Superintendent of Documents

This Superintendent of Documents letter to depository library coordinators announces that effective April 1, 2022, depository or library type restrictions for item selections will be eliminated.

Discussion document covering the subject Government Publications Authorized for Discard by Regional Depository Libraries

This draft strategic plan was released for public review and comment June 27, 2022 – July 28, 2022.  It provides a framework to coordinate and apply lifecycle management best practices to support Federal depository libraries, and to establish partnerships to build, provide access to, and to preserve our shared National Collection of the Government’s publications, which is a vital information asset for an America Informed.

A timeline of laws, policies, directives, reports, and major activities that progressed the transition to a digital FDLP. Because the FDLP is dependent upon Federal agency publications and their dissemination of them, the timeline includes documentation that affected Federal agency practices as well.