FDLP Coordinator Calendar

Time to Talk

One of the great strengths of the FDLP is the network of enthusiastic, dedicated professionals who work in its libraries! Take some time this month to talk to your regional depository coordinator, and to at least one other selective depository coordinator nearby. Make some new friends, learn some new things, get inspiration from what others are doing.

You can find all the depository libraries in your state or any state or territory using the Federal Depository Library Directory.

• You can use the FDLP eXchange to offer materials you are withdrawing from your depository collection nationally to other libraries. You can do this even if your library does not use the eXchange for its regional withdrawal process—you would just put the material on eXchange after it has been offered to the regional and within your state/region. Check out this 59-minute FDLP Academy webinar on the basics of using this resource.
• Also, May is the month for the Depository Library Council's virtual meeting. 

Homeland Security Digital Library

• Federal depository libraries can sign up for free access to the full content of this valuable resource containing non-classified policy and national strategy documents and specialized resources related to homeland security.

For more information, see the FDLP Resource Guide, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which provides an overview about DHS.

A US Coast Guard helicopter continues to carry out missions and assignments after hurricane Katrina swept through the area in Mississippi on September 30, 2005 (Image source: NAID: 5691771)

• Memorial Day (last Monday in May)
  • For more information:
    • Memorial Day | GovInfo
    • Memorial Day | National Park Service
    • Memorial Day: A Commemoration | U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
    • Memorial Day History | National Cemetery Administration