LSCM Pilot Project 2 with University of North Texas Libraries

  • Last Updated: January 27, 2026
  • Published: July 21, 2023

Overview

Launched in 2021, LSCM Pilot Projects are focused initiatives designed to benefit the FDLP community and enhance the National Collection of U.S. Government Public Information. These projects are jointly-conducted with Federal depository libraries. Learn more by visiting the LSCM Pilot Projects page.

Pilot Project Opportunity 2 was open for submissions between March 1 and April 15, 2022, and the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries was selected as the second LSCM Pilot Project participant in July 2022. 

Since that time:

  • The collaborative LSCM/UNT Libraries team drafted a detailed project plan.
  • The team conducted a preliminary inventory of approximately 800 World War II-era military technical manuals held at UNT Libraries.
  • LSCM staff visited UNT and conducted an onsite digital-imaging collection-level assessment in April 2023 in order to select the best copy of duplicate titles from the collection and ensure all publications were in acceptable condition for digitization.
  • After the onsite assessment of the UNT military technical manuals was complete, 643 were prepared for digital-imaging by the GPO digitization team and then transferred to the selected digitization contractor in April 2024. 
  • All the print publications were returned to UNT Libraries in May 2025, and are now included in the library’s Preservation Steward collections. 
  • These digitized, historic UNT military technical manuals are now available for permanent public access via GovInfo. The UNT PP2 collection can be found in GovInfo using basic search and the query “mods:pilotproject2unt”. GPO also provided the UNT PP2 digital surrogates and related metadata to the UNT Digital Library in January 2026, and these will eventually be added to that Digital Preservation Steward partnership repository as well.
  • All titles included in UNT Libraries Pilot Project 2 received both print and online version records in the CGP. Those records can be found by using the search string (wlts= PILOTPROJECT2UNT and wur=http?) in expert search. 

The LSCM Pilot Project 2 team will prepare a final report on this collaborative effort with UNT Libraries to record successes and lessons learned for future FDLP project management. 

Updates

Resources and Background Information

GPO staff Abby McDermott (Collection Management Librarian, Pilot Project 2 Lead) and David Walls (Preservation Librarian) visited UNT Libraries April 17 - April 20, 2023, and conducted a collection-level assessment of 840 items. UNT Libraries staff pictured below include Robbie Sittel (former UNT depository coordinator), Betty Monterroso (current UNT depository coordinator), Sam Riney, Mark Phillips, and Mary Ann Venner. Once the UNT Pilot Project 2 military technical manuals were shipped to GPO, other LSCM staff team members met to review the items and make decisions about digital-imaging methods and requirements. Pictured in those photos below are Abby McDermott, David Walls, Suzanne Ebanues, Jessica Tieman, Ben Petersen, and Jacob Kowall. Manuel Dennis, Stephen Kharfen, and Lorelei Sensabaugh are also members of the LSCM Pilot Project 2 team.