Monthly Columns

Welcoming Spring with Preservation Week and a New DLC Class

From the SupDocs

Superintendent of Documents, Mary Alice Baish provides updates on GPO’s budget, the new DLC class, the FDLP’s first-ever Preservation Week virtual celebration, and more. Read more...

Planning for a Digital Education and Training Resources Registry

Council Corner

Depository Library Council Members Shari Laster (Chair) and Helen Burke discuss the Council-proposed Training Resources Registry and how members of the FDLP community can get involved. Read more...

Web Content Specialists in LSCM

Get to Know GPO

Ever wonder who is behind the excellent images, design, coding, and Web work you see on FDLP-related sites? Learn about two members of LSCM’s Web Content Team and how they help keep those sites up and running smoothly. Read more...

Featured Articles

A Redesign and Refresh for FDLP.GOV

The FDLP Desktop is being transitioned into a redesigned and refreshed site to bring members of the FDLP community the FDLP news and information they need in the quickest, easiest, and most effective way possible. Learn more about beta.fdlp.gov. Read more...

FDsys Training Videos: Expanding The FDsys Curriculum

The FDsys training video module series demonstrates how to best utilize the search and browse features on FDsys. Find out about current, in progress, and planned videos and where to access them. Read more...

Use us to Share

GPO has been conducting webinars through our eLearning platform since March 2012. Learn about how members of the FDLP community can get involved and use GPO’s platform to share their knowledge and expertise with FDLP librarians around the country. Read more...

Community Insights

History, Art & Archives - United States House of Representatives Web Site

Erin Hromada, Manager of Historical Services at the U.S. House of Representatives, Office of the Historian, presents information about the new “History, Art & Archives, United States House of Representatives” Web site. Read more...

FGI: Informing and Advocating for Government Information

James R. Jacobs, Government Information Librarian at Stanford University; Jim A. Jacobs, Emeritus Data Librarian at UC San Diego; and Shinjoung Yeo, PhD Student and Information in Society Fellow at the University of Illinois, describe the Free Government Information Web site, how it works, and its topics and features. Read more...

Training Resources LibGuide at University of South Alabama Library

Vicki Tate, Head of Documents/Serials at the University of South Alabama, describes her Training Resources LibGuide and the wonderful range of training topics available. Read more...

Did You Know?

In 1929 the Joint Committee on Printing adopted a GPO recommendation for watermarking rag-content paper. Beginning
March 1, 1929, a watermark consisting of a U.S. seal and four open stars indicated 100% rag content; three stars, 75%; two stars, 50%; and one star, 25%.

AskGPO

Question: Why does GPO use Miss, Mrs., and Ms. as titles to address women? Can't GPO discontinue use of Miss and Mrs., and use Ms. universally?

Answer: Members of Congress choose the title to which they are to be referred. GPO is mandated by the Congress to adhere to those requests when printing Congressional documents. This convention carries over to other Government publications as well.

As long as certain words and forms of them are used in Government, GPO is obliged to print them. The GPO Style Manual does not determine what words are used, but rather it sets out elements such as how they are used, spelled, and whether or not they are capitalized. “Ms.” has been included in the GPO Style Manual for many years.

Spread the Word

April 22nd is Earth Day! Create an online display on your library’s Web site and a physical display in your library to highlight environmental and nature-related Government documents. Visit the GPO Bookstore’s “environment and nature” catalog for examples.

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