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 Task Force on Committee Size & Composition - GODORT Member Feedback Requested

    Posted Feb 21, 2024 02:15 PM

    Hi all,

    Back in Fall 2023, the GODORT Steering Committee approved the formation of a Task Force on Committee Size & Composition (TF on CS & C). The impetus for this work was the recent challenge of filling all the volunteer committee positions that are open to GODORT members each year. We have added several committees over the last several years and it has been a challenge to fill all the new volunteer spots (currently 83). The TF on CS & C (myself, Kelly Wilson, Monique Oldfield), with feedback from Steering, looked at ways that we could potentially combine committees or change the size of certain committees to help reach our goals of improved workload efficiencies and not having as many unfilled committee spots.

    At the February Steering meeting, the TF on CS & C presented a few different possibilities to Steering. You can view the different proposals here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rSWlTlXP-tgNxErOhayYIuwp28bOUTU-tjRff6ydqhI/edit?usp=sharing. These are simply starting point suggestions and we don't expect any of these proposals to be adopted as-is. We encourage feedback and discussion -- either in this thread or through an anonymous feedback form here: https://forms.gle/cBhVWMSLui2CYo4w9. The TF hopes to have concrete Policy & Procedural Manual (PPM) proposed changes ready for the Annual Conference this June.

    Thank you for your consideration & thought on these proposals!

    Kian



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    Kian Flynn
    Geography & Global Studies Librarian
    University of Washington Libraries
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  • 2.  RE: GODORT Task Force on Committee Size & Composition - GODORT Member Feedback Requested

    Posted Feb 22, 2024 08:31 AM
    Edited by Elizabeth Sanders Feb 23, 2024 08:12 AM

    Hi Kian,

    Thanks to you and all who are working on this endeavor.

    I'm not sure I understand Proposal B and Proposal C vs. Proposal A... so here are my summaries.

    Proposal A

    • Reduces number of committees total from 16 to 10, each with 6 members
    • Membership Committee combines 3 previous Committees (Awards, Nominations, Conference)
    • Programming Committee combines 3 previous Committees (Help! Program, Kenya Flash)
    • Social Media, Website, & Tech Help combines 2 previous Committees (Social Media & Outreach, Technology)


    Proposal B

    • Reduces to 10 Total Committees, each with varying number of members
    • Unnamed Committee #1 combines 3 previous Committees (Membership, Nomination, Social Media/Outreach)
    • Unnamed Committee #2 combines 2 previous Committees (Technology, Help!)
    • Unnamed Committee #3 combines 2 previous Committees (Program, Kenya Flash)
    • Unnamed Committee #4 combines 2 previous Committees (Awards, Conference)
    • Unnamed Committee #5 combines 2 previous Committees (Education, GIC)


    Proposal C

    • Reduces to 10 Total Committees, each with varying number of members
    • Membership Committee combines 2 previous Committees (Membership, Nominating)
    • Social Media, Website, & Tech Help combines 3 previous Committees (Social Media, Technology, Help!)
    • Cataloging & REGP combines 2 previous Committees (Cataloging + REGP)
    • Conference & Program combines 2 previous Committees (Conference, Program)
    • Education & GIC combines 2 previous Committees (Education, GIC)

    Did I summarize that accurately?



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    Elizabeth Sanders
    Research, Engagement, and Learning Librarian
    Lamar University, Mary and John Gray Library
    She/Her/Hers
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  • 3.  RE: GODORT Task Force on Committee Size & Composition - GODORT Member Feedback Requested

    Posted Feb 22, 2024 02:57 PM

    Hi Elizabeth,

    Thank you for your clarifications. I believe your summaries are an accurate representation of the different proposals.

    Best,

    Kian



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    Kian Flynn
    Geography & Global Studies Librarian
    University of Washington Libraries
    He/Him/His
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  • 4.  RE: GODORT Task Force on Committee Size & Composition - GODORT Member Feedback Requested

    Posted Feb 23, 2024 08:13 AM

    Great, thanks so much! I submitted some feedback via the GoogleForm.



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    Elizabeth Sanders
    Research, Engagement, and Learning Librarian
    Lamar University, Mary and John Gray Library
    She/Her/Hers
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    Original Message