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Walkin’ in a GovDocs Wonderland
Is your library decorating for the holidays? Have you incorporated Government documents and resources into a creative display, either onsite or online? Is… Read More -
Special Selection Offers: Department of Defense – By Request Only
GPO has acquired copies of nine publications for distribution as Special Selection Offers.Shield for the Republic: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Defense of… Read More -
Reminder: Three Weeks Left to Submit Your 2025 Biennial Survey
There are three weeks left to complete and submit your library’s 2025 Biennial Survey of Depository Libraries to GPO. The deadline for submission is Friday,… Read More -
Save the Date: Spring 2026 DLC Virtual Meeting, March 4 - 5
The spring 2026 Depository Library Council Virtual Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, March 4 – Thursday, March 5, 2026. Mark your calendars, and stay tuned to FDLP News… Read More -
Webinar: Research in the Federal Government with the Federal Research Division, Library of Congress
Date: Thursday, December 4, 2025 Time: 2:00 p.m.– 3:00 p.m. (ET) Recording and closed captioning are available. All webinars are free of charge.Register… Read More

Check out this interesting find from the Congressional Serial Set: S. Ex. Doc. 33-79 - Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854, under the command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy. Compiled from the original notes and journals of Commander Perry and his officers.

GPO has acquired copies of nine Department of Defense publications for distribution as Special Selection Offers. Learn more, and respond by Friday, December 12, 2025.

The spring 2026 DLC Virtual Meeting will be held March 4 & 5, 2026. Stay tuned to FDLP News this winter for registration information.

Rosa Parks invigorated the struggle for racial equality when she refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama. Parks' arrest on December 1, 1955 launched the Montgomery Bus Boycott by 17,000 black citizens. A Supreme Court ruling and declining revenues forced the city to desegregate its buses thirteen months later. Learn more from the National Park Service. Read more about Ms. Parks’ impact on the U.S. through the Congressional Record on GovInfo.