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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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Open Meeting Announcement: GODORT Education Committee virtual meeting 12/7/2015

  • 1.  Open Meeting Announcement: GODORT Education Committee virtual meeting 12/7/2015

    Posted Dec 05, 2015 11:01 AM

    Colleagues,


    You are warmly invited to the GODORT Education Committee's virtual meeting at 3:00 Central on Monday, December 7.  Our agenda is below, and if you have thoughts about any of the agenda items but can't make the meeting please comment on this thread or contact me directly.


    Best,


    Karen


    Virtual Meeting Agenda


    GODORT Education Committee


    December 7, 2015


    4:00 Eastern/3:00 Central/1:00 Pacific


     


     


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    +1 217 332 6338 (Site1-Dialin-region)                            English (United States)


    +1 312 994 8410 (Site1-Dialin-region)                            English (United States)  


    +1 888 983 3631 (Site1-Dialin-region)                            English (United States)  


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    Conference ID: 44880150


     


     


    All unlinked documents are on the committee’s wiki page at http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/Education. 


     



    1. Introductions (5 minutes)

    2. Committee charge: review and comment (5 minutes)

    3. Committee projects: what is the status of each of these?  How relevant are they currently? How up to date are they?  What would be necessary to keep them current?  Are they sustainable?  Are they still relevant? ( 15 minutes)

      1. Government Information Competencies

      2. Annotated Bibliography on Librarian Education in Government Documents

      3. E-Government References for Further Reading

      4. Library Schools with Government Information Courses

      5. Based on our charge, are there areas where we need to focus but haven’t in the past?  Are there sustainable projects we could take on? (10 minutes)

      6. Goals: what should the committee’s goals be over the next five years?  (25 minutes)



    Goals should be:



    1. Specific: clearly define what we will do / action oriented

    2. Measurable: how will we know we have achieved the goal?

    3. Achievable: committee has the knowledge, skills and abilities to reach the goal

    4. Results-focused: the goal measures outcomes, not activities

    5. Time-bound: The goal should have a timeframe.


    ( see http://www.hr.virginia.edu/uploads/documents/media/Writing_SMART_Goals.pdf for more information about SMART goals, or try googling)


     


    Karen Hogenboom


    Chair, GODORT Education Committee


    Head, Scholarly Commons


    306 Main Library, MC-522


    1408 W. Gregory Drive


    Urbana, IL  61801


    217-333-2472