South Dakota State Government Publications

The South Dakota State Library (SDSL) serves as the state's depository for state agency publications, some of which date back to territorial days. South Dakota State Government Publications are collected by the State Library in digital and paper (when available). Paper copies are placed in the state government collection.

During the 2012 legislative session, SD Codified Law 14-1A-3 and associated ARSD relating to the state publications program was updated to include digital (electronic) publications. Digital publications are made available in the digital repository.

Archive-IT Collection is a collaboration of the South Dakota State Archives and the South Dakota State Library. Archive-IT is used to preserve the websites of South Dakota State Government agencies. These websites host annual reports, rules and regulations, legislative documents, and other born-digital state publications.

The United States Government is the largest publisher in the world. It distributes materials in a variety of formats, including electronic, CD, microfiche, and paper. As part of its publishing program, the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) through the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) distributes certain classes of government documents free of cost to designated libraries throughout the United States and its territories. These libraries are known as Federal depository libraries.