WebTech Notes

  • Last Updated: July 31, 2025
  • Published: July 31, 2025

About

WEBTech Notes (WTN) is designed to support the management of Federal depository library collections. GPO uses WEBTech Notes to communicate:

  • Updates to existing List of Classes entries, including changes to Superintendent of Documents classification numbers, titles, item number, and formats.
  • New publications added to the List of Classes.
  • Corrections made to past shipments, such as an incorrect use of an item number or a change to a SuDoc classification number.
  • Shipment issues, such as serials shipping out of sequence or known gaps in series.

Libraries can use WTN to identify:

  • Inconsistencies with older material on their shelves.
  • Necessary changes to bibliographic records and publication call numbers for print distributed materials.
  • When new item numbers for online/digital publications are created and could be added to your item selection profile.
  • When something transitions to another format or when new item numbers are added to the List of Classes.

WTN Categories

 WTN records are assigned to one of four categories:

  • Classification/Cataloging Update (CC): Changes to the SuDoc classification number assigned to a specific distributed tangible publication.
  • Updates to the List of Classes, New Items (UN): New SuDoc classification stems and item numbers that have been added to the List of Classes.
  • What Happened to? (WH): Miscellaneous information that may be useful to depository coordinators as they maintain their depository collections, e.g., when there are delays in distribution or production/publishing issues.
  • Updates to the List of Classes, Misc. (UM): Miscellaneous updates to the List of Classes, e.g., title changes, discontinued or inactivated depository item numbers, or SuDoc classification numbers.

Default WTN Interface

The default interface displays all entries in descending date order by last modified date. Click on any column header to change how entries are sorted.

Screenshot of WTN’s default interface

Update Frequency

GPO publishes updated or new WTN entries when needed. Data published in Administrative Notes, Technical Supplement (ANTS) from 1994 to 2008 is integrated into WTN.

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