Administrative Notes 

Newsletter of the Federal Depository Library Program

Vol. 28, no. 09-10 GP 3.16/3-2:28/09-10 Sept. 15/Oct. 15, 2007 

HIGHLIGHTS 

Tapella Named 

Public Printer 1 

Library of the 

Year Honored 1 

DLC Proceedings 

Online 2 

Library Directory 

Rollout 3 

OPAL Session on 

Authentication 3 

FDLP Express 

Launches 3 

Distribution 

Status Online 4 

Last FY07 

Shipping List 

Numbers 4 

Assessments 4 

Anniversaries 5 

Promotional 

Materials 5 

Contact Form 5 

Handles 6 

Remarks / 

R. Davis 7 

LSCM Update 15 

Robert C. Tapella Becomes Public 

Printer

The U.S. Senate confirmed and President George 

W. Bush signed the commission to make Robert C. 

Tapella the nation’s 25

th 

Public Printer. Tapella will 

lead more than 2,200 employees at the U.S. 

Government Printing Office (GPO). Tapella has 

been involved in GPO’s transformation into a 

profitable 21

st 

Century digital operation during the 

last five years, first as Deputy Chief of Staff and 

then as Chief of Staff. 

"It is a deep honor to become the 25th Public Printer of the United States 

and lead the talented men and women of GPO as we continue to fulfill our 

mission to keep America informed," said Public Printer Robert C. Tapella. 

Missouri Library Takes 

Library of the Year Honors 

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) named Missouri’s 

Middendorf-Kredell Branch of the St. Charles City-County Library as the 

2007 Federal Depository Library of the Year. Public Printer Robert C. 

Tapella presented the award to library officials at the annual Fall Federal 

Depository Library Conference in the nation’s capital. The library is 

located in a growing and changing area outside of St. Louis. Tapella 

complimented the library on being one of the first to move to an online 

environment and provide the public with Government information 

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Public Printer Robert C. Tapella presents the Federal 

Depository Library of the Year Award to Betty Murr of the 

Middendorf-Kredell Branch of the St. Charles City-County 

Library District 

“It is an honor to present the library with this 

award. The Middendorf-Kredell Library has 

demonstrated great leadership in the ever 

changing digital age by creating an online 

forum twelve years ago for the public to 

access Government information,” said Public 

Printer Robert C. Tapella. “I’m especially 

proud of the library’s online program that 

teaches kids about the Government. Uncle 

Sam for Kids was one of the first programs of 

its kind in the nation.” 

"We're certainly not the largest depository, so 

I like to think that our recognition is tied to 

our strength of getting library services out to 

the broader community,” said St. Charles 

City-County Library District Director Carl R. 

Sandstedt. “We have tried for years to 

"knock" the walls out of our buildings and 

push services throughout the area. We are 

simply much more proactive in the delivery 

of services than most public libraries.” 

The library embraced its responsibility to 

public service by offering a wide range of 

programs for the community in the St. Louis 

area. One of the most successful services is 

the Community & Market Analysis program. 

Businesses interested in relocation or 

expanding in the area can get free, 

customized analysis for any address.The two 

Members of the U.S. House of 

Representatives, whose districts include the 

library, offered their congratulations on the 

accomplishments of the library and its 

director. “Although the Federal government 

document collection is extensive and covers a 

broad range of topics, your staff made it 

accessible through a unique “user friendly” 

web portal, understandable via a logical 

method of organization, and easy to use by 

nearly anyone who desired information,” said 

Rep. W. Todd Akin (2nd District, Missouri). 

“A well-informed electorate is indispensable 

to the American form of government.” 

“Your service and dedication to the 

community has been recognized-a distinction 

you most assuredly deserve. I am certainly 

proud to represent a portion of the library 

district in our nation’s capitol,” said Rep. 

Kenny Hulshof (9th District, Missouri). 

2007 Fall DLC Meeting Proceedings Now Online 

The proceedings from the Fall 2007 Federal 

Depository Library Conference and 

Depository Library Council Meeting are now 

available at 

http://www.fdlp.gov/dlc/fall2007/recap.html. 

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New Federal Depository Library Directory 

Rollout Planned 

Library Services and Content Management 

(LSCM) is preparing to launch the new 

Federal Depository Library Directory, a new 

functionality of the Locate Library 

application of the Catalog of U.S. 

Government Publications 

http://catalog.gpo.gov. The Directory will 

have special features and extensive 

information for use by the libraries in the 

FDLP and also provide the public with 

directory information which will enable 

public patrons to come to your depository 

library or contact you when they have 

government documents questions. 

The "Information Brief, Federal Depository 

Library Directory (FDLD)" dated November 

2007 http://www.fdlp.gov/latest/fdld.html

provides an overview of the new application 

and plans for the upcoming phased rollout. 

Additional information and detailed 

instructions will be released in the coming 

weeks. 

Online Session on Authentication 

Available in OPAL Archive 

A FDLP Web-based training session on 

authentication presented on October 30, 2007 

is available for viewing on the GPO OPAL 

site at http://www.opalonline.org/archiveGPO.htm. The presentation 

provided an overview of GPO's 

authentication initiatives for GPO Access, 

focusing on the newly-released beta version 

of an Authenticated Public Laws application. 

FDLP Express Launches 

Do you get too much email? Have you ever 

wished that there was a service where you 

could receive email updates based on the 

news that is important to you? Well wait no 

longer. GPO is happy to announce the launch 

of FDLP Express. 

FDLP Express allows registered members of 

the FDLP Desktop to sign up and receive 

email alerts based on various categories. At 

present, only a few categories are available, 

but more will be added in the near future. 

Once you subscribe to a category or 

categories, the FDLP Desktop checks every 

hour for new content and pushes out alerts 

based on those categories. 

Registration on the FDLP Desktop is 

currently locked down to depository 

coordinators until the completion of the 

Biennial Survey. Registration is anticipated to 

open to the full community in November 

2007. 

FDLP Express is currently housed under 

"Help", but will be moved as we determine 

its proper home. It can also be accessed at 

http://www.fdlp.gov/express/index.html. 

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Depository Distribution Status Page Now Online 

A new Web page designed to keep libraries 

informed of weekly depository shipments has 

been released and is available at 

http://www.fdlp.gov/distribution/index.html. 

The page can be accessed directly from the 

FDLP Desktop homepage from the "Shipping 

Lists This Week" module on the far right 

column. 

Library Services & Content Management will 

use the page to keep libraries informed of the 

shipping lists processed and distributed each 

week. The page will also be used to 

communicate system-wide issues or problems 

with depository shipments. 

The page is updated each Friday, unless 

system-wide issues or problems with 

shipments need to be reported. 

Last Shipping List Numbers for FY2007 

Libraries are reminded that all new items added to item selection profiles during the 2007 

Annual Update Cycle are now active. You should begin receiving these items with the first 

shipping list for FY08 which is currently being prepared for shipment. The last shipping lists 

issued for FY2007 are as follows: 

Electronic 2007-0023-E 

Microfiche 2007-0270-M 

Paper 2007-0416-P 

Separates 2007-0032-S 

GPO Seeks Comments on Draft Library 

Assessments Focus Document 

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) 

is disseminating a draft document entitled, 

"Public Access Assessments: Focus on 

Access, Collections, and Service". It 

describes the focus of the revitalized 

individual Federal depository library 

assessment program, which is organized 

around the major categories of Access, 

Collections, and Service. Various outcomesbased measures will be developed for each 

category after review of this document by the 

library community. 

GPO appreciates your consideration of this 

document and encourages your comments. 

The document and additional information 

about Public Access Assessments is now 

available on the FDLP Desktop at 

http://www.fdlp.gov/assessments/comments.h

tml. The deadline for comments is November 

30, 2007. 
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Celebrating Depository Anniversaries 

Got an anniversary coming up? The FDLP 

Desktop now features tips and ideas on how 

to celebrate your library's commitment to 

making Federal information available to the 

public. Learn how GPO's services can work 

for you in preparing your celebrations at 

http://www.fdlp.gov/promotion/anniversary.h

tml. 

Order FDLP Promotional Materials 

The FDLP Desktop has launched a new 

promotional ordering system where Federal 

depository libraries can receive promotional 

materials, such as flyers, pens, stickers, 

anniversary certificates, and much more. 

These materials are offered at no charge to 

Federal depository libraries. Please use these 

materials to assist you in your efforts to 

increase public awareness of the Federal 

Depository Library Program. 

At present, the system is only available to 

depository coordinators. When FDLP 

Desktop registration opens to the full 

community following the completion of the 

Biennial Survey, the ordering system will be 

open to all Federal depository librarians. 

Please consider carefully the quantity of 

materials needed for your library when 

ordering so that we can continue to offer 

these materials. There is an order limit 

(usually 25 items) on some of the materials in 

order to ensure that we have enough materials 

in stock for everyone. 

Get your promotional materials at: 

http://www.fdlp.gov/order/index.html. 

LSCM Director Contact Form 

Communication with our community is key. 

Subject matter experts are available through 

our askGPO service, which is available at 

http://gpo.custhelp.com/cgibin/gpo.cfg/php/enduser/ask.php. In addition 

to that service, Library Services and Content 

Management has released an LSCM director 

contact form. This form is designed to put the 

community in touch with senior staff within 

the organization. 

The form is available at 

http://www.fdlp.gov/help/directors.html. A 

drop-down form provides access to the 

following contacts: 

• Ric Davis, Director Library Services 

& Content Management 

• Laurie Hall, Director, Library 

Technical Information Services 

• Robin Haun-Mohamed, Director, 

Collection Management & 

Preservation 

• Ted Priebe, Director, Library 

Planning & Development 

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Your Opportunity to Test Handles 

The Next Generation Persistent Identifier 

The persistent identifier of choice for FDsys 

is Handles, developed by the Corporation for 

National Research Initiatives (CNRI). LSCM 

staff is working to test Handles as a proof of 

concept and to determine requirements for 

Handles to be implemented in FDsys. 

While staff continue to test and experiment 

with the capabilities of the software, a 

Handles Web page was created on the FDLP 

Desktop to provide you with background 

information and to allow you to participate in 

beta testing. 

Along with a PURL, five Handles with 

different naming conventions were added to 

the 856 MARC field of approximately thirty 

records in the Catalog of U.S. Government 

Publications (CGP). From the Handles Web 

page you can access the bibliographic records 

and you can link to the online resources, 

through Handles and the PURL. 

The bibliographic records used in the testing 

can also be accessed from the CGP 

http://catalog.gpo.gov. All these records will 

have a 500 note, which can be searched: 

THIS IS A GPO HANDLES TEST 

RECORD, WHICH WILL BE 

REMOVED FROM THE CATALOG 

OR UPDATED AT A LATER TIME. 

This note and the Handles were added to the 

test records after they were imported into 

OCLC. The OCLC records will not contain 

the Handles or the 500 note. 

GPO seeks your comments on Handles. You 

can access the Handles Web page and 

provide comments from 

http://www.fdlp.gov/handles/index.html. The 

deadline for comments is November 26th. 

GPO may or may not use the Handles naming 

conventions presented in the pilot test records 

until additional FDsys development and 

investigation is completed. The feedback you 

provide will be included in the final report 

LSCM will present to the FDsys Project 

Management Office and it will assist GPO in 

determining Handles development priorities. 

A session on Handles at the Federal 

Depository Library Conference was pod cast 

and is available on the FDLP Desktop at 

http://www.fdlp.gov/dlc/fall2007/recap.html. 

If you have any questions, please direct them 

to askGPO at http://gpo.custhelp.com/cgibin/gpo.cfg/php/enduser/ask.php. Use the 

category Federal Depository Libraries and the 

subcategory Handles. 

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Remarks & LSCM Update 

By Ric Davis 

Director, Library Services and Content Management 

and 

Acting Superintendent of Documents 

Good Morning! I want to take this 

opportunity to welcome all of you to the 

Federal Depository Library Conference and 

Fall Depository Library Council meeting and 

say how happy I am to be here with you. 

Throughout the conference, let me encourage 

you to approach me or any member of GPO’s 

staff and talk with us about any of the 

initiatives you hear about today. My best 

advice as always for everyone attending these 

conferences is to not only take time to 

participate in conference sessions, but 

Network! Network! Network! (with your 

colleagues who are here from the library 

community and also with GPO and other 

Federal staff who will make themselves 

available after sessions and on breaks to talk 

with you). As Bob just mentioned, I have 

decided not to pursue the appointed position 

of Superintendent of Documents, but will 

remain in my permanent position as Director 

of the Library Services and Content 

Management business unit, and look forward 

to continuing to serve you in that role. We 

will begin a search for a Superintendent of 

Documents, now that we have a Public 

Printer. Before I begin with some of our 

current initiatives, there are several important 

items of note to speak about. 

Tributes and Thank You’s 

I want to take a moment to pay tribute to Mr. 

Carl A. LaBarre, former Superintendent of 

Documents at GPO, who was laid to rest on 

October 4th in Arlington National Cemetery. 

From his post as the Superintendent of 

Documents, Mr. LaBarre directed a 

nationwide network involving warehousebased mail order operations, 25 bookstores in 

major metropolitan areas, and depository 

libraries in virtually every State and 

congressional district. He made the 

Depository Library Council an effective 

advisory body for the Public Printer and, as 

you well know, it remains so to this day. Mr. 

LaBarre will be remembered with honor and 

respect, and we remain thankful for all he did 

for GPO and the FDLP. 

Next, I want to recognize another very sad 

loss for the community, Mr. Robert Oakley, 

Professor and Law Librarian at Georgetown 

University Law Center, who passed away 

recently. He served on the executive board of 

the American Association of Law Libraries 

and served as its president in 2000 and 2001. 

He performed work and showed unfaltering 

dedication to the association in Washington 

for 18 years, often delivering testimony and 

providing expertise on Capitol Hill. For his 

endless dedication to the field and for his 

kindhearted ways in life, he will be sincerely 

missed. 

Finally, I want to offer an immense “thank 

you” to Mr. Tad Downing, who will be 

retiring from GPO in November after 31 

years of service. His entire tenure at GPO has 

been devoted to working for the 

Superintendent of Documents, both in Sales 

and Library service. Tad led the Sales 

bibliographic operation, as well as 

Acquisitions and the Cataloging Branch. As 

leader of the Cataloging Branch, Tad was 

known by most as the “father” of the Monthly 

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications on 

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CD-ROM, the first electronic iteration of the 

MoCat. Tad will be missed at GPO, and we 

wish him well in the future. 

New Council Members 

As you know, recently, former Acting Public 

Printer William H. Turri announced the 

appointment of six new members to the 

Depository Library Council. The new 

Council members’ term started October 1, 

2007, and I would like to formally welcome 

them and take this opportunity to thank them 

for their commitment to service. Our 

esteemed new members are: 

• Ms. Gwen Sinclair, Head of 

Government Documents & Maps at 

the University of Hawaii at Manoa 

Library

• Ms. Victoria K. Trotta, Associate 

Dean for Information Technology and 

Ross-Blakley Law Library, Arizona 

State University 

• Dr. Christopher Greer, Senior Advisor 

for Digital Data, National Science 

Foundation 

• Ms. Kathryn S. Lawhun, Chief of the 

Main San Francisco Public Library 

• Mr. John A. Shuler, Associate 

Professor and Bibliographer for 

Government Information and Urban 

Planning/ Documents Librarian 

Collections Development of the South 

Morgan Richard J. Daley Library at 

University of Illinois at Chicago 

• Mr. Kendall F. Wiggin, State 

Librarian at the Connecticut State 

Library 

Please join me in giving them a warm round 

of applause. 

New Library in the Program 

I would also like to welcome our newest 

Depository library into the program, the 

Appalachian School of Law Library in 

Grundy, Virginia. Ms. Barbie Selby, the 

Virginia Regional Librarian, was 

instrumental in making this happen, and I 

would like to take this opportunity to thank 

her as well. 

Anniversaries 

2007 has been a significant year in the history 

of the Federal Depository Library Program in 

that it marked the 100th anniversary of the 

largest group of libraries ever to enter the 

program in a single year. On March 1, 1907, 

under the provisions of the Nelson 

Amendment to the First and Second Morrill 

Acts, 43 land-grant colleges entered the 

FDLP. 

To commemorate this significant milestone, 

GPO sent these libraries crystal plaques to 

honor their century-long participation in this 

important public service program. It is my 

pleasure, along with all the staff at GPO, to 

heartily congratulate these libraries for their 

long-term commitment to making Federal 

Government information available to the 

public through the FDLP. 

A complete listing is in your folders. 

Congratulations, and please join me in a 

round of applause for these fine institutions. 

Difference between FDsys and the FDLP 

Over the last few months I have heard 

discussions and received many questions 

regarding GPO’s Future Digital System 

(FDsys) and the FDLP. Questions and 

comments have been along the lines of, 

"What will happen to the FDLP when FDsys 

is implemented?" and "The FDLP may be 

taken over by FDsys." 

The Federal Depository Library Program is a 

congressionally authorized program. In 

reality, FDsys is being built, in part, to serve 

the digital content management needs of the 

FDLP, but it is also a key component of 

information/enterprise architecture for the 

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agency. The FDLP remains an integral 

program for GPO, and the FDsys is an 

information management tool that will 

greatly benefit our program. Some of the 

specific benefits to the program that it will 

provide once implemented include: improved 

search functionality, more authentication, 

version tracking, and online personalization 

options. We are looking forward to the future 

releases of these technologies that you will 

hear much more about later today. 

Budget 

I want to update you on GPO’s FY08 budget 

request, specifically as it relates to the 

Salaries and Expenses Appropriation. House 

Report 2771 and Senate Report 89 are both 

available on GPO Access, both titled the 

Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2008. 

For 2008, GPO requested $45,613,000 for the 

Salaries and Expenses appropriation. Special 

projects for the FDLP fall under this 

category, including: data migration and 

processing new digitized and harvested 

content for GPO Access, FDLP outreach and 

assessments, an expansion of our cataloging 

and indexing program for Web harvesting, 

and other initiatives. The House 

recommendation is that we receive 

$35,434,000. 

While this is significantly less than requested, 

it is an increase of $2,338,000 from what we 

are currently receiving. The Senate 

recommendation is that we receive 

$38,231,000. While this too is significantly 

less than we requested, it is an increase of 

$5,135,000. We are currently waiting on the 

Final Appropriations and working under the 

Continuing Resolution until that time. 

Distribution Backlog 

I also want to inform you that we are 

currently taking steps to improve our 

Depository shipment service. After a 

thorough review of depository shipment 

operations, GPO has identified several areas 

of the operation where we are actively 

working to improve shipments of depository 

materials to our library partners, under the 

leadership of Robin Haun-Mohamed and 

Janet McCaskill. 

• By the end of this week when you 

return back home, the new FDLP 

Desktop will have a new Depository 

Distribution Web page to assist in 

keeping the community informed of 

distribution issues. This Web page 

will be updated weekly to reflect the 

box numbers and shipping lists 

distributed to depository libraries. 

Information on Depository 

Distribution operations, timelines to 

expect for shipment delivery and 

response to claims, and contact 

information will also be available 

from this Web page. 

• We have added seven additional staff 

members to the Distribution 

workforce to improve operational 

efficiencies. 

• We have reviewed procedures and 

processes associated with customer 

inquiries and contacts with all staff. 

The askGPO service has been 

completely tackled. As an additional 

assignment, I have personally taken 

over daily review of our incoming 

CRM inquiries to make sure they get 

properly assigned within the Library 

unit and responded to. 

If you experience any problems with your 

shipments, please contact GPO, and we will 

work to resolve your issues as quickly as 

possible. This can be done through our 

customer relationship management tools on 

GPO Access, or as always, you are welcome 

to email me directly at rdavis@gpo.gov on 

any issues or problems you are having. 

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Biennial Survey 

The 2007 Biennial Survey of Federal 

Depository Libraries is now available from 

fdlp.gov. The survey will be available 

through October 31, 2007, and all Federal 

Depository libraries have a legal obligation to 

participate in the survey. FDLP Desktop 

login accounts are required in order to take 

the survey, and they have been generated for 

all depository library coordinators. If you are 

a coordinator and have not received your 

username and password, please complete the 

appropriate form on fdlp.gov. 

Public Access Assessments 

Public Access Assessments will emphasize 

how each depository library serves the 

Federal Government information needs of the 

general public by reviewing how they provide 

access to and services for their Federal 

depository resources. It is designed to fulfill 

legal requirements "to make firsthand 

investigation of conditions for which need is 

indicated" (44 USC §1909), but this also 

serves as an opportunity for each library and 

GPO to share information in order to 

maximize the effectiveness of the FDLP. 

Kathy Brazee of the Library unit is leading 

this effort for GPO. 

Library Services staff have developed a draft 

policy on individual library assessments as 

well as a description of Access, Collections, 

and Service as they relate to free public 

access and this information. These 

documents, along with situational examples 

outlining free public access issues, will be 

disseminated to the depository community 

and will be discussed in the Assessment 

Council session tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. I 

encourage you to attend and share your 

thoughts with us. 

FDLP Desktop Session 

I would also like to remind you to attend the 

FDLP.GOV session, being held tomorrow, 

from 10:30am – 12:00pm. This will be an 

interactive session and a demo of 

FDLP.GOV. Karen Sieger and her staff in 

our Web content section have done a 

wonderful job redesigning this site for the 

library community and we thank you for the 

positive comments you have been sending in 

both from council and from the broader 

library community. You will have the 

opportunity to learn about the new 

FDLP.GOV functionality and what’s to come 

as we expand that service. To help 

commemorate the launch of the new and 

innovative FDLP Desktop, GPO is presenting 

conference attendees with 512mb flash drives 

with the new fdlp.gov URL on them as a 

promotional item. One of these 

complementary flash drives, along with one 

of our newly re-designed FDLP pins, are 

included in the FDLP Council bag you 

received at registration. 

Spring Conference 

I also wanted to inform you that the Spring 

Depository Library Council meeting will be 

held in Kansas City, Missouri from March 

31, 2008 – April 2, 2008. I look forward to 

seeing you all there. 

Now I want to take the opportunity to talk 

about some of our other operational 

initiatives within Library Services and 

Content Management. 

FDLP Express 

I am also pleased to tell you about a new 

service called FDLP Express. With this new 

service, users can register to have the latest 

news and updates from the new Desktop 

captured and sent right to their e-mail inbox. 

This new service makes it convenient and 

easy for you to stay current with the timeliest 

FDLP updates. FDLP Express will ensure 

that you receive news and updates as quickly 

as possible without having to constantly 

check the Web site for new information. This 

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went public over the weekend, and you 

probably saw the announcement on Sunday. 

Digitization 

In March 2006, a six-month digitization 

demonstration project was authorized by JCP. 

The project began in July 2006 and provided 

GPO the opportunity to test equipment 

capabilities; develop workflow processes; 

analyze costs; and evaluate methods for 

ingest, storage, and access to the digitized 

files. From the demonstration project, it was 

learned that GPO's specifications for 

preservation-level scanning produced high 

quality acceptable derivatives that support 

access and search. The project also revealed 

that GPO should not undertake, in-house, 

mass digitization projects. With this in mind, 

GPO proposes to achieve the goal of a 

digitized legacy collection by taking a path 

which: 

• Establishes partnerships between 

GPO and Federal agencies, depository 

libraries, and other organizations that 

efficiently utilize available resources 

and reduce duplication of effort; 

• Involves GPO digitizing, in-house, 

those types of materials generally not 

digitized by others, e.g., maps, fragile 

materials, microfiche; 

• Permits GPO to determine 

specifications for and manage issues 

relating to quality control of legacy 

collection digitization; 

• Specifies GPO as the leader in 

authenticating the digitized legacy 

collection; 

• Results in the legacy collection 

ultimately being digitized at 

preservation level specifications; and 

• Includes coordination of digitization 

priorities with partners, and 

particularly with the National 

Archives, the Library of Congress, 

and other Federal agencies. 

More information and the proposed path 

forward for digitizing the legacy collection of 

Federal publications are included in the 

Summary Report: Digitization Demonstration 

Project, which is now online as Bob 

mentioned earlier. We look forward to 

receiving your comments to share with JCP. 

Federal Depository Library Handbook 

Final Draft Released 

Next I’d like to speak a bit about the Federal 

Depository Library Handbook. Our Library 

unit under the leadership of Janet Scheitle 

and volunteers from the Federal depository 

community worked together to consolidate 

and update the Instructions to Depository 

Libraries and the Federal Depository Library 

Manual, including its supplements, into one 

online publication. All the chapters were 

reviewed by key stakeholders, including the 

Depository Library Council and professional 

library associations. Each chapter was also 

posted for public comment. Staff reviewed 

comments, integrated them as appropriate, 

and served as final editors. 

The final draft version of the Federal 

Depository Library Handbook is available on 

the FDLP Desktop. Work on the publication 

was divided into two phases. The goal of 

phase one, creating one source for depository 

requirements and guidance, was achieved. 

The Instructions to Depository Libraries and 

the Federal Depository Library Manual with 

its supplements remain in effect until GPO 

completes an overall review to ensure 

consistency throughout the entire publication. 

Once GPO releases the final version of the 

Handbook, it will supersede the current 

Instructions to Depository Libraries and 

Federal Depository Library Manual. 

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Shared Regionals 

Regarding Shared Regionals, in May, GPO 

issued draft Guidelines for Establishing 

Shared Regional Depository Libraries for 

public comment. The comment period ended 

June 29, 2007, and GPO thanks all who took 

the time to send e-mails and letters with 

suggestions and comments. 

All submissions were thoroughly reviewed, 

and the Guidelines were revised based upon 

your feedback to us. Suggestions were 

incorporated that were consistent with GPO’s 

Strategic Vision and the Depository Library 

Council’s Vision Statement, both of which 

express the need for a more flexible model 

for the Federal Depository Library Program. 

You can find the final version of Guidelines 

for Establishing Shared Regional Depository 

Libraries on the FDLP Desktop. I would like 

to personally thank Cindy Etkin for her hard 

work on this. 

GPO is currently awaiting JCP approval on 

the Kansas/Nebraska shared regional 

proposal. In the meantime, GPO looks 

forward to receiving more creative proposals 

for depositories to provide access and 

services to Government information products. 

PACER 

At its September 18, 2007 meeting, the 

Judicial Conference approved the pilot 

project to provide Federal depository libraries 

access to PACER (Public Access to Court 

Electronic Records), a service of the 

Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. 

GPO is pleased to be working with the 

AOUSC to implement the pilot to expand 

access to PACER. 

The PACER system can provide remote 

access to case and docket information from 

the Federal Courts via the Internet. 

Records include information from the 

Appellate, District and Bankruptcy Courts. 

Users of PACER are able to access 

information about a case including the names 

of all the parties, judges and attorneys 

involved in the case, case history and status, 

as well as many of the documents submitted 

by the parties to the court. 

• The PACER pilot will provide new 

Government content to participating 

depository libraries. The goal of the 

pilot project is to determine if Federal 

depository library access to PACER 

expands usage to those who currently 

do not have it available to them or 

would be inhibited by going to a court 

house to use the service. 

PACER pilot participants have now been 

chosen, and selections represent a variety of 

types and sizes of depositories as well as 

geographic diversity. The selections will be 

finalized once the libraries return a signed 

validation form agreeing to the terms of the 

pilot. When the final determination is made, 

there will be an announcement to the 

community so other depositories can make 

referrals to the pilot libraries. 

ILS 

Regarding the Integrated Library System, 

currently GPO is working with Ex Libris and 

PTFS to upgrade the Aleph software from 

version 16.02 to 18. Version 18 has a number 

of enhancements and will allow us to provide 

an increased level of service to Depositories. 

Completion of configuration and testing on 

the test server, then configuration of the 

production server is estimated for February 

2008. 

In reference to Z39.50, we are close to release 

in a phased approach. GPO has proposed to 

the Z39.50 Maintenance Agency the creation 

of the item number as an attribute to facilitate 

searching by item number. Testing has been 

done by a group of Depository volunteers, 

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and a number of testers expressed the desire 

for this capability. 

Additionally, development of the new Federal 

Depository Library Directory as a service of 

the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications 

is complete, and we are completing final 

actions prior to release to the depository 

community. This will replace the Library 

Directory on GPO Access. 

Another item of note is that the MetaLib 

server has been upgraded to version 4. 

Release of MetaLib has been moved to late 

phase 2, once Aleph 18 is up and in 

production. I would like to recognize Linda 

Resler, Patricia Duplantis and An Liu in 

particular for their work on this. 

Metadata Extraction 

I am also pleased to inform those of you who 

don’t know that GPO has signed an 

interagency agreement with the Defense 

Technical Information Service and Old 

Dominion University in Virginia to begin a 

two year project to use automated metadata 

extraction software tools to create metadata 

for groups of electronic documents in GPO’s 

electronic collection. 

We expect to leverage the knowledge 

acquired through the automated metadata 

extraction project to: 

• Evaluate alternative methods of creating 

metadata for U.S. Government 

documents; 

• Investigate cost and staffing implications 

for using automated tools vs. manual 

metadata creation methods, and to 

• Develop detailed requirements and 

specifications for long-term use of 

automated metadata extraction tools for 

Web-harvested content that will provide 

information to staff working on the Future 

Digital System project. 

The project kickoff meeting is scheduled for 

October 18th, and we will keep you informed 

of our progress as developments unfold. 

Partnerships 

It has been a busy summer in the way of 

partnerships. We have renewed two of our 

partnerships, Browse Topics and the List of 

Federal Agency Internet Sites. Browse 

Topics, which is a partnership with 

Oklahoma State University, employs 

volunteer contributors from libraries in the 

FDLP to create and maintain Web-based 

bibliographies of Federal government 

information in specified topical areas. 

Recently Browse Topics was given its own 

domain, and can now be accessed at 

www.browsetopics.gov. I invite you to attend 

the LSCM Online Services Open Forum, 

tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. to see a demo and site 

overview of Browse Topics. I encourage you 

to get involved and become a contributor. 

You can learn more at tomorrow’s session. 

Our other renewed partnership was the List of 

Federal Agency Internet Sites. Our partner 

for the List is Louisiana State University. 

Based on the U.S. Government Manual, the 

List directs users to the Web sites of active 

Federal agencies, and is searchable. 

We have also almost completed the renewal 

of our partnership with the University of 

Illinois at Chicago for the Dept. of State 

Foreign Affairs Network (DOSFAN). This 

partnership provides for permanent public 

access to a digital library of electronically 

archived information products produced by 

the U.S. Department of State from 1990 

through 1997 and includes archived Web 

sites of the U.S. Arms Control and 

Disarmament Agency and the U.S. 

Information Agency. 

We are also very close to completing a new 

partnership with the Naval Postgraduate 

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School for the Homeland Security Digital 

Library. HSDL is a database containing U.S. 

policy documents, Presidential directives, and 

national strategy documents as well as 

specialized resources such as theses and 

reports from various universities, 

organizations, and local and state agencies. 

The database was created and is maintained 

by the Naval Postgraduate School. As part of 

this agreement, all depository libraries will be 

given the option of adding HSDL to their 

item selection profiles. For those depositories 

that select HSDL access, it will be provided 

either via a password or IP authentication. 

The Naval Postgraduate School has also 

agreed to transfer material within scope of the 

FDLP to GPO if they are no longer able to 

provide depository access. In return, GPO 

will agree to create a cataloging record for 

HSDL and provide them with a monthly list 

of homeland security-related publications that 

we have cataloged. 

Finally, the partnership Web pages have been 

migrated to the new FDLP Desktop. As part 

of that migration, the pages were revised and 

additional information was added. The pages 

now include sample Memorandums of 

Understanding (MOUs) and Frequently 

Asked Questions (FAQs), on topics such as 

how to propose a partnership. I want to thank 

Suzanne Ebanues for her critical work on 

facilitating our partnerships with the library 

community. 

Outreach 

Outreach is integral to the success of GPO’s 

initiatives. We value the collaboration we 

have with the community, and we will 

continue to expand our outreach efforts 

moving forward. 

Regarding online training sessions, GPO will 

continue to provide training sessions on 

subjects pertaining to the FDLP, using OPAL 

or similar online applications as we have 

already been doing the past 6 months. Some 

of the upcoming sessions as online interactive 

demos you will see this fall include 

Authentication, E-Gov, and the Federal 

Depository Library Directory. These online 

sessions will all be collected and archived. 

We welcome suggestions on topics to be 

covered. You may submit suggestions via 

askGPO. Library Services staff are 

developing guidelines and evaluation criteria 

to enable the library community to also 

present training sessions via OPAL. Training 

session submissions from the community will 

be accepted starting in January 2008. 

Finally, we have also taken to the road as 

much as we can operating under our 

continuing budgetary resolution to help 

celebrate anniversaries and to provide 

educational programs at state association 

meetings. GPO recognizes the importance of 

these visits, and while we would like to be 

able to fill all speaker requests, limited travel 

funds may prevent us from doing so. But we 

will certainly do what we can. Recent visits 

were made to Maryland, Virginia, and 

Louisiana. Upcoming visits include 

Massachusetts, Mississippi, Tennessee, 

Michigan, Illinois, and Kentucky. 

In closing, I want to thank Lance Cummins, 

along with his staff members Bridget Govan, 

Marian MacGilvray, Nick Ellis, Yvonne 

Ellis, and Michelle Hawkins who helped put 

this conference together for GPO. They have 

done their usual outstanding job! 

I also want to thank each and every one of 

you again for your time and your continued 

dedication to Government documents. Your 

efforts make a difference each day, and GPO 

staff look forward to continuing our 

partnership with you to improve free public 

access to Government information. 

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[Handout at the Fall Depository Library Council Meeting] 

Library Services and Content Management 

Update –October 2007

New Council Members 

Acting Public Printer Turri announced the 

appointment of six new members to the 

Depository Library Council: Dr. Christopher 

Greer, a senior advisor for Digital Data at the 

National Science Foundation in Arlington, 

Virginia; Kathryn Lawhun, the Chief of Main 

for the San Francisco Public Library; John 

Shuler, Government Information/Documents 

Librarian at the University of Illinois at 

Chicago; Gwen Sinclair, librarian in 

Government Documents & Maps at the 

University of Hawaii at Manoa Library; 

Victoria Trotta, Associate Dean for 

Information Technology and the RossBlakley Law Library at the Sandra Day 

O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State 

University. In addition, Kendall Wiggin, 

State Librarian for Connecticut State Library, 

was appointed to fill the position vacated by 

Richard Akeroyd. 

Shared Regional Guidelines 

The final version of Guidelines for 

Establishing Shared Regional Depository 

Libraries have been posted to the FDLP 

Desktop at: 

http://www.fdlp.gov/regionals/sharedguide

.html. GPO thanks all who took the time to 

send their comments and suggestions 

following the initial release of the draft 

Guidelines. Suggestions were incorporated 

that were consistent with GPO’s Strategic 

Vision and the Depository Library Council’s 

Vision Statement, both of which express the 

need for a more flexible model for the 

Federal Depository Library Program. 

Handles 

FDsys requirements provide for intelligent 

and non-intelligent persistent identifiers and 

Handles is the persistent identifier of choice. 

LSCM is conducting tests as a proof of 

concept for FDsys and to help determine 

Handles requirements. In a test environment 

GPO successfully created Handles that 

resolved. GPO was also successful at getting 

Handles to resolve PURLs, also in a limited 

testing environment. Alpha testing continues 

as we experiment with the capabilities of the 

Handles system. 

GPO will be making a Handles Web page 

available on the FDLP Desktop. From it you 

can get access to Handles that were created 

and placed in CGP records and submit your 

thoughts about Handles. Learn more about 

this at the session on Persistent Identifiers, 

Monday afternoon at 1:30. 

Upcoming Meetings 

The Spring 2008 Depository Library Council 

Meeting will be held March 31-April 2 in 

Kansas City, MO. The meeting is free and 

open to the public. 

The 2008 Annual Interagency Depository 

Seminar will be held July 28-August 1, in 

Washington, DC. 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. 

Registration and hotel information for both 

meetings will be announced on the GPOFDLP-L listserv and on the FDLP desktop:

http://fdlp.gov. 

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Public Access Assessments 

GPO has developed a draft Superintendent of 

Documents policy on individual library 

assessments as well as a description of 

Access, Collections, and Service as they 

relate to free public access. These documents, 

along with situational examples outlining free 

public access issues, will be disseminated to 

the depository community and will be 

discussed in a Council session on Tuesday, 

October 16, at 1:30 p.m. 

Public Access Assessments is a revitalized 

library assessment program that emphasizes 

how each depository library serves the 

Federal Government information needs of the 

general public by reviewing how the library 

provides access to and services for its Federal 

depository resources. The program is 

designed to fulfill GPO legal requirements 

"to make firsthand investigation of conditions 

[at libraries] for which need is indicated" (44 

USC §1909) but also is an opportunity for 

each library and GPO to share information in 

order to maximize the effectiveness of the 

FDLP. 

GPO may conduct individual library 

assessments at any time upon request or as 

need is determined. To request an assessment, 

please complete the Request for GPO 

Participation form on the FDLP Desktop. We 

anticipate developing Public Access 

Assessments measures and self-assessment 

resources next and will be looking for 

volunteer libraries to participate in a test run 

of the more formalized assessment process in 

the upcoming months. Scheduled assessments 

for all individual depository libraries will 

start thereafter. 

Biennial Survey 

GPO is pleased to announce the improved 

online survey instrument for the 2007 

Biennial Survey. The survey has been 

streamlined to more effectively measure 

operations and more accurately assess library 

conditions. All depository libraries are legally 

required to complete this survey. 

The Biennial Survey provides GPO with 

important information used in administering 

the FDLP. The 2005 Survey data includes the 

questions and individual library responses 

which may be downloaded to assist in 

responding to the 2007 Biennial Survey. 

These files are accessible from the FDLP 

Desktop at 

http://fdlpdev.gpo.gov/desktop/pastresults/

biennialsurvey/index.html. 

Contact askGPO 

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/help/index.html

for assistance with the survey tool or survey 

questions by selecting Federal Depository 

Libraries as the category and Biennial Survey 

as the subcategory. 

Authentication 

GPO is continuing to work with contractors 

on the development of an Automated PDF 

Signing (APS) system, and staff training on 

that system was conducted September 25-27. 

Further development of this system and 

planning for deployment is scheduled for 

October through December, targeting a 

January deployment of the system. GPO has 

released a beta version of an Authenticated 

Public Laws application containing digitally 

signed PDF files of Public and Private Laws 

from the 110th Congress, available at 

http://fdlpdev.gpo.gov/plaws/index.html. 

Feedback received on this beta will be used to 

further refine future implementation of 

GPO’s authentication initiatives. GPO’s web 

page with information on authentication is 

online at 

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/authentication/. 

Digitization of the Legacy Collection 

The summary report of the Digitization 

Demonstration Project was sent to the Joint 

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Committee on Printing (JCP). A summary 

report was also posted to GPO Access. GPO 

is seeking comments on the proposed strategy 

for digitizing the legacy collection, which is 

included in the report. Both the report and the 

comment form are accessible through GPO 

Access at 

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/legacy/index.ht

ml. The deadline for comments is November 

2, 2007. Once comments are reviewed the 

strategy will be revised as appropriate and 

GPO will seek JCP's approval to move 

forward. 

Shelflist Digitization 

The pre-1976 historic shelflist project goal is 

to convert the bibliographic data on these 

cards into machine-readable records in 

MARC21 format so that they can be loaded 

to GPO’s Integrated Library System (ILS) 

(Aleph 500) catalog. All vendor proposals 

have been received and the formal review 

process is underway. GPO expects to select a 

vendor for this process by mid to late fall 

2007. 

FDLP Desktop 

Registration was recently extended to 

depository library coordinators as part of the 

Biennial Survey. Your account on the FDLP 

Desktop is more than just a password. 

Registration unlocks features that bring users 

into a more interactive online community. 

Users can 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 much 

more! Registration will be opened to the full 

community following the closure of the 

Biennial Survey. Stay tuned as more features 

and content come online on our new domain-

-fdlp.gov. 

Express Newsletter 

Federal depository library coordinators have 

advanced access to FDLP Express--a news 

mailer that allows users to subscribe to news 

disseminated through the FDLP Desktop 

based on content categories. Subscribe to 

receive the FDLP-related news that is 

important to you. Emails are triggered 

automatically based on pre-determined time 

intervals (e.g., hourly, daily, weekly). FDLP 

Express is designed to replace FDLP-L and 

will go public following the closure of the 

2007 Biennial Survey, which is scheduled for 

early November. 

Disaster Recovery 

GPO has been working to develop a disaster 

recovery (DR) site to ensure that its 

electronic data that is accessible from GPO 

Access is protected and remains accessible in 

the event of an unforeseen system failure or 

catastrophe. 

Late last year, GPO awarded a contract for 

the next phase of the DR project, which is to 

enhance work on the agency’s DR solution 

that would normalize the GPO Access WAIS 

dataset and make it searchable in a consistent 

format and via a consistent user interface 

using GPO’s content delivery network. 

Currently all static content that resides off the 

gpoaccess.gov domain is currently available 

in DR mode. This includes html pages, 

images, and PDF files. As of October, all of 

the parsers and User Interfaces that are 

required to enable the solution to enable DR 

search of the GPO Access WAIS dataset have 

been developed. 

Within the next 30-45 days, GPO expects to 

release its last DR contract, to stand-up the 

tools and have a fully integrated 24/7 DR for 

static PDF files and searching of the dataset. 

GPO is projecting this solution to be 

implemented in early 2008. 

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Web Harvesting - EPA Pilot 

GPO staff are processing a sample of 300 

publications harvested during the EPA Pilot 

Project. The purpose of working through this 

sample is to determine workflow and staffing 

implications as well as to estimate the amount 

of time that would be required to process all 

the publications acquired during the EPA 

Pilot Project. 

GPO will also be testing two methods of 

making the publications that are within scope 

of the FDLP accessible. The majority of 

publications in the sample will be made 

accessible through cataloging records in the 

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications 

(CGP). A smaller portion of the sample will 

be posted to GPO Access using a browse 

table. These publications will not be 

cataloged in the CGP. The browse table will 

be tested to determine if it produces adequate 

access while reducing the amount of staff 

time required to process the publications. 

GPO anticipates the processing of this sample 

will be completed in late October. The results 

will then be available for review and 

comment by the depository community. 

askGPO and Customer Response 

GPO employs a web-based customer 

relationship management (CRM) system to 

provide accurate and timely responses to 

questions from customers, depository 

libraries and the public. LSCM has recently 

undertaken a project to re-establish a stronger 

GPO staff customer service and support 

network, create a user guide and analytics 

reports for managers, improve the current 

implementation, train users, and upgrade the 

software as needed. 

For the month of September, we answered 

303 CRM inquiries from Federal Depository 

Libraries. We currently have an Open status 

backlog of 28 inquiries to complete. 

ILS Status and Next Deliverables 

New Email Services Implemented

Library Services and Content Management is 

pleased to announce the availability of two 

new email features as we continue to enhance 

services available through the Catalog of U.S. 

Government Publications (CGP), 

http://catalog.gpo.gov. When emailing up to 

twenty records there are now more format 

options from which to select: "Standard", 

"Short", "MARC Tags" and the newly added 

data formats: "MARC Format (.mrc)" and 

"Aleph Sequential". 

Z39.50

Testing by a select group of depositories has 

been completed. During the testing several 

volunteers commented that they would like to 

be able to retrieve bibliographic records from 

the CGP using the GPO item number. In 

order for the GPO item number to be a 

Z39.50 attribute, GPO needed to submit a 

proposal to the Library of Congress, Network 

Development and MARC Standards Office 

for review and approval. The proposal 

submitted by GPO can be reviewed at 

http://www.loc.gov/z3950/agency/defns/bib

1.html#gpo. The comment period ended on 

October 10. 

Additionally, GPO is finalizing work on 

activities leading to release to all 

depositories, including analyzing the log 

files, data gathering, and evaluation of 

testers’ feedback. 

New Federal Depository Library Directory

Final testing and staff training is underway 

prior to the release of the new Federal 

Depository Library Directory as a service of 

the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications. 

A data entry conventions guide and an OPAL 

presentation will be released to the depository 

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community for assistance in updating their 

directory information prior to release of the 

Directory to the public. 

Upgrade of Aleph software to version 18

LTIS is working with Ex Libris and our 

systems integrator, Progressive Technology 

Federal Systems (PTFS) on activities 

surrounding the upgrade of the Aleph 

software to version 18. GPO brought up the 

ILS on version 16.02. Version 18 has been 

loaded to servers and planning activities are 

underway. Once the new version is fully 

tested in the test environment, the production 

server will be upgraded. Completion is 

estimated by the end of the year. Version 18 

has many new features, particularly in the 

area of patron authenticated services. 

Citrix implementation

The implementation of Citrix to provide GPO 

staff secure desktop access to the Aleph client 

is in the final stages before acceptance. 

Implementation will enable workflow 

changes and faster appearance of Federal 

government publications in the CGP in at 

least brief record form. 

Automated Metadata extraction 

GPO has entered into an Interagency 

Agreement with the Defense Technical 

Information Center (DTIC) in collaboration 

with Old Dominion University (ODU) to 

create cataloging records using automated 

metadata extraction software tools and 

processes currently being used by DTIC. 

GPO plans to use publications identified from 

the Web Harvesting Pilot Project with the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to 

develop automated metadata extraction 

software tools to fit GPO needs. All 

procurement activities have been successfully 

completed and project kick-off meetings are 

being scheduled for late Oct. 2007. 

Federal Depository Library Handbook 

The first phase of the Federal Depository 

Library Handbook has been completed and it 

is in Final Draft form. Public comments on 

the 15 chapters of the Handbook have been 

received and incorporated. The Final Draft of 

the new Handbook is available from the 

FDLP Desktop at 

http://www.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/handboo

k/. 

In the near term, LSCM will be performing 

final reviews against the existing Federal 

Depository Library Manual and Instructions 

to Depository Libraries, with the overall goal 

of having them both merged into the FDL 

Handbook. 

Since the Handbook is a living, online 

document, the depository community may 

suggest updates and revisions to the 

Handbook via an online form that is available 

on the FDLP Desktop. Library Planning and 

Development, Library Services will regularly 

review the suggestions, analyze them, 

coordinate and obtain approval of updated 

content. The depository community will be 

informed when content in the Handbook is 

revised. 

Metrics - Distribution and GPO Access 

Statistics 

Library Services and Content Management 

currently posts monthly statistics on the 

activities of the Federal Depository Library 

Program (FDLP) and the Cataloging and 

Indexing Program (C&I). The legacy 

statistics from FY05 forward are also 

available via a summary report online at: 

http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/me

trics/index.html. 

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Table of Contents 

Robert C. Tapella Becomes Public Printer ................................................................................... 1 

Missouri Library Takes Library of the Year Honors.................................................................... 1 

2007 Fall DLC Meeting Proceedings Now Online....................................................................... 2 

New Federal Depository Library Directory Rollout Planned....................................................... 3 

Online Session on Authentication Available in OPAL Archive................................................... 3 

FDLP Express Launches............................................................................................................... 3 

Depository Distribution Status Page Now Online ........................................................................ 3 

Last Shipping List Numbers for FY2007...................................................................................... 3 

GPO Seeks Comments on Draft Library Assessments Focus Document..................................... 4 

Celebrating Depository Anniversaries.......................................................................................... 4

Order FDLP Promotional Materials.............................................................................................. 5

LSCM Director Contact Form ...................................................................................................... 5 

Your Opportunity to Test Handles: The Next Generation Persistent Identifier ........................... 5 

Remarks & LSCM Update / Ric Davis......................................................................................... 6 

Library Services and Content Management Update –October 2007 .......................................... 14 

Questions? 

If you have questions or comments on any of the content in Administrative Notes, please send them to askGPO, the 

online help service at: 

http://gpo.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/gpo.cfg/php/enduser/ask.php

To ensure that your question is routed to the correct area, please choose the category "Federal Depository Libraries" 

and the appropriate subcategory, if any. 

You may also contact the GPO Customer Contact Center at 866-512-1800 (Toll-free), or at 202-512-1800 (DC 

Metropolitan Area), Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m., EST. 

Administrative Notes Cumulative Table of Contents 

http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/pubs/adnotes/adnotes_toc.pdf 

Updated with each issue 

Searchable by keyword 

Administrative Notes is published in Washington, DC by the Superintendent of Documents, 

Government Printing Office, for the staffs of U.S. Federal Depository Libraries. 

It is published on the 15th day of each month; some months have additional issues. Postmaster 

send address changes to: Administrative Notes 

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