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The Library Services & Content Management FY 2023 Year in Review

March 27, 2024
GPO’s Library Services and Content Management (LSCM) annually releases its Year in Review, which highlights LSCM's major accomplishments over the previous fiscal year. The FY 2023 LSCM Year in Review is now available. In this edition, topics covered include: Implementation of a Digital FDLP GPO Partnerships & Collaborations LSCM Pilot… Read More

Celebrate Spring with Three New FDLP Resource Guides

March 27, 2024
The FDLP Resource Guides have three new guides:   Environmental Topics  Federal Independent Establishments and Government Corporations (IEGC)  U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)  Check out U.S. Government information about these topics, including on climate data, the 58 IEGCs, and healthcare and employment VA… Read More

Depository Library Council Seeks Focus Group Participants

March 26, 2024
The Depository Library Council’s (DLC) Subcommittee on Unique Challenges, Underserved Populations, and Federal Depository Libraries (UCUP) seeks members from the Federal depository library community to participate in focus groups. The purpose of each focus group is to address challenges that limit access to Federal Government information, which depository librarians face… Read More

FDLP eXchange Scheduled Maintenance: Tuesday, March 26, 2024

March 26, 2024
The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) is performing scheduled maintenance on the FDLP eXchange. Start Date: Tuesday, March 26, 2024, 5:00 p.m. (EDT) End Date: Tuesday, March 26, 2024, 8:00 p.m. (EDT) Total Duration: 3 hours The site should be accessible during maintenance, but certain functions may not be available. During this period, users are… Read More

GPO Deputy Director Becomes First Woman to Lead Bureau of Engraving and Printing

March 25, 2024
The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) Deputy Director Patty Collins has been named the 27th Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) by U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen. Collins is the first woman to hold the position in BEP’s 162-year history. Collins leaves GPO after nearly four years serving as the Agency’s second-in-command.  She… Read More

Special Selection Offers – By Request Only

March 25, 2024
GPO has acquired copies of five different publications relating to military and veterans affairs for distribution as Special Selection Offers. Transition and Withdrawal: The US Army in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn, 2009-2011 Combat Medical Specialist Fieldcraft, part 3: Fieldcraft II (TMM 122) Foreign military and… Read More

FDLP.gov Scheduled Maintenance: Tuesday, March 26, 2024

March 25, 2024
FDLP.gov will undergo routine maintenance this week. Start Date: Tuesday, March 26, 2024, 3:00 p.m. (EDT) End Date: Tuesday, March 26, 2024, 6:00 p.m. (EDT) Total Duration: 3 hours During this time, no content will be updated, and you may experience brief, intermittent downtime. We apologize for the inconvenience and… Read More

GPO Appoints NCSA Steering Committee Members

March 25, 2024
The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) is pleased to announce the appointment of 32 Government information professionals to roles on National Collection Service Area (NCSA) Steering Committees. Many more volunteered to serve and will be considered as there are vacancies on the committees to ensure broad participation. NCSA Steering Committees facilitate discussion… Read More

Updates to the List of Classes and DSIMS Interface

March 22, 2024
List of Classes Change GPO’s Library Services and Content Management (LSCM) will complete a major update this weekend (March 23-24, 2024) to the List of Classes, a listing of everything Federal depository libraries can select through the FDLP. The changes coincide with digital FDLP implementation activities, in this case, shifting the provision of some tangible formats… Read More

FDLP Data Manager (FDM) Now Available for FDLP Collection Management

March 21, 2024
FDLP Data Manager (FDM) is now available for use. This tool may be used to:  Create custom shipping lists. Review what has shipped to depositories dating back to 1997. Review the List of Classes, including library selection profiles with complete title, SuDoc, format, and item number information. Download MARC records, including custom catalog record sets… Read More