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Published by the Government Documents                                                   Editor:  Barbara Corson

Roundtable, Iowa Library Association                                                          State Library of Iowa

Number 57                                                                                                           September 2001

Contributed papers are welcome. Contact Barbara Corson, State Library of Iowa, E. 12th & Grand, Des Moines, IA  50319; 515.281-4352; fax 515.281.4118; bcorson@lib.state.ia.us.

 GODORT ANNUAL MEETING

GODORT will hold its annual business meeting at the upcoming ILA Annual Conference.  The meeting will be on Friday morning, October 12th, from 8:00-8:45 a.m.  The location will be announced at the conference.  Please plan to attend this meeting to find out what is new and what is planned for the Federal and State Documents Depository Programs in Iowa.

All Iowa libraries which are part of the federal program should have received a letter from Francis J. Buckley, Jr., Superintendent of Documents, regarding the need to update our state plan for the delivery of Federal Depository Library Program services. At the meeting we will discuss how we should be proceed to update the Iowa state plan.  Input from as many interested libraries as possible is essential. If you don’t remember seeing the letter you can read it at www.silo.lib.ia.us/govdocs.htm .

 CALL FOR CANDIDATES 

Nominations are requested for leadership positions of GODORT. Terms begin on January 1, 2002 and run for one calendar year.  Self-nominations are encouraged.  Please consider placing your name on the ballot for chair, vice-chair, or secretary/treasurer.  Elections will be at our breakfast meeting, Friday morning October 12th from 8:00-8:45 at the ILA Annual Conference.  Please email nominations to tofteland@ankeny.k12.ia.us .  Nominations will be accepted until voting begins. 

 

 ILA Booth Staffing

Government Documents Roundtable and Special Libraries Roundtable are responsible for staffing the ILA booth at Fall Conference on Wednesday, October 10 from 3:30 – 6:30.  One person from each roundtable is needed to cover for these three hours.  Anyone who would like to serve ILA in this way, please contact Joy Tofteland at Tofteland@ankeny.k12.ia.us

  

16th Annual GODORT Workshop a Success

 The 16th Annual GODORT Workshop, held July 13th, 2001 at the University of Iowa’s main library was well attended. There were lively discussions about the Federal and State Documents Programs, and Mary Wegner, acting State Librarian, gave a State Library report.  In the afternoon attendees got the opportunity for hands-on use of mapping websites demonstrated by Mary McInroy of the University of Iowa Library and new census websites demonstrated by Beth Henning of the State Data Center. 

Please bring ideas and suggestions for next summer’s workshop to the GODORT breakfast at ILA or contact one of the GODORT officers.

Joy Toftland, Chair, tofteland@ankeny.k12.ia.us

Joyce Lindstrom, Vice-Chair/Chair Elect, lindstro@iastate.edu

Barbara Corson, Secretary/Treasurer, bcorson@lib.state.ia.us

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