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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 March 11, 2014	GPO Offers Free Ebooks The U.S. Government Printing Office will expand its ebook program to allow free public access to titles in the GPO's Catalog of U.S. Government Publications, a finding tool for federal historical and current publications.
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 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 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 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 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 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 October 31, 2013	LPC Debuts Library Publishing Directory The Library Publishing Coalition published the first edition of its Library Publishing Directory, which provides an overview of the publishing activities of 115 academic and research libraries.
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 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 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 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 March 25, 2010	Controversial Healthcare Reform Bill and Debate Now Available on GPO's Federal Digital System The U.S. Government Printing Office has made the healthcare reform bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives available in electronic form.
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 December 17, 2015	GPO Signs Up to Help Preserve Historical Government Technical Reports The U.S. Government Publishing Office became the first federal agency to join the Technical Report Archive & Image Library. The organizations will work together to advance free public access to government information
Information Today July 23, 2015	Innovative Publishes Report on Libraries and the Web Innovative released a survey report of 4,000-plus academic library users in the U.K.
Information Today September 14, 2009	IMLS Grant Will Help Libraries Help the Unemployed Job seekers have packed libraries around the country during recent months, searching online job sites, building resumes, making use of a wide range of other employment services and resources. More help is on the way.
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 December 18, 2014	GPO Changes Its Name The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) is now the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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 April 17, 2008	ALA Releases `The State of America's Libraries' Report Libraries of all kinds continue to be "engines of learning, literacy, and economic development in communities nationwide."
Information Today September 23, 2014	SirsiDynix Jump-Starts the Library Conversation SirsiDynix announced a series of webinars and downloadable website content that will address topics pertaining to libraries' value, visibility, and usage.
Information Today February 11, 2002 Rebecca Lenzini	Washington's Governor Proposes Closing State Library to Save Money The governor's office in the state of Washington has proposed closing the Washington State Library by this October. This move is part of an effort to reduce overall state spending by more than $500 million to solve a $1.2 billion shortfall in Washington's biennial budget...
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 April 15, 2014 Barbie E. Keiser	National Library Week 2014: Lives Change @ Your Library The United States has celebrated National Library Week during the second week of April (aka School Library Month) since 1958. This year, it's being celebrated April 13-19, with author Judy Blume serving as honorary chair.
Information Today April 14, 2011	ALA Releases 'The State of America's Libraries, 2011' The Great Recession may have come to an end, but hard-pressed Americans continue to turn to their local libraries for help in finding a job or launching their own business. This is one trend listed in the report.
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 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.
D-Lib June 2008	A New Website Devoted to Envisioning the Future of Libraries In an information world in which Google apparently offers us everything, what place is there for the traditional, and even the digital, library?
Information Today August 26, 2010	"Geek the Library" Campaign Now Available to All U.S. Libraries The campaign is designed to highlight the vital role of public libraries in today's challenging economic environment and to increase local library support.
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 February 13, 2014	GPO Releases XML-Formatted Bill Summaries The U.S. Government Printing Office teamed up with the Library of Congress to provide bill summaries from the U.S. House of Representatives available for downloading in XML format.
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.
ONLINE Nov./Dec. 2006 Marydee Ojala	The HomePage - Perspectives, Perceptions, and Periscopes Librarians share the same perspective when naming their type of library. Perceptions of libraries, however, differ, depending on perspective.
Information Today May 20, 2014 Barbie E. Keiser	Give Your Library the Edge The Edge Initiative is a toolkit designed to help public libraries "demonstrate how their work adds value and supports strong outcomes" in the communities they serve.
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 November 8, 2010 Barbie E. Keiser	Some Progress But Not Enough: GAO Issues Update on the EPA Library Network When reading the GAO report released on Nov. 1, it's important to distinguish between indictments of the Agency and the work it was supposed to do from the progress that the library network has made.
Searcher October 2008 Barbara Quint	Searcher's Voice - Gaslight Librarians scattered across the country, committed to the preservation and dissemination of public information can do a more thorough and secure job than just federal agencies alone.
D-Lib April 2006 Bonita Wilson	Change and the Need for Innovation Numerous challenges face libraries and other information organizations in this time of rapid change in both technology and culture.
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 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 September 22, 2015 Nancy K. Herther	Libraries Find Creative Ways to Color Outside the Lines This is the second year that all types of libraries reached out "to their communities in new and engaging ways," with the shared event Outside the Lines.
Information Today June 3, 2014 Nancy K. Herther	Playing the Numbers: NISO/NASIG Focus On Best Practices for Library Usage Statistics The National Information Standards Organization, and the North American Serials Interest Group co-sponsored a webinar intended to "effectively understand and apply usage data," which is an important skill for librarians.
D-Lib Nov/Dec 2011 Michalis Gerolimos	Academic Libraries on Facebook: An Analysis of Users' Comments This paper examines users' comments on the Facebook pages of 20 American academic libraries and subdivides them into 22 categories.
D-Lib August 2007 Gano & Linden	Government Information in Legacy Formats: Scaling a Pilot Project to Enable Long-Term Access An "open repository" model would allow institutions to approach archiving tasks and sets of CD-ROMs in different ways.
Searcher October 2011 Barbara Quint	Searcher's Voice - The Ideal Library In the best of all possible worlds, what would the best of all possible libraries look like? Who would it serve? What would it do?
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.
D-Lib August 2005 William Y. Arms	A Viewpoint Analysis of the Digital Library Should digital libraries be encouraged to develop independently or together?
Information Today October 11, 2012	Presidential Documents App Available From GPO, National Archives The app is part of both agencies' efforts to support The White House's digital strategy for the federal government by ensuring the American people have access to government information on any device.