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Digital Access Partners

  • Last Updated: February 20, 2025
  • Published: July 17, 2024

What are Digital Access Partners?

If you have digitized or born digital content within scope of the National Collection in your institution’s repository, this partnership may be right for you.

Digital Access Partners (DAPs) make a commitment to make publicly accessible digital resources within scope of the FDLP at no fee. GPO directs users to these resources via bibliographic records in the CGP and PURLs. In the event the DAP is no longer able to retain or make the resources publicly accessible, the partner will transfer copies of the digital resources and any associated metadata to GPO.

Active Digital Access Partners

PartnerNCSAContribution
Arizona State Library, Archives and Public RecordsWestArizona Memory Project
Central University Libraries of Southern Methodist UniversitySouthHistoric government publications from World War II 
Cleveland Public LibraryMidwestHistoric war related government publications
Donald E. Pray Law Library, College of Law at the University of OklahomaSouthAmerican Indian and Alaska Native documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899
Federal Reserve Bank of St. LouisN/AFederal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research (FRASER)
Government Accountability Office (GAO)N/AGAO Reports and Comptroller General Decisions
Library of Congress (LC)NortheastBorn digital and digitized publications within scope of the National Collection available through all Library of Congress websites
Milner Library, Illinois State UniversityMidwestAnswering the call: World War I posters
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)N/ANASA STI repository 
National Library of MedicineNortheastPublications, bibliographic files, terminology, and other data files in medicine from NLM
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)N/ANREL publications
Naval Postgraduate SchoolN/AHomeland Security Digital Library
NOAA Central LibraryNortheastNOAA Institutional Repository
Ralph Brown Draughon Library, Auburn University SouthAir Information Circulars
Thurgood Marshall Law Library, University of Maryland School of Law, U.S. Commission on Civil RightsNortheastHistoric publications of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
University of Iowa LibrariesMidwestU.S. Government posters
University of Kentucky LibrariesSouthWPA publications

Digital Access Partner Spotlight

A partnership between the United States Government Printing Office, The United States Commission on Civil Rights and the Thurgood Marshall Law Library was established in 2006.

In conjunction with the Thurgood Marshall Law Library's strategic plan to enhance its civil rights collection in support of the School of Law's teaching and research mission, the Library has worked since 2001 to create a complete electronic record of United States Commission on Civil Rights publications held in the Library's collection and available on the USCCR website. The publications are made available over the internet as page image presentations in PDF format. Publications are also searchable by keyword and accessible by date, title and SuDoc number.

Benefits of Being a Digital Access Partner

  • GPO Partnership logoGain national recognition for the work of your institution.
  • Increasing access to and discoverability of parts of the National Collection.
  • Consultation with GPO’s digital preservation experts.

Expectations for Digital Access Partners

  • A written public access plan or public access policies relating to the availability, reliability, and accessibility of Government information.
  • The support and maintenance of a fully accessible and functional digital platform, information systems, and automated services for distributing, discovering, and searching for Government information.
  • Provision of Government information to the public in a variety of open, accessible digital formats, ideally those formats which are listed in the Library of Congress’ recommended list of Sustainable File Formats and, where applicable and possible, to the Federal Agency Digital Guidelines Initiative.
  • Documented knowledge of the specific technical and information needs of their user communities, including the FDLP, and their stakeholders necessary to access and make use of their digital collections.
  • The implementation of controlled metadata schemas to describe, organize, and provide access to Government information.
  • The implementation of persistent identifiers to ensure all digital objects are uniquely identifiable, traceable, and that users are able to access the digital resources via persistent links.
  • The institution must provide a copy of the access and mater files along with any accompanying metadata to GPO in the event the institution is no longer able to provide no-fee public access.
  • The content covered by the partnership agreement is within scope of the FDLP. 

How to Become a Digital Access Partner

Please contact us via askGPO to learn more about how your institution can participate. When submitting a question, select the category, “Partnerships.”

Resources and Documentation

  • Digital Access Partner Criteria

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  • Digital Access Partners
    • What are Digital Access Partners?
    • Active Digital Access Partners
    • Benefits of Being a Digital Access Partner
    • Expectations for Digital Access Partners
    • How to Become a Digital Access Partner
    • Resources and Documentation

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