About the Federal Depository Library Program
Legal Requirements and Program Regulations of the Federal Depository Library Program
The FDLP Desktop serves as a centralized resource for the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP), which disseminates U.S. Government information to the American public through libraries across the nation. Stay up-to-date with the latest innovations and progress of the Program and utilize various tools in order to enhance public services.
Federal Depository Library Directory
Shipping lists are a list of publications that are mailed to libraries in their depository distribution boxes. Several shipping lists may be found in a depository shipment box. In addition to the paper copies that arrive in depository shipment boxes, electronic versions of shipping lists are posted online.
List of Classes (386 page PDF)
National Needs and Offers List
Missouri FDLP Exchange List Service
Needs and Offers (N&O) is what libraries use to ensure proper procedures are being followed for the disposition or withdrawal of depository publications from library collections. The list facilitates "offers", or the offering out of publications that are no longer needed in depository collections. It also provides a place for libraries that are seeking "needs", or needed publications from the FDLP community. Libraries may claim publications that they see being offered out, and alternatively may fulfill another library's "need" if applicable withdrawal rules are followed. Libraries use N&O to develop their depository collections as well as to ensure the appropriateness of the collections for their library user needs.
While an online format is now the primary method of making publications available to Federal depository libraries, there are specific titles that are to remain available for selection in paper format. These titles contain critical information about the U.S. Government or are important reference publications for libraries and the public, and their availability for selection in paper format has been deemed essential for the purposes of the FDLP. These titles are compiled under Essential Titles for Public Use in Paper or Other Tangible Format, also known simply as the Essential Titles List.
Substituting Electronic for Tangible Versions of Depository Publications by Selectives
A library management system for United States Government Documents.
