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The preliminary schedule for the Spring 2011 Depository Library Council Meeting can now be viewed from the event page. The schedule will be updated as session topics are added.The Spring 2011 Depository Library Council Meeting will be held at the Crowne Plaza Riverwalk, which is located at 111 Pecan Street East, San Antonio, TX 78205.The 3-day meeting will begin at 8:00 a… Read More

Making depository collections visible and accessible can sometimes be overwhelming given staffing shortages and time or space limitations. Murphy Library, at the University of Wisconsin-La Cross, manages to brings awareness to its depository status by offering a well-organized collection, providing excellent customer service, and incorporating  promotional efforts.Read… Read More

Effective January 1, 2011, Data Management Internationale (DMI) became the new microfiche contractor for the distribution of issues of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) (AE 2.106/2:, item numbers 0573-C, etc.), replacing NA Publishing/Crowley.Contact information for DMI is as follows:Data Management Internationale (DMI)55 Lukens DriveNew Castle, DE 19720(302) 656… Read More

On March 10, 2011, at 1:30pm EST, join Amanda Colvin and Ashley Dahlen of GPO's Library Services & Content Management as they host the March session of "Chat with GPO" via OPAL. This month's session is entitled, “FDsys: Advanced Search Techniques and Tips” and will focus on how to optimize search capabilities in FDsys. GPO staff will share advanced search techniques… Read More

On February 23, 2011, Superintendent of Documents, Mary Alice Baish discussed the digitization collaboration between the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) and the Library of Congress (LOC) with Tom Temin of Federal News Radio.Baish stated that this partnership was a win/win solution for both legislative branch agencies because each agency is able to offer services… Read More

The anomalies that the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) detected yesterday with the Federal Digital System (FDsys) related to search and browse results were resolved at approximately 9pm EST yesterday evening. We regret any inconvenience that this has caused. Read More

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) detected some anomalies within the Federal Digital System (FDsys) specific to the accessibility of random content. The site has been experiencing some technical difficulties related to search and browse results that started earlier today. GPO is continuing to work to resolve this issue and will send an additional update when… Read More

The Economic Report of the President, 2011 is now available from the U.S. Government Printing Office. It is issued by the Executive Office of the President and the Council of Economic Advisers and transmitted to Congress no later than ten days after the submission of the Budget of the United States Government. The Economic Report of the President is available from GPO's… Read More

In continuing the strong partnership between the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) and Federal depository libraries nationwide, GPO is encouraging all interested depositories to crawl its Federal Digital System (FDsys) in order to provide distributed access to content.In order to improve the ability for crawlers to identify and index new content efficiently and… Read More

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) and the Library of Congress (LOC) recently received approval from the Joint Committee on Printing (JCP) to proceed on two collaborative efforts. One project involves the digitization of some of our nation's most important legal and legislative documents and the other involves enhanced public online access to the Constitution of… Read More