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Readers or Consumers? Citizens or Customers?
Are users of government information citizens or “customers”? What would Ranganathan say? Barbara Fister addresses the topic of library attitudes to their communities in her newest post on InsideHigherEd Books Are For Use, by Barbara Fister, Inside Higher Ed. Library Babel Fish (January 23, 2014). I have argued that as we increased access to information […]
Private Sector Use of Government Data
The Governance Lab (The GovLab) at New York University is compiling a list of just “open data companies” — companies powered at least in part by open government data. The GovLab @ NYU Releases Preview of the First Comprehensive Study of Companies Using Open Government Data, by Laura Manley GovLab Blog NYU, (December 17, 2013). […]
Map of Vaccine-Preventable Outbreaks
This time-series animated map of vaccine-preventable outbreaks world-wide from the Global Health Program at the Council on Foreign Relations plots global outbreaks of measles, mumps, whooping cough, polio, rubella, and other diseases that are easily preventable by inexpensive and effective vaccines. The data behind the map are downloadable as a comma-separated-value (.csv) file. Vaccine-preventable outbreaks, […]
Privacy And Civil Liberties Oversight Board releases report on NSA bulk telephone records program
The Privacy And Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) has released its report on the National Security Agency’s program of collecting bulk phone call records. Thirteen U.S. Senators asked the PCLOB to investigate two NSA programs (referred to as section 215 and 702 of the USA PATRIOT Act) and the operation of the FISA court. The […]
USGS and Tribes Work Together to Gain Water Knowledge
Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey are working closely with Tribal leaders around the country to address water availability and water quality issues on Tribal lands. Beyond the practical use of water data, the article below describes how water on Tribal lands often has a significant place in a Tribe’s cultural heritage. Some information on […]
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