFR Microfiche Contract Resumes

The delay in the production of microfiche for the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), AE 2.106/3:, that was announced May 26, 2010 has been resolved. Libraries selecting 0572-C should have already received...

Future Distribution of U.S. Exports and Imports of Merchandise DVDs

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) recently announced the retrospective distribution of U.S. Imports of Merchandise (C 3.278/2:) and U.S. Exports of Merchandise (C 3.278/3:), which were formerly...

Retrospective DVDs of U.S. Exports and Imports of Merchandise

Several discrepancies have been identified between USA Trade® Online and its tangible DVD equivalent, the U.S. Imports of Merchandise (C 3.278/2:) and U.S. Exports of Merchandise (C 3.278/3:), which were...

NASA June 2010 Microfiche Withdrawal

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has been informed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Agency-wide STI Program Office that a collection of NASA technical publications...

Microfiche CFR Distribution

The microfiche Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), AE 2.106/3:; item no. 0572-C, is experiencing some delay in distribution. Necessary contractual modifications expected to be completed before distribution...

Unified Agenda (April 2010 Edition)

Paper Format Distribution of the Bound Congressional Record

Serial Set Volume for Jefferson’s Manual (Serial number 15048)

Congressional Directory, 2009-2010

FR, CFR, & CR - Back in the Box

Serial Set Microfiche, Item Number 1008-D-01 Clarification

Economic Report of the President, 2010

President's Budget of the U. S. Government, FY 2011

Map Shipment Error

Unified Agenda (December 2009 Edition)

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Events

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Training Sessions from the Six-State Virtual Conference Available

The six states of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Colorado, and Wyoming recently held an online conference using the OPAL web conferencing software. Over 5 days, the Six-State Virtual Government Information...

Register for the Fall 2010 DLC Meeting

Registration is now open for the Fall 2010 Federal Depository Library Council Meeting and Federal Depository Library Conference, which will be held at the Doubletree Hotel in Arlington, Virginia. The...

Chat with GPO: Needs Assessment and 2009 Biennial Survey

On Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at 1:00PM EDT, Cindy Etkin and Kristina Bobe of GPO’s Library Services & Content Management will host the July session of "Chat with GPO" via OPAL. This month’s session...

GPO Begins 150 Year Anniversary Celebration

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) kicked off its 150 year anniversary celebration on June 23, 2010. GPO was created when President James Buchanan signed Joint Resolution 25 on June 23, 1860....

Chat with GPO: FDsys

Remember to join us on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 1:00PM EDT, as Matthew Landgraf and Katherine Zwaard from GPO’s Program Management Office host the June session of "Chat with GPO" via OPAL. GPO's FDsys...

Transcripts and Proceedings from the Spring DLC Meeting

2009 FDL Conference & Council Meeting Proceedings Available

Public Printer to Address FDLP Community and Name Library of the Year

Public Printer Presents Award to University of South Carolina for 125 Years as a Federal Depository Library

Student Practicum Results in Two New OPAL Presentations

Fall Council Meeting and Depository Conference Coming Soon

Public Printer Addresses AALL on E-Information Lifecycle Management

GPO Update at 2009 AALL Conference Now Available

FDLP on the Go

Spring 2009 DLC Meeting Transcripts

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Partnerships

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Guidelines for Cataloging Partnerships

Many libraries in the FDLP have voiced interest in establishing cooperative cataloging partnerships with GPO to exchange cataloging records, work together to catalog older materials, or enhance existing...

STAT-USA to Discontinue Operations September 30, 2010

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has been informed that STAT-USA Online will discontinue operations as of September 30, 2010. STAT-USA has a brief message informing users of the shut down on...

New FDLP Service Partnership with St. Mary’s University

St. Mary's University's Louis J. Blume Library's Government Information on the Web Subject Index is now an official service partner for the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). This subject index...

Public Access to PACER to be Enhanced

The Judicial Conference, at it’s March 16, 2010 meeting, approved measures that allow the Administrative Office of the United States Courts (AOUSC) to explore how they can increase public access to PACER...

Reminder: Submit Form to Access Public Health Reports

The dissemination format for Public Health Reports will be switching from paper to electronic only on January 11, 2010. In order to ensure your depository has electronic access on that date, you must submit...

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

Marketing GPO’s Partnerships

Access STAT-USA’s Online Services

GPO Announces New Partnership with GAO

PACER Access

Homeland Security Digital Library questions

List of Federal Agency Internet Sites Partnership Renewed

Passwords Used by Depository Libraries PDF Print E-mail
Written on Thursday, 29 January 2009
Last Updated on Tuesday, 19 May 2009

There are several passwords in use by Federal depository libraries. These include:

  • Individual depository library internal passwords
  • Agency created passwords for free depository access to their subscription services
  • askGPO passwords
  • FDLP Desktop Community site passwords
  • Registry of U.S. Government Publication Digitization Projects passwords
  • Z39.50 passwords

In order to help you better understand what the different passwords are used for, more detailed information about each of them is provided below.

 

Password Used for More Information

Individual depository library internal password

  • Submitting the Biennial Survey of Depository Libraries
  • Submitting special surveys
  • Ordering promotional materials through the FDLP Desktop
  • Bookmarking pages on the FDLP Desktop
  • Updating the depository item selection profile
  • Accessing and updating the FDLP Profile and User Information in the Federal Depository Library Directory

The password is assigned by GPO.

The user ID associated with this official internal password is the depository library number.

The internal password is used with applications in which administrative business is being conducted with GPO.

You may request information on your library's password through askGPO. Select Federal Depository Libraries as the category and Passwords as the sub-category.  Please include your depository library number in the request.

This password is case sensitive.

Agency created passwords for free depository access to their subscription services

Accessing the available agency subscription services

User IDs and passwords allowing free depository access to agency subscription services are assigned by the individual agency.

Each subscription service that your library provides access to will have a unique password assigned and may require a user agreement.

For more information, see the Passworded Databases article.

askGPO password

Using askGPO services, including submitting a question, checking the status of a question, and reviewing past GPO responses to your questions

You create the username (email address) and the password.

If you have not already done so, register for a personal account.

If you have forgotten your password, use the Email Me My Password function in the My Account section of askGPO.

FDLP Desktop Community site password

Contributing comments to the FDLP Community

You set your personal login and password.

If you have not already done so, register for a personal account.

If you have forgotten your password, see the Forget Login? feature.

Registry of U.S. Government Publication Digitization Projects password

Contributing a new project to the Registry or updating existing Registry entries

The username and password are autogenerated upon submission of a Registration Request.

If you have forgotten your username and password, use the Forgot your Username or Password features located on any Registry page.

Z39.50 password

Searching, retrieving, and downloading cataloging records from the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) via Z39.50

To locate your password:

  1. Login to the Federal Depository Library Directory
  2. Select Edit User Information under Options.
  3. The password appears in the Z39.50 Password field.
For more information, see the Z39.50 tutorial.

 

Please note that the individual depository library external password is no longer active, although it still appears in the Federal Depository Library Directory User Information section. Formerly, GPO assigned an external password to each library. These passwords were once used with applications controlled by other Federal agencies. However, the agencies themselves are now assigning their own passwords for their subscription services.



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