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.  Two letters from GODORT

    Posted Aug 13, 2018 05:17 PM
    At the Annual Conference, Steering approved sending two letters on behalf of GODORT.

    • The first, to GPO, asks for public updates on the progress of correcting PURLs that are not functioning because of web security updates.
    • The second, to the Congressional Transparency Caucus, thanks them for leadership in working toward public access for CRS reports. 
    These letters have now been transmitted to the appropriate parties, and are shared here for your information.

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    Shari Laster
    Head, Open Stack Collections
    ASU Library
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    GODORT-CongTranspCaucus-July2018.pdf   89 KB 1 version
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    GODORT-PURL-letter-July2018.pdf   90 KB 1 version


  • 2.  RE: Two letters from GODORT

    Posted Aug 24, 2018 09:39 PM
    Thanks for posting these letters Shari. Glad the GODORT is out front on these issues, especially public access to CRS reports for which librarians have been advocating for a loooong time!

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    James Jacobs
    Federal Government Information Librarian
    Stanford University Green Library 123B
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