Registration Open: Government Information Day Conference, Virtual Attendance

This message is being posted on behalf of the Indiana State Library. 

Registration is now open for virtual attendance for the 2024 Government Information Day Conference on Friday, May 17, 2024. Government Information Day, or GID, is a free biennial conference for librarians interested in learning about Government resources and improving information literacy. 

The conference will be held both in person at the Indiana State Library and virtually through Zoom. Below are the registration links to virtual sessions through Zoom.

• The ILOHI in Review: The History, Lessons, and Resources of the Indiana Legislative Oral History Initiative: Learn the history of the Indiana Legislative Oral History Initiative (ILOHI) from its 2017 inception to its current online archive of interviews, transcripts, and helpful oral history resources. Dr. Michella Marino and Ben Baumann will explore the lessons gleaned from over 80 interviews with former legislators and the ways in which ILOHI resources can be used in the classroom and for various educational programs. 
• Escape Rooms, the Library of Congress, and YOU!: The Indiana Young Readers Center is proud to announce new kits available for check-out to Indiana’s teachers and librarians. Indiana Escape Rooms (in a box!) focus on Indiana history, build on primary resources from the Library of Congress, and were developed with the help of a Teaching with Primary Sources Grant. Join this session to learn all about the kits, the TPS Grant, and the fantastic primary sources that await you in the Library of Congress’s collections.
• GPO’s collaborations: Increasing access to and preservation of the National Collection of U.S. Government Public Information: The National Collection of U.S. Government Public Information is a geographically dispersed collection of Federal Government public information that is accessible to the public at no cost. No single Federal agency or library can preserve and provide access to this massive collection of information. The U.S. Government Publishing Office utilizes various collaborations as tools to ensure the preservation of the National Collection and its ongoing accessibility. This presentation will share a brief history of GPO collaborations, the types of collaborations, and how they help to increase accessibility to the National Collection for all users.

To learn more about GID24, please visit the conference page. If you’re in the Indianapolis area, you can also register to attend onsite. Recorded sessions will be made available after the conference on ISL’s YouTube page. For any questions, please contact Brent Abercrombie, Federal Documents Librarian, at (317) 232-3677 or [email protected].