{"id":3175,"date":"2025-11-10T10:45:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T15:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/sycamore-stacks\/?p=3175"},"modified":"2025-11-10T10:45:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T15:45:24","slug":"celebrate-our-success-at-the-fdlp-library-website-of-the-year-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/sycamore-stacks\/2025\/11\/10\/celebrate-our-success-at-the-fdlp-library-website-of-the-year-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Our Success at the FDLP Library Website of the Year Party!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<a href=\"https:\/\/guides.library.unt.edu\/gic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"477\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3178 img-fluid img-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/sycamore-stacks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/11\/sycamore-facade-junebug-1024x477.jpg\" alt=\"1930s neoclassical facade of Sycamore Hall.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/sycamore-stacks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/11\/sycamore-facade-junebug-1024x477.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/sycamore-stacks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/11\/sycamore-facade-junebug-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/sycamore-stacks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/11\/sycamore-facade-junebug-768x358.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/sycamore-stacks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/11\/sycamore-facade-junebug.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n<p><em>Photo of\u00a0Sycamore Hall by Junebug Clark\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/digital.library.unt.edu\/ark:\/67531\/metadc978720\/\">https:\/\/digital.library.unt.edu\/ark:\/67531\/metadc978720\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, November 12, Sycamore Library will be hosting a celebration party from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Come celebrate our success! <span class=\"TextRun SCXW171519942 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW171519942 BCX0\">We will serve vegan cake, allergy-free cupcakes, coffee, and our famous Third Floor Punch (an original <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW171519942 BCX0\">UNT <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW171519942 BCX0\">Gov Docs recipe)<\/span><\/span>. All are welcome to this come-and-go event.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3188 img-fluid img-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/sycamore-stacks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/11\/third-floor-punch.png\" alt=\"Third Floor Punch\nCourtesy of Nancy Reis\n\n2  10 oz. pkg. sweetened frozen strawberries\n1  46 oz. can ready to drink pineapple juice (in the canned food section of the grocery store.  Do not get frozen concentrate!)\n\n1  2 liter bottle of ginger ale\n\nInstructions:\nThe night before the party, open the can of pineapple juice and remove the lid. Cover with saran wrap.  Place can in freezer and freeze until solid.  Place ginger ale in refrigerator to chill.\n\nOn the day of the party, take the strawberries and now frozen pineapple juice out of the freezer about 4 hours before the party.  Continue chilling the ginger ale.\n\nJust before the party, put the now slushy strawberries and pineapple juice in the punch bowl.  Add the ginger ale.  Stir, and serve.\n\nMakes 1 punch bowlful.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/sycamore-stacks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/11\/third-floor-punch.png 800w, https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/sycamore-stacks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/11\/third-floor-punch-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/sycamore-stacks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/11\/third-floor-punch-768x513.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What are we celebrating? The UNT Libraries <a style=\"font-size: revert;\" href=\"https:\/\/library.unt.edu\/government-information\/\">Government Information Connection<\/a><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\"> has been named the best website in the <\/span><a style=\"font-size: revert;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gpo.gov\/how-to-work-with-us\/agency\/services-for-agencies\/federal-depository-library-program\">Federal Depository Library Program<\/a><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\"> (FDLP) for 2025 by the <\/span><a style=\"font-size: revert;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gpo.gov\/\">U.S. Government Publishing Office<\/a><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\"> (GPO). This is the third library to ever receive the award, which was created to recognize the creativity and the ways libraries are providing easy access to Federal Government information on their websites. Read the full <\/span><a style=\"font-size: revert;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gpo.gov\/who-we-are\/news-media\/news-and-press-releases\/gpo-names-university-of-north-texas-with-best-federal-depository-website\">press release<\/a><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>While you are here, feel free to explore the Government Publications and other collections housed in Sycamore Library, such as the Juvenile Collection, the business, political science, and law collections, and historic maps and posters. After you leave, explore our <a href=\"https:\/\/guides.library.unt.edu\/gic\/digital-collections\">Digital Collections<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/guides.library.unt.edu\/gic#s-lg-box-26985068\">Subject Guides<\/a> from the comfort of your home or dorm room.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you need assistance finding or using government information, please visit the Service Desk in the Sycamore Library during\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/library.unt.edu\/sycamore\/\">regular hours<\/a>, contact us by phone at (940) 565-2194, or send a request to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:govinfo@unt.edu\">govinfo@unt.edu<\/a>. To request a research consultation or in-depth assistance, we recommend that you E-mail or call us to make an appointment with a member of our staff.<\/p>\n<p><em>Article by Bobby Griffith.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo of\u00a0Sycamore Hall by Junebug Clark\u00a0https:\/\/digital.library.unt.edu\/ark:\/67531\/metadc978720\/ On Wednesday, November 12, Sycamore Library will be hosting a celebration party from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Come celebrate our success! We will serve vegan cake, allergy-free cupcakes, coffee, and our famous Third Floor Punch (an original UNT Gov Docs recipe). All are welcome to this come-and-go event&#8230;.  <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/sycamore-stacks\/2025\/11\/10\/celebrate-our-success-at-the-fdlp-library-website-of-the-year-party\/\" class=\"more-link\" title=\"Read Celebrate Our Success at the FDLP Library Website of the Year Party!\">Read more &raquo;<\/a>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[342,340,290,343,341],"class_list":["post-3175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-celebration","tag-government-information-connection","tag-sycamore-library","tag-third-floor-punch","tag-university-of-north-texas-libraries"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/sycamore-stacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/sycamore-stacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/sycamore-stacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/sycamore-stacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/sycamore-stacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3175"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/sycamore-stacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3193,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/sycamore-stacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3175\/revisions\/3193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/sycamore-stacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/sycamore-stacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/sycamore-stacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}