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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Help! Webinar series needs you!

  • 1.  Help! Webinar series needs you!

    Posted Sep 07, 2021 12:38 PM

    Hello everyone,

    The GODORT Help! Webinar Series Committee is looking for topics and speakers for programs. If you've got special expertise or an interest in an area of government information, please consider sharing your knowledge with your colleagues. 

    There have been over 100 webinars in the Help! I'm an Accidental Government Information Librarian series. They've covered a wide variety of topics including the Census, geocoding, research in the sciences and social sciences,  and many others.

    Here are some suggested topics (but we welcome other ideas!):

    • Key government documents
    • Historic preservation
    • National Park Service
    • New NIH Data Sharing Policy
    • Differential Privacy and the Census
    • Exhibits/Outreach with government documents
    • Library Instruction for Government Information
    • Collection Management/Weeding 

    The Help! webinars are now co-produced by GODORT and NCLA GRS. If you would like to see examples of previous webinars, check out the Help! YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6CfualeU8N77us06prY10Q.

    Please contact us if you've got an idea. The Committee looks forward to talking with you!

    Best regards,

    Liza Weisbrod

    Music & Government Information Librarian

    RBD Library

    231 Mell St.

    Auburn University, AL 36849

    weisbel@auburn.edu

    334-844-0954



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    Lynda Kellam
    Senior Data Librarian
    Cornell Center for Social Sciences, Cornell Univ.
    She/Her/Hers
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