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Federal depository libraries can now view their selection profiles and drop item numbers with the Depository Selection Information Management System (DSIMS). This new system replaces the Depository Distribution Information System (DDIS), which was a legacy mainframe system that was used to manage List of Classes data, library item selections, and distribution… Read More

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) will be performing scheduled maintenance on Saturday, April 14.Start Time: Saturday, April 14, 2012 09:00 a.m. EDTEnd Time: Saturday, April 14, 2012, 09:00 p.m. EDTTotal Duration: Approximately 12 hoursDuring this scheduled maintenance, FDsys and FDLP Web services (e.g., FDLP Desktop, FDLP Community, PURL, FDLP Electronic… Read More

The April 2012 issue of FDLP Connection has been released. This month’s theme is "Access".In her column, Superintendent of Documents, Mary Alice Baish announces a new director for Library Services and Content Management and provides an update on GPO’s FY 2013 appropriations request. Meanwhile, your colleagues, Beth Harper (University of Wisconsin, Madison) and Caitlyn… Read More

The next part of the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) Forecast Study is the submission of the FDLP State Forecast. This survey is being conducted to obtain views from the depository community about state-level issues that affect participation in the FDLP.The FDLP State Forecast builds on the responses of individual depository libraries in your state and it should… Read More

GPO is releasing monthly statistics on the activities of Statistics for February 2012 activites of the FDLP and the Cataloging and Indexing Program have been released. Read More

As of today, March 16, 2012, the transition from GPO Access to GPO's Federal Digital System (FDsys) is complete. FDsys now is GPO's only Web site for online official and authentic Government information from all three branches of the Federal Government.After ushering GPO into the online world 16 years ago, GPO Access has been archived and taken off line. As part of the… Read More

The March 2012 issue of FDLP Connection has been released. This month’s theme is "Going Mobile".You won't want to miss the article by our special guest author, Acting Public Printer Davita Vance-Cooks, as she shares her goals for technology innovation at GPO.  In her column, Superintendent of Documents, Mary Alice Baish announces new Council members and reviews FDLP… Read More

On March 16, 2012, after 16 years of keeping America informed, GPO Access will shut down.On this day, one-to-one redirects will be activated that will direct users from GPO Access URLs to the FDsys equivalent. In the event that an exact equivalent could not be provided, users will be directed to the best available resource or the FDsys homepage. Read the GPO Access to… Read More

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) is working on an initial data cleaning effort necessary to migrate data from DDIS (our legacy mainframe system used to manage depository selection information) into our new system, the Depository Selection Information Management System (DSIMS).  This effort is necessary to convert 30 years of legacy data into a format that… Read More

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) is working on an initial data cleaning effort necessary to migrate data from DDIS (our legacy mainframe system used to manage depository selection information) into our new system, the Depository Selection Information Management System (DSIMS). Due to this effort, the expected launch date of the new DSIMS interface to the FDLP is… Read More