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GPO releases digital Congressional Record for the 1960s

The Government Publishing Office (GPO) just announced that GPO in concert with Library of Congress have released another decade of historic bound Congressional Record, this time covering 1961 – 1970. The CR is now available on govinfo.gov for 1961 – 2006. This release covers debates and proceedings of the 87th through the 91st Congresses. Spanning […]

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Community & Social Services at State Agency Databases Project

This week’s State Agency Databases Project subject highlight is Community & Social Services, featuring 36 states that project volunteers know to have publicly searchable databases in this subject area. Three examples from this compilation are: ALABAMA Alabama Children Awaiting Adoption – Search children available for adoption by gender, number of children, age, race, disability, and profile […]

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Check out Endangered Data Week – April 17-21, 2017

This week is Endangered Data Week, a new effort to raise awareness about publicly available data and the threats to its creation, sharing and retention. Follow along with the conversation at the Twitter hashtag #EndangeredData, check out the Endangered Data events near you, tune in on friday for the webinar hosted by the Digital Library […]

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State Agency Databases Project: Business, Finance & Economy

This week we are highlighting the Business, Finance & Economy 50-State guide from the State Agency Databases Project. This guide lists 47 states that are known to have publicly searchable, state agency produced databases in this subject area. Three databases from this compilation are: ARIZONA Charitable Organizations System – May be searched by name, dba or purpose. Records indicate […]

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Depository Library Council class of 2017 named

Congratulations to the Depository Library Council class of 2017: Erik Beck, Jane Canfield, Mary Clark, Donna James, Celina McDonald. These five new DLC members will serve from June 1, 2017 – May 31, 2020 Erik Beck: Digital Services Librarian, University of Colorado Law School, William A. Wise School of Law, Boulder, CO. Eric is the […]

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