Help your library users with Government information in multiple languages. View the FDLP Academy webinar: Not Just in English Anymore: Locating and Using Government Resources in Other Languages. Find publications in over 100 different languages in the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications, including:

• Lavez-vouz les mains! (wash your hands!)
• Hawaieso migukbontoroui sikpum mit nongsanmul upyonbalsong mit haesang unsong (mailing and shipping food and agricultural products from Hawaii to the U.S. mainland)

Point Spanish speakers to resources in the Spanish Language Documents: Online Resources LibGuide and distribute FDLP brochures in Spanish, available through Order FDLP Promotional Materials for both for depository and non-depository library audiences.

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FDLP Distribution and COVID-19: Updates and Information

Take a closer look at all the Congressional Serial Set contains on American Indian and Alaskan Natives. Our partner at the University of Oklahoma College of Law has a wonderful digital collection of American Indian and Alaskan Native documents published in the Serial Set from 1817-1899.

Here are just a couple of examples of what you find:

• Arrears due Chickasaw Nation
• Statement relative to Indian annuities

Katrina Stierholz served on the DLC from 2006-2009. She has continued her work at the St. Louis Fed, where she works on ensuring that the public has access to economic data through FRED, economic and financial documents through FRASER, and economic curriculum through Econ Lowdown. Stierholz was a founding member of the Missouri Hub, a project to connect Missouri institutions to DPLA. Currently, she is working on leveraging FRED as a tool for data literacy activities for librarians and other educators.

The Superintendent of Documents is seeking comments on the guidance document, Federal Depository Libraries Relinquishing Their Designation, though June 25, 2021. Learn more.

June is Great Outdoors Month! it’s time to encourage people to get outside and recreate responsibly! Whether they are headed to a national park or other lands protected with the help of NPS programs and partners, let visitors know how they can experience, enjoy, and learn from the outdoors. As we continue to also celebrate 100 Years of Health, share the importance of health for all and how every person can benefit from being outdoors.

• Great American Outdoors Act
• America’s Great Outdoors: A Promise to Future Generations
• Outdoor Recreation: A Reader for Congress
• The National Forests: America’s Great Outdoor: National Recreation Strategy
• Outdoor Recreation for America: A Report to the President and to the Congress

Have you spotted a UFO? Check out Project Blue Book – Unidentified Flying Objects from the U.S. Air Force (CGP record).

GPO congratulates FDLP veteran, Dotty Ormes on her retirement from Southern Oregon University. Dotty devoted 20 years to working with Government documents. She “loved exploring the stories behind Government documents and coming to the FDL Conference in D.C. to give presentations about my work with students.” Thank you, Dotty, for your years of work and dedication!