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Chella Vaidyanathan: BOTM for January, 2009
Chella Vaidyanathan is the subject liaison librarian for History, Political Science, U.S. Govt. Information, International Documents, and GIS at the University of Miami. She enjoys teaching course-specific library instruction sessions for her assigned subject areas. Chella completed her MLS from the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP) in December 2006. Moreover, she has a Master of Arts in Modern European History, a Master of Philosophy in History, and a Master of Arts in Indian/South Asian History. At McKeldin Library in UMCP, Chella worked as the GIS Graduate Assistant in the Department of U.S. Gov. Information, Maps, & GIS Services, where she also served at the reference desk and helped patrons locate government information. Since then, she has always been very interested in teaching and promoting government documents. Continue reading
No guest blogger for month of December
Hi all. We had a guest blogger lined up for the month of december, but unfortunately he had to withdraw at the last minute. So we'll start up again next month with a new guest blogger. For this month, we'll put all blog posts front and center! Let us know if you'd like to be a guest blogger. Email us: admin AT freegovinfo DOT info. That is all. Continue reading
November blogger of the month is … Rikhei Harris!
Well, November's here and you know what that means ... tofurkey! oh and a new guest blogger :-) This month we welcome to the podium Rikhei Harris, government documents librarian at Grand Valley State University (see her full bio here). Can't wait to read what's on Rikhei's radar. Take it away Rikhei! Thanks also to our October guest blogger, James Turk. James started some good conversations, and spread the good word about APIs, earmarks and the advantages of open data. Thanks JT! Continue reading
Rikhei Harris: blogger of the month for November, 2008
When Laura "Rikhei" Harris received her M.S. in Information from the University of Michigan in 2004, she had no idea that one day she would be the Government Documents Librarian at Grand Valley State University. Since taking on this role, Laura has become increasingly interested in the statistical information produced and provided by government agencies, and is now considering pursuing a degree in statistics. Her other academic interests include usability and using emerging technologies to improve library workflow and library services. She also blogs at Llyfrgellydd. Continue reading
Welcome James Turk, blogger of the month for October, 2008!
Wow it's October already! And that can only mean one thing: Polls are open in Ohio!! Ok, I guess it means 2 things: It also means we've got a new guest blogger to introduce. So without further ado, let's welcome James Turk to the podium. James comes to us from the Sunlight Labs (full bio here), makers of such fine projects as Visualizing Earmarks, Capitol Words, Fortune 535, PoliQuiz and of course PublicMarkup.org. We're really excited to read what's on James Turk's mind. Take it away James! We'd also like to thanks Starr Hoffman, our guest for September. Starr started a number of good conversations (see below) all while juggling classes, work at University of North Texas and myriad other things. You're a Rock Starr!! Continue reading
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