Council Reports to GPO
Categories
These annual reports contain the activities, accomplishments, and workings of the Council, its working groups, and its subcommittee for the year that runs from June 1 — May 31.
Documents
Issue Brief on the Federal Register Modernization Act, H.R. 1654 / S.1078, Submitted to the GPO Director from the Depository Library Council (May 2019)
In June 2017, GPO’s Director, Davita Vance Cooks, charged the Depository Library Council with providing recommendations to modernize Title 44 United States Code Chapter 19, which governs the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). This document presents those recommendations. (Submitted September 25, 2017)
This final report builds upon the lessons learned in the 2020 open forums, transmitted in the previous report, Depository Libraries in a Time of Stay-at-Home Orders — Report of Depository Library Council’s Open Forum, April 22, 2020. (November 18, 2020)
People who registered for the Depository Library Council’s Spring 2026 meeting were invited, not required, to answer five open-ended questions about their experience working with U.S. Government information. This is a report of the responses, which informed the “Council is Listening” session held on March 5, 2026.
Update report of recommendations on the content and methodology of future biennial surveys and other data collection instruments in the FDLP.