We are excited to continue GODORT Friday chats. Chats are generally 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)!
Registration link for 2025-2026 chat series coming soon!
Also if you have ideas for chats or would like to host one please contact Chair Julia Ezzo at julia@msu.edu.
All are at 1pm EST, noon CST, 11am MST, 10am PST
August 23, 2024 - Share your institution's upcoming event plans.
September 6, 2024 - End of 2024 Term Web Crawl and Archive (James R. Jacobs, Stanford University and Abbie Grotke, Library of Congress)
October 4, 2024 - LOCKSS USDOCS and the Digital FDLP program (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
February 7, 2025 - Discussion on practical ways we are addressing Federal government information websites disappearing during an Executive transition (Facilitators: Jenny Groome, and Christine Fletcher, Mississippi State University Libraries)
March 7, 2025 - Creating a Consortial Electronic Government Documents Collection (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)
April 4, 2025 - Introducing DiscoverGov, Government Publishing Office's (GPO) new web-based search tool (Catherine Bloom and David Isaak, GPO)
May 2, 2025 - A Casual Chat about Favorite Government Publications (Facilitators: Jenny Groome, and Christine Fletcher, Mississippi State University Libraries:)
June 6, 2025 - ALA Annual Discussions
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