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.

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Event: We've Got Google, So Why Can't We Find the Research We Need??

  • 1.  Event: We've Got Google, So Why Can't We Find the Research We Need??

    Posted May 19, 2023 11:36 AM

    Hi All,

    I wanted to alert you to an upcoming webinar/discussion sponsored by Coherent Digital (the folks behind Policy Commons) about collecting and managing "grey literature".
    (Full Disclosure: I'm one of the panelists)

    Interested in/Infuriated by Grey Literature?
    Then join us for an online discussion next Tuesday, 5/23, 12pm EST : We've Got Google. So why can't we find the research that we need?

    Content democratization has led to an explosion in research content: hundreds of thousands of high-quality reports, working papers, briefs, and data sets vital to the global research community. But - yes, there is a "but" - this research is tedious and time-consuming to find, buried in search results, and often subject to link rot.  In this highly-interactive conversation, our expert panel discusses the publishing lifecycle of policy research - both formal publications and grey literature - as well as efforts to root out, select, and preserve democratized content.  Participants will walk away with new insights as well as practical tips to make their research more efficient, inclusive, unique, and impactful.

    Panellists:
    Duncan Wambogo Omole, PMP Wambogo Omole, Head of Research, Knowledge & Information Services WorldBank Group
    Kris Kasianovitz, Library Director of UC-Berkeley IGS Library
    Gary Price, Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal's infoDOCKET
    Toby Green, Former publisher of the OECDiLibrary, and co-founder of Coherent Digital

    Register to attend via Zoom.a

    Best,
    Kris



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    Kris Kasianovitz
    Library Director
    UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies Library
    She/Her/Hers
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