GPO Kicks Off Second Pilot Project to Enhance Access to Government Information
WASHINGTON —U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) has kicked off its second
Library Services & Content Management (LSCM) Pilot Project Initiative to help Federal
Depository Library Program (FDLP) libraries make Government information more
discoverable for the American public. Through the initiative, GPO teammates are visiting
partner libraries across the Nation to assess the condition of tangible documents, conduct
item-level inventories, catalog, and digitize Government information collections. GPO
selected the University of North Texas Libraries as the second LSCM pilot initiative
participant.
“GPO is looking forward to expanding our partnership with the University of North Texas
Libraries on this initiative to enhance access to Government information,” said GPO
Director Hugh Nathanial Halpern. “Our initial pilot project digitizing World War II
documents with Merrill Cazier Library in Utah was a huge success. The digitization of
these items is one more step toward an America Informed.”
In its Pilot Project with the University of North Texas, GPO will catalog and digitize 200–
300 military technical manuals from the World War II era. In future projects with selected
libraries, GPO plans to digitize publications in the areas of voting, civil rights, women’s
suffrage, tribal rights, the environment, the establishment of national parks, and more.
GPO expects to make documents from its project with the University of North Texas
Libraries available on GovInfo in 2024.
GPO is the Federal Government’s resource for publishing trusted information for the
Federal Government to the American people. The GPO is responsible for the production
and distribution of information products and services for all three branches of the Federal
Government, including U.S. passports for the Department of State as well as the official
publications of Congress, the White House, and other Federal agencies in digital and print
formats. GPO provides for permanent public access to Federal Government information at
no charge through www.govinfo.gov and partnerships with approximately 1,100 libraries
nationwide participating in the Federal Depository Library Program. For more
information, please visit www.gpo.gov.
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