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NASA June 2010 Microfiche Withdrawal

June 14, 2010
In 2010, the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) was informed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Agency-wide STI Program Office that a collection of NASA technical publications contained personally sensitive information and that these publications should not be made available to the public. These documents were distributed to FDLP libraries in… Read More

Scheduled Maintenance

June 10, 2010
The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) will be performing scheduled maintenance on its network infrastructure this weekend.Start Date: Sunday, June 13, 2010, 12:01 a.m. EDTEnd Date: Sunday, June 13, 2010, 04:00 a.m. EDTTotal Duration: 4 hoursPlease be aware that during this maintenance period, GPO's public facing Web services such as PURL resolution, the FDLP Desktop,… Read More

Job Opening: Archive Specialist

June 10, 2010
The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) is currently recruiting for the position of Archive Specialist. This position is located in Collection Management and Preservation, Office of Archival Management, at GPO's Central Office in Washington, DC.The primary function of this section is to perform archive management for in-scope tangible and electronic Federal information… Read More

FDLP and C&I Metrics - May 2010

June 10, 2010
GPO is releasing monthly statistics on the activities of Statistics for  May 2010 activites of the FDLP and the Cataloging and Indexing Program have been released. Read More

Job Opening: Web Content Specialist

June 09, 2010
The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) is currently recruiting for the position of Web Content Specialist. This position is located in the Library Planning and Development, Web Content Management section at GPO’s Central Office in Washington, DC.The incumbent of this position will be expected to plan, research, develop logic, code, test, deploy and document Web… Read More

New Members to Depository Library Council Named

June 04, 2010
Public Printer Bob Tapella announced the appointment of five new members to the Depository Library Council (DLC). They are:Helen Burke is a Senior Government Documents Librarian in Business, Science and Government Documents at Hennepin County Library in Minnesota. Burke is an active participant in the information community, doing presentations on finding and using… Read More

Depository Library Spotlight for June 2010

June 01, 2010
Depository library personnel wear many hats these days, taking on varied and multiple responsibilities. This may certainly be a challenge for managing depository operations. Valdosta State University's Odum Library is one of our library partners where communication and cooperation between library personnel performing different depository responsibilities has proven to be… Read More

Annual Item Selection Update Cycle Begins June 1, 2010

May 28, 2010
Starting on June 1, Federal depository libraries can begin adding item numbers to their profile selection. The update cycle runs annually and this is the only time where libraries can add to their item selection profile. Libraries may drop item numbers at any time during the year. All additions remain pending until the start of the new fiscal year (FY11).The schedule for… Read More