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GPO is releasing monthly statistics on the activities of Statistics for  September 2010 activites of the FDLP and the Cataloging and Indexing Program have been released. Read More

Based on a Depository Library Council (DLC) recommendation, GPO and the DLC are working to create a comprehensive list of benefits for libraries participating in the FDLP and benefits afforded to the public by having access to these libraries. The intent of this document is to provide a tool for depository staff to convey the importance and value of the FDLP to library… Read More

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has released a custom login feature for the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) for Federal depository librarians. The CGP FDLP login provides the ability to:Configure personal preferences (e.g., record sorting, record format).Create and save personal sets of records using “My Bookshelf - Folder Management.”Save and/or e… Read More

The Johnson County Library of Overland Park, Kansas was named the 2010 Federal Depository Library of the Year at the Fall Federal Depository Library Conference and Depository Library Council meeting in Arlington, Virginia. Public Printer Robert C. Tapella presented the award to Donna Lauffer, County Librarian, on behalf of the U.S. Government Printing Office and the… Read More

The Johnson County Library of Overland Park, Kansas was named the 2010 Federal Depository Library of the Year at the Fall Federal Depository Library Conference and Depository Library Council meeting in Arlington, Virginia. Public Printer Robert C. Tapella presented the award to Donna Lauffer, County Librarian, on behalf of the U.S. Government Printing Office and the… Read More

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has completed the migration from the OCLC PURL Resolver Software to the PURLZ Resolver Software for its PURL implementation.PURLs now resolve using two hostnames: purl.fdlp.gov and purl.access.gpo.gov. All new PURLs will use the purl.fdlp.gov address. No actions are required by the library community as part of the migration… Read More

Libraries are reminded that all new items added to item selection profiles during the 2010 Annual Update Cycle are now active. You should begin receiving these items with the first shipping list for FY11, which is currently being prepared for shipment. The final shipping lists issued for FY10 are as follows:Microfiche: SL 2010-0340-MPaper: SL 2010-0443-PSeparates: SL 2010… Read More

Work on developing models for the FDLP of the future continues. Ithaka S+R is now looking at existing library networks. Their approach and how you can contribute to this phase of their research are described below:First, a brief update: thank you for your initial suggestions in response to our post launching the environmental scan component of our project. We are in the… Read More

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has released MetaLib, a federated search tool that is a service of the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications. Use MetaLib's federated searching to retrieve reports, articles, and citations by simultaneously searching across multiple databases. The initial release of MetaLib contains fifty-three Federal Government databases. Over… Read More

Based on a Depository Library Council (DLC) recommendation, GPO and the DLC are working to create a comprehensive list of benefits for libraries participating in the FDLP and benefits afforded to the public by having access to these libraries. The intent of this document is to provide a tool for depository staff to convey the importance and value of the FDLP to library… Read More