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.
Do you know of someone, or are you someone starting out your librarianship career in government documents? Then consider suggesting/applying for ALA's Emerging Leaders (EL) Program.
"The ALA Emerging Leaders (EL) program is a leadership development program which enables newer library workers from across the country to participate in problem solving work groups, network with peers, gain an inside look into ALA structure, and have an opportunity to serve the profession in a leadership capacity. It puts participants on the fast track to ALA committee volunteerism as well as other professional library-related organizations. "
For more information visit: https://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2022/07/accepting-applications-2023-class-ala-emerging-leaders
The GODORT Awards Committee supports an individual to take part in this program. The deadline for applications is September, 9th 2022.