GPO Separate Record Cataloging Policy
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GPO Separate Record Cataloging Policy


The Government Printing Office (GPO) has adopted a separate record cataloging policy.
At the request of the Federal Depository Library community, the Government Printing Office, Library Services & Content Services, Library Technical Information Services (LTIS) staff has formulated a policy for creating separate records for every manifestation of a document. This policy follows an internal review of the current approach of single record cataloging.




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