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.
Last Call- December 9th, 2022 Awards Deadline
Does someone come to mind when you think of notable achievements in Government information/documents?
What about publications pertaining to government information?
Or do you have a research idea that needs some funding?
The GODORT award committee presents six awards and one scholarship annually. Consider applying or nominating for the:
James Bennett Childs Award
ProQuest/GODORT/ALA "Documents to the People" Award
NewsBank/Readex/GODORT/ALA Catharine J. Reynolds Research Grant
Bernadine Abbott Hoduski Founders Award
Margaret T. Lane / Virginia F. Saunders Memorial Research Award
(The links will automatically download the related forms)
The W. David Rozkuszka Scholarship and Larry Romans Mentorship award have differing deadlines and advertisements will be forthcoming. If you would like to find out more about each award, please visit: https://www.ala.org/rt/godort/about-awards .
The deadline for the awards this year is December 9th, 2022. Additionally, if you have noticed someone very active in the government information community and feel they should be considered for an award, but are not familiar enough to make a formal nomination, please pass along their information!
All application/nomination documents should be sent to: godort.awards1972@gmail.com