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Date: Thursday, December 4, 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, "Research in the Federal Government with the Federal Research Division, Library of Congress."Speaker: Erin Freas-Smith, Research Section Head, Federal Research… Read More

U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) has resumed full operations following the end of the Federal Government shutdown and passage of a full FY26 Legislative Branch appropriation.FDLP Updates:Biennial Survey of Depository Libraries: The deadline to submit your library’s Biennial Survey has been extended until Friday, December 12, 2025. A link to complete the survey was… Read More

As of midnight, Tuesday, September 30, 2025, the necessary funding to continue Federal Government operations has not been approved by the Congress and the President. The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) has shut down until funding is approved.Under a shutdown, GPO employees may only work on activities directly related to the legislative process and on activities… Read More

The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) honors University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries for having the best website in the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) for 2025. This is the third library to ever receive the award, which was created to recognize the creativity and the ways libraries are providing easy access to Federal Government information on their… Read More

The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) has named Arthur Lakes Library at the Colorado School of Mines as the 2025 Federal Depository Library of the Year. The Golden, CO library was selected for its significant role in increasing access to and preserving Government information, including making publications from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) easily… Read More

Reminder: Depository libraries have until midnight, Tuesday, September 30, 2025, to add any unlimited distribution paper-format titles to their library’s item selection profile. New selections will become effective on October 1, 2025. For more information, see Item Selection Update Cycle: Action Needed by September 30, 2025, to Add New Print Selections in… Read More

U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) Director Hugh Nathanial Halpern named Julie Balutis the Agency’s Managing Director of Library Services and Content Management (LSCM) department. In this role, Balutis will oversee the administration of four major Congressionally-mandated programs: the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP), the Cataloging & Indexing Program,… Read More

The 2025 Biennial Survey of Federal Depository Libraries is now open for completion by all Federal depository libraries. It is through this mechanism that depositories fulfill their legal obligation to “report to the Superintendent of Documents at least every two years concerning their condition” (44 USC §1909). Today, Monday, September 22, 2025, an email with a link… Read More

Update Cycle to Add Print Selections Depository libraries have until midnight, September 30, 2025, to add any unlimited distribution paper-format titles to their library’s item selection profile.New selections will become effective on October 1, 2025 (Federal fiscal year 2026). Print depository publications selected now must be cataloged and retained for at… Read More

This message has been cross-posted. Please excuse any duplication.Final agendas and a final schedule are now available for the fall 2025 FDL Conference events.Agenda: FDLP Preconference: Updates from GPO (September 18)Final Schedule and Agenda: fall 2025 Federal Depository Library Conference (September 25 – 26)Both of these free events are virtual. Participate anywhere,… Read More