beta version of FDsys now available

From Library Journal (3/1/09) news:

GPO Access will soon be replaced by the Federal Digital System (called FDsys), an integrated system for storing/preserving, describing/organizing, authenticating, searching, and accessing published government information.

"The first public release of FDsys is currently available as a public beta. FDsys may be accessed through http://fdsys.gpo.gov. There are five major releases planned over the next three years."

"Release 1 - Early 2009
-Replace GPO Access functionality and migrate content into FDsys
-Manage content and metadata in content packages
-Exchange descriptive metadata between FDsys and ILS
-Ensure content authenticity and digitally sign PDF documents
-Provide simple, advanced fielded, citation, and Boolean search
-Enable collection-specific access features
-Make content and metadata available for viewing, printing, and downloading"

From http://www.gpo.gov/projects/fdsys_capabilities.htm