RSS Capability Added to Needs and Offers

New Needs and Offers (N&O) posts from Federal depository libraries are usually added weekly to the N&O service maintained by GPO. You may now subscribe to an RSS feed that announces when new posts have been added. Subscribe by going to the N&O page and clicking on either the RSS link in the Web page or the RSS link you see in the browser’s address window. The RSS feature was added to N&O as a result of a suggestion received from the depository library community.

The N&O list is a tool used by depository librarians for collection development purposes. Libraries seeking to dispose of publications withdrawn from their collections may place publications with other depositories, and libraries seeking publications missing from their depository collections may post lists which can be viewed by other depositories, using the N&O service. Depository libraries may offer their discards here, only after they have followed their regional depository librarian's procedures for weeding and received their permission to discard the materials. This is in accordance with practices explained in the Federal Depository Library Handbook.