FDLP Coordinator Calendar

Walk the Shelves / Browse the Catalog

Have things slowed down during the summer? Now is a good time to get out and walk through the shelves to take a look at your collection. Look at in terms of maintenance and preservation. Are the shelves clean and neat? Should anything be rehoused (such as by boxing older or fragile books, putting loose material into envelopes or pamphlet boxes, etc.)? Does anything need to be sent out for preservation? How are your shelf labels and wayfinding signs? This process is usually a nice way to remind yourself that there is great stuff in your collection!

If you are a digital depository and do not have a physical collection to walk through, evaluate your catalog and websites. How are your depository resources identified? Are there any records in there you want to clean up? Are there any that should be deleted? Are your websites making it clear that you are a depository library, how to find government information, and who to contact if a patron needs help?

• Forgot how to use DSIMS? There's a helpful DSIMS Quick Start Guide.

How Our Laws Are Made

• This publication covers the various forms of Congressional action, committees and how they meet and do markup, special considerations and rules, and Congressional calendars. 
• Bonus: Watch a series of videos from Congress.gov on the legislative process.

National Transit Database

• See the online repository of "data about the financial, operating and asset conditions of American transit systems."

U.S. Department of Transportation Diagnostic Test Vehicle in 1972 (Image source: NAID: 6882632)

• Independence Day (July 4th)^
  • For more information:
    • Declaration of Independence (1776) | National Archives and Records Administration
    • History of Independence Day | National Park Service
    • Independence Day | GovInfo
    • Today in History - July 4 | Library of Congress

^For Federal employees, "When a holiday falls on a nonworkday—Saturday or Sunday—the holiday usually is observed on Monday (if the holiday falls on Sunday) or Friday (if the holiday falls on Saturday)"