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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.

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Call for papers - Government Information, Development & Poverty

  • 1.  Call for papers - Government Information, Development & Poverty

    Posted Jan 28, 2013 12:11 PM
    Posted on behalf of Jim Church ...

    Please see below the call for papers for the IFLA Government Information
    and Official Publications Section (GIOPS). Please feel free to contact me
    if you are interested or have any questions.

    The call is open until February 15 and we are warmly accepting submissions.


    Even if you do not feel inspired to present, please help us get out the
    call and spread the word by contacting interested faculty, representatives
    of government agencies, and NGOs.

    *Information for Development Action: Governments, Civil Society and
    Libraries*
    IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 2013

    The Government Information and Official Publications Section and Government
    Libraries Section invite proposals for papers to be
    presented at the World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) in
    Singapore, August 17th-23th August 2013.

    The session will focus on trends and patterns of information creation and
    dissemination in the fields of international economic
    development and poverty. Speakers are invited to explore the types of
    development and poverty alleviation information being produced, the tools
    used for its access and discovery, the relationships between international
    organizations, national governments, and civil society
    in creating and sharing this information, and the role of libraries in
    building collections and providing access to this information in an
    increasingly digital environment. The program will appeal to librarians
    interested in global economic development, poverty
    alleviation, development assistance, and trends in official government
    information and civil society (NGO) publishing.

    Subjects of interest include but are not limited to:

    Official government information sources and strategies for economic growth
    and poverty alleviation
    Statistical sources on economic development and poverty assistance
    National government strategies for poverty alleviation and economic
    development
    Poverty alleviation and development information sources from
    national, international, & regional governmental organizations
    Civil society (NGO) information sources on poverty relief and micro-finance
    The role of libraries in collecting, preserving, and providing access to
    this information

    Please send your proposal for papers to Satendra Dhaka (ssdhaka@gmail.com)
    and Jim Church (jchurch@library.berkeley.edu) by
    February 15, 2013. Complete information available on the WLIC 2013 website
    at:

    http://conference.ifla.org/ifla79/calls-for-papers/information-for-development-action-governments-civil-society-and-libraries

    Best regards, and sorry I cannot be at ALA midwinter!

    Jim Church

    --
    Jim Church
    Secretary/Treasurer, IFLA Government Information and Official
    Publications Section
    Librarian for Economics, Development Studies, Political Economy and
    United States, International and Foreign Government Information
    University of California, Berkeley
    438 Doe Library
    Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
    Tel: (510) 768-7611