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With the completion of the U.S. Government Printing Office's (GPO) initial harvesting pilot involving the Web site of the Environmental Protection Agency and the ongoing manual harvesting efforts, Library Services and Content Management (LSCM) is in the process of developing a comprehensive workflow to manage the acquisition, classification, cataloging, and storage… Read More

Federal Depository Library Program stock for the August 1, 2007 issue of the Federal Register (SuDoc class: AE 2.106:72/147, Item no. 0573-C) must be reprinted. Stock for this issue is expected to be delivered and be prepared for shipment to Federal depository libraries in approximately 5 days. Other August issues will continue to be processed for shipment boxes and will… Read More

GPO's Congressional Publishing Services has informed Library Services and Content Management of an error in:Title:  108-1 Schedule of Serial Set Volumes (Title Pages and/or Contents, 108-1 Serial 14802-14861)SuDocs Class No.: Y 1.1/10:108/1Item No.: 1008-D-02Shipping List No. 2007-0355-PShipping List Date: 08/14/2007The titles and table of contents pages are missing… Read More

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) regrets the inconvenience caused by recent distribution problems with depository library shipments. After a thorough review of depository shipment operations, GPO has identified several actions for immediate implementation and additional steps we will be taking in the future to improve shipments of depository materials to our… Read More

In an effort to provide Federal depository libraries and the general public with more timely access to bibliographic records in the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP), Library Services and Content Management (LS&CM) conducted an internal pilot project to develop standards for the creation of brief bibliographic records for monographs.During this pilot,… Read More

GPO is now seeking volunteers to participate in testing its redesigned Needs & Offers (N&O) service.Using this automated service, Federal depository libraries seeking to dispose of publications withdrawn from their collections may place publications with other depositories, while libraries seeking publications missing from their depository collections can state… Read More

Some libraries are reporting confusion about the availability of the Civics and Citizenship Toolkit. To clarify, libraries that are both public AND a depository library are able to register for a free secondary copy in addition to the copy that they will be receiving from the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). The confusion results from the following language… Read More

In June 2006, President George W. Bush created the Task Force on New Americans that included Federal agencies working together in developing a series of initiatives to strengthen immigrant integration efforts. The work of the Task Force on New Americans focuses on inter-agency projects that aim to help immigrants to learn English, embrace the common core of American… Read More

By the authority of the Joint Committee on Printing, the U.S. Government Printing Office's (GPO) Congressional oversight committee, paper versions of the Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (MoCat), its serials supplement, or the Congressional Serial Set Catalog will no longer be published. These products are replaced by the web-based Catalog of U.S… Read More

Acting Public Printer William H. Turri is pleased to announce the appointment of six new members to the Depository Library Council: Gwen Sinclair, Victoria Trotta, Dr. Christopher Greer, Kathryn Lawhun, John Shuler, and Kendall Wiggin.The Depository Library Council (DLC) is composed of 15 members, each of whom serves a three-year term and advises the Public Printer on… Read More