GODORT (Government Documents Round Table)

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The mission of the Government Documents Round Table (GODORT) is to (1) To provide a forum for discussion of problems, concerns, and for exchange of ideas by librarians working with government documents; (2) to provide a force for initiating and supporting programs to increase availability, use, and bibliographic control of documents; (3) to increase communication between documents librarians and other librarians; (4) to contribute to the extension and improvement of education and training of documents librarians.

Learn more about GODORT on the ALA website.

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GODORT Co-Sponsored ANSS Program on Libraries & Social Change @ ALA Annual in DC - June 27th

  • 1.  GODORT Co-Sponsored ANSS Program on Libraries & Social Change @ ALA Annual in DC - June 27th

    Posted May 24, 2010 09:42 AM

    You're invited!

    Please join us in Washington for the ANSS annual program...

    Standing up and Sitting in: Libraries and Social Change

    Sunday, June 27, 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
    Washington Conference Center, Room 151B
    Sponsored by the Anthropology and Sociology Section (ACRL)

    For more details: http://anssdc.wordpress.com/

    Libraries have long promoted social causes and supported social movements, like the fight for civil rights and the women's movement. And librarians are working to both preserve this grassroots history and to educate their communities about today's social issues. For this program, activists, historians, librarians and other creative thinkers will discuss their research and involvement in promoting civic engagement and human rights, inviting conversation about how librarians can become engaged in social movements.

    Speakers:
    Kathleen de la Peña McCook, Distinguished University Professor, School of Library and Information Science, University of South Florida;
    Cheryl Knott Malone, Associate Professor, School of Information Resources and Library Science, University of Arizona;
    John Feffer, Writing Fellow, Provisions Library;
    Moderator, Annie C. Paprocki, Anthropology and Sociology Librarian, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    And breakfast will be provided!

    ~Rebecca Blakeley
    Member, ANSS 2010 Conference Program Planning Committee