Module 2: Maintaining The Depository Collection

Selection: Tools for Depository Items

Item Cards
 

No longer used for selection, item cards included item number, SuDocs class, and the title(s) distributed under that item number. Your library may have retained its set as a record of its selections.

Federal Depository Library Manual, Appendix C, "Basic Collection"
 

List of the depository items considered standard for the development of any collection, regardless of library type. Available online, at:

 

http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/pubs/fdlm/basic.html

 

Federal Depository Library Manual, Appendix A, "Suggested Core Collection Annotated for Small to Medium Public and Academic Libraries and for all Law Libraries"

 

List of titles strongly recommended for selection by small and public libraries, small and medium academic libraries, and law libraries (small collections defined as up to 150,000 volumes, and medium between 150,000-600,000). Available online, at:

 

http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/pubs/fdlm/corelist.html

List of Classes of U.S. Government Publications Available for Selection by Depository Libraries

 

List of all federal publications in the depository system, arranged by agency and item number. Available online, at:

 

http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/pubs/loc/index.html


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