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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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new book about the Serial Set

  • 1.  new book about the Serial Set

    Posted Mar 04, 2014 03:47 PM



    Colleagues,


    I am happy to announce the publication of The Serial Set: Its Makeup and Content, edited by GODORT’s own Andrea Sevetson and including many chapters written by GODORT authors.  For details, see the GODORT Publications Committee wiki page: http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/Publications#The_Serial_Set:_Its_Make-up_and_Content.     Topics covered include America’s changing place in the world, radical groups, controversies and scandals, art in the Serial Set, and many more.  The complete table of contents is available here: http://wikis.ala.org/godort/images/8/8b/SerialSetBookTitleContents.pdf. 


    Proquest is donating all proceeds from the sale of the book to GODORT, and you can place an order for yourself or your library from the wiki page linked above.  Happy reading!


    Karen Hogenboom


    Chair, GODORT Publications Committee