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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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ALA Travel Award Opportunity from BRASS

  • 1.  ALA Travel Award Opportunity from BRASS

    Posted 3 days ago

    Hi all,

    I'm sharing this travel award opportunity at the request of BRASS. Since there is a lot of overlap between government information and business librarianship, this opportunity might be relevant to some of you.

    Do you know a successful librarian who is new to the field of academic business librarianship who would like to attend the ALA Annual Conference?

    If so, please nominate them for the BRASS Academic Business Librarianship Travel Award sponsored by Finaeon. Self-nominations are welcome.

    This award presents a citation and $1,250 to an individual new to the field of academic business librarianship and is made possible by the generous support of Finaeon.

    Please submit the following through the online nomination form that can be found at http://www.ala.org/rusa/brass-academic-business-librarianship-travel-award.

    1. A letter of nomination addressing the criteria

    2. The nominee's current CV

    3. Self-nominations are encouraged to include an additional letter of recommendation

    Deadline: February 20th, 2026.

    Criteria

    The BRASS Academic Librarianship Travel Award Committee reviews written applications for the following:

    The candidate should be an academic librarian with five or fewer years of experience in business librarianship.

    Nominee's interest in business librarianship as demonstrated by activities that may include (but are not limited to) past coursework, internships, jobs, special projects, and

    publications (40%).

    An explanation of how the ALA experience will enhance individual career development and the advancement of the profession of business librarianship (30%).

    A demonstrated financial need (20%).

    The candidate does not need to be a member of ALA, RUSA, or BRASS but preference will be given to those that are members (10%)

    Canadian colleagues are also welcome to apply.

    If you have any questions, please email the committee chair, William Parker at wparker4@usf.edu



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    Julia Ezzo
    Chair, GODORT
    Government Information Librarian
    Michigan State University
    julia@msu.edu
    She/Her/Hers
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