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Apply for Second LSCM Pilot Project by April 15, 2022
Apply to take part in the second LSCM Pilot Project through Friday, April 15, 2022. The second opportunity is scoped as cataloging, item-level inventory,… Read More -
Webinar: There’s a Month for That: Exploring Federal Government Resources for Diverse Monthly Celebrations
Register to attend the live training webinar, "There’s a Month for That: Exploring Federal Government Resources for Diverse Monthly Celebrations." … Read More -
Save the Date: Fall 2022 Federal Depository Library Conference, October 17 – 19, 2022
Mark your calendars, and save the dates for the fall 2022 Federal Depository Library Conference: October 17 – 19, 2022. Registration will open this June. GPO… Read More -
Webinar: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Database for Holocaust Survivor and Victim Names
Register to attend the live training webinar, "The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Database for Holocaust Survivor and Victim Names." … Read More -
Share Your Photo During the Spring 2022 DLC Virtual Meeting (April 11 & 12)
Are you participating in the Spring 2022 Depository Library Council Virtual Meeting this week? We’d love to see photos of Federal depository librarians and staff… Read More
Did you know that the first librarian Superintendent of Documents Crandall hired was Adelaide R. Hasse, who came to GPO from the Los Angeles Public Library in 1895? She and a team of helpers collected thousands of accumulated documents from agencies, packing them in burlap bags to be loaded in wagons and brought back to GPO. She devised the outline of a classification scheme that organized the library according to the “Government author” or agency of origin rather than subject. Her classification system was put into use by her successors at GPO, and is still in use today.
LSCM annually releases its Year in Review, which highlights LSCM's major accomplishments over the previous fiscal year and serves to map our work for the future. The FY 2021 LSCM Year in Review is now available. Learn more.
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GPO Director Appoints Task Force on a Digital FDLP. Learn more.
Check out the newsest FDLP LibGuide, “Help I am an FDLP Student Worker.” It contains information and resources to help train student and paraprofessional employees. Submissions for new FDLP LibGuides topics are encouraged. The LibGuides team is currently looking for guides on Government information in Spanish. Submit your guides or topic requests to FDLP LibGuides. Look for the big blue button.
The Printing Act of 1895 brought a wide variety of changes to GPO. GPO was transformed to the central point in the U.S. Government for dissemination of Government publications. Distribution of publications to designated libraries had been the responsibility of a Superintendent of Public Documents in the Department of the Interior. The 1895 act brought that responsibility, and the title Superintendent of Documents, to GPO. The first GPO Superintendent of Documents, Francis Asbury Crandall, was a Buffalo newspaper editor. His first major initiative as Superintendent was the establishment of a library of public documents. The library was built, at first, with the accumulation of documents in agency store rooms and attics all over Washington, which were to be turned over to GPO under the Printing Act.
Applications are now being accepted for the second LSCM Pilot Project. Learn more.
Keep America Beautiful Month in April is inspired by a non-profit organization dedicated towards improving our public spaces through action and education. End littering, start recycling, and show visitors how stunning your city can be. From Boston to Seattle, we celebrate this month by beautifying communities in this great land of ours. Check out these CGP resources: