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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New Issue of DttP - Coming to your mailbox soon!

  • 1.  New Issue of DttP - Coming to your mailbox soon!

    Posted Nov 29, 2010 01:34 PM

    Hi all,

      The latest issue of DttP is making its way to your mailboxes!  This issue is the always-fun student papers issue, featuring articles from current students/recent graduates in addition to the usual stellar columns.  The table of contents is below - we hope that you'll find something of interest!  

    As always, if you have questions, comments, articles for submission, we welcome them at dttp.editor@gmail.com

    Thanks!

    Valerie Glenn and Beth Clausen
    DttP Co-Lead Editors

     

    DttP v. 38, #4, Winter 2010

    Table of Contents

    Columns

    Editor's Corner - Beth Clausen and Valerie Glenn
    From the Chair – Geoff Swindells
    Get to Know…Chris Brown - Julia Stewart
    Federal Documents Focus – Rebecca Hyde and Lucia Orlando
    State and Local Documents Spotlight – Barbara Miller
    By the Numbers – Stephen Woods

    Articles

    Remembering the Forgotten Internment: Attempts at Redress for the Japanese Latin American Internees of World War II
    Naomi Fogerty

    Inventing Nature: the History and Impact of Plants as Intellectual Property
    Molly Corman

    By the Authority Vested in Me: The Healthy Marriage Initiative and the Federal Government’s Historical Love Affair with Marriage
    Jennifer Scott Wills

    The Cost of Free Access to Information: The Controversy over PACER and Open Access to Court Documents
    Adrienne A. De Witt  

    ASERL Proposal for Regional Management of Federal Depository Library Collections
    Judith C. Russell


    Index to Advertisers


    About the Cover:     

    The cover photo is entitled Walrus and USGS research team on Northern Bering Sea, taken by the United States Geological Survey Alaska Science Center staff. It is available at life.nbii.gov/dml/mediadetail.do?id=10468&pt=l2&l2PageId=50117&sDir=ta