Administrative Notes 

Newsletter of the Federal Depository Library Program

Vol. 29, no. 07-08 GP 3.16/3-2:29/07-08 July 15/Aug. 15, 2008 

HIGHLIGHTS 

Interagency 

Seminar 1 

New Self-Study 

Module 2 

CGP 

Enhancements 2 

Registry of 

Digitization 

Projects 2 

Bulletin Board 

Migration 3 

Future of the 

FDLP / R. Davis, 

Remarks, ALA 4 

GPO Update, 

ALA 2008 9 

Another Successful Interagency 

Seminar Completed 

Fifty-eight librarians and other staff from 45 depository libraries in 23 

states attended the week-long Interagency Depository Seminar which 

concluded August 1. Twenty GPO staff covered the history, operations, 

and new initiatives of the U.S. Government Printing Office, as well as 

technical services procedures and requirements of the Federal Depository 

Library Program. The majority of the information-dense week was 

devoted to presentations on Federal information products by 17 

representatives from 9 other Federal agencies, including: 

• Defense Technical Information Center 

• Library of Congress 

• Office of the Federal Register 

• Consumer Product Safety Commission 

• Office of Head Start 

• STAT-USA (Dept. of Commerce) 

• U.S. Bureau of the Census 

• U.S. Copyright Office 

• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 

Participants overwhelmingly rated the seminar as good to excellent (4.5 

out of 5) in their evaluations. One enthusiastic librarian commented: 

I feel honored to be at this seminar – even though some sessions were 

more interesting to me, all the sessions were exceptionally well taught. 

As a new government documents librarian, these sessions are a key 

component in jumpstarting my thought processes to provide informative 

and innovative services to students, faculty, and the public. It is 

important to be aware of what the GPO & FDLP partnership is and how 

depository libraries and librarians are part of this partnership. One of the 

important aspects of this seminar is meeting and forming bonds with 

other depository librarians. I was fortunate in finding several other 

librarians with whom I will continue to form dynamic relationships. 

If you or other staff in your library would benefit from this experience, 

mark your calendar: the 2009 seminar will be held in Washington, DC on 

July 27-31. Look for announcements and the registration form on the 

FDLP Desktop early in 2009. We look forward to seeing you! 
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New Self-Study Public Services Module Drafted 

GPO has issued a draft of an update of the 

Self-Study of a Federal Depository Library 

(Federal Depository Library Manual, 

Supplement 3, Revised 1999). The new SelfStudy of a Federal Depository Library is 

designed to enable depository coordinators to 

become more familiar with their depository 

operations and to determine areas needing 

improvement or change. 

We encourage you to review the module at 

<http://www.fdlp.gov/selfstudy/news/index.h

tml>, and we welcome your comments. We 

will give your feedback careful consideration 

as we continue the Self-Study revision 

process. 

The Public Services module contains a list of 

questions on depository public services, 

suggestions on evaluating your responses, 

and a section on tracking progress where 

change is warranted. An overview of legal 

authorities, a list of GPO and library 

resources for review, and definitions of terms 

are also included. 

CGP Enhancements Implemented 

GPO has recently implemented enhancements 

made to the Catalog of U.S. Government 

Publications (CGP). The enhancements 

include: 

• Easier navigation - The navigation bar 

now appears on the basic search page. 

• Improvements in the CGP "Help" 

section - More specific, customized 

assistance is now available. 

• Links to the Federal Depository 

Library Directory have been added. 

• GPO PURLs have been established 

for all search pages. 

For a more complete description of the 

enhancements, visit: 

<http://www.fdlp.gov/latest/cgpenhancements.html> 

Registry of U.S. Government Publication 

Digitization Projects Relaunched 

The U.S. Government Printing Office has 

launched an enhanced version of the Registry 

of U.S. Government Publication Digitization 

Projects. All listings from the previous 

iteration have been incorporated into the new 

site, which is available at: 

<http://registry.fdlp.gov>. 

The enhanced Registry provides the ability 

to: 

• Browse digitization projects by category 

or alphabetically by title. 

• Search the entire Registry or filter 

searches by category or fields. 

• Quickly access new and recently updated 

listings. 

• Utilize RSS feeds to keep informed of 

new and updated projects. 

• View listings by contributor. 

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• Contact fellow digitization participants. 

• Recommend listings to others. 

• Report broken links. 

And much more! 

GPO hopes that the robust features and easyto-use nature of the enhanced Registry 

encourages fellow digitization participants to 

build a comprehensive listing of all Federal 

digitization projects. Project listings derive 

from voluntary and solicited contributions 

from Federal depository and other libraries, 

Federal and other government agencies, and 

other non-profit institutions. 

If you have a project you would like to add to 

the Registry, apply to become a contributor. 

Once an account has been created, users can 

add and edit projects. Additions and updates 

are reviewed by GPO staff prior to 

publishing. 

Federal Bulletin Board Migration Planned 

Library Services and Content Management 

(LSCM) has announced the anticipated 

migration of the Federal Bulletin Board 

(FBB) application to a new electronic 

environment. The FBB is a free electronic 

bulletin board service of the Superintendent 

of Documents, U.S. Government Printing 

Office (GPO). The service enables Federal 

agencies to provide self-service access to 

Federal information in electronic form to the 

public. Agencies use the FBB as a means to 

distribute electronic files in various file 

formats. 

The FBB is a component of the GPO Access 

service and provides utility and support files 

for use with GPO Access online, searchable 

databases. 

Senate Report 103-27 incorporated the FBB 

into GPO Access. 

GPO is testing a new environment residing 

on a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server that 

will provide enhanced stability and 

functionality for downloading and uploading. 

This site will have a similar look and feel to 

the current FBB and will be easy to use. The 

new environment supports a clean interface, 

while at the same time, providing a modern 

infrastructure to accommodate changing 

technology. The FBB will continue to serve 

in its capacity as a quick, easy way to share 

information with GPO and others, and also as 

a simple and efficient archive. 

As with the current FBB interface, the public 

will be guaranteed all read access permissions 

of the material. Authorized users with a 

username, password, and FTP client who 

wish to upload data to the site will have read, 

add, and update permissions. An FTP client 

can also be used to download multiple files 

from FBB directories at one time. 

Features like sorting files by preference and 

minimal file naming restrictions will be 

available, in addition to other comparable 

functionalities the current FBB environment 

possesses. 

Beta testing will be conducted with users 

from Federal agencies and the depository 

community. GPO anticipates continued 

testing and development over the next couple 

of months, targeting a public release later this 

summer. 

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What Will the Future of the FDLP Look Like? 

Richard Davis 

Acting Superintendent of Documents 

& Director, Library Services and Content Management 

Before the 

Joint Meeting of ALA and GODORT Legislation Committees 

Deliberative Dialog on the Future of the FDLP 

American Library Association 2008 Annual Conference 

Anaheim, California 

June 28, 2008 

Good afternoon. Before I gaze into my crystal 

ball I want to thank the ALA Washington 

Office for inviting me to participate in this 

discussion on the future of the Federal 

Depository Library Program. I also want to 

thank ALA’s Committee on Legislation and 

GODORT’s Legislation Committee for 

devoting their valuable meeting time to this 

topic. 

INTRODUCTION 

This is an opportune time for this meeting, as 

GPO has embarked on very different yet 

related activities: development of a strategic 

plan for the FDLP, revitalization of the 

inspection program into public access 

assessments, as well as continuing work on 

the study of regional depository libraries for 

the Joint Committee on Printing. 

Charles Darwin said that it is not the 

strongest or most intelligent species that will 

survive but the one that can best adapt to 

change. Similarly, organizations that adapt to 

change while at the same time retaining their 

core ideology are the most successful and 

lasting. As we near 2013, the bicentennial of 

the roots for the FDLP, GPO wants the 

Program to continue to last and be successful. 

I believe this is what you all want as well. In 

order to have a sustainable FDLP, we need to 

be transparent in our exchange of ideas with 

each other. We need to work together as a 

FDLP community, not as separate entities. 

Recognizing that while we will never agree 

100 percent of the time, we need to work to 

reach consensus and build coalitions with 

each other, in order to make sound decisions 

for the FDLP of today and tomorrow. 

What will the future of the FDLP look like? 

That is the $64,000 question. 

GPO’s A Strategic Vision for the 21st 

Century, issued in December of 2004, 

includes a goal to develop a new model for 

the Federal Depository Library Program 

(FDLP), which increases partner flexibility. 

The Depository Library Council’s September 

2006 paper, Knowledge Will Forever 

Govern: A Vision Statement for Federal 

Depository Libraries in the 21st Century, 

supports this direction as well. These two 

documents have guided the direction, 

initiatives, and priorities of Library Services 

and Content Management (LSCM) at GPO 

for administering the FDLP, along with Title 

44 of the U.S. Code. 

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ASSUMPTIONS 

As we look to the future, there are several 

assumptions that we can make about the 

depository library program of tomorrow: 

• Developments in the larger library world 

are informing the future of the FDLP; 

• Fewer Federal depository library 

professionals will be steeped in the FDLP 

or in Federal resources; 

• Depository libraries must be allowed to 

adapt to technological and program 

changes to perform their roles; 

• Competencies to lead and manage the 

Federal depository of the future will be 

different than those of the traditional 

depository library; 

• Collaboration and cooperation are 

essential; 

• Government agencies and the private 

sector will continue to independently 

develop tools and resources to locate 

government information; 

• Partnerships between the government and 

the private sector will continue to develop 

and increase; 

• GPO needs to promote depositories, its 

resources and tools outside of the FDLP; 

• An enhanced system is needed to ensure 

the persistent identification and 

description of Government information 

products available via Government 

electronic information services; 

• A primarily electronic FDLP offers 

opportunities to make more information 

locally available to the public, with 

enhanced functionality; and 

• As an unintended consequence of 

technology, the trend to shift costs from 

agencies to the user or to libraries will 

continue to occur. 

IT IS ALL ABOUT ACCESS 

It’s all about access. The statutory mandate, 

the foundation, and our reason for being, is to 

provide no-fee access to the Government’s 

information. This has not and it will not 

change. The core ideology behind the Federal 

Depository Library Program can be summed 

up with these five principles of Government 

information: 

• The public has the right of access to 

government information; 

• Government has the obligation to 

disseminate and provide broad public 

access to its information; 

• Government has an obligation to 

guarantee the authenticity and integrity of 

its information; 

• Government has an obligation to preserve 

its information; and 

• Government information created or 

compiled by government employees or at 

government expense should remain in the 

public domain. 

The American Library Association, American 

Association of Law Libraries, other library 

associations as well as the Office of 

Management and Budget have principles of 

Government information as did the National 

Commission on Libraries and Information 

Science. While they may not all share the 

exact wording, the intent is the same ― the 

Government must make its information 

available to the public in order to have a more 

informed citizenry to participate in the 

democratic process. This belief dates back to 

our Founding Fathers and will not change 

with time nor will the principles of 

Government information. 

GPO’s vision of the Federal Depository 

Library Program is to provide Government 

information when and where it is needed. 

And the mission of the FDLP is to provide 

for no-fee ready and permanent public access 

to Federal Government information, now and 

for future generations. This is achieved 

through: 

• Organizing processes that enable desired 

information to be identified and located; 

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• Expert assistance rendered by trained 

professionals in a network of libraries; 

• Collections of publications at a network 

of libraries; and 

• Archived online information 

dissemination products from GPO 

Access, Federal agency Web sites, and 

partner Web sites. 

Collections, services, and communication 

support each other and provide or facilitate 

the means for access. Additionally if we are 

to achieve the mission, the FDLP must exist 

in a collaborative and flexible environment. 

Collections. Options for building depository 

collections will increase. There has been a 

paradigm shift in preservation of depository 

materials. Regional depositories have the 

responsibility for permanent public access in 

the tangible publication environment. In the 

online information environment, GPO has 

assumed primary responsibility for ensuring 

content availability and permanent public 

access, the requirements for which are 

included in GPO’s Federal Digital System. 

We have asked the developers of this system 

to also enable the capability to push 

preservation or access level derivative digital 

files to depository libraries. Collaboration and 

partnerships with libraries and agencies for 

digitizing and permanent public access for 

depository content will be the norm. Just last 

week GPO announced the launch of a “new 

and improved” Registry of U.S. Government 

Digitization Projects 

(http://registry.fdlp.gov/), from which one 

can determine digitization projects that are 

completed, in process, or identify potential 

digitization partners. We are also leading an 

effort to release a request for proposal for the 

mass digitization of the FDLP legacy 

collection of documents. 

Services. In the FDLP of the future, GPO 

will continue to support depository libraries 

as they provide access to Government 

information to the American public through 

traditional services as well as through 

enhanced or new services made possible by 

the digital age. 

GPO has developed a marketing plan, 

portions of which already have been 

implemented. If you haven't already, you can 

take a look at the plan on the FDLP Desktop 

and you can see some new promotional 

materials at the GPO booth here at the 

conference. GPO is continuing its 

authentication activities so users will have a 

visual clue to the authenticity of the online 

resources depositories advertise. We must 

continue work with Federal agencies, so they 

likewise authenticate content at the point of 

creation, to establish the official nature of 

content throughout the information lifecycle. 

As most of you probably know, GPO 

procured OPAL (online programming for all 

libraries), a Web-based training service. We 

have facilitated depository community use of 

OPAL. The most recent program was “The 

Conservation Kitchen: Basic Tools for Any 

Preservation Recipe” presented by the 

Washington State Library. One of the 

strengths of the FDLP has always been the 

dedication and expertise of the depository 

coordinators and the staff of depository 

libraries. Librarians are striving to serve users 

with content and/or help at their point of 

need. Depository librarians have a presence 

in Second Life, Facebook, Myspace, and 

other social networking applications. GPO 

sent staff to the Consortium for Federal 

Virtual Worlds Expo at the end of April in 

Washington, DC, and we are now 

brainstorming on how GPO and the FDLP 

might have a presence in this 3-D space. To 

leverage the network and expertise of Federal 

depository librarians, GPO recently entered 

into a partnership with Government 

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Information Online: Ask a Librarian (GIO), a 

chat and Web-based e-mail reference service. 

Communication must exist between and 

among GPO, depository libraries, other 

Federal agencies, and the public and 

communities served by depository libraries. 

Among GPO’s planned efforts to foster 

communication and collaboration are creating 

shared working spaces and discussion forums 

as well as other Web 2.0 social networking 

applications on the FDLP Desktop. 

Depository librarians are creating wikis, 

blogs, and rss feeds. Examples of these 

communications are Free Government 

Information (FGI) and the University of 

Alabama’s rss feed of recently cataloged 

titles. 

GPO is actively communicating and 

collaborating with other external stakeholders 

in the standards and government information 

policy arena. We participate in CENDI, the 

National Digital Information Infrastructure 

and Preservation Program (NDIIPP), 

Government Information Preservation 

Working Group (GIPWOG), and others. 

In today’s online environment, change is 

happening at such a rapid rate that a “blur” is 

created. The blur is described by Davis and 

Meyer, in their book by the same name, as 

the convergence of speed, connectivity, and 

intangibles that create indistinguishable lines 

between products and services and buyers 

and sellers. Let’s put this in the context of the 

FDLP using the example of the National 

Atlas of the United States of America. In the 

tangible world the National Atlas is a book of 

maps; online it is more. It is a service that 

allows users to download data into GIS 

applications. It also allows users to create 

customized maps by choosing which 

elements to include and the elements can 

come from multiple agencies; the user 

becomes the creator/publisher. 

It is not business as usual. A different model 

or perhaps multiple models are required for 

the FDLP. The future of the FDLP can be 

depicted as a pyramid. Services, collections, 

and communications each are represented as 

a face of the pyramid, and the base or 

foundation of the pyramid represents access. 

As one “climbs” the pyramid the distinctions 

between collections, services, and 

communications blur. Necessarily 

collaboration and flexibility encompass and 

permeate the entire pyramid – no one library 

can “do it all.” 

Depository libraries will continue to facilitate 

access to the American public. GPO working 

actively with depositories will ensure 

accessibility, findability, and usability of 

government information dissemination 

products. GPO will ensure permanent public 

access to, provide version control of, and 

authenticate digital content. GPO will also 

notify depository libraries of content 

availability and changes to content when 

made by our Government. 

TITLE 44 AND THE FUTURE 

GPO will administer the FDLP in a manner 

that allows depository libraries the most 

flexibility within the mandates of Title 44, 

United States Code. The current law has 

served us well over the past decades. It is a 

tremendous challenge, however, to operate in 

today’s environment under legislative 

directives designed for a print-on-paper based 

world. While the GPO Access Act and the 

movement to a primarily electronic FDLP 

created many opportunities to enhance access 

and services to Government information 

dissemination products, there have not been 

corresponding revisions to Chapter 19 to 

provide regional and selective depository 

libraries the flexibility required to operate in 

an online and networked environment. 

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The Joint Committee on Printing (JCP), in the 

same letter which directed GPO to conduct 

the study of conditions in regional depository 

libraries, asked that GPO recommend any 

legislative changes that would improve the 

Program. The narrow time frame required to 

present findings and recommendations to the 

JCP did not allow the opportunity for GPO to 

undertake discussions and deliberations 

necessary to make informed decisions and 

suggested revisions to Title 44. This is not a 

process to be hurried, which is why GPO 

recommended continued dialog with the 

depository community, a more in-depth study 

of the FDLP, and if necessary, have the 

outcomes of these activities drive Title 44 

revisions. 

GPO does not intend to open the door to 

sweeping revisions of Title 44 or Chapter 19. 

As the Depository Library Council wrote in 

their Knowledge Will Forever Govern, 

“Current regulations governing the FDLP 

should be changed only in consultation with 

participating libraries. For libraries, the costs 

and benefits of federal depository status are a 

careful balance. The impact of any regulatory 

changes to the FDLP should be thoroughly 

reviewed by the library community”. 

I have followed the Title 44 discussion on 

GOVDOC-L. The discussion illustrates the 

challenges GPO faces in achieving consensus 

to administer a program that must meet 

diverse needs. The postings were well 

thought out, all made very good points, and 

the directions proposed in the messages were 

varied. This is exactly the kind of discussion 

and deliberation we were hoping to have 

when, in Regional Depository Libraries in 

the 21st Century: A Time for Change?, GPO 

recommended: 

Continuing the dialog between 

GPO and the depository 

community about the outcomes of 

this study and to undertake a more 

in-depth look at the 

organizational, financial, and 

technological issues affecting the 

FDLP in its entirety, not just the 

regional depository libraries. 

During the course of the regional study GPO 

found that ten regional depository libraries 

are reconsidering regional designation and an 

additional three regionals are neutral on this 

issue. If the budget pendulum swings in a 

different direction or some other 

circumstances change, we could potentially 

lose 13 regionals ― that’s 25%. In fact one of 

the 10 libraries is now in the process of 

relinquishing its regional status. 

The library community commented on the 

draft shared regional guidelines this time last 

year. GPO reviewed all the comments. 

Though we did not incorporate all the 

comments we received ― if we had, the 

guidelines would be full of contradictions ―

I believe we reached a very good and 

workable compromise. As a matter of fact, 

after GPO released the final guidelines, I 

received several calls and e-mails praising the 

final version. Some of those communications 

were from people who were very vocal about 

not approving of them. This is why we 

consider the Guidelines as having the 

acceptance of the library community. 

CONCLUSION 

There is not one correct answer to the 

question of what the future of the FLDP will 

look like or how we should get there. To be 

sure, the future requires flexibility and 

collaboration to accommodate the varied 

needs of our users and the varied needs of our 

depository libraries. I guarantee that GPO 

will not consider any scenarios for the future 

where access to Federal Government 

information is diminished. We are a creative 

community that is passionately dedicated to 

our mission. Through continued open dialog, 

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such as we are engaged in today, and 

collaboration we can all be winners. More 

importantly, the public we serve will be the 

biggest winner.Again, thank you very much 

for organizing this forum on the future of the 

FDLP and for asking me to participate. While 

I would like to stay and listen, I have a 

previous commitment at GODORT’s Federal 

Documents Task Force meeting, which is at 

this same time. I am accessible by e-mail. If 

you have any questions, please feel free to 

contact me at rdavis@gpo.gov. 

[Handout] 

GPO Update 

Ric Davis 

Acting Superintendent of Documents & 

Director, Library Services and Content Management 

Federal Documents Task Force Meeting 

ALA 2008 Annual Conference 

Anaheim, CA 

June 28, 2008 

REGIONAL STUDY

• GPO was directed by the Joint Committee 

on Printing (JCP) to determine the extent 

to which public access via the FDLP may 

be impaired by current or projected 

organizational, financial, technological, or 

other conditions affecting regional 

depository libraries. 

• GPO has completed the report. It is 

entitled, Regional Depository Libraries in 

the 21st Century: A Time for Change? 

• The JCP has now asked GPO to make it 

available as a draft and to seek comments 

from the depository community. 

Comments may be submitted until June 

30, 2008.

AUTHENTICATION

• Digitally signed the PDF files for the 

Fiscal Year 2009 Budget of the United 

States Government on GPO Access for 

the first time, released on February 4, 

2008. 

• GPO used the newly deployed Automated 

PDF Signing (APS) system to sign these 

files. 

• The APS system has been integrated into 

the beta Authenticated Public and Private 

Laws application that was released in 

May 2007. 

• Planning is underway for authentication 

of additional GPO Access applications, 

particularly Congressional Bills. 

FDLP MARKETING PLAN

• Plan released via the Desktop in May 

2008. Three components to the Plan: 1) 

launch of a new marketing campaign to 

support the promotion of Federal 

depository libraries, 2) tips and strategies 

to empower FDLs to promote themselves 

to non-FDLs, and 3) tips and strategies to 

empower FDLs to promote themselves to 

the general public. 

• Campaign is currently being launched. 

Visit GPO booth for more details. There 

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will also be marketing programs at 

Interagency and Fall Council. 

• New promo products soon available for 

order from the Desktop (two of which are 

available at the booth right now). 

• FDLP promotional videos are currently in 

production. Soon will be available from 

Desktop, and libraries can take these 

videos and place them on their library 

Web sites. 

FDLP DESKTOP

• The FDLP Desktop provides the 

community with the latest news and 

updates regarding the FDLP. 

• More interactive features will continue to 

come online that will allow our users to 

interact not only with GPO, but with the 

community as a whole. This interaction is 

coordinated through individual user 

accounts. 

• Registration is open to the public and 

unlocks features such as the ability to 

receive automated, customized news 

alerts through FDLP Express; order 

FDLP promotional materials; add your 

library events to our community calendar; 

register/unregister for conferences; and 

more. 

DIGITIZATION

• GPO is working with staff at the Library 

of Congress (LC) on two important 

digitization projects. GPO is assisting LC 

in the digitization of the Bound 

Congressional Record from the 43rd 

Congress through the 105th Congress. 

• LC is digitizing the material to meet 

GPO’s specifications for converted 

content for preservation masters. This 

material will be ingested and made 

available as part of the FDsys. In addition 

to this material, GPO and LC collaborated 

on the digitization of the Statutes at 

Large, which will also be made available 

through the FDsys. 

• GPO continues to work with other 

agencies on the National Digital 

Standards Advisory Board, Federal Still 

Image Digitization Working Group. The 

goal of this project is to establish 

common standards, methods, practices, 

and guidelines for the digitization of 

visual material (excluding motion picture 

images). 

• Common digitization standards will 

enhance the exchange of research results 

and developments, encourage 

collaborative digitization practices among 

Federal agencies and institutions, provide 

the public with a product of uniform 

quality, and set a common benchmark for 

digitization service providers. 

• This highly collaborative project team, 

involving multiple Federal agencies and 

inviting input from outside organizations 

and corporate entities, meets on a regular 

basis. Tools for collaboration and for 

communication will be identified, 

defined, developed, and promoted as a 

project priority. These may include such 

vehicles as wikis, listservs, Web sites, 

conference calls, or conference 

collaboration applications. A public Web 

site will be made available in the near 

future to communicate the objectives, 

methodology, progress and conclusions of 

the working group, as well as to solicit 

public input. 

• GPO staff members are currently working 

on a Statement of Work and expect to 

post a Request For Proposal in the next 

week for digitization of the legacy 

collection at no cost to the Government. 

DIGITAL REGISTRY

• Recent re-launch of an enhanced Registry 

of U.S. Government Publication 

Digitization Projects at 

<http://registry.fdlp.gov> 

• The new Registry is powered by a 

platform that allows for better 

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functionality by the contributors, users, 

and GPO staff. 

• The enhanced Registry allows: 

• Viewing digitization projects by 

category or alphabetically by title 

• Searching the entire Registry as 

well as searching by category or 

fields 

• Viewing a list of new or recently 

updated projects 

• Adding new projects to the 

Registry 

• Adding our RSS feed to your 

reader and staying informed of 

new listings 

• Viewing listings by contributor 

PARTNERSHIPS

• GPO is continuing to expand its 

partnership efforts. 

• On June 4, information on how to request 

access to the Homeland Security Digital 

Library was announced on FDLP-L. 

ONLINE LEARNING

• GPO continues to provide education and 

outreach on topics related to the FDLP 

through Online Programming for All 

Libraries (OPAL), a Web conferencing 

service <http://www.opal-online.org/>. 

• The first GPO/OPAL presentation by 

depository library staff took place in May 

2008, when Washington State Library 

Preservation and Access Services staff 

demonstrated practical book conservation 

techniques to a live audience. The 40-

minute program is archived for public 

access at http://www.opalonline.org/archiveGPO.htm, along with 

other presentations on FDLP topics. A 

series of presentations on the Federal 

Depository Library Handbook is planned 

for this summer. 

• Depository library staff who would like to 

present educational and training sessions 

for the benefit of the community should 

complete the Online Educational Program 

Proposal Form at 

<http://www.fdlp.gov/learning/opalpropo

sal.html>. 

UPCOMING MEETINGS

• The 2008 Annual Interagency Depository 

Seminar will be held July 28 - August 1, 

2008 in Washington, D.C. The free 

seminar, open to depository library staff, 

provides an opportunity for both new and 

experienced documents personnel to 

review basic materials and learn about 

new products directly from Federal 

agency staff. 

• The Fall 2008 Federal Depository Library 

Conference & Fall Depository Library 

Council Meeting will be held October 20 

– 22, 2008 in Arlington, Virginia at the 

Doubletree Hotel. 

• The Spring 2009 Depository Library 

Council Meeting will be held April 20 – 

22, 2009 in Tampa, Florida at the Hyatt 

Regency Tampa. 

• Both DLC meetings are free and open to 

the public. 

• Registration information for all at 

www.fdlp.gov. 

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Another Successful Interagency Seminar Completed................................................................... 1 

New Self-Study Public Services Module Drafted ........................................................................ 2 

CGP Enhancements Implemented ................................................................................................ 2 

Registry of U.S. Government Publication Digitization Projects Relaunched .............................. 2 

Federal Bulletin Board Migration Planned................................................................................... 3 

What Will the Future of the FDLP Look Like? / Richard Davis, Remarks, ALA 2008 

 Annual Conference ..................................................................................................................... 4 

GPO Update, ALA 2008, Annual Conference.............................................................................. 9 

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