National Collection Service Areas

National Collection Service Areas (NCSA) group Federal depository libraries into four areas as a means of ensuring geographically dispersed permanent public access to Federal Government information products, sharing resources among depository libraries, and receiving services from GPO’s Library Services and Content Management (LSCM).In 2015, Joint Committee on… Read More
LSCM Pilot Projects: the Application Process February 16, 2022

Bibliographic Cataloging: eBooks

OverviewSince July 2013, LSCM has been identifying and acquiring eBooks for inclusion in the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). Local GPO policy does not consider a PDF to be an eBook, so the term “eBook” in this chapter refers to EPUB and MOBI versions. eBooks may be available in other versions; please contact your supervisor if you have unusual… Read More

National Debate Topic for High Schools, 2021-2022: Special Selection Offer

New Electronic Titles for January 2022

  • New Electronic Titles (NET) are now available for January 2022. These files are accessible from the New Titles section of the Catalog of U.S. Government… ... Read More

    • Bibliographic Cataloging: Microfiche

    In the past, GPO cataloged a variety of microfiche, including original microfiche (such as computer output microfiche, or COM), and microfiche issued by other agencies, such as ERIC, GAO, and NASA. As of December 2015, most of the microfiche cataloged by GPO are GPO produced reproduction microfiche. GPO currently distributes Congressionals, the Code of Federal… Read More

    Bibliographic Cataloging: Treaties

    The first official publication of U.S. treaties and international agreements is through the Treaties and Other International Acts Series (TIAS). Treaties are found at the U.S. Department of State Web site Treaties and Other International Acts Series (TIAS). Treaties are numbered with a two digit chronological designation for the year of publication by… Read More

    Bibliographic Cataloging: Public and Private Laws

    Public Laws Most laws passed by Congress are public laws which affect society as a whole. Numbering consists of the Congress followed by the number of the individual law (e.g. Public Law 113-3 refers to the third law passed by the 113th Congress). Public Laws often have a citation (or short) title in addition to a formal title. The citation title is usually but not… Read More
  • The Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) and MetaLib will undergo routine maintenance from Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 8:00 p.m. (EST) through Thursday, February… ... Read More
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