With the advent of the March updating season, the past two weeks have been very busy for volunteers at the State Agency Databases project at http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/State_Agency_Databases.
That is, except for Hawaii, Minnesota and Oklahoma. These pages have languished for over a year without a volunteer documents specialist to care for them.
If you would like to brighten the day of one of these pages by adopting them, read through the project’s volunteer guide, then contact Daniel Cornwall at danielcornwall@gmail.com.
On to our extensive activities. For a full blow by blow report of updates and other activity for the past two weeks, visit http://tinyurl.com/statedbs14d. Here are the highlights:
DATABASES ADDED
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (Susan Paterson)
Recreation Centers and Pools – Find swimming pools, basketball courts, before- and after-school care programs, and other programs at parks and recreation centers in the District of Columbia. Also can find status of projects improvements and permit facilities.
KANSAS (Pam Crawford)
Photo Library – From the web site: “The KGS Photo Library is a collection of photos of different subjects from around the state. These photos may be used for any non-commercial purpose; if you use a photo, please credit the Kansas Geological Survey. To select photos to view: (1) click on one of the terms under the Subjects menu, (2) enter a term (or terms) in the Keywords search, or (3) use one of the three maps to select photos by county, physiographic region, or highway.”
NEVADA (Kathy Edwards)
Teacher Licensure – Search for the credentials of a public school teacher by entering the teacher’s name or license number.
NEW HAMPSHIRE (Linda Johnson)
New Hampshire Vital Records Information Network Web Query] Search for birth, death, marriage, and divorce events. Data very current for most statistics. Password required.
OHIO (Audrey Hall)
Utility Information – Find utility information by street address.
NEW MATERIAL ON “NOT DATABASES” PAGE
In the course of searching for databases, our project volunteers come across interesting and/or useful resources that fall outside of our project scope. Rather than just forgetting these resources, we post them to our “not databases” page.
In the past two weeks, two resources have been added to this page:
Smart Consumer – From the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection, separate pages directed toward parents and children, teens, young adults, adults, and older adults raise awareness of potential scams. Recommendations about what to know and what to do are given for various scam topics.
New York State Vital Statistics – The tables listed here provide information on vital statistics in New York State, such as mortality, birth rate, marriage and population.
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