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Introducing 3 New Promotional Flyers

November 01, 2012
Three new promotional flyers are now available for FDLP libraries:GPO’s Federal Digital System (FDsys): Details FDsys capabilities and features and also serves as a guide to navigating FDsys search results.Federal Depository Libraries: Describes the Federal Depository Library Program and how to find a nearby depository. Space is also provided for library personalization… Read More

Deadline Extended for FDLP Forecast Submissions

October 26, 2012
The deadline for submitting FDLP Library Forecasts, FLDP State Forecasts, and State Focused Action Plans to the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has been extended to November 30, 2012. The extension is a result of discussions during the 2012 Depository Library Council Meeting and Federal Depository Library Conference forecast sessions.GPO will facilitate virtual… Read More

2012 DLC Meeting and Conference Proceedings

October 26, 2012
The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) would like to thank all those that attended and presented at the 80th meeting of the Depository Library Council and the 20th Federal Depository Library Conference (Meeting and Conference). The Meeting and Conference was a great success. We look forward to seeing everyone again next October.Proceedings from the Meeting and… Read More

GPO and Treasury Partner to Provide Public Access to Historical Content

October 17, 2012
The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) and the U.S. Department of Treasury have partnered on a pilot project to make historical digitized content from the Treasury Library available on GPO’s Federal Digital System (FDsys). Through the pilot project, Treasury Reporting Rates of Exchange, 1956-2005, which list the exchange rates of foreign currencies based on the dollar,… Read More

2012 Federal Depository Libraries of the Year

October 17, 2012
For the first time, the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) honored three extraordinary Federal Depository Libraries of the Year at the 2012 Depository Library Council Meeting and Federal Depository Library Conference.One regional depository and two selective depositories received special recognition for going above and beyond to further the Federal Depository Library… Read More

FDLP and C&I Metrics - August 2012

October 15, 2012
The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has released statistics for August 2012 regarding the activites of the FDLP and the Cataloging and Indexing (C&I) Program. Read More

Cataloging Record Distribution Program Extended through FY13

October 12, 2012
Based on continued funding, the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) is extending the Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP) through FY2013. The project is designed to distribute GPO-produced cataloging records to libraries, who then use these records to populate their online catalogs.The project is being expanded to a maximum of 80 libraries on a first come,… Read More

eCFR Relaunched With New URL

October 09, 2012
The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) and the Office of the Federal Register (OFR), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), have released an upgraded Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR) Web site. As of today, the old e-CFR site has been shutdown and will redirect users to the new site, eCFR.gov.The new site operates on an upgraded hardware and… Read More

Annual Updates to Item Selection Profiles

October 02, 2012
The U.S. Government Printing (GPO) has discovered that the program designed to move pending adds of tangible item numbers from libraries’ selection baskets to their selection profiles on October 1 did not execute as expected. We believe that the problem has been identified, and we are working to correct it.GPO is aware that libraries put a good deal of effort into… Read More