Research Tools: New Enhancements Now Available When Searching Federal Depository Library Directory (FDLD)
From the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP/GPO):
GPO is pleased to present numerous new enhancements to the Federal Depository Library Directory (FDLD).
New Fields Available:
- Additional Resource*
- County**
- Catalog Record Distrabution Program (CRDP) Participant+
- Decimal Degrees Latitude**+
- Decimal Degrees Longitude**+
- Digital Only+
- FIPS County Code+
- Historically Black College & University Library (HBCU)+
- Job Title
- Library Director Email
- Social Media Field**
- Drop Down
- Hyperlinked URL
- Dynamic may add multiple
- Time Zones**
- Tribal College Library+
*Additional Resources are library staff other than the Depository Coordinator that provide reference, technical, and/or other services for FDLP materials.
**Indicates will also display in Locate in a Library
+Indicates fields that will be available once their content is populated
Changes:
- Name order will now be First Name before Last Name
- Partnership
- Type (drop down)
- Public notes
- Renamed and updated:
- Honorific Title (drop down)
- Depository Website or Guide
- Dynamic may add multiple
Direct to Federal Depository Library Directory (FDLD)
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.