Technology Committee

January 18, 2023 | 9:00 - 10:00 am PT / 10:00 - 11:00 am MT / 11:00 am - 12:00 pm CT / 12:00 - 1:00 pm ET

Agenda:

Welcome and Introductions

Update from GODORT Steering

LibGuide Best Practices

• Discuss and review content
• Steps for moving forward

Guidelines for Slide Show content on the home page

Link to Meeting Recording

Education Committee

January 18, 2023 | 10:15 - 11:15 am PST/ 11:15 am - 12:15 pm MST/ 12:15 - 1:15 pm CST/  1:15 - 2:15 pm EST

The Education Committee shall identify needs and issues concerning the education of users of government information and propose projects to resolve these needs and issues. The goal of this committee is to act as conduit for information regarding education resources in using government information to four audiences:

1. users and potential users of government information;
2. government information librarians and staff;
3. librarians who do not work directly or primarily with government information; and
4. library school students and faculty.

Agenda:

Welcome and Introductions

 Projects

• Advocacy Toolkit
• Declassification webinar(s)

 Other business

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GODORT Publications Committee

January 18, 2023 | 11:30 am - 12:30 pm PST / 12:30 - 1:30 pm MST / 1:30 - 2:30 pm CST / 2:30 - 3:30 pm EST

The Publications Committee has responsibility for:

• Coordinating the dissemination of information in DttP: Documents to the People or other publications or through correspondence to member affiliates;
• Publishing from time to time appropriate bibliographic or other special publications by and for the benefit of document librarians and others;
• Compiling information on publication options and procedures, reviewing to approve proposals or submitted texts of items to be published, distributed, or endorsed by GODORT and making recommendations on publishing to the GODORT Steering Committee
• Maintaining a Notable Documents Panel responsible for the compilation and publication of an annual list of significant government documents;
• Recommending and submitting for endorsement to the GODORT Steering Committee the Notable Documents Panel Chair.
• Functioning as publisher of DttP; recommending and submitting for endorsement to the GODORT Steering Committee the DttP editor, and endorsing the members of the DttP Editorial Board upon the recommendation of the DttP editor.
• Functioning as curator of GODORT Occasional Papers Series.

Agenda:

Publications Committee Meeting

Wednesday, January 18, 2023

11:30 am - 12:30 pm PST / 12:30 - 1:30 pm MST / 1:30 - 2:30 pm CST / 2:30 - 3:30 pm EST

Agenda:

• Welcome and Introductions
• Treasurer’s Report
• DttP
• Occasional Papers
• Other issues

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Rare & Endangered Publications Committee

January 18, 2023 | 12:45 - 1:45 pm PST / 1:45 - 2:45 pm MST / 2:45 - 3:45 pm CST / 3:45 - 4:45 pm EST

The Rare and Endangered Government Publications (REGP) committee seeks to identify rare, unique and/or endangered government publications, in all formats and from all levels of government; to evaluate materials for preservation and conservation; and to plan programs and workshops on the preservation of these materials.

Agenda:

I. Update on the Preservation Grant Working Group

II. Updating REGP’s PPM

III. Outstanding Tasks for REGP’s Identifying Tangible At-Risk Government Documents Project https://godort.libguides.com/at-riskgovdocs                               

A. Creating a Condition Assessment Tool (Materials, Environment, Rarity)                    

B. Promoting the Condition Assessment Tool (such as Friday Chat, Help!, DttP article)

IV. Other/Announcements

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