Regional needs and offers lists
The Regional Depository Library Disposal Guide is integral to ensuring the Regional has a complete set of federal government publications in a tangible format. For much of the collection, this policy is in effect when selective depositories in Minnesota, South Dakota, and Michigan choose to withdraw federal publications from their collections.
Needs lists
For some titles it is easier to provide known needs rather than have each selective go through the extensive searching of the University of Minnesota catalog holdings, especially for serial titles with hundreds of volumes. To help selectives with these specific titles, the following needs lists have been developed:
Needs lists process
- Once a selective decides to withdraw a title or part of a title, check the needs lists to determine if any volumes are missing by the regional.
- If a volume is needed by the regional, email Clarice Ostman, directly with the title and volume information. This ensures that the regional hasn't received this volume already but not yet updated the needs lists.
- To help in identifying emails related to this process, please put "REGIONAL NEEDS LIST" in the subject line of the email.
Important notes
If the title to be withdrawn is NOT on a needs list, selectives must follow the regular disposal process.
If a selective is withdrawing a title noted as "basic collection" on one of the needs lists, they are required to have the titles accessible for immediate use through the library's website, the library's catalog, or some other form of online access.
Offers lists
The University of Minnesota is offering duplicate copies of a variety of government documents. See full lists of volumes available below. All lists are also posted in the FDLP eXchange.
Please contact Sara Westdal to request items.
- Miscellaneous offers #1 (available through October 2023)
- Miscellaneous offers #2 (available through February 2024)
- Census of Population and Housing offers (available through fall 2023)