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 this Friday February 7, 2025 at 1 PM ET / 12 Noon CT

    Posted Feb 03, 2025 04:05 PM
    This Friday February 7, 2025 at 1 PM ET / 12 Noon CT is our next GODORT ( Government Documents Round Table of ALA) Friday Chat. Join our discussion on practical ways we are addressing Federal government information websites disappearing during an Executive transition. Sharing LibGuides such as UC San Diego U.S. Government Information https://ucsd.libguides.com/usgov. Click or tap if you trust this link." class="x_OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fucsd.libguides.com%2Fusgov&data=05%7C02%7CACraley%40harford.edu%7Cd7d2f0cb44014eda8ff008dd447d4dbb%7C756eb95a68e14b7a9607685e1277368e%7C1%7C0%7C638742027217723307%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=wfBCA4kSZr1vY%2FxjAEfk1fxzR2JCmNr8Z93PV2hSGt0%3D&reserved=0">https://ucsd.libguides.com/usgov which includes "Weekly Roundup" and "Trump Trackers", and resources like the End of 2024 Term Crawl Web Crawl and Archive https://eotarchive.org/.  Bring your suggestions and tools for sharing government data. Facilitators for the discussion will be Jenny Groome, and Christine Fletcher, Mississippi State University Libraries
    GODORT Chats are hosted on the 1st Friday of each month at 1 PM Eastern. These are informal sessions for the GODORT community and friends to meet and talk about issues in government information. You do not need to be a GODORT member to attend (but we would love to have you join)! Come see some friendly faces in the Government Information world!  See link at https://godort.libguides.com/fridaychats


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    Andie Craley, GODORT Chair
    Technical Services & Government Information Librarian
    FDLP Depository Library Coordinator
    ILL Supervisor
    Harford Community College Library
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  • 2.  RE: GODORT Friday Chat this Friday February 7, 2025 at 1 PM ET / 12 Noon CT

    Posted Feb 03, 2025 04:20 PM
    Reposting - not sure why links did not work properly.
    This Friday February 7, 2025 at 1 PM ET / 12 Noon CT is our next GODORT ( Government Documents Round Table of ALA) Friday Chat. Join our discussion on practical ways we are addressing Federal government information websites disappearing during an Executive transition. Sharing LibGuides such as UC San Diego U.S. Government Information  https://ucsd.libguides.com/usgov  which includes "Weekly Roundup" and "Trump Trackers", and resources like the End of 2024 Term Crawl Web Crawl and Archive  https://eotarchive.org/   Bring your suggestions and tools for sharing government data. Facilitators for the discussion will be Jenny Groome, and Christine Fletcher, Mississippi State University Libraries.
    GODORT Chats are hosted on the 1st Friday of each month at 1 PM Eastern. These are informal sessions for the GODORT community and friends to meet and talk about issues in government information. You do not need to be a GODORT member to attend (but we would love to have you join)! Come see some friendly faces in the Government Information world!  See link at https://godort.libguides.com/fridaychats


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    Andie Craley, GODORT Chair
    Technical Services & Government Information Librarian
    FDLP Depository Library Coordinator
    ILL Supervisor
    Harford Community College Library
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