<p><font size="4">Government Information for Librarians,Teachers, Parents, & Children Sponsored by the </font><a title="GODORT Education Committee" href="/http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/GODORT_Education_Committee"><font size="4">GODORT Education Committee</font></a></p>

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<p>Who: The<img src="/f/kidsLOGO.GIF" border="0" /> Gov Doc Kids Group is a national group of government information librarians, primarily from the Johnson County Library, Wichita State University, Kansas State University, the University of Kansas (all KS) and the National Archives-Central Plains Region (MO). Members are also based at Muskingum College in Ohio. The Group is co-sponsored by the Kansas Library Association Government Documents Roundtable (GODORT).</p>

<p>What: To promote government information in order to engage K-12 students in learning about history, culture, science, and government through games and other interactive activities; to assist teachers and school librarians with locating teaching aids, lesson plans, and exciting tools to enhance students' learning, and to provide librarians with a collection of free government resources to advance their reference interview and collection development decisions.</p>

<p>Please join us here to share best practices in spreading the word about educational aspects of online government information.</p>

<p>Current Gov Docs Kids Group</p>

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<h2>Activities</h2>

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 <li><a title="Constitution Day Contest Details and Resources" href="/http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/Constitution_Day_Contest_Details_and_Resources">Constitution Day Contest Details and Resources</a> - NEWS FLASH! 2008 Poster Contest Details!</li>

 <li><a title="Kids and Government Websites: Together @ Your Library" href="/http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/Kids_and_Government_Websites:_Together_%40_Your_Library">Kids and Government Websites: Together @ Your Library</a></li>

 <li><a title="E-Government Resources" href="/http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/E-Government_Resources">E-Government Resources</a> - Design your own E-Government program!</li>

 <li><a title="Primer on GDP and the National Income Product Accounts" href="/http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/Primer_on_GDP_and_the_National_Income_Product_Accounts">Primer on GDP and the National Income Product Accounts</a></li>

 <li><a title="Free Government Information - Professional Development Resource for Librarians and Teachers" href="/http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/Free_Government_Information_-_Professional_Development_Resource_for_Librarians_and_Teachers">Free Government Information - Professional Development Resource for Librarians and Teachers</a></li>

 <li><a title="U.S. Congressional Bibliographies - committees and hearings - 1985 to present" href="/http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/U.S._Congressional_Bibliographies_-_committees_and_hearings_-_1985_to_present">U.S. Congressional Bibliographies - committees and hearings - 1985 to present</a></li>

 <li><a title="US Experiment Station Publications - US Department of Agriculture" href="/http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/US_Experiment_Station_Publications_-_US_Department_of_Agriculture">US Experiment Station Publications - US Department of Agriculture</a></li>

 <li><a title="Government Documents Resources Online - subject search source for government information" href="/http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/Government_Documents_Resources_Online_-_subject_search_source_for_government_information">Government Documents Resources Online - subject search source for government information</a> - sponsored by Hamline University</li>

 <li><a title="Presidential and Executive Branch Resources" href="/http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/Presidential_and_Executive_Branch_Resources">Presidential and Executive Branch Resources</a> - St. Mary's University - San Antonio, Texas</li>

 <li><a title="Citing Government Information Sources" href="/http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/Citing_Government_Information_Sources">Citing Government Information Sources</a> - University of Nevada Reno</li>

 <li><a title="Kids.gov The Official Kids Portal for the U.S. Government" href="/http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/Kids.gov_The_Official_Kids_Portal_for_the_U.S._Government">Kids.gov The Official Kids Portal for the U.S. Government</a></li>

 <li><a title="Government Information Clearinghouse and Handout Exchange Sponsored by ALA GODORT" href="/http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/Government_Information_Clearinghouse_and_Handout_Exchange_Sponsored_by_ALA_GODORT">Government Information Clearinghouse and Handout Exchange Sponsored by ALA GODORT</a></li>

 <li><a title="Gateway sites" href="/http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/Gateway_sites">Gateway sites</a></li>

 <li><a title="United Nations Cyberschoolbus" href="/http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/United_Nations_Cyberschoolbus">United Nations Cyberschoolbus</a></li>

 <li><a title="Congress for Kids" href="/http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/Congress_for_Kids">Congress for Kids</a></li>

 <li><a title="Congress in the Classroom Online" href="/http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/Congress_in_the_Classroom_Online">Congress in the Classroom Online</a></li>

 <li><a title="Dirksen Special Projects" href="/http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/Dirksen_Special_Projects">Dirksen Special Projects</a></li>

 <li><a title="DOE Information Bridge" href="/http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/DOE_Information_Bridge">DOE Information Bridge</a></li>

 <li><a title="USDA Kids Resources" href="/http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/USDA_Kids_Resources">USDA Kids Resources</a></li>

 <li><a title="ScienceLab DOE" href="/http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/ScienceLab_DOE">ScienceLab DOE</a></li>

 <li><a title="Ag in the Classroom" href="/http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/Ag_in_the_Classroom">Ag in the Classroom</a></li>

 <li><a title="Federal Reserve Educational Resources" href="/http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/Federal_Reserve_Educational_Resources">Federal Reserve Educational Resources</a></li>

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<h2>Contact GovDoc Kids Group Members</h2>

<p><a class="image" title="Image:Muskingum_mastlogo2.gif" href="/http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/Image:Muskingum_mastlogo2.gif"><img height="49" alt="Image:Muskingum_mastlogo2.gif" src="http://wikis.ala.org/godort/images/1/1e/Muskingum_mastlogo2.gif" width="290" longdesc="/godort/index.php/Image:Muskingum_mastlogo2.gif" /></a></p>

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 <li>Tom Adamich vls@tusco.net ;; tadamich@muskingum.edu - Muskingum College/Visiting Librarian Service</li>

 <li>Mary Burtzloff mary.burtzloff@nara.gov<a class="image" title="Image:US-NationalArchives-Logo.png" href="/http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/Image:US-NationalArchives-Logo.png"><img height="140" alt="Image:US-NationalArchives-Logo.png" src="http://wikis.ala.org/godort/images/2/24/US-NationalArchives-Logo.png" width="140" longdesc="/godort/index.php/Image:US-NationalArchives-Logo.png" /></a></li>

 <li>Martha Childers ChildersM@jocolibrary.org<a class="image" title="Image:jocolibrarylogo200_1.jpeg" href="/http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/Image:Jocolibrarylogo200_1.jpeg"><img height="53" alt="Image:jocolibrarylogo200_1.jpeg" src="http://wikis.ala.org/godort/images/e/e8/Jocolibrarylogo200_1.jpeg" width="150" longdesc="/godort/index.php/Image:Jocolibrarylogo200_1.jpeg" /></a></li>

 <li>Arlene Wiler WilerA@jocolibrary.org</li>

 <li>Cherie Bronkar - Muskingum College - cbronkar@muskingum.edu</li>

 <li>Nan Myers Nan.Myers@wichita.edu</li>

 <li>Antoinette Satterfield satterfi@ksu.edu</li>

 <li>Carmen Orth-Alfie corthalf@ku.edu</li>

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