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We're responsible for assigning ISBN and Catalogue Numbers to Government of Canada publications. If you're publishing Government of Canada information for public consumption or limited circulation, then you'll need the appropriate control numbers for your publication – regardless of the medium.
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Depository Services Program
The Depository Services Program (DSP) distributes publications from Government of Canada departments and agencies to depository libraries across Canada and around the world. All publications are catalogued by the DSP and are searchable in our online catalogue. There are no costs to authoring institutions for cataloguing, inventory management or distribution, each of which is done at our expense. Departments and agencies need only provide us with sufficient copies of their hard-copy publications for distribution to our member libraries and single copies of any electronic publications in PDF format.
All institutions of the Government of Canada identified in Schedules I, I.1 and II of the Financial Administration Act are obligated to provide their publications to the DSP as per Section 27 of the Communications Policy of the Government of Canada. We also welcome participation from other Government of Canada institutions.
For more information, please contact us, or you can read more about the DSP.
