Each December, Federal depository libraries across the Nation celebrate the holidays with beautiful displays and decorations for their patrons to enjoy. Below is a sampling of the many festive ways in which depository libraries have brightened up their spaces. December 2022 ...

The FDLP Coordinator Certificate Program (CCP) is on hold as GPO transitions the FDLP framework to a digital model. Registration for future iterations of the FDLP Coordinator Certificate Program will be announced via FDLP News once content is updated to reflect the new program model. In the meantime, recorded webcasts derived from the CCP curriculum are available via the FDLP Depository Operations Training Series. This series consists of 8 video recordings...

FDLP events are designed to highlight Federal information products and services, offer continuing education opportunities, address issues related to the FDLP, share ideas, and provide networking opportunities for the Federal depository community. Events are announced via FDLP News and Events. View upcoming events on the FDLP Events Calendar. View recording archives of past virtual FDLP events. View transcripts, photographs, and pro...

The Midwest National Collection Service Area (NCSA) is one of four areas in the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) that was established to ensure geographically dispersed permanent public access to Federal Government information products, to receive services from the Government Publishing Office, and to facilitate collaboration between and among Federal depository libraries. About the Midwest NCSA This twelve-state area has 288 Federal ...

The South National Collection Service Area (NCSA) is one of four areas in the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) that was established to ensure geographically dispersed permanent public access to Federal Government information products, to receive services from the Government Publishing Office, and to facilitate collaboration between and among Federal depository libraries About the South NCSA This fourteen-state and two-territory area h...

GPO's Catalog of U.S. Government Publications and GovInfo offer free public access to a wide variety of interesting Government documents. Check out these interesting historic finds. Spring 2024 Digital Content Contributor University of...

Introduction  As GPO moves to a digital Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP), GPO will reduce tangible distribution to Federal depository libraries (FDLs). The number of titles and copies available for print distribution will decrease as GPO works to deliver permanent no-fee public access to digital content for people seeking U.S. Government information. This new, limited print distribution model acknowledges the different print needs and requirements of the...

Work to implement a digital FDLP is ongoing at GPO. The table maps recommendations of the Task Force on a Digital FDLP to action items with status updates. Action Status Notes Develop a staffing plan to support implementation and change management within LSCM and update vacant position descriptions. Planning New positions are on hold due to budget restrictions, but key position analysis and staff training plans are in prog...

National Collection Service Areas (NCSA) group Federal depository libraries into four regions 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 Printing (JCP) specified there be no fewer than four geographically-dispersed tangible copies of a pu...

The Library Services and Content Management (LSCM) business unit of the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) began digital imaging works of the U.S. Government in 2016. The overall objective of digital imaging is to increase public access to historic Federal Government information by making it available digitally on GovInfo, and ultimately to make the entire National Collection of U.S. Government Information available digitally. GPO’s System of Online Access Collec...