International Economic Statistics (IES) Database

is available at http://liber8.stlouisfed.org/iesd This site provides a search portal for world wide econonic indicators such as GDP and CPI and other useful international and national information. Designed and managed by
the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis librarians.

Central Foreign Policy Files (1974-1974)

"Central Foreign Policy Files (1974-1974)" is now accessible through NARA's Access to Archival Databases (AAD). See the details at http://aad.archives.gov/aad/

GPO's New Catalog of Government Publibations (CGP)

is now available at http://catalog.gpo.gov This is the online public access catalog of the GPO's new integrated system that will replace MOCAT. It allows you to find both historical and current government publications back to 1976. More functions and features will be added in the next three months. Please explore this new version. Comments, suggestions, or questions about this new CGP can be submitted to askGPO (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/help/index.html) using the instructions located at http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/cip/cgp_questions.pdf

Census 2000 CDs by Geolytics Added

Geolytics Census 2000 package, a total of 11 CDs, is NOW available through the Government Documents Department in Fenwick Library. This package includes Census 2000 Long form (STF3), Short form, Short form (blocks), Restricting, and Restricitng (blocks). Also added to the collection is Geolytics Census 1990 long form (blocks). These products allow you to extract Census data and create thematic maps from all census tables.

Canadian Industry Statistics (CIS) Database

This database provides a wonderful resources for Canana Business information. You can access data derived from Annual Survey of Manufactures, Canadian Business Patterns (CBP) database, Canadian International Merchandise Trade Database, GDP by Industry, and Indices of Labour Productivity. Please explore at http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_ecnmy/sio/homepage.html

GPO Update presented at 2006 ALA Midwinter

is now available at http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/events/ala_update06.pdf Please take a look at page 6 of the response of the Biennial Survey questions 65 & 66, which was a big discussion topic in San Antonio. The question 66 was whether depository library is willing to try out digital depository site. The resonse was "334 libraries indicated a willingness to locally store and serve at least some electronic documents. 102 libraries are willing to locally store and serve more than a hundred electronic documents per yea meeting." See more details and analyses of the response at http://freegovinfo.info/node/369. Stay tuned for more on electronic deposit of government information.

Google Offers Index of Public Domain Works

Google started offering the full-text scanned books and government documents that are not entangled in a copyright. See the Associated Press article for more information. Also try Google Print Beta to see whether you can find your favoriate documents through Google Print. It appears that you can browse the book but can't download and can't able to copy text.

New Version of NLM Gateway

Please visit a new version of the NLM Gateway that was released on October 4, 2005. "It introduces enhanced searching for TOXLINE® Special and the Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB®). It also includes the implementation of a new search process for only the data stored within the Gateway: the Meeting Abstracts and Health Services Research Projects (HSRProj) collection." (source:Gloria's blog)

2005 Fall FDLP Conference: Highlights

Authenticity: GPO released GPO's seal of authenticity, which will notify users that a document disseminated by GPO is official and authentic. Please view this seal at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/authentication/index.html
LOCKSS: GPO also launched a pilot project called LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) to manage, disseminate, and preserve access to Federal Government e-journals. See additional info and news about this project at http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/lockss/index.html
Franklin: Online GPO web catalog which will replace online MOCAT will be released some time next year. This covers documents collection from 1976 to present and will have many enhanced search options.
Vision for the Future Digital Depositoy System: Depository librarians speak out and comment on “TOWARD A VISION OF THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT OF THE 21ST CENTURY: A DRAFT OUTLINE.” through the various discussion sessions by topics. You can find the outline of the sessions at HTTP://DLCVISIONOUTLINE.BLOGSPOT.COM/
The Fall 2005 FDLP meeting proceedings now available: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/pubs/proceedings/05fall/index.html

Online Soil Survey Maps Available

Soil Survey maps have long been printed and bound into soil survey books. But now these maps are available online for most US counties at http://soils.usda.gov/survey. Please check it out to access and analyze national soil data.

GPO News

Priorities for Digitization of Legacy Collection is available for your review at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/about/reports/digitization_plan_070505.pdf. Please see also additional information about GPO's digitization and preservation initiatives at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/legacy.

The GPO Handout at the ALA in Chicago

is now available at http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/pubs/ala_update05.pdf

Online CRS Reports

are now availabe at UNT: http://digital.library.unt.edu/govdocs/crs/ The website provides searchable access to the full-text CRS Reports that have been available on the Web since 1990 and continues to add reports as they become available. Please take a look.

GPO Blog for Future Digital System

GPO has created a blog called FDSys for information related to its future digital system including authentication/PKI. Please visit and read what GPO has been up to:
http://fdsys.blogspot.com

ACS move for NIH's PubChem

According to govdoc-L:
"The American Chemical Society is calling on Congress to shut down the NIH's PubChem, a freely accessible database on small organic molecules. PubChem is an important component of NIH's Molecular Libraries Initiative, which is a key element of the NIH "road map" for medical research. ACS claims that PubChem competes with Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS). In reality, PubChem and the Chemical Abstracts Service databases are complementary, not duplicative."

How many public domain databases are being moved to the private sector? It started with PubScience, ERIC, and now PubChem???

New Publications for Terrorism Information

The controversy involved in the publication of Global Pattern of Terrorism has resolved itself in the appearence of two new publications:

Pattern of Global Terrorism has a new name as "Country Reports on Terrorsim" with no statistics: http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/c14813.htm

The statistics appears in National Counterterrorism Center: http://www.tkb.org/documents/Downloads/NCTC_Report.pdf

It's a GOOD NEWS!

New Digital Library: GATT

This online library provides access to over 30,000 documents and publications of and about the General Agreement on Tarrifs and Trade (GATT), an organization that promoted international commerce and the reduction of trade barries among member states from 1947-1994.

Now Available...

The Survey Result of GPO 2005 Essential Titles is out. Look for your favorites!

FRASER is UP!

A new database, Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research (FRASER), has been launched. Please explore this new database for historical economic statistical publications: Banking and Monetary Statistics (1914-1970), Business Conditions Digest, Business Statistics, Economic Indicators, and more.

American Factfinder (AFF) Update

American Factfinder where you can get online Census information has a new feature, POPULATION FINDER. Click on the population finder button in the left menu and find the Census 2000, 1990, the latest population estimate, population density, and more information for your area of interest. See the detail at http://factfinder.census.gov/jsp/saff/SAFFInfo.jsp?_content=su2_new_features_0405.html