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.

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2013 GODORT Awards & Scholarship Recipients

  • 1.  2013 GODORT Awards & Scholarship Recipients

    Posted Mar 27, 2013 10:44 AM

    I'm delighted to announce the 2013 GODORT Awards and Scholarship recipients.  For the complete citation please check out the GODORT wiki at: http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/Announcing_the_2013_GODORT_Awards_Winners

    Please join me in congratulating the recipients!

    -Andrea Sevetson

     

    James Bennett Childs  … a tribute to an individual who has made a lifetime and significant contribution to the field of documents librarianship. The Award is based on stature, service, and publication which may be in any or all areas of documents librarianship. 

                  Awarded to Barbara S. Selby  

     

    Bernadine Abbott Hoduski Founders Award…recognizes documents librarians who may not be known at the national level but who have made significant contributions to the field of state, international, local, or federal documents.

              Awarded to:Helen M.Sheehy

     ProQuest/GODORT/ALA "Documents to the People" Award -  … a tribute to an individual, library, institution, or other non-commercial group that has most effectively encouraged the use of government documents in support of library service.  

                   Awarded to:  Kirsten Joy Clark

    Margaret T. Lane / Virginia F. Saunders Memorial Research Award  … given annually to an author(s) an outstanding research article in which government information, either published or archival in nature, form a substantial part of the documented research.  

               Awarded to:   Bruce P. Montgomery (U of Colorado) “Saddam Hussein's Records of Atrocity:      Seizure, Removal, and Restitution.” American Archivist. Fall/Winter2012, Vol. 75 Issue 2, p326-370, 45p.

    W. David Rozkuszka Scholarship …  provides financial assistance to an individual who is currently working with government documents in a library and is trying to complete a masters degree in library science.

    Awarded to (split between): 

    ·         LiMin Hang (Indiana University School of Library and Information Science)

    ·         Madeline Sheldon (U of Michigan School of Information)

     

    NewsBank/Readex/GODORT/ALA Catharine J. Reynolds Research Grant  …  provides funding for research in the field of documents librarianship, or in a related area that would benefit the individual's performance as a documents librarian or make a contribution to the field.. It is supported by an annual contribution of $2,000 from the NewsBank Inc.

    Awarded to:  N/A (not awarded)