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Laura Aydelotte
The Shared Print Partnership (SPP) is excited to announce that the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) has become the SPP’s newest member as of September 2026, along with the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). The GPO, created by the United States Congress in 1860, is responsible for publishing Federal Government...
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Laura Aydelotte
The Shared Print Partnership is glad to announce the date for the first SPP Virtual Conference, which will take place October 28th 11am-2pm ET/10am-1pm CT/9am-12pm MT/8am-11am PT. Zoom registration is now available. Full details to come. Call For Papers: We would like to invite anyone in the shared print community...
Laura Aydelotte
For the September SPP Spotlight, we interview Tony Fonseca, the current chair of the SPP Executive Committee. Tony is Director of Alumnae Library & College Archivist at Elms College, and has long been a dedicated member of the shared print community. In this interview he shares some of his perspectives...
Laura Aydelotte
The SPP is excited to announce the launch of SPP Exploratory Generative Groups, or EGGs. EGGs are a new way for members to start grassroots conversations about whatever they are passionate about, frustrated by, or interested in exploring about the work of shared print. We are inviting anyone who would...
Laura Aydelotte
This is the first in a series of SPP Spotlight interviews with individuals working in the SPP shared print community. For our first interview Miranda Bennett, Director of Shared Collections at the California Digital Library and recent chair of the SPP Executive Committee from July 2025-June 2026, answers questions about...
Laura Aydelotte
Nagoya University Library recently announced a new translation of the SPP’s Shared Print Toolkit Website into Japanese. The Japanese version of the SPP Toolkit was undertaken by the Collection Development Project Team of the Tokai National Higher Education and Research System, which is a partnership of Gifu University Library and...