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2005 Annual Report
Government Documents Round Table
Iowa Library Association
PURPOSE:
The purpose of the Government Documents Round Table is to promote documents library service by providing an avenue for discussion of problems and concerns and for exchange of ideas among librarians working with government publications in all types of libraries.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2005:
Eleven library employees attended the GODORT annual summer workshop at the University of Northern Iowa on July 15. The participants learned about new developments in the Iowa and federal documents programs and attended an informational session on the services available through UNI’s Center for Immigrant Leadership and Integration. The workshop concluded with a session about UNI’s repository of Senator Charles Grassley’s papers and other holdings in the UNI archives.
GODORT sponsored a session titled “Moving Forward with Data-Driven Decisions from the Census” at the Fall ILA Conference. The session took place on Friday, October 21 from 11:20-12:10 and featured Beth Henning, the coordinator of the State Library's State Data Center program. Ms. Henning showed participants how to use a variety of information products from the census, including the American Community Survey, to describe local communities and their needs.
The U.S. Census Bureau conducted economic census workshops in Des Moines and Iowa City on November 11 and 12, respectively. The 3-hour, hands-on workshops covered uses of economic census data, the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), economic census products, working with economic census data on the web, and annual business data from the Census Bureau. These free workshops were hosted by the State Library of Iowa's State Data Center program and The University of Iowa Libraries.
The University of Northern Iowa’s Rod Library hosted a training seminar on the State Library of Iowa’s State Data Center’s products and services from 1-4 p.m. on Tuesday, April 19, 2005. Beth Henning served as the trainer for the session, which focused on methods for retrieving data from the Center’s web site.
GODORT developed and printed bookmarks that can be distributed at conferences and government information related events to market the Round Table.
GODORT continued publication of its quarterly electronic newsletter, Documents Roundtable News.
GOALS & OBJECTIVES FOR 2006
MEMBERSHIP:
27 dues paying members in 2005
FINANCIAL REPORT:
Balance as of 1/1/05: $1404.51
Dues receipts: $135
Total available funds: $1539.51
Less Expenses to date: $0
Total current balance (as of 9/30/05): $1539.51
The Federal Depository Conference Award
The Federal Depository Library Conference Award was created to support continuing education in documents librarianship and to promote greater understanding of current Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) issues.
The recipient will be given an award to use towards the cost of attending either the Spring or Fall FDL Conference of the year in which it is awarded. The GODORT Executive Board will determine the amount based on the budget for that year. The recommended award amount is between $350-$500.
The award will be given bi-annually to a member of Iowa GODORT. To find out more and to apply on-line go to the GODORT website at www.lib.uiowa.edu/govpubs/ilagodort/.
Barbara Corson
State Library of Iowa
Awards Committee Chair
2005 GODORT Officers
Chair: Becky Lutkenhaus, University of Northern Iowa
Vice-Chair/Chair Elect: Brett Cloyd, University of Iowa
Secretary/Treasurer: Cory Quist, State Library of Iowa
2006 GODORT Officers
Chair: Brett Cloyd, University of Iowa Libraries
V ice-Chair: Cory Quist, State Law Library
Secretary/Treasurer: Michael May, Carnegie-Stout Dubuque
Public Library
Respectfully Submitted,
Becky Lutkenhaus
Please send comments about this website to: brett-cloyd@uiowa.edu
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