2025 Biennial Survey: Preview Questions

The 2025 Biennial Survey of Depository Libraries is set to launch on September 22 and run through November 14, 2025. You can now download a preview of the questions to help you prepare for submitting your responses. The preview can be filled out in MS Word. Your library director or designee must approve of the library’s responses.

The Biennial Survey of Depository Libraries is the means by which depository libraries report their conditions to the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO). It is administered every two years, and response is required by law. The Superintendent of Documents, under the direction of the GPO Director, is responsible for administering the Biennial Survey as required by 44 U.S.C. §1909.

Data from the survey is used to administer the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP), to identify new trends, and to assist in the assessment of the conditions and services of Federal depository libraries.

Learn more about the Biennial Survey of Depository Libraries.

Please contact us via askGPO for questions or consultation about the survey. Click on the Federal Depository Library icon, and choose the category “Surveys, including Biennial Survey.”