Gov Docs: Training Resources: Weeding/Discarding

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FDLP Webinar--Lara Flint, Outreach Librarian, GPO (Jan. 21, 2020)

FDLP--The current legal and program obligations of libraries in the Federal Depository Library Program.

FDLP--The weeding of depository materials is optional and different criteria apply to libraries based on their designation or library type, and the availability of a regional depository library.

FDLP--This section contains advice on how to comply with the FDLP regulations.

FDLP--List of publications available for selection by depository libraries. Has sortable fields including: SuDoc, Agency, Sub-Agency, Title, Geography, Frequency, Format, and Item number.

FDLP--The List of Classes is the official listing of publications available for selection by depository libraries participating in the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).
--The latest print edition dates back to November 2015

FDLP--Tells which item numbers are or are not being selected by any given Federal depository library. Results are arranged by item number.

FDLP--Use the Depository Selection Information Management System (DSIMS) to view and manage your library's item selection profile.

FDLP--Use WTN to search, browse, and view updates to Superintendent of Documents classification numbers and to List of Classes information.
-Category "UM" gives miscellaneous updates to the List of Classes (e.g., title changes, discontinued or inactivated depository item numbers or SuDoc classification numbers).

FDLP--List is used as guidance to determine which depository publications may be withdrawn from library collections prior to the five year retention rule.

by Jennifer Morgan (Indiana U. Maurer School of Law), Jen Kirk (Utah State U.), and Renée Bosman (U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
(Virtual Snacks with Council)
Powerpoint presentation: 2022 Fall Federal Depository Library Conference (51 mins.)

by Ashley Dahlen, GPO
Webinar presented on April 06, 2022 (59:56)

by Ashley Dahlen & Melissa Fairfield (GPO)
Powerpoint presentation: 2019 Fall Federal Depository Library Conference

by Laura Sare (Texas A&M)
Powerpoint presentation: 2015 Fall DLC Meeting

by Ria Lukes (Indiana University Kokomo)
Powerpoint presentation: 2012 DLC meeting

by Jeffrey Hartsell-Gundy (Miami University)
Poster presentation: 2009 DLC meeting

by Kay Collins (U. of California, Irvine)
PDF paper for 2006 Fall DLC Meeting

FDLP Outreach (Ashley Dahlen)
Powerpoint presentation (no date)

by Ashley Dahlen, GPO
Webinar presented on Dec. 21, 2016 (12 mins.)