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.
DttP v.38:no.4, Winter 2010, is attached.
Columns
4 Editor's Corner—Beth Clausen and Valerie Glenn
6 From the Chair—Geoff Swindells
9 Get to Know . . . Chris Brown—Julia Stewart
10 Federal Documents Focus—Lucia Orlando and Rebecca Hyde
11 State and Local Documents Spotlight—Barbara Miller
13 By the Numbers—Stephen Woods
Articles
17 Remembering the Forgotten Internment: Attempts at Redress for the Japanese Latin American Internees of World War II
Naomi Fogerty
21 Inventing Nature: The History and Impact of Plants as Intellectual Property
Molly Corman
26 By the Authority Vested in Me: The Healthy Marriage Initiative and the Federal Government’s Historical Love Affair with Marriage
Jennifer Scott Wills
31 The Cost of Free Access to Information: The Controversy over PACER and Open Access to Court Documents
Adrienne A. De Witt
38 ASERL Proposal for Regional Management of Federal Depository Library Collections
Judith C. Russell