Does Criss Library receive copies of all U.S. government documents?
No. We are a selective depository library, which means that we receive documents distributed among various categories defined by the Federal Depository Library Program. We currently select 60% of the 8,000 categories offered to depository libraries, which brings us about 5,000 documents each year. Most of the 1,200 Federal depository libraries are selective, while 53 libraries have been designated as regional depositories. These libraries receive the documents distributed among all the categories, and they provide reference and interlibrary loan support to the selective depositories. Love Library at the University of Nebraska—Lincoln serves as the regional depository library for Nebraska.
