(WI) Statistics on the number of nurses by degree or education completed
A member of our nursing faculty was looking for statistics on the number of nurses by degree or education completed. I helped her locate Table 154, Health Professions--Practitioners and Schools: 1990-2002 in the online 2006 Statistical Abstract This table provided a portion of the information she needed, but the category "baccalaureate" combined data for all levels of nurses with advanced degrees. The rest of the data she needed was found on the National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses Web site. Chart 2 of the summary included an initial nursing preparation chart. More statistics were located by searching the entire report. Our professor found what she needed and was very pleased. Mary Hayden Library Services Asst-Government Publications UW-Eau Claire McIntyre Library Continue reading
Open government on the ropes?
Senator May Seek Tougher Law on Leaks (Washington Post. Go to BugMeNot for anonymous log-in information) Pat Roberts (R-Kan), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said that, in an effort to curb leaks, he "may add language to the fiscal 2007 intelligence authorization bill to criminalize the leaking of a wider range of classified information than is now covered by law." Civil liberties groups and news organizations have argued that the legislation would further restrict their ability to get information from officials. With more government documents being classified than ever before (see this FGI blog post and Secrecy News), this legislation (similar legislation was vetoed by President Clinton) will be a powerful 1-2 punch that could knock out open government! Earlier today, James mentioned a quote by philosopher Sissela Bok in a post about the 1956 Coolidge Committee Report. Bok really hit the nail on the head by pointing out that more secrecy, more classification, and stricter laws against leaks are simply a spiral away from open government, away from our democratic ideals:
"...as government secrecy expands, more public officials become privy to classified information and are faced with the choice of whether or not to leak ... growing secrecy likewise causes reporters to press harder from the outside to uncover what is hidden. And then in a vicious circle, the increased revelations give government leaders further reasons to press for still more secrecy. --Sissela Bok, Secrets. New York: Vintage Books, 1989, p. 184 and 248.Continue reading
(GA) Statistical data on teachers pay and class room size
I received a telephone call from a professor at Morehouse College who wanted statistical data on teachers pay and class room sizes. I referred him (the Morehouse professor) to the Digest of Education Statistics in print. I also walked the professor through steps over the phone on how to obtain the online version of Digest of Education Statistics. He indicated to me that I had helped him out a lot and he was very pleased with the way I'd assisted him. Chad Nathaniel Robert Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, GA Coordinator, Government Publications Department Continue reading
(NY) WWI Army recipes
A researcher came to our Reference Desk to find recipes used to feed the Army troops during World War I. I felt that we must have them, since we are an older collection. Lo, and behold! We had not only the recipes from World War I, but also for later wartime troops, and the Reserves. We also had a nineteenth century manual that advised how to use "canned goods," since they were probably "new" at the time. It was interesting to see that the author was the "subsistence" unit of the Army. Linda Braun Senior Librarian, Reference--Public Services New York State Library Continue reading
(LA) Southeast Louisiana Hurricane Preparedness Study
The Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies, located here in Sims Library, was contacted by a lady from the Congressional Research Service who was looking for a copy of a report to fill a rush request from a member of Congress. The report she needed was "Southeast Louisiana Hurricane Preparedness Study" published in 1994. The folks in the Center referred the question to me. I did a Google search for the title and found it in the "Region Wide Data" section of New Orleans Hurricane Protection Projects Data. Sometimes it does pay to think like a freshman. Lori Smith Government Documents Department Head Southeastern Louisiana Univ., Sims Library Continue reading
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