GODORT 2024 Annual Meetings

GODORT Publications Committee

June 10, 2024 | 10:00am PDT / 11:00am MDT / 12:00pm CDT / 1:00pm EDT

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:

GODORT Publications Committee June 10, 2024
1pm EDT

 

Agenda

Approve minutes 1/8/24 meeting

• Minutes 1/8/24   

Treasurer Report

DttP Report

Notable Documents Panel Report

• Population, Prosperity, and Parks: Notable Government Documents of 2023  

Summary/recap of issues from the year (Chair)

• Proposed Citation Guide Project

• Proposed Creation of as historic list of Notable Documents

• Proposal to create opportunities for members of the community to   participate (eg. DttpP, publication projects, committee membership)

• Indexing in DOAJ

New Business

• AI policy for DttP

Meeting Recording

GODORT 101 - Getting to Know the Government Documents Round Table

June 10, 2024 | 11:00am PDT / 12:00pm MDT / 1:00pm CDT / 2:00pm EDT

Join us for an introduction to the activities and offerings of ALA's Government Documents Round Table (GODORT)! Meet GODORT officers, talk to members, and hear about ongoing and upcoming activities of the Round Table. All are welcome to attend (GODORT is not just for government documents librarians!) and hear how they can get involved in GODORT.

Development Committee

June 10, 2024 | 12:00pm PDT / 1:00pm MDT / 2:00pm CDT / 3:00pm EDT

The Development Committee is responsible, in conjunction with other GODORT entities, for creating and implementing a Development Plan, with functions to include:

• identifying and soliciting funds from external sources of support;
• developing a list of potential individual and corporate donors and private foundations;
• researching and developing various fundraising projects for the purpose of support to the scholarship endowment and subsidizing group events, speakers and programs;
• planning and implementing fundraisers for GODORT activities; aiding the Chair with solicitations and contacts as needed; and
• coordinating with the ALA Development Office as necessary.

Agenda:

1. Confirmation of agenda (all)
2. Fiscal report as pertains to the Development Committee (Elizabeth 5 min)

3.  ALA website migration--impact on donation activities if any (all)

4.  Website and gen webpages (Monifar 15 mins)

4.1. Mock-up: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AHaR05ee8K8XD3HaO_dx7VKshUkP0DFIOBQRDZ2CSMc/edit#heading=h.tfrt8xhvaa6k
4.2 Development webpages that need updating: https://www.ala.org/rt/godort/developmentcommittee

5. Silent auction Jun 10 through Jul 10. Information forthcoming. (Joseph 5 mins)

5.1 publicity--who can do what

6. Preservation Grant implementation (Shari and Joseph 20 mins)

6.1 What may be the ideal yet practical setup to get grant donations on a more regular basis than quarterly? (all)

6.1.1 Based on the test donations made in late 2023 and early 2024, the long lag time is a major issue in fundraising.

6.2 publicity text and website update (Shari)

6.3 any other issues we can try to work on before Annual?

7. Any other new business (all 5 mins)
8. Adjournment

Meeting Recording

Program Committee

June 10, 2024 | 1:00pm PDT / 2:00pm MDT / 3:00pm CDT / 4:00pm EDT

The Program Committee proposes, plans, and implements GODORT programs.

AGENDA:

1. Welcome and Introductions of the GODORT Program Committee Members

2. Task Force on Committee Size & Composition updates

3. ALA recently upgraded and migrated content to new website on May 1

4. Reminder of GODORT June 10-14, 2024 Committee virtual meetings schedule at LIbGuide -  https://godort.libguides.com/2024godortannual

5. Reminder of 2024 ALA Virtual Membership Information Session Tuesday June 18, 2024 - https://www.ala.org/membership/vmm?_zs=SA2xg1&_zl=kkVc9 

6. Reminder of ALA Annual physical conference schedule in San Diego, CA June 26-July 2, 2024 - https://2024.alaannual.org/  

     a. GODORT sponsored programs information - https://godort.libguides.com/c.php?g=1401698&p=10371947

     b. GODORT ALA Annual June 26-July 2, 2024 San Diego Tips and Events from GODORT Chat Friday June 7

7. Reminder about Friday Chats, the 1st Friday of each month at 1 PM EST -  https://godort.libguides.com/fridaychats

8. Reminder of Help! Webinars - https://www.ala.org/godort/HelpWebinars

     a. Past webinars on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6CfualeU8N77us06prY10Q

9. Reminder of 2024 Kenya S. Flash Lecture Series in Librarianship on Wednesday July 10, 2024 at 1:00 PM EST - Register here: HTTPS://TINYURL.COM/KFLS24

10. New Business

11. Adjournment

Meeting Recording

Federal Information Interest Group

June 10, 2024 | 2:00pm PDT / 3:00pm MDT / 4:00pm CDT / 5:00pm EDT

The Federal Information Interest Group (FIIG) provides a forum for the sharing of knowledge regarding U.S. federal government information, and is open to those who have an interest in any and all aspects of federal government information.

Meetings of this interest group will provide an opportunity to:

• Discuss current trends, challenges and concerns
• Provide educational opportunities to the ALA community regarding U.S government information

Meeting Recording