Archive for the 'Library Stuff' Category
My home state of Pennsylvania has finally joined the rest of the country in posting its statutes and legislative activity online:
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/LI/PUBLIC/cons_index.cfm
Thanks to Genie Tyburski’s TVC Alert for the heads up!
*For those of you who need an explanation for this reference, please see http://politicalhumor.about.com/cs/georgewbush/a/top10bushisms.htm for details.
From today’s NY Times:
“How did such a nerdy profession become cool — aside
from the fact that a certain amount of nerdiness is now cool? Many young
librarians and library professors said that the work is no longer just about
books but also about organizing and connecting people with information,
including music and movies.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/08/fashion/08librarian.html
Just heard about this resource from Thomson Gale this a.m. on the drive into work:
AccessMyLibrary – News, Research, and Information that Libraries Trust
“…free access to millions of articles from top publications available at your local library.”
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From Mr. Christian’s testimony today before the Senate Judiciary Committee:
The path we
chose in Connecticut is based on a longstanding principle of
librarianship – our deep rooted commitment to patron confidentiality
that assures that libraries are places of free inquiry, where citizens
go to inform themselves on ideas and issues, without fear that their
inquiries would be known to anyone [...]
Many legal professionals would agree that the day can’t come soon enough…..
Content Analyst, Public Sector – Mountain View or Washington D.C.
The fine folks at Justia (my favorite legal website) yesterday announced a new free service that contains information on recently filed federal civil cases.
From the press release:
“The Federal District Court filings are categorized by State, Federal
District Court and Legal Practice Area, and include the presiding judge
[...]
Books are my favorite things, and librarians are some of my favorite people (which is why I hope to be joining their ranks soon…wish me luck!) So I seem to read quite a few articles like this one from today’s Boston Globe about how libraries are becoming more like Starbucks, and less like the more [...]
I must admit that prior to reading Mr. Wilson’s obituary this morning, I never had any idea who had helped create this service that I use almost every day.
Donald Wilson, 82, Pioneer of a Database, Dies – New York Times
Mr. Wilson, a lawyer and business consultant, was a managing partner
at Arthur D. Little, the management [...]
From today's Washington Post:
"It's odd to hear Vinton Cerf, regarded as one of the founding fathers of the Internet, to gush over ink-on-paper books.
The electronic pioneer and computer scientist, who now works as Google's chief Internet evangelist, is also a bibliophile who has a collection of about 10,000 hard-copy volumes lining shelves at his home [...]
National Archives Says Records Were Wrongly Classified
WASHINGTON, April 26 — An audit by the National Archives of more
than 25,000 historical documents withdrawn from public access since
1999 found that more than a third did not contain sensitive information
justifying classification, archives officials announced Wednesday.
They said the removal of the
remaining two-thirds was technically justified, though many had already
been [...]
