CHICAGO, April 2 -- The Government Documents Round Table (GODORT) of the American Library Association has announced the recipients of three awards.
Susanne Caro, government information librarian, Main Library, North Dakota State University, will receive the NewsBank/Readex/GODORT/ALA Catharine J. Reynolds Research Grant. The grant will further Caro's valuable research into identifying at-risk items in microform collections. This will make a valuable contribution to the library community as a whole, not only to the field of government documents. As many libraries have extensive microform collections, identifying deterioration is vital to prioritizing digitization. Having a more accurate means of identifying at risk items not only helps with...