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FBI labels FOIA superhero Ryan Shapiro’s dissertation a threat to national security
Ryan Shapiro, a PhD candidate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is a FOIA superhero. He has become the “most prolific” FOIA requester the FBI has ever had, and they seem to be actively obstructing his legal right for documents in order to complete his research. Check out this DemocracyNow interview with him as he […]
State Agency Databases Activity Report March 23, 2014
It was an active week for the volunteers at the State Agency Databases Project at http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/State_Agency_Databases. Activity was focused on fixing links as part of our quarterly link checking process. NEW VOLUNTEERS I’m happy to announce that Liz Paulus is returning as the Oregon volunteer. She will be leading a small group of Oregon librarians […]
Your chance to tell White House your thoughts on big data, privacy and surveillance
Here’s an opportunity to let the White House know your opinions on data gathering, transforming technologies and privacy issues. ============== From: The White House [info@messages.whitehouse.gov] Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 2:00 PM Subject: The President’s review of big data and privacy Friday, March 21, 2014 The President’s review of big data and privacy In January, President […]
Born-Digital U.S. Federal Government Information: Preservation and Access
The paper that I prepared under contract for the Center for Research Libraries is now available: Born-Digital U.S. Federal Government Information: Preservation and Access, March 2014. Prepared by James A. Jacobs for “Leviathan, the Center for Research Libraries Global Resources Collections Forum.” [link updated] This is one of several background readings recommended by CRL for […]
Best. Titles. Ever. Better with Tumblr!
A few weeks ago I (Daniel) was approached by Aimee Slater, a government documents reference assistant with the Brooklyn College Library. She and her boss really enjoyed the Best. Titles Ever. page and Flickr photo group that were populated with funny, bizarre and intriguing titles found by documents librarians around the country. Aimee asked if […]
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