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.

  • 1.  Help your GODORT Program speakers by taking a 2-question survey

    Posted Jun 11, 2010 06:10 PM

    Linda Whitaker, one of our fabulous speakers for the upcoming GODORT Program (Monday, June 28, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., WCC-152B) requests brief information from GODORT members regarding our job responsibilities and our access to web resources.  Ms. Whitaker will incorporate our responses into her talk on "Librarians and Archivists: Together We Can Save Congress." I've created a 2-question survey below -- please take a moment if you can to fill this out!  (It may require you to sign up for a free account for the service, ProtectNetwork, but I don't think so & I can't test it myself.)  Let me know if you have any problems with the survey.  I will report on the results here.

    https://catalysttools.washington.edu/webq/survey/cass/106218

    Thanks again.



  • 2.  RE: Help your GODORT Program speakers by taking a 2-question survey

    Posted Jun 17, 2010 04:23 PM

    Thanks to the 23 of you who answered Linda Whitaker's two questions.  The results are as follows:

    QUESTION 1 - Are you responsible for other subject areas besides government information?

    No (5 respondents)
    Yes (18 respondents, see areas listed below)

    -- Art, Education, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, General Science, Reference, Speech & Hearing, Freshman Studies, Business
    -- Business
    -- business, legal
    -- economics
    -- Environmental Studies
    -- general interest collection development (not an academic library)
    -- generalist
    -- geography, GIS, maps
    -- history, literature, visual & performing arts, philosophy, languages
    -- patents and trademarks (government-related but USPTO not GPO); education
    -- Pol Sci, Communication Studies
    -- political science and international area studies
    -- political science, international affairs
    -- political science, international studies, statistics & data and rhetoric & communication studies
    -- Political Science, Law & Society, Environmental Policy
    -- political science, religion, philosophy, women's and gender studies, legal studies, leadership studies
    -- public administration, political science and law
    -- women studies, gay & lesbian studies


    QUESTION 2 - Does your institution allow you web space to create your own personal (as opposed to department) reference/resources page?

    No (5 respondents)
    Yes, with no restrictions on content (9 respondents)
    Yes, with some restrictions on content (7 respondents, see restrictions below):

    -- do not use to backup your files; no commercial use; do not conflict with library/univ mission, goals, or policies; no copyright violation; limit images
    -- no formal restrictions; must be work or subject related
    -- no for-profit or campaign related content
    -- non-work content
    -- not sure
    -- We create our own reference/resources pages with Gov Info. content, not something like our favorite musicians, etc. 
    -- work related, conformity with look and feel of site, etc.