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.  GODORT Friday Chat-November 7, 1pm ET/12pm CT/11am MT/10am PT

    Posted Nov 03, 2025 12:42 PM

    It's time for another GODORT Friday Chat this Friday, November 7, at 1pm ET/12pm CT/11am MT/10am PT.

    This month's topic is Crowd-Sourced Sleuths: Unmasking Vanishing Government Info. Join Ben Amata (California State University, Sacramento), Molly Blake (University of Minnesota), Jenny McBurney (University of Minnesota), and Sanga Sung (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ) as they spotlight the "Tracking Government Information" project-a crowdsourced mission to hunt down removed or altered federal resources and link to archived backups. Bring your questions and ideas to this conversation on protecting digital government information.

    Register once for the entire series at https://msu.zoom.us/meeting/register/kpUXVyD7Qu-jvO01dDUQTA

    I hope to see you there!

    Best,

    Julia



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    Julia Ezzo
    Chair, GODORT
    Government Information Librarian
    Michigan State University
    She/Her/Hers
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  • 2.  RE: GODORT Friday Chat-November 7, 1pm ET/12pm CT/11am MT/10am PT

    Posted Nov 03, 2025 01:35 PM

    Let me know when/if there is a Facebook post and I'll share in some library-oriented groups. This is a topic of interest across US libraries.

     

    Jenny Groome

    Reference Librarian

    Connecticut State Library

    231 Capitol Ave

    Hartford CT 06106

    https://portal.ct.gov/csl?language=en_US

    phone: 860-757-6500

    office: 860-757-6568

    jenny.groome@ct.gov

     




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  • 3.  RE: GODORT Friday Chat-November 7, 1pm ET/12pm CT/11am MT/10am PT

    Posted Nov 06, 2025 07:39 AM

    Our GODORT Social Media team has made a post about this on both the GODORT Facebook page and Instagram.



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    Julia Ezzo
    Government Information Librarian
    Michigan State University
    She/Her/Hers
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