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FGI comment on GPO RFC re Regional Online Selections Draft Policy
Last fall, GPO announced a new Superintendent of Documents (SOD) draft policy statement “Regional Depository Libraries Online Selections.” GPO surveyed regional depository libraries and released the results of that survey in February, 2021. They’re also asking the wider library community and interested parties for comment DUE MAY 16, 2021. FGI has submitted a comment regarding […]
FGI’s guide to “unreported” FDLP publications
Introduction Four easy steps to reporting “unreported” publications Strategies for finding “unreported” documents (more tips and tricks!) Historically “Unreported” materials of particular interest History of the problem Appendix: how to fill out the askGPO form Introduction “Unreported” publications (which were, until recently, called “fugitive” publications) are those that are within scope of the Federal Depository […]
Analysis of GPO’s proposed Title 44 changes to FDLP and FGI’s suggestions
As we noted last week, there is another effort underway to update Title 44 and “modernize” the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). The Government Publishing Office (GPO) has put together a proposal for Legislative Revisions to Title 44 U.S.C., Chapter 19 and have asked for comments by MARCH 5, 2021. As always, we approach changes […]
GPO’s Collection Development Plan falls short of the “National Collection”
The Government Publishing Office (GPO) recently released its updated document entitled GPO’s System of Online Access: Collection Development Plan (here are the 2016 and 2018 Plans for comparison) which is “revised annually to reflect content added to govinfo in the preceding fiscal year, in-process titles, and current priorities.” The Plan explains GPO’s designated communities for […]
Some facts about the born-digital “National Collection”
April 9, 2022 / Leave a comment
We want to contribute a couple of facts and context about the born-digital “National Collection” to help inform the discussions on the priorities of GPO and FDLP libraries at the upcoming spring 2022 Depository Library Conference as well as discussions surrounding the work of the all-digital FDLP task force. We believe these facts lead to […]
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