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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.

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Save The Date! "IDTF's Finding Deleted IGO Information" is this Tuesday, June 10, 2 p.m./ 3 p.m. EDT.

  • 1.  Save The Date! "IDTF's Finding Deleted IGO Information" is this Tuesday, June 10, 2 p.m./ 3 p.m. EDT.

    Posted Jun 08, 2025 07:07 PM
    Hi all. Posted on behalf of Michael Alguire, the GODORT IDTF coordinator.
    ALA GODORT's The International Documents Task Force (IDTF) will be holding its annual meeting, entitled "Finding Deleted IGO Information." 
     
    The event will be held this upcoming Tuesday, June 10 at 12:00 pm PDT / 1:00 pm MDT / 2:00 pm CDT / 3:00 pm EDT.
     
    Registration is free and can be completed here: https://godort.libguides.com/2025godortannual
     
     The session will focus on how U.S. foreign aid cuts have affected the work of intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) and their information products. There will be presentations discussing data-saving projects by the IMF, DECfinder, Coherent Digital's Open Collection, and the Data Rescue Project. 
     
    There will also be a presentation by the former Technical Director of the now-terminated Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) program. Presentations will be followed by an open discussion of presented projects as well as about the general state of IGOs in a time of U.S. funding cuts. This session is officially non-partisan, and all viewpoints are welcome.
     
    Hope to see you there!
    Michael Alguire
    IDTF Coordinator (2025)
    michael.s.alguire@gmail.com


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    James Church
    Librarian for Economics and International Government Information
    University of California
    He/Him/His
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  • 2.  RE: Save The Date! "IDTF's Finding Deleted IGO Information" is this Tuesday, June 10, 2 p.m./ 3 p.m. EDT.

    Posted Jun 09, 2025 08:15 PM
    Hello again, please see the updated agenda and description for the IDTF meeting.
    ALA GODORT's The International Documents Task Force (IDTF) will be holding its annual meeting, entitled "Finding Deleted International Information."  

    The event will be held this upcoming Tuesday, June 10 at 12:00 pm PDT / 1:00 pm MDT / 2:00 pm CDT / 3:00 pm EDT.

    Registration is free and can be completed here: https://godort.libguides.com/2025godortannual

    The session will focus on efforts to preserve international information products, as well as on how cuts to U.S. government agencies like the USAID and Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) have affected these agencies' documents and data. There will be presentations discussing data-saving projects by DECfinder, Coherent Digital's Open Collection, and the DataLumos archive.

    There will also be a presentation by the former Technical Director of the now-terminated Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) program. Presentations will be followed by an open discussion of presented projects as well as about the general state of international information. This session is officially non-partisan, and all viewpoints are welcome.

    Hope to see you there!

    Michael Alguire
    IDTF Coordinator (2025)
    michael.s.alguire@gmail.com


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    James Church
    Librarian for Economics and International Government Information
    University of California
    He/Him/His
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