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.

CALL TO ACTION

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

Shari Laster served on the DLC from 2010-2013, including a term as chair (2012-2013). Currently, Shari is the head of Open Stack Collections at Arizona State University Library, where she is responsible for collections strategies and operations for ASU Library's open stack collections, which include millions of print and openly-accessible digital resources, including federal, state, and local government resources. Shari has continued to hold active leadership roles in ALA GODORT, including a tenure as chair (2017-2018). She is also a project team member with the PEGI Project, a collaborative effort seeking to address long-term access and preservation challenges related to born-digital Government information.

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).

Congrats to FDLP veteran Deborah Mongeau on her upcoming retirement from the University of Rhode Island. Having served for 46 years since 1975, her deep, dark secret was that she never took a Government documents course in library school. She became an accidental FDLP librarian, and right from the beginning, making Government information accessible has been the centerpiece of her entire career. In retirement, she hopes to find a way to continue to make it so.