Overview
Launched in 2021, LSCM Pilot Projects are focused initiatives designed to enhance the National Collection of U.S. Government Public Information and to help Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) libraries make Government information more discoverable for the public. Learn more by visiting the LSCM Pilot Projects page.
Pilot Project 1 opened for submissions in the fall of 2021, and the Merrill Cazier Library (MCL) at Utah State University was selected to participate.
Through the pilot, GPO teammates visited MCL to assess the condition of tangible documents, conduct item-level inventories, and catalog and digitize Government collections. GPO cataloged and digitized over 1,000 documents, pamphlets, and other materials from World War II-era civil defense publications.
Agencies include:
- Office of Price Administration
- Office of Civil Defense
- Office of War Information
- War Production Board
- Office for Emergency Management
To locate these records in the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP), conduct an Expert Search WLTS=PILOTPROJECT1USU.
To locate the documents in Govinfo, search mods:field:(@name:"GPO Partnership":"Utah State").
Pilot Project 1 was completed in May 2025.
Resources & Updates
- LSCM Pilot Projects Project page
- FDLP News Alert announcing the completion of Pilot Project 1 (May 15, 2025)
- FDLP News Alert announcing the cataloging of print materials for Pilot 1 was completed (June 5, 2023)
- 2022 FDL Conference program: Community Collections and National Contributions: Pilot Projects with the Government Publishing Office (October 18, 2022)
- Condition Assessment of PR 32.4 Documents at Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University, Pilot Project 1 (May 17, 2022)
- FDLP News Alert announcing the official kickoff of Pilot 1 (April 6, 2022)
- Letter of Agreement signed by GPO and Utah State University (February 7, 2022)
Promotional Coverage
- National Information Standards Organization (NISO): Utah State Selected for U.S. GPO Pilot (April 2022)
- USU Today: USU Libraries Selected for U.S. Government Publishing Office Pilot Project (April 18, 2022)
- For the People Radio Interview (KVNU): USU Archiving WWII Documents Pilot Project (April 19, 2022)
- Cache Valley Daily News (April 26, 2022)
GPO staff visited Utah State University’s Merrill Cazier Library in March 2022 for the official kickoff of the Pilot. Here you see some snapshots from their visit.
