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In a stunning turn of events, the United States witnessed a political earthquake that has sent shockwaves across the nation. The ousting of Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy has left many of us wondering what's next in the turbulent world of American politics.

I want to take up only a little of your time, dear reader, because I am excited to share the student issue with you. We received some solid nominations from instructors this year, and I hope you enjoy them as much as I and the DttP reviewers have.

WASHINGTON, DC, June 13, 2023—In alignment with the World Bank's initiatives on openness, on June 30, 2024, World Bank Group Publications will be discontinuing the World Bank eLibrary, its value-added, subscription-based platform for libraries and institutions. World Bank eLibrary subscribers will continue to receive access through the end of their current subscription period, and no new sales or renewals will be accepted as of June 30, 2023.

Remember when we were all shaking our heads in August about the classified government documents found at Mar-a-Lago, then it so happened that former Vice President Mike Pence and President Joe Biden also had classified materials? It seems folks who work at the White House may have a penchant for taking them home.All three are being investigated, though former President Donald Trump may be in the hottest of water. Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed special counsel Jack Smith, who is investigating Trump's complicity in the January 6 attack and the wider attempt to overturn the 2020 election. Smith is also probing the former president's actions over the classified materials found at his Florida home after he refused to hand them over for months.

The David Rozkuszka Scholarship provides financial assistance to an individual who is currently working with or in government information/documents in a library and is trying to complete a masters' degree in library science.This $3,000 scholarship was created in memory of David Rozkuszka, former Documents Librarian at Stanford University.

Hello, and happy new year! What a ride the first year as DttP editor has been. Let's take a quick look at just a few of the major events:GODORT celebrated its 50th anniversary.January 3—The number of daily infections of COVID-19 exceeded one million for the first time since the start of the pandemic.February 24—Russia launched a military invasion of Ukraine.

Although I've been a GODORT member since 2016, the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing move to virtual events has meant that there's many of you I still haven't met in-person and there's plenty of new GODORT members I have yet to meet at all. I thought I would take this column to answer a few introductory questions from the DttP editor. Feel free to reach out to me directly if you have any additional questions and I hope to see you all in-person or at a GODORT virtual event soon!

As government information professionals, I don't think it's a stretch to say most of us have been closely watching the events related to missing sensitive documents and former President Donald Trump unfold. Historically, outgoing presidents did, in fact, take their documents with them when they left office because they were considered personal property, but the Presidential Records Act of 1978 (44 U.S.C. ß2201-2209) changed that. Thanks to the Watergate scandal during the Richard Nixon administration four years prior, all presidential and vice-presidential documents are now publicly owned and housed in the National Archives—that includes anything from margin notes and doodles to top secret national security materials.

While you're reading the fall issue, I'm actually writing this editorial in June, and it's been H-O-T here in Nashville, elsewhere throughout the country, and the world. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the average global land and ocean surface temperature from January to May was 1.53 degrees F (0.85 of a degree C) above the twentieth century average of 55.5 degrees F (13.1 degrees C), ranking as the sixth-warmest January–May period in the global climate record. Stay hydrated, folks!

It often feels like I'm dragging myself across the finish line of an academic year, but it honestly just feels so much worse since the pandemic. I suspect many of you are also feeling some level of exhaustion, so writing and publishing may not be a priority. I get it, which is why DttP might seem a little light of late. That being said, since GODORT is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and I thought it'd be worth taking a look at early publications to see how far we've come. The oldest issue available online is from November 1974, and I found a piece written by Jaia Heymann, who was elected chair of the Clearinghouse September 1974 through March 1975, and later stepped into the role of editor in September 1976 and stayed until June the next year. It's quite funny and interesting that some of the same problems DttP was experiencing then are still happening, including the need for content. I hope you take the time to read her piece!

Greetings! My name is Jennifer Castle. I'm the government documents librarian at Tennessee State University, an HBCU in Nashville, and your new DttP editor. I'm excited to work with everyone to contribute to scholarly conversations on government information.