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  • Administrative Notes (AdNotes)
    From 1980-2009, Administrative Notes (AdNotes) informed the depository library community of policies, procedures, and news relating to the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). AdNotes was initially published in pap
  • Administrative Notes Technical Supplement (ANTS)
    Administrative Notes Technical Supplement (ANTS) served for nearly 30 years, from 1980 to 2008, to inform the depository library community of technical changes. GPO distributed the bi-monthly paper issues to all librarie
  • Cataloging Record Distribution Pilot Project Summary Report
    The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) regularly evaluates the needs of libraries in the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) and develops solutions to improve services. As part of funding received in March 2009
  • Cataloging Record Distribution Program
    The Cataloging Records Distribution Program (CRDP) provides GPO produced catalog records to participating Federal depository libraries at no cost to the libraries. The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) starte
  • CD-ROM Equivalence Project
    When CD-ROMs became popular in the early 1990s, GPO used CD-ROMS quite often to distribute Federal information to depository libraries. Later in the 1990s, the Web became the global medium for content dissemination and G
  • Center for Research Libraries (CRL) - 2004
    In its mission to provide comprehensive and permanent access to all formats of U.S. Government publications, the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) contracted with the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) to develop a
  • Customer Relations Program: Segmentation & Needs Assessment
    In FY2009, the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) developed and implemented a formal Customer Relations Program (CRP) for Federal depository libraries. The CRP allows GPO to better serve depository library needs base
  • Define Criteria for Disposal Prior to a 5 Year Retention
    In 2004, the Superintendent of Documents convened the Ad Hoc Committee to Define Criteria for Disposal Prior to a 5 Year Retention. The Committee's charge was to develop guidelines that would support implementation of a
  • Depository Access to Reports Scientific and Technical (DARTS)
    In early 2007 the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) and U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) launched a pilot project named Depository Access to Reports Scientific and Technical (DARTS). The pilot's purpose
  • Depository Selection Information Management System (DSIMS)
    Depository Selection Information Management System (DSIMS) allows Federal depository libraries to view and manage their item selection profiles. Launched in April 2012, DSIMS is a replacement for the Depository Distribu

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