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.  DttP Cover Contest

    Posted Nov 16, 2011 04:14 PM

    Hi everyone - it's once again time for the DttP cover contest! We know that there are a lot of creative folks out there, and would love to see the different ways you incorporate government publications into a real-life setting. 

    Photo guidelines: 

     

    • Photos may be of state, local, federal, foreign or international publications out in the field.
    • All photos submitted must include citation information - use the Chicago Manual of Style citation format.
    • Photo orientation should be portrait (not landscape).
    • Digital photos must be at least 300 dpi.
    • File format should be .jpg or .gif
    • File name should be lastname_2012.jpg OR lastname_2012.gif
    Please submit all images to the Lead Editors of DttP by December 1, 2011. The photo will be on the cover of the Spring 2012 issue.
    All submitted photos will be posted on the GODORT wiki. For previous entries, see http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/DttP_Cover_Photos
    Lead Editor Contact Information:
    Beth Clausen and Valerie Glenn