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Get Ready for Constitution Day: Order Pocket Constitutions by September 2, 2025

June 25, 2025
Get ready for Constitution Day! You can now order your library’s batch of free Pocket Constitutions. Each Federal depository library may order up to 100 copies. All orders must be placed by September 2, 2025, in order to ensure delivery for Constitution Day, which is on September 17. Don’t delay; place your order soon to ensure delivery.  Order Pocket Constitutions… Read More

Special Selection Offers: Department of Defense – By Request Only

June 24, 2025
GPO has acquired copies of three publications for distribution as Special Selection Offers:Taming America's warriors: assessing U.S. military discipline and responses to law of war violations, 1943-2006, Marine Corps University Press, 2025, D 214.513:W 19/3The Philadelphia Campaign, 1777 (The US Army in the Revolutionary War, CMH 71-46), Center of Military… Read More

FDLP eXchange Temporarily Unavailable

June 23, 2025
Due to some functionality issues, libraries should pause their use of FDLP eXchange. We are working to resolve this issue as quickly as possible, and we will inform the community when it is available for use. We apologize for the inconvenience. Read More

Libraries in the South Partner with GPO to Preserve Government Information

June 18, 2025
Four libraries in the South have entered into agreements with GPO to become Preservation Stewards, and one library has expanded its collection. To help libraries meet the needs of efficient Government document stewardship in the digital era, GPO has established Preservation Stewards to support continued public access to U.S. Government documents in print format. These… Read More

FDLP eXchange Temporarily Unavailable

June 12, 2025
Due to some functionality issues, libraries should pause their use of FDLP eXchange. We are working to resolve this issue as quickly as possible, and we will inform the community when it is available for use. We apologize for the inconvenience. Read More

Webinar: An Introduction to the Journal of the House of Representatives: Everything That (Hasn’t) Changed in 250 Years

June 12, 2025
Date: Thursday, July 31, 2025 Time: 2:00 p.m.– 3:00 p.m. (ET) Recording and closed captioning are available. All webinars are free of charge.Register to attend the live training webinar, "An Introduction to the Journal of the House of Representatives: Everything That (Hasn’t) Changed in 250 Years."Speakers:Lawrence McLaughlin, Deputy Chief of… Read More

Historic Publications for Summer 2025

June 10, 2025
New featured publications have been added to the Historic Publications page for Summer 2025, including:Publications from World War II-era civil defense agencies digitized in collaboration with Utah State University’s Merrill Cazier Library.Additional volumes of Decisions of the Department of the Interior and the General Land Office in Cases Relating to the Public Lands,… Read More

Resolved: FDLP PURL Usage Report, May 2025

June 09, 2025
An earlier error with the monthly PURL Usage Reports has been corrected, and reports have been successfully re-run. Libraries with PURL Usage Reports configured now have reports available to download. We apologize for the inconvenience.More information about the FDLP PURL Usage Report is available:PURL Usage ReportPersistent Uniform Resource Locator (PURL):… Read More