We are excited to continue GODORT Friday chats. Chats are hosted on the 1st Friday of each month (schedule below) at 1pm 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)!
Please register for the upcoming chats. Register once for the entire series!
Also if you have ideas for chats or would like to host one please contact Chair Andie Craley at acraley@harford.edu.
All are at 1pm EST, noon CST, 11am MST, 10am PST
March 7, 2025 - Checking in with Library Communities and Impact to Cataloging Operations without CRDP and Marcive. Ted Schwitnzer, Senior Library Services Coordinator for the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI) and Angela Bonnell, Head of Government Information and Maps at Illinois State University’s Milner Library, will present "Creating a Consortial Electronic Government Documents Collection" and will talk about the Illinois consortium’s United States Government Documents collection in CARLI’s Network Zone. Records for this collection are supplied via OCLC’s U.S. Government Documents – Electronic collection in WorldShare for electronic format records. CARLI Participating Libraries Bring your examples of how you are adjusting to new workflows to add to our discussions!
Creating a Consortial Electronic Government Documents Collection SLIDES at: https://tinyurl.com/33mztfbe
Constitution Day planning & ideas (Government Information for Children Committee)
Civic Engagement & the US Midterm Elections (Education Committee and Julie Winkelstein, SRRT)
Weird & Wonderful Docs (Jenny Groome, Cass Hartnett)
Travelling disaster exhibit (Susanne Caro, Jen Kirk, Ben Chiewphasa)
Committee Updates
GODORT Emerging Leaders Introductions
Meet the ALA Presidential Candidates
Federal Information Interest Group
GODORT Legislative Committee meeting - Title 44 Changes
The Carpentries with Tim Dennis, UCLA
Mapping Prejudice with Ryan Mattke
Documents in the News
Civic Switchboard project
GODORT/ACRL Politics, Policy, and International Relations Section (PPIRS) Meet and Greet
Diplomacy and Foreign Policy Records
Teaching government information
Preserving Electronic Government Information (PEGI) Update
Not Just in English: The how, who, what, where, and why of government documents in other languages.
Social Responsibilities Round Table Update