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Depository Library Spotlight

Depository libraries serve the public every day by providing free access to a wealth of U.S. Government information products. Your expertise and dedication is unmatched.

GPO is shedding light on your invaluable institutions by highlighting a different Federal depository library each month. By spotlighting the unique services and offerings of our depositories, we can share in the strengths and innovations of our partners and help promote the essential American service that is the FDLP.

  • Depository Spotlight - Toledo Lucas County Public Library
    The Toledo Lucas County Public Library joined the Federal Depository Library Program in 1884. That’s over 135 years of serving the public with Government information! Lucas County’s population was 441,815 according
  • Depository Library Spotlight – The University of Central Oklahoma’s Chambers Library
    The newest Depository Spotlight library is the Chambers Library at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond, Oklahoma. The library serves Oklahoma's 5th Congressional District. Founded in 1890 as Central State Tea
  • University Libraries of Bowling Green State University
      Our newest Spotlight Library is the University Libraries of Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. Bowling Green was designated a depository in 1933 and serves its students and faculty along wit
  • New York State Library
    Many libraries in the Federal Depository Library Program have a long history of service – a few even have roots back to colonial America – but not many have as much history as the New York State Library in Albany.
  • Depository Spotlight: Longview Public Library - Longview, Texas
    Our newest Depository Spotlight Library is the Longview Public Library in Longview, Texas. A community of about 81,000 in east Texas, about 60 miles west of Shreveport, Louisiana and about 35 miles northeast of Tyler, Te
  • Depository Spotlight: Farmington Public Library
    The newest Depository Spotlight is on the Farmington Public Library in northwest New Mexico. Farmington Public Library is one of 12 depository libraries in the state of New Mexico. It serves a city of 45,500 that is th
  • Georgia Southern University
    The U.S. Government Publishing Office’s (GPO) newest Depository Spotlight library is the Zach S. Henderson Library at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia. The library serves Georgia's 12th Congressiona
  • Depository Spotlight: Allen County Public Library, Ft. Wayne, IN
    Public libraries have long-provided information and services that are important to their community, which would not otherwise be available. The latest Depository Spotlight is on Allen County Public Library (ACPL) in Ft
  • Depository Spotlight: San Francisco Public Library
    Originally designated as a Federal depository 128 years ago in 1889, the San Francisco Public Library’s partnership with the Federal Depository Library Program is the library’s oldest continuing partnership. Today, t
  • John Cotton Dana Library, Rutgers University-Newark
    How should a library celebrate its 50th anniversary as a depository when the designation date falls on Dec. 28, with only five days left in the year? For John Cotton Dana Library at Rutgers University that didn’

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We have sunsetted the FDLP Connection with the July / August 2018 issue and will not be publishing the Connection anymore. We’ve enjoyed bringing the FDLP Connection to the community over the years! You can still view past issues. View full archive (2011-2018).

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