Catalog of U.S. Government Publications Geographic-Based Record Sets

Metadata and Collection Services (MCS), Library Services and Content Management (LSCM) of the U.S. Government Publishing Office created and maintains this repository. The intention is to provide new products for Federal depository libraries to develop and manage their collections and the GPO records in their catalogs and systems.

The repository contains sets of Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) MARC records and reports on the records for each state and jurisdiction. The files have been named and organized in folders corresponding to their National Collection Service Area (NCSA).

Collections List

NCSA	State	No. of Records	Last Update	Record Formats	Cataloging Dates
Midwest	Illinois	6,649	4/2025	All	All
Midwest	Indiana	7,055	4/2025	All	All
Midwest	Iowa	4,849	4/2025	All	All
Midwest	Kansas	7,716	4/2025	All	All
Midwest	Michigan	6,072	4/2025	All	All
Midwest	Minnesota	4,758	4/2025	All	All
Midwest	Missouri	5,975	4/2025	All	All
Midwest	Nebraska	3,015	4/2025	All	All
Midwest	North Dakota	2,728	4/2025	All	All
Midwest	Ohio	8,876	4/2025	All	All
Midwest	South Dakota	2,817	4/2025	All	All
Midwest	Wisconsin	6,133	4/2025	All	All
Northeast	Connecticut	2,256	4/2025	All	All
Northeast	Delaware	1,829	4/2025	All	All
Northeast	District of Columbia	5,859	4/2025	All	All
Northeast	Maine	3,189	4/2025	All	All
Northeast	Maryland	4,755	4/2025	All	All
Northeast	Massachusetts	4,471	4/2025	All	All
Northeast	New Hampshire	1,869	4/2025	All	All
Northeast	New Jersey	3,911	4/2025	All	All
Northeast	New York	10,778	4/2025	All	All
Northeast	Pennsylvania	8,263	4/2025	All	All
Northeast	Rhode Island	1,262	4/2025	All	All
Northeast	Vermont	1,627	4/2025	All	All
South	Alabama	4,128	4/2025	All	All
South	Arkansas	3,584	4/2025	All	All
South	Florida	8,834	4/2025	All	All
South	Georgia	5,165	4/2025	All	All
South	Kentucky	3,370	4/2025	All	All
South	Louisiana	5,264	4/2025	All	All
South	Mississippi	5,224	4/2025	All	All
South	North Carolina	5,573	4/2025	All	All
South	Oklahoma	3,695	4/2025	All	All
South	Puerto Rico	2,341	4/2025	All	All
South	South Carolina	3,084	4/2025	All	All
South	Tennessee	6,513	4/2025	All	All
South	Texas	11,069	4/2025	All	All
South	Virginia	9,340	4/2025	All	All
South	Virgin Islands of the United States	55	4/2025	All	All
South	West Virginia	2,962	4/2025	All	All
West	Alaska	13,094	4/2025	All	All
West	Arizona	8,092	4/2025	All	All
West	California	24,107	4/2025	All	All
West	Colorado	11,152	4/2025	All	All
West	Federated States of Micronesia	106	4/2025	All	All
West	Guam	740	4/2025	All	All
West	Hawaii	3,935	4/2025	All	All
West	Idaho	7,778	4/2025	All	All
West	Montana	7,693	4/2025	All	All
West	Nevada	6,863	4/2025	All	All
West	New Mexico	7,442	4/2025	All	All
West	Northern Mariana Islands	368	4/2025	All	All
West	Oregon	10,054	4/2025	All	All
West	Utah	8,785	4/2025	All	All
West	Washington State	328	4/2025	All	All
West	Wyoming	6,372	4/2025	All	All
Total Number of Records		313,822

Record Sets

The selection of the records is based on a group of MARC metadata elements related to geographic coverage and governmental jurisdiction. The full names, abbreviations, and adjectival forms of the states and jurisdictions are used as the match points.

• Geographic Area Code (043)
  • Please see the MARC Code List for Geographic Areas
• Main Entry - Corporate Name (110)
• Main Entry - Meeting Name (111)
• Title Statement (245 $a and $b)
• Varying Form of Title (246 $a and $b)
• Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc. (260 $b)
• Name of Producer, Publisher, Distributor, Manufacturer (264 $b)
• Note Fields (5XXs)
• Subject Added Entry - Corporate Name (610)
• Subject Added Entry - Meeting Name (611)
• Subject Added Entry - Topical Term, Geographic Subdivision (650 $z)
• Subject Added Entry - Geographic Name (651)
• Added Entry - Corporate name (710)
• Added Entry - Meeting Name (711)

Reports

The reports are in the form of tab-separated values spreadsheets. They include several different types of metadata, such as:

• Match points
  • MARC field names and tags
• Major metadata elements
  • Titles
  • CGP system numbers
  • OCLC numbers
  • Record types
    • Names and MARC codes
  • Record formats
    • Names and MARC codes
  • Agency names
    • Up to three per record
  • SuDoc numbers
    • Up to three per record
  • Item numbers
    • Up to three per record
  • Publication dates
  • PURLs
    • Up to three per record
  • Publications URLs
    • Up to three per record
• Collection development and management elements
  • SuDoc agency classes
    • Up to three per record
  • Shipping list numbers
  • Online equivalent records
    • True or False
  • OCLC numbers of the online equivalent records

How to Use the Repository Resources

Downloading Instructions

When downloading files from the repository, all files in the repository are included in the downloaded zip file.

1. In the top right-hand section of this page, click on the “Code” button.
2. Click on “Download ZIP.”
3. A ZIP file with all files in the repository will be downloaded.
4. Unzip the file with a zip utility.

The zip file can also be downloaded directly at this link: https://github.com/usgpo/cataloging-records-geographic-based/archive/refs/heads/main.zip

Repository History and Versions

GitHub uses a versioning system to provide access to the iterations of a repository. This enables a user to return to the state of a repository before the various changes ("commits" in GitHub terminology) that were made to it.

To see a list of versions of the repository as a whole, follow these steps:

• Click or tap on "commits" in the top right-hand section of the page
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• On the "Commits" page, choose the date of the version to be retrieved and then click or tap the "Browse the repository at this point in the history" link.
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• The resources in the repository on that date will be available for viewing and downloading.

To see a list of versions of a particular collection, follow these steps:

• Click or tap on the name of a collection in the Collections List.
• Click or tap on "History" in the top right-hand corner of the collection page.
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• On the "History" page, choose the date of the version to be retrieved.
• Click or tap on the "Browse the repository at this point in the history" icon.
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• The main page of the repository on that date will be displayed.
• The resources in the repository on that date will be available for viewing and downloading.

Other LSCM Repositories

LSCM develops and maintains other repositories:

• All CGP Records (MARC UTF-8)
• All CGP Records (MARC XML)
• CGP Records Maintenance Files
• CGP on GitHub
• U.S. Congressional Serial Set Project (MARC UTF-8)
• U.S. Congressional Serial Set Project (MARC XML)

Feedback and Questions

MCS greatly appreciates feedback and questions about the repositories, collections, and resources. Please submit inquiries via askGPO, select the “Federal Depository Library” tile, and choose the “Cataloging/Metadata (Policy and Records)” category.