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.  Friday Chat, 10/28 @ 12 PM Central - Weird & Wonderful Docs

    Posted Oct 27, 2022 02:47 PM
    Please join us tomorrow (Friday) for our chat on sites that aggregate unusual government documents. We'll be joined by Cass Hartnett and Jenny Groome, who will talk about UW's Gov Pubs Finds Tumblr and GODORT's Weird & Wonderful Documents.

    And mark your calendar's for the following Friday chat on Nov 18th, which will be a week later than usual because of the Veteran's Day holiday.

    Registration for the Friday Chat series is here (only need to register once, Zoom link is same for each one): https://godort.libguides.com/fridaychats

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    Kian Flynn
    Geography & Global Studies Librarian
    University of Washington Libraries
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  • 2.  RE: Friday Chat, 10/28 @ 12 PM Central - Weird & Wonderful Docs

    Posted Oct 27, 2022 02:49 PM
    It's like my mind was read at the Fall Conference. Looking forward to this one!

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    Charlie Amiot
    Government Documents & Serials, Reference Librarian
    University of Baltimore School of Law
    She/Her/Hers
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