FDLP Resource Guides: FDLP Coordinator Calendar: November

FDLP Tip of the Month

There are a lot of passwords and accounts used by depository library staff. If you get confused about which password to use with which tool, or if you have forgotten your password, consult the Passwords and Accounts Used by Depository Libraries article.

Reference Resource of the Month

Consumer Price Index (CPI) from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). This data is used as a measure of inflation, in collective bargaining agreemenets related to income payments, and determining the cost of school lunches.

The BLS also collects and provides numerous other data sets.

Image of the Month

Construction worker in Chicago, 1973.

Photo from the Department of Labor's Flickr photostream

Task of the Month

Do a little outreach

Do your patrons know that your library is in the FDLP? Do the other staff at the library know? Does everyone understand what it means?

This is a good month to do a little outreach and promotion of the FDLP for your users, whoever they may be. Some things to try might include:

Ordering and displaying some free promotional material
Highlighting the FDLP on your social media accounts
- Use the FDLP Guide to Social Media and the Digital Marketing Toolkit
Presenting a brief overview of the FDLP to stakeholders
Sharing information about FDLP Academy training
Making a display
Cake? (Why not?)

Southeastern Louisiana University, Sims Library

Agency of the Month

Department of Labor

The Department of Labor's mission: "To foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners, job seekers, and retirees of the United States; improve working conditions; advance opportunities for profitable employment; and assure work-related benefits and rights."

The legislation establishing the department was signed March 4, 1913. This agency had the first woman ever to serve in the Cabinet: Frances Perkins, appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933.

The agency's organizational chart shows where important bureaus such as the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Women's Bureau, and Wage and Hour Division fit in.