U.S. Government Printing Office: Working with Libraries

October 2008---The US Government Printing Office takes great pride in its mission of Keeping America Informed on the three branches of the Federal Government. GPO works with the library community to provide free, open and permanent access to the documents of our democracy.
For nearly 200 years, this has occurred through the Federal Depository Library Program. The public can visit any of the 1,250 Federal depository libraries throughout the country and access information on virtually any topic.

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[AlaskanLibrarian]

I'd strongly recommend flipping the content of this video and lead off with Cindy Elkins talking about the types of questions that can be answered at an FDL, then Mary Alice and the others highlighting material (Adventures of Echo the Bat, etc) that's available. Then end with background on the program. Hook people first, then explain. Finally, the end URL should be to the Depository Directory and not GPO Access. Though you should make videos about GPO Access!