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Libraries are reminded that all new items added to item selection profiles during the 2009 Annual Update Cycle are now active. You should begin receiving these items with the first shipping list for FY10, which is currently being prepared for shipment. The final shipping lists issued for FY09 are as follows:Microfiche SL 2009-0358-MPaper SL 2009-0463-PSeparates SL 2009… Read More

New Needs and Offers (N&O) posts from Federal depository libraries are usually added weekly to the N&O service maintained by GPO. You may now subscribe to an RSS feed that announces when new posts have been added. Subscribe by going to the N&O page and clicking on either the RSS link in the Web page or the RSS link you see in the browser’s address window. The… Read More

In March 2009, the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) received funding from H.R. 1105, the Omnibus Appropriations Act of FY 2009 (Pub. L. 111-8). This law funds several important initiatives, including those of the Cataloging and Indexing Program (C & I). Among those initiatives is a project to enhance the services GPO provides to members of the FDLP and the public… Read More

Want to know more about Public Access Assessments (PAA), GPO’s individual depository library assessment program? Please read the new Project Summary on the FDLP Desktop. The document discusses the purpose and history of library assessments, the PAA framework and process, responsibilities of Federal depository libraries, PAA scheduling, and GPO's Library Services and… Read More

In 2004, GPO proposed digitizing all retrospective Federal publications back to the earliest days of the Federal Government. Following the conduct of a pilot project in 2006 and its evaluation in 2007, we issued an RFP in 2008 for a cooperative relationship with a public or private sector participant or participants where the uncompressed, unaltered files created as a… Read More

The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AOUSC) is conducting user satisfaction assessments to improve their publicly available services, including PACER. They would like to conduct a focus group of depository librarians. If you are interested in participating in the focus group, please e-mail Serena Chao ([email protected]). To ensure the focus group includes a… Read More

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi Applauds GPO's Green Initiatives{mbox:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib754Rp4i8k|VIDEO HEIGHT|VIDEO WIDTH|title=U.S. Government Printing Office: The Congressional Record on 100% Recycled Paper|vthumb=recycled2.png|height=175px|width=215px}The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) and the U.S. Congress achieved a major milestone in their… Read More

The White House, U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), and the National Archives' Office of the Federal Register (OFR) achieved a breakthrough in making Government information available and usable by the public. GPO converted the text of the Federal Register (2000-2009) into XML (extensible markup language) and placed it online in numerous Federal Government portals,… Read More

The United States Naval Academy Nimitz Library is an example of a specialized library that proves they can meet both the specific needs of its primary user group as well as the research needs of the general public.Please read our Spotlight Library article for more information on how this library balances all research needs and builds an outstanding specialized collection… Read More

The preliminary detailed agenda for the Depository Library Council meeting and Federal Depository Library Conference with names of speakers, discussion topics, and educational programs has been released.There is still time left for online registration. If you are planning to attend and have not yet registered, online registration closes on October 14th. On-site… Read More