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Information Today
April 15, 2014 |
GPO Reaches Retrieval Milestone The U.S. Government Printing Office announced that 1 billion documents have been retrieved from its Federal Digital System, which provides free online access to about 1 million official federal government publications.   |
Information Today
March 31, 2015 |
GPO to Launch Webinar Series in April The webinars will be presented via its FDLP (Federal Depository Library Program) Academy by representatives from the GPO and FDLP libraries across the country. |
Information Today
November 18, 2010 |
U.S. GPO Content Available Through EBSCO Discovery Service EDS Customers will be able to search for federal records from the Government Printing Office's Catalog of U.S. Government Publications. |
Information Today
September 4, 2014 |
GPO Designates First Digital-Only FDLP Member Sitting Bull College Library became the first digital-only member of the U.S. Government Printing Office's Federal Depository Library Program. |
Information Today
April 7, 2011 |
GSA and GPO Partner With Google to Offer Free Government Publications The program is making available 100 consumer-related Federal Government publications distributed through GSA's Federal Citizen Information Center on Google Books. |
Information Today
April 2005
Miriam A. Drake |
GPO Seeks Public-Private Partnership The U.S. Government Printing Office is looking to distribute publications to private sector retailers such as bookstores and newsstands to increase access to government information. |
Information Today
May 8, 2014 |
GPO's Annual Report Goes Public The GPO's highlights from the past year include new apps, expanded access to U.S. House of Representatives bill summaries, and an upgraded online bookstore for GPO titles. |
Information Today
December 2003
Barbara Quint |
The Numbers Racket The bottom line is that the people own the government. The people pay for the government. The people own the information the government collects and the documents it produces. The government owes the people what they have paid for. The Web is the best way to deliver that information. |
Information Today
September 18, 2014 |
The DPLA Adds Medical and Governmental Sources The Digital Public Library of America announced partnerships with the Medical Heritage Library and the U.S. Government Printing Office. |
Information Today
February 21, 2013
Miriam A. Drake |
GPO's Mission Is Validated by an Independent Study The report affirms GPO's mission of authenticating, preserving, and distributing Federal information and recommends measures to strengthen the agency's business model and activities for the future. |
Information Today
September 2002
Barbara Quint |
'Documents? What Documents?' The long-term feud between the executive and legislative branches of the federal government over who gets to print and publish federal government documents has broken out once more. |
Information Today
February 14, 2013 |
U.S. Government Printing Office Joins Pinterest Connecting people through "things" they find interesting is the founding principle of Pinterest and a natural fit with GPO's core mission of Keeping America Informed on the three branches of the federal government. |
Information Today
August 5, 2002
Miriam A. Drake |
Is the GPO Endangered? For the Government Printing Office, dissemination of government documents is a nonpartisan, virtually automatic process, which has been enhanced in recent years by expanded reliance on the Internet and other new technologies. Now the GPO's hands have been tied. |
Information Today
September 26, 2011
Barbie E. Keiser |
End User Survey of Federal Depository Libraries The survey conducted by Outsell was designed to serve as a support for GPO's strategic planning effort as well as for libraries participating in the depository library program. |
Information Today
April 23, 2012
Miriam A. Drake |
Federal Depository Library Program: Legislative Issues The program is the subject of a report released by the Congressional Research Service: "Federal Depository Library Program: Issues for Congress" that includes a brief history of the program and a discussion on some key issues. |
Information Today
August 25, 2011
Barbie E. Keiser |
GPO Disapproves of Report on the Future of Federal Depository Libraries The report had too little input -- only 75 comments from a small community of depository librarians with no input from the ultimate users of government information. |
Information Today
December 18, 2014 |
GPO Changes Its Name The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) is now the U.S. Government Publishing Office. |
Information Today
January 19, 2009 |
Cleveland Public Library First to Offer EPUB Ebook Downloads Readers at both Cleveland Public Library and CLEVNET member libraries can check out and download EPUB eBooks from the library's download website. |
Searcher
October 2002
Mariam A. Drake |
Cost Cutting or Access Control: OMB Dismantiling GPO? By far, the most significant damage resulting from the Office of Management and Budget's proposal would be the effect it would have on the Government Printing Office's ability for ensuring citizen access to government information. |
Information Today
November 4, 2010
Peggy Garvin |
GPO Federates Federal Government Catalogs--GPO MetaLib GPO MetaLib simultaneously searches more than 50 federal government publication catalogs, federal library catalogs, and specialized indexes. |
Information Today
August 25, 2003
Miriam A. Drake |
Agreement Ensures Permanent Public Online Access to Government Information The Public Printer and Archivist of the United States announced an agreement that will enable the Government Printing Office and the National Archives and Records Administration to ensure free and permanent access to more than 250,000 federal government titles available through GPO Access. |
Information Today
July 3, 2014 |
GPO Plans to Downsize Workforce In response to its shift toward digital publishing initiatives, the U.S. Government Printing Office announced that it will request the authority to offer buyouts to its 1,850 employees. |
Information Today
May 16, 2011
Barbie E. Keiser |
Public Printer Goes to the Hill -- GPO at a Crossroads Rep. Charles Gonzales (D-Texas) entered into the record the testimony of Suzanne Sears, assistant dean of public services University Libraries, University of North Texas, on the value of print documents to professional researchers and archivists. |
Information Today
December 9, 2002
Miriam A. Drake |
Government Printing Tug of War Continues The Office of Management and Budget issued a memorandum on May 3, 2002 that directed executive agencies to contract directly with private firms for printing their documents. Things have gotten even more complicated since then in a bitter spate of infighting. |
Information Today
February 4, 2013 |
EBSCO Releases eBook Public Library Collection eBook Public Library Collection includes more than 25,000 general reference ebook titles in a variety of subjects and topics including social sciences, language and literature, and science and technology. |
Information Today
September 29, 2011
Dan Tonkery |
Amazon Launches Library Ebook Lending Support for Kindle and an All-New Kindle Family Support for ebook lending is a major departure for Amazon and is an important milestone for libraries. Previously, Amazon only sold ebooks and did not support ebook lending for libraries even though there has been significant demand from libraries. |
Information Today
August 13, 2012 |
ALA Releases Report on Ebook Business Models for Public Libraries The report, which was created by the ALA Digital Content and Libraries Working Group, suggests opportunities for publishers to showcase content through public libraries. |
Information Today
October 22, 2012 |
Treasury Department Data Heading Toward GPO's FDsys Portal Through the pilot project, the Treasury Reporting Rates of Exchange, 1956-2005, which list the exchange rates of foreign currencies based on the dollar, are now available on FDsys. |
Information Today
August 28, 2008 |
OverDrive Now Offers Penguin Group Audiobooks and eBooks to Public Libraries Public libraries can now lend downloaded audiobooks and ebooks by authors such as Stephen King and Nick Hornby to their patrons. |
Information Today
April 30, 2012 |
EBSCO Releases 39 New Ebook Subject Sets These sets provide libraries with convenient ways to begin or expand their ebook collections with current, reputable content from leading publishers. |
Information Today
July 25, 2011 |
NetLibrary Ebooks Now Integrated on EBSCOhost Platform EBSCO Publishing's collection of more than 300,000 ebook and audiobook titles (formerly from NetLibrary) is now integrated on EBSCOhost. |
Information Today
January 6, 2011 |
OverDrive Apps Now Support Direct Ebook Downloads The free apps include a "Get Books" feature that guides users to their local library's digital catalog of best-selling and new release titles, allowing them to easily browse, check out, and download with just their device. |
Information Today
January 14, 2014 |
GPO Plans for the Future The U.S. Government Printing Office released its Strategic Plan for fiscal years 2014-2018. It discusses the organization's intended evolution from print-centric to content-centric. |
Information Today
June 16, 2003
Miriam A. Drake |
GPO and OMB Compromise on Agency Printing: More information at a lower cost? At the start of the new fiscal year on Oct. 1, GPO will develop a demonstration print procurement contract for an agency or department chosen by OMB. The program will feature an online system that allows federal agency GPO customers to use a one-stop and integrated system for print ordering and invoicing. |
Information Today
February 21, 2008
Barbara Quint |
Virtual Reference Service From GPO and Depository Libraries--GIO: Ask a Librarian A formal agreement between the U.S. Government Printing Office and a network of 20 depository libraries has relaunched and expanded the scope of a virtual reference service called Government Information Online. |
Information Today
June 27, 2013 |
Springer Introduces French and Italian Ebook Collections There are about 330 ebooks in the three French collections and more than 400 titles in the two Italian collections, all published in 2005 or later. |
Information Today
July 9, 2012
Paula J. Hane |
The Challenging Landscape of Ebooks in Libraries The overall growth in digital content of all kinds, and in particular, the growing importance and acceptance of ebooks, has clearly presented great opportunities for libraries, as well as plenty of challenges. |
PC Magazine
December 1, 2008
Alan Henry |
Best Of the Internet (Vol. 27, No. 13) eBook Hood... Print What You Like... Whole Travel... |
Information Today
January 3, 2013 |
OverDrive Announces Record Ebook Traffic and Next Gen Services Public libraries using OverDrive's Next Generation digital lending platform served a record number of ebook, audiobook, music, and video titles to patrons on Christmas Day. |
Information Today
July 1, 2014
Nancy K. Herther |
Libraries Continue to Battle for Fair Access to Ebooks Academic and special libraries have found comparatively fewer problems in gaining access to ebooks for their clients than school and public libraries. |
Information Today
April 25, 2013
Nancy K. Herther |
Simon & Schuster Joins `Big 6' in Moving Ebooks Into Libraries On April 15, 2013, Simon & Schuster became the last of the "Big Six" (now actually five with the merger of Random House and Penguin) publishers to dip their toes into the waters of ebook sales to libraries. |
Information Today
April 22, 2013 |
Ingram Expands OASIS Library Platform Through EBL Collaboration Through the alliance with EBL, Ingram will add more than 325,000 EBL ebook titles to the OASIS platform, substantially growing the selection of econtent available to libraries. |
Information Today
August 6, 2012 |
Expanded Access to eBooks on EBSCOhost Now Available Through GOBI3 Librarians accustomed to selecting and managing their ebook collections through GOBI3 from YBP Library Services, now have additional access options for the more than 320,000 ebook titles from eBooks on EBSCOhost. |
Information Today
August 24, 2009 |
U.S. Healthcare Reform Bill Available on FDsys As lawmakers and Americans discuss healthcare reform, the U.S. Government Printing Office has made available H.R. 3200, America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, in electronic and printed form. |
Information Today
March 7, 2011
Barbara Quint |
New Lending Model for Ebooks in Libraries from Internet Archive's OpenLibrary The swirling, chaotic ebook revolution continues to generate controversies, particularly in the library arena. |
Information Today
March 15, 2010 |
Infobase Ebooks Now Available Through Gale Virtual Reference Library This allows libraries to provide access to popular ebooks from Facts On File and Ferguson Publishing along with more than 4,500 existing electronic reference titles, expanding the library's offerings while avoiding duplicated resources. |
Information Today
April 4, 2011
Paula J. Hane |
Library Ebook Lending Under Attack The options libraries have are poor and our customers are frustrated. There are numerous restrictions on lending, device incompatibilities, proprietary systems, interface issues, privacy issues, and more. |
Information Today
January 17, 2013 |
eBooks on EBSCOhost to be Available Via Ingram's OASIS The new agreement will allow libraries to order eBooks on EBSCOhost through OASIS. EBSCO is the first outside ebook provider to be incorporated into OASIS. |
T.H.E. Journal
November 2000 |
Read eBooks Offline netLibrary, Inc., distributor of full-length digital versions of publishers' books, announces their free personal software application, eBook Reader. This reader allows users to read eBooks without being connected to the Internet... |
Information Today
October 1, 2013
Brandi Scardilli |
Who's Who in Ebooks Just as books don't magically appear on library shelves, ebooks don't automatically pop up in a library's online catalog. Librarians work with ebook vendors to get econtent into the hands, or rather, onto the e-readers, of their patrons. |
