GODORT Education Committee Virtual Meeting

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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.

When:  Nov 30, 2017 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM (CT)

GODORT Education Committee Virtual Meeting


The URL for the meeting will be http://ala.adobeconnect.com/godort_education/ .


For people who need to call-in instead of using a computer microphone:


(844) 801-7777, access code 738241


GODORT Education Committee Meeting Agenda


November 30, 2017


 




  1. Appointment of secretary





    1. May use minutes template





  2. Approval of minutes of June 25, 2017 meeting




  3. Goals from 2017 Annual Meeting (Sinclair)





    1. Revise the Government Information Competencies by Midwinter 2018




    2. Propose two programs at Annual in the next 5 years (2018-2023)




    3. Review and update GODORT Exchange by Annual 2019





  4. Revision of Policies and Procedures Manual





    1. Include teaching/educating library school students? (Quinn)




    2. Reflect that some Committee liaisons are no longer appointed by task forces





      1. International Documents Task Force (even years)




      2. Federal Documents Task Force (now an Interest Group, FIIG)




      3. State and Local Documents Task Force (odd years)





  5. Government Information Online - is there a role for GODORT Education Committee? (Sinclair)




  6. Web Manager (Sinclair)





    1. The Education Committee web page needs to be updated (in conjunction with ALA redesign).





  7. External liaisons (Sinclair)





    1. ALA Library Education Assembly: Flynn




    2. ALA Literacy Assembly: vacant




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