On Thursday, April 3, at 1:00 p.m. EDT, join the Law Library of Congress for an Orientation to Legal Research Webinar focusing on Tracing Federal Regulations. This entry in the series provides an overview of U.S. federal regulations, including information about the notice and comment rulemaking process, the publication and citation of regulations, and the tracing of regulations from the Code of Federal Regulations, to the proposed rule in the Federal Register, to the regulation’s docket.
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This Friday April 4, 2025, our GODORT Friday Chat will be - Introducing DiscoverGov, Government Publishing Office's (GPO) new web-based search tool - Catherine Bloom and David Isaak, GPO.
GODORT Chats are hosted on the 1st Friday of each month at 1 PM 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)! Come see some friendly faces in the Government Information world! See link at godort.libguides.com/fridaychats
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An Introduction to Congress.gov Webinar
Date: Thursday, April 10, 2025, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. EDT
Content: This orientation is designed to give a basic overview of Congress.gov. While the focus of the session will be searching legislation and the congressional member information attached to the legislation, the new features of Congress.gov will also be highlighted.
Instructor: Barbara Bavis and Robert Brammer. Barbara is the bibliographic and research instruction librarian at the Law Library. She holds a B.A. in history from Duke University, a J.D. from the University of North Carolina School of Law, and a Master of Science in library and information science specializing in law librarianship from Catholic University. Robert is the chief of the Law Library’s Office of External Relations. He holds a B.A. in political science from the University of Kentucky, a J.D. from Wayne State University, and a Master of Library Science from Florida State University.
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ALASacred Librarianship, Indigenous Knowledge for Sustainable Practice "Indigenous Engagement at the State Library, Whose History?" "Creating Respectful Relationships: A Good Way to Move Forward". Environmental Protection AgencyEPA Tools and Resources Webinar Series Free webinars typically held the third Wednesday of every month from 3:00-4:00 PM (ET). "EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) hosts this monthly public webinar series to translate EPA research and share research resources and information that are useful, practical/applied and available to meet stakeholders' research needs. In addition, the EPA Tools and Resources Training Webinar Series provides in-depth overviews and step-by-step tutorials on popular EPA science-based models and tools." FDLP Academy Training Repository
HELP! Accidental Government Information LibrarianThe Government Documents Round Table welcomes you to a series of webinars designed to help us all do better reference work by increasing our familiarity with government information resources, and by discovering the best strategies for navigating them. These sessions will be recorded and made available after the live sessions on our The Help! Webinars YouTube Channel.
Library of CongressWatch a Recording of Our Webinar “Locating Congressionally Mandated Reports” National ArchivesRecords Management Training Videos and Webinars NOAA"The National Marine Sanctuaries Webinar Series provides educators, students, and the interested public with educational and scientific expertise, resources and training to support ocean and climate literacy. This series generally targets formal and informal educators that are engaging students (elementary through college) in formal classroom settings, as well as members of the community in informal educational venues (e.g. after school programs, science centers, aquariums, etc.). However, the series is open to anyone interested in the topics listed below." United State Census BureauUSGSNational Map Training
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