New wiki for Anniversaries and new library page
With a number of Federal Depository Libraries celebrating important anniversaries, I was pleased to stumble across the Library Anniversary Celebrations wiki. I was so happy to see a community generated resource like this, that I've created a page for this and similar projects. It's called the Library Community Projects page and will link to efforts that appear to well up from within the depository community, focus on either government information or depository libraries and are open to editing from outside the group that started the project. Do you have such a project? Let us know in comments or an e-mail to dnlcornwall AT alaska.net. This weekend is the Alaska Library Association conference, so sites suggested before Monday won't be up until next week unless my fellow volunteers take pity on me and post links before then! Continue reading
Library anniversary celebrations wiki
With so many libraries having important anniversaries, someone has created an anniversary Wiki to get and share ideas! While it is not clear who drew up this wiki, information is plainly sourced and looks useful. The wiki can be found at: http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/Library_anniversary_celebrations and is currently divided into these areas: 1 PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS 1.1 Press Releases 1.2 Publications 1.3 Materials to Obtain, Adopt, or Create 1.4 Resources 2 AGENDAS, SPEAKERS 2.1 Ideas for an agenda promoting GovDocs 2.2 Speakers 3 DEPOSITORY LIBRARY EXCELLENT EVENTS While some of this material can be dug out of the govdoc-l archives, isn't it better to have it all in one place? Whether or not you're celebrating the big 1-0-0, check out this site. It could give you event ideas for non-anniversary years. My thanks to whomever was responsible for this great start. I say start, because like most wikis, it is freely editable. So anniversary libraries, start your engines and make this site even better for those of us who will be celebrating big anniversaries Continue reading
What are your three reasons?
This isn't about government information, but it is about libraries, which is where a lot of government information can be found:
NJ librarians are trying to get the most commented video on YouTube. Watch the video, then make your comment giving your three reasons for loving the library. Must be a registered YouTube user to comment, but registration is free.
Librarians and friends, unite in an affirmation of library love!
What are MY three reasons? You'll have to go to the video and look up my comment under AlaskanLibrarian!
Anyone out there want to make a "Why I love my Depository Library" video?
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Thank you Bill Pardue!
In my haste to roll out the new FGI browser toolbar, I forgot a shout out to the person who inspired me to create it. So here is a belated thanks to Bill Pardue, Virtual Services Librarian / NorthStarNet Arlington Heights Coordinator of the Arlington Heights Memorial Library (http://www.ahml.info). On 2/12/2007, Bill posted a message to the Questionpoint-L mailing list talking about the toolbar his library had created for AHML using Conduit. It sounded like a wonderful way to promote library info. From there it was a small step to trying to create a tool that could promote all of us in the depository community, plus the main government information sites. I think one of the best things about the Internet is the quick way we can share information and techniques and quickly put them into practice. Some will fail, others will succeed, but we've got a wonderful laboratory to experiment with. Continue reading
FGI: The Toolbar! Get it for yourself and tell your friends
Another day, another demonstration project! This time Free Government Information is pleased to announce a browser toolbar we hope will increase awareness and usage of government information. You can get our toolbar at fgi.ourtoolbar.com. With this conduit.com powered toolbar you get the following features:
- Easy access to federal government publication web sites.
- Quick access to reports from the Congressional Research Service and Government Accountability Office.
- Four ways to ask government information questions online.
- Links to easy-to-understand information guides written up by documents librarians from around the country.
- A 50-state directory of Federal Depository Libraries
- Links to major Freedom of Information Act pages and written guidance on filing FOIA requests
- Easy access to all sections of the Free Government Information web site
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