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.
If you’re new to the library profession, consider applying to be a GODORT Emerging Leader!GODORT will be sponsoring a 2018 ALA Emerging Leader and you can apply at:http://www.ala.org/cfapps/emergingleaders/The application deadline is: Friday August 31, 2017Librarians with less than 5 years of professional or paraprofessional experience are eligible. Details are available at: http://www.ala.org/educationcareers/leadership/emergingleaders/To be considered for GODORT sponsorship, choose GODORT as a sponsor option (near the bottom of the application). Applicants must also be an individual member of the sponsoring organization selected on their application.Please let others know about this opportunity!