GODORT (Government Documents Round Table)

The GODORT Publications Committee seeks volunteers to serve as judges, selectors, and annotators for the annual Notable Documents Panel. 

Volunteers do not need to be members of GODORT, and government information specialists outside of librarianship are also encouraged to volunteer.

Interested parties should contact the chair of the Notable Documents Panel, Emily Alford << alfordem[at]indiana.edu >>

What is the NDP?

Every year since 1982 the NDP has asked the community to nominate recent government documents (state, national, international) that are particularly important, useful, and, well, notable.  Judges evaluate each submission using a standardized rubric, and documents with the highest scores are listed on the annual Notable Documents List published by Library Journal (recent example here:  go.wm. edu/JQVF72  )  Library Journal is an excellent venue for the Notable Documents list because it is an opportunity to promote government publications to a wide audience.

What do volunteers do?

Judges review and score nominated documents using a standardized rubric. The criteria used includes: lasting value; reference/bibliography value; contribution to existing knowledge; contribution to understanding of government processes; appeal to a broad audience; writing style; physical appearance. There are 9 grading criteria in total.
We need at least 6 judges: 2 federal documents; 2 state & local documents; 2 international documents

Selectors review the judges' scores, tabulate the results, and determine which documents scored the highest. Selectors also ensure citations of the winning documents are correct before they're listed in LJ.

Annotators write short (~100wrd) summaries of winning documents.

All volunteers are listed as contributors in the published in Library Journal piece.

If you are interested, or potentially interested and have questions, please contact the chair of the Notable Documents Panel, Emily Alford << alfordem[at]indiana.edu >>

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Richard Mikulski
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The GODORT Publications Committee seeks volunteers to serve as judges, selectors, and annotators for the annual Notable Documents Panel. 

Volunteers do not need to be members of GODORT, and government information specialists outside of librarianship are also encouraged to volunteer.

Interested parties should contact the chair of the Notable Documents Panel, Emily Alford << alfordem[at]indiana.edu >>

What is the NDP?

Every year since 1982 the NDP has asked the community to nominate recent government documents (state, national, international) that are particularly important, useful, and, well, notable.  Judges evaluate each submission using a standardized rubric, and documents with the highest scores are listed on the annual Notable Documents List published by Library Journal (recent example here:  go.wm. edu/JQVF72  )  Library Journal is an excellent venue for the Notable Documents list because it is an opportunity to promote government publications to a wide audience.

What do volunteers do?

Judges review and score nominated documents using a standardized rubric. The criteria used includes: lasting value; reference/bibliography value; contribution to existing knowledge; contribution to understanding of government processes; appeal to a broad audience; writing style; physical appearance. There are 9 grading criteria in total.
We need at least 6 judges: 2 federal documents; 2 state & local documents; 2 international documents

Selectors review the judges' scores, tabulate the results, and determine which documents scored the highest. Selectors also ensure citations of the winning documents are correct before they're listed in LJ.

Annotators write short (~100wrd) summaries of winning documents.

All volunteers are listed as contributors in the published in Library Journal piece.

If you are interested, or potentially interested and have questions, please contact the chair of the Notable Documents Panel, Emily Alford << alfordem[at]indiana.edu >>

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Richard Mikulski
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