The LSU Law Library has received two new titles from the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) to add to their Preservation Steward collection.
To help libraries meet the needs of efficient government document stewardship in the digital era, GPO has established Preservation Stewards like the LSU Law Library to support continued public access to historic, print-format U.S. government documents. The LSU Law Library has been a Preservation Steward since 2019.
The additional materials at the LSU Law Library include the historic and present-day collection of “Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America, Title 3, The President,” and the present-day collection of all other “Code of Federal Regulations of the United States” titles.
Along with the LSU Law Library, three other libraries in the country recently added materials to their Preservation Steward collections, including the Lether E. Frazer Memorial Library at McNesse State University, Raymond H. Fogler Library at University of Maine, and Arthur Lakes Library at Colorado School of Mines. Additionally, the Merrill Cazier Library at Utah State University signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the GPO to become a Preservation Steward.
“GPO thanks these five libraries for their help in realizing GPO’s vision of an America Informed,” said GPO Director Hugh Nathanial Halpern. “The preservation of these historical and modern government materials in libraries across the nation supports American democracy now and in the future.”
The GPO is responsible for the production and distribution of information products and services for all three branches of the federal government, including U.S. passports for the Department of State as well as the official publications of Congress, the White House, and other federal agencies in digital and print formats. GPO provides for permanent public access to federal government information at no charge through www.GovInfo.gov, and partnerships with approximately 1,100 libraries nationwide participating in the Federal Depository Library Program.
