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

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has been keeping track of the upcoming implementation of the new cataloging standards, Resource Description and Access (RDA). For those readers interested in GPO’s editing of RDA records found in OCLC, and our decision to remove $e rda from our local copy when following the AACR2 standard, read the RDA project page. The RDA… Read More

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has been informed by Congressional Publishing Services (CPS) that one volume of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set was identified with the incorrect session of Congress on the spine.SuDocs Class: Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 15257Item Number: 1008-FShipping List Number: 2012-0034-SShipping List Date: March 7, 2012All selecting libraries will be… Read More

We need your help! Is a U.S. Government Web site or part of a site you use or know about at risk of disappearing? Are you a government document or subject expert, or otherwise interested in helping identify U.S. Federal Government Web sites for collection and preservation? We need your help!AboutIn 2008, the Internet Archive, Library of Congress, California Digital… Read More

The July 2012 issue of FDLP Connection has been released. This month's theme is "Promotion".In her column, Superintendent of Documents, Mary Alice Baish shares the return rates on the FDLP Library Forecasts and announces the expansion of the LSCM education and training program. Meanwhile, your colleagues, Elaine Sandberg (South Carolina State Library) and Susanne Caro … Read More

Thank you to all of the 775 members of the FDLP community who have submitted their Library Forecasts and to those who have organized and participated in the creation and submission of State Forecasts. Your information and viewpoints will help shape the future of the Program and are the foundation for change. We look forward to discussing preliminary findings based on your… Read More

You are invited to a repeat presentation of an educational webinar on Tracking Federal Regulations in GPO's Federal Digital System (FDsys)! Join GPO on Thursday, July 12, 2012 at 2:00 pm EDT as we offer a 45-minute course in utilizing FDsys resources to track Federal regulations through basic and advanced search techniques. The following FDsys regulatory resources will be… Read More

Thanks to the nearly 700 FDLP libraries who have already submitted your Library Forecast. The June 30 deadline is fast approaching, please join the libraries that have already responded and help shape the future of the FDLP. Submit your questionnaires today!Submit your Library Forecast through Survey MonkeySubmit your State Forecast through Survey Monkey Read More

As the U.S. Supreme Court makes its historic decision on The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act today, the authentic, electronic version of the law is available on the U.S. Government Printing Office’s (GPO) Federal Digital System (FDsys). GPO authenticated the document by digital signature. This signature assures the public that the document has not been changed… Read More

Have you missed any of the recent educational webinars on GPO’s Federal Digital System (FDsys)? Would you like to share past FDsys Webinars with your staff? Recent webinars cover introductory information on navigating FDsys, basic and advanced search techniques, working with search results, tracking legislation, and tracking regulations. Visit the new FDsys Webinar… Read More