Skip to Main Content

GODORT Friday Chats: GODORT Friday Chats

Information and schedules for GODORT Friday Chats and Help! webinars

Join GODORT!

GODORT Friday Chats Please join in!

 

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. 

Friday Chats

Upcoming Chats (2024-2025):

All are at 1pm EST, noon CST, 11am MST, 10am PST

  • RESCHEDULED for August 23, 2024 (due Zoom technical issues on August 2) - Welcome back to a new year! Share your institution's upcoming event plans! Welcome Back Student Fairs, Constitution Day, National Voter Registration Day, Library Card Sign Up Month, Banned Books Week, FDLP Anniversaries, Election Day, International Games Month, etc. Enjoy discussion on what Gov Info related programming you have in the works for this Fall!
  • September 6, 2024 - End of 2024 Term Web Crawl and Archive - James R. Jacobs, Stanford University and Abbie Grotke, Library of Congress - https://eotarchive.org/. The End of Term Web Archive captures and saves U.S. Government websites at the end of presidential administrations. The EOT has preserved websites from administration changes in 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020 and is currently accepting URL nominations from the EOT 2024 Web Archive. Members of the project from Stanford University and the Library of Congress will speak about the history of the project and how it came about , the nomination and archiving process and timeline, and how researchers can use archived federal.gov data from the archive. Come learn how to get involved in preserving the .gov domain!
  • October 4, 2024 - LOCKSS USDOCS and the Digital FDLP program - https://lockss-usdocs.standford.edu - Snowden Becker, James R. Jacobs, and Mary-Ellen Petrich, Stanford University
  • November 1, 2024 - GODORT Preservation Grant opportunity - Shari Laster, GODORT Development Committee Chair, Arizona State University
  • December 6, 2024 - "Government Information in Evidence Synthesis: Challenges & Opportunities" - Elizabeth Sanders, Lamar University, presentation of her GODORT Chairs Program from ALA Annual June 2024
  • January 3, 2025 - LibLearn X Discussions - Sharing tips and tricks for dining, accommodations, travel, touring, etc. while in Phoenix, AZ from January 24 - 27, 2025 - https://2025.alaliblearnx.org/ 
  • February 7, 2025 - Do you know about the Weird and Wonderful Government Publications LibGuide ? Learn about some odd and interesting government information resources! Suggest your favorite document from any agency! Volunteer to be a Guest Blogger! - Jenny Groome, and Christine Fletcher, Mississippi State University Libraries
  • March 7, 2025 - Checking in with Library Communities and Impact to Cataloging Operations without CRDP and Marcive
  • April 4, 2025 - Introducing DiscoverDov, Government Publishing Office's (GPO) new web-based search tool - Catherine Bloom and David Isaak, GPO.
  • May 2, 2025 - 
  • June 6, 2025 - ALA Annual Discussions - Sharing tips and tricks for dining, accommodations, travel, touring, etc. while in Philadelphia, PA from June 26 - 30, 2025 - https://2025.alaannual.org/

 

Past Chat Topics and Dates

Past Chat Topics

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. 

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899
Soldier Shows and Blueprint Specials

Social Responsibilities Round Table Update

1950 Census 
All Digital Depository Task Force Discussion
End of Term Archive Update