This guide supersedes the 2017 Maryland, Delaware, and District of Columbia State Plan.
This guide supersedes the 2017 Maryland, Delaware, and District of Columbia State Plan. This plan seeks to coordinate the actions of the individual libraries that make up the Federal Depository Library System of Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia in order to provide better service to our public. This plan should be used in conjunction with the Legal Requirements and Program Regulations of the Federal Depository Library Program, which is published by the Government Publishing Office.
The federal depository libraries of Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia are part of the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP), which provides access to federal government information for the diverse public of this region. Government publications are disseminated to participating libraries by the Government Publishing Office (GPO). The goal of the FDLP and the Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia federal depository libraries is to make government information accessible to the American public and provide reference assistance to users. The State Plan should be reviewed at least every five years to ensure it is accurate and useful to member institutions.
