Historical Publications

The Federal Depository Library Handbook complete version and previous editions archive.

Contains the Federal Depository Library Manual, its Supplements, and updates from 1999 through 2008.

Contains the Instructions to Depository Libraries and updates from 1992 through 2003.

The Suggested Core Collection Lists were originally created in 1985 by the depository community and GPO. They supported collection development with lists of titles recommended for selection by law libraries and by small and medium public and academic libraries. 

Large libraries were expected to select all titles on the list for their library type. The lists were last reviewed in 2007, when a group of volunteers from the depository community identified 51% of the item numbers on the list as inactive.

The lists, used historically for benchmarking and collection development purposes, remain accessible for reference in the FDLP.gov File Repository.

Early editions of the Superseded List appeared in the 1984, 1986, and 1992 editions of the Instructions to Depository Libraries, Appendix C.

Updates to the Superseded List were irregularly added to the “Update to the Superseded List” column in the Administrative Notes Technical Supplement. The 2000 edition was the final edition to be printed. Afterwards, updates to the list were only found online.

Excel document containing searchable data as a temporary solution until full search capability is restored. For a paper copy, please see Administrative Notes Technical Supplement (ANTS).