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NARA Announces Launch of “Our Archives” Wiki
"The National Archives announces the launch today of its first public wiki called "Our Archives" on Wikispaces located at: http://www.ourarchives.wikispaces.net. "Our Archives" provides a collaborative space for members of the public, researchers, and staff to share knowledge about National Archives records, resources and research. The wiki is an opportunity for researchers, historians, archivists, and citizen archivists to work together to create pages on specific records or topics as well as to share information and resources to connect with other researchers." -- National Archives Announces Launch of New "Our Archives" Wiki. Press Release, National Archives (July 8, 2010). Hat tip to BeSpacific. Continue reading
Courts say that 75 Percent of PACER Users Won’t Pay for Access Under New Fee Schedule
75 Percent of PACER Users Won’t Pay for Access Under New Fee Schedule. Press Release. Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (July 09, 2010). The complete release:
A recent change in the fee exemption policy of the Federal Judiciary’s Public Access to Court Electronic Records system means that 75 percent of PACER users won’t pay any fee this year. The policy-making Judicial Conference of the United States approved last March 16 an adjustment to the Electronic Public Access Fee Schedule so that users are not billed unless they accrue charges of more than $10 of PACER usage in a quarterly billing cycle. That adjustment was implemented almost immediately after the Conference action. Previously, users were not billed until their accounts totaled at least $10 in a one-year period. The result of the adjustment has the effect of quadrupling the amount of data available without charge. About 50 percent of all PACER users did not pay a fee in 2009, and preliminary indications are that the percentage will climb to 75 in 2010 under the new fee schedule.Hat tip to BeSpacific. Continue reading
Global Legal Information Catalog
Gary points to this incredible new resource:
Don't miss the RSS feeds from the GLIC! Continue readingAmerican Association of School Librarians honors NEH education site
EDSITEment honored by the American Association of School Librarians as "best of the best" website for teaching and learning, National Endowment for the Humanities (June 28, 2010).
EDSITEment, the National Endowment for the Humanities’ (NEH) online repository of humanities-related teaching resources for K-12 classrooms, has been named by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) among the top twenty-five “Best Websites for Teaching and Learning.”Continue reading
Cumulative Index to Journal of Defense Research, 1969-1978
Steven Aftergood obtained this 27 page document through FOIA.
- The document: Cumulative Index to Journal of Defense Research, 1969-1978
- About the document: Journal of Defense Research, 1969-1978, by Steven Aftergood, Secrecy News (July 6th, 2010) The Journal of Defense Research (JDR) was a classified publication sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to encourage dissemination of classified research on topics of military or national security interest. It began publication in 1969, replacing the former Journal of Missile Defense Research.
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