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.

  • 1.  2012 Notable Docs!!!

    Posted Jun 10, 2013 12:28 PM
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    Notable Government Documents of 2012: Looking Back, Moving Ahead


    The list of 2012's Notable Documents appears in the latest issue of Library Journal and is now available online at http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2013/06/publishing/notable-government-documents-of-2012/ . Thanks to everyone who nominated titles in this round in an effort to raise awareness of noteworthy government information resources issued by state, local, and national governments, and intergovernmental organizations.


    Thanks, too, to members of the Notable Documents Panel who selected, evaluated, and annotated the many titles that were recommended:


    Federal Documents



    • Mark Anderson, Selector, University of Northern Colorado

    • Carol Spector, Judge, University of San Francisco

    • Vicki L. Tate, Judge, University of South Alabama


     


    State & Local Documents



    • Robbie Sittel, Selector, Tulsa City-County Library

    • Linda Johnson, Judge, University of New Hampshire

    • Heidi Peters, Judge, Advanced Resource Technologies, Inc.


     


    International Documents



    • David N. Griffiths, Selector, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    • Chelsea Dinsmore, Judge, University of Florida

    • Kris Kasianovitz, Judge, Stanford University


     


    Be on the lookout later this summer for the first call for Notable Documents of 2013, and please consider nominating a title this year.  If you have interest in serving on the Notable Documents Panel, please contact Marianne, marianne-ryan (at) NORTHWESTERN.EDU.


    To read about previous years Notable Documents, visit the GODORT Publications Committee Notable Docs Bibliography.


     


    Thanks again!


    Marianne Ryan, Chair, Notable Documents Panel