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Promote GPO’s Federal Digital System (FDsys) with new pencils and sticky note pads. These items are available in lots of 25 and 50. Use these at your reference desks, at special events, and when working with patrons.A variety of other FDLP promotional items are also available and ready to be shipped straight to your door. Read More

New Electronic Titles (NET) are now available for April 2013. These files are accessible from the New Titles section of the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP). Read More

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has been declared independent to create bibliographic records in RDA by NACO and BIBCO. Therefore, effective 1 April, 2013, all of GPO’s original bibliographic and authority records are being created according to the RDA standard.In accordance with RDA policies articulated for copy cataloging by PCC and OCLC, GPO will continue to… Read More

A new training video on the “Retrieve by Citation” feature of the U.S. Government Printing Office's (GPO) Federal Digital System (FDsys) is now available.The tutorial focuses on accessing FDsys documents using standard Federal Government citations. It is available on the beta Web site for FDLP.gov and on gpo.gov. Please note options for closed captioning, enlarging the… Read More

Join GPO for the 26th Annual Interagency Depository Seminar scheduled for July 29 through August 2, 2013. This free seminar is hosted at GPO’s headquarters’ location in Washington, DC. Additionally, select sessions will be hosted virtually for remote viewing. The annual Interagency seminar features programs and presentations to help Federal government information experts… Read More

Join the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) and the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) as we celebrate Preservation Week 2013 by conducting a virtual meeting with the theme, “Partners in Preservation: Government Information for Future Generations.”The meeting will be held over three days, April 23-25, 2013. It provides an opportunity to convey how GPO and… Read More

A live training Webinar, "Promoting your Depository and the FDLP", will be offered Thursday, May 16, 2013.Promoting your Depository and the FDLPStart Time: 2:00 p.m. EDTDuration: 1 hourSummary: This session will focus on GPO-provided tools for promoting the FDLP and specific strategies that depositories can use to increase awareness of their depository collections and… Read More

The March/April 2013 issue of FDLP Connection is available now. The focus of this month's newsletter is Online Tools.In her column, Superintendent of Documents, Mary Alice Baish reports on the Federal budget, GPO’s celebration of Preservation Week, and the newly-appointed DLC class. Meanwhile, your colleagues and Depository Library Council members, Shari Laster (Chair)… Read More

Production of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set dividers and associated title pages for the microfiche format has been discontinued. This title was distributed to Federal depository libraries under:Item Number: 1008-D-01SuDoc Class Number: Y 1.1/9:This title has been discontinued due to the low depository library selection rate and the expense of producing the polymer… Read More

The President's Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2014 is now available from the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO). The public can search or browse the budget, which is accessible from GPO’s Federal Digital System. FY 2014 Budget documents are available in PDF, with many of the tables also available for separate viewing and downloading as… Read More