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GPO is pleased to announce that the newly redesigned and enhanced Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) Help pages, and the updated CGP About page are now available. The redesigned and enhanced CGP Help Pages feature: Updated and expanded content including: Searching SuDoc Class Numbers. Searching Item Numbers. Expanded and reorganized Expert… Read More

Register to attend the live training webinar, "LSCM Pilot Projects: the Application Process." Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (EST)   Recording and closed captioning are available. All webinars are free of charge. Speaker: Kristina Bobe,… Read More

The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) Director Hugh Nathanial Halpern appointed a task force to study the feasibility of an all-digital Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). As 97 percent of Federal publications are born digital, Director Halpern is charging the Task Force on a Digital Federal Depository Library Program (“Task Force”) to determine whether an… Read More

There are two weeks left to submit your nominations for individuals to serve as members of the Depository Library Council. The deadline is February 9, 2022. The Depository Library Council is the advisory body that counsels the GPO Director and the Superintendent of Documents in matters pertaining to future trends, innovation, and new concepts in libraries; Government… Read More

As part of LSCM’s plan to phase out the microfiche format for FDLP distribution, there is a change to the List of Classes of United States Government Publications Available for Selection by Depository Libraries. Each title in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) has been broken into separate item numbers. This change only applies to the paper format. Libraries will be… Read More

Register to attend the live training webinar, "Naval Postgraduate School: Historical and Contemporary Information Resources." Date: Thursday, February 10, 2022 Time: 2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. (EST)   Recording and closed captioning are available. All webinars are free of charge. … Read More

The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) makes available the Congressional Pictorial Directory: 117th Congress on GPO’s govinfo, the one-stop site to information published by the Federal Government. GPO teammates designed and produced the Pictorial Directory, which features a color photograph of each Member of the House of Representatives and Senate. It also details… Read More

Library Shelfie Day is Wednesday, January 26, 2022, and GPO wants to showcase your library staff and their ‘FDLP shelfies.’ Snap a few photos with your Government documents tangible or electronic collection, or if you are working remotely, take a teleworking ‘shelfie.’ Share your photos with us, and your library could be featured on GPO’s social media. Have some fun… Read More

Register to attend the live training webinar, “The Experiment of Employing Females as Clerks Has Been...a Success." Date: Tuesday, February 8, 2022 Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm (Eastern)   Recording and closed captioning are available. All webinars are free of charge. Speaker:… Read More

FDLP eXchange The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) is performing scheduled maintenance on the FDLP eXchange this week. Start Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2022, 5:00 p.m. (EST) End Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2022, 8:00 p.m. (EST) Total Duration: 3 hours The site should be accessible during maintenance, but certain functions may not be available… Read More