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James Turk: BOTM for October, 2008
James Turk is a Web Developer for Sunlight Labs. The focus of his work is web application development, including distributed research projects such as EarmarkWatch.org, he also maintains the Sunlight Labs API (http://services.sunlightlabs.com/api/). He earned his Bachelor of Science in computer science from the Rochester Institute of Technology where he also studied Political Science and Public Policy. Before joining the Sunlight Labs, he also spent time working at Project Vote Smart. He spends a good part of his time, both at work and elsewhere hacking away at government data of all types. Continue reading
September BOTM Wrap-Up
September's gone already? Well, brief as the month was, I want to say I've really enjoyed being September's Blogger of the Month. Posting here and watching new stories come up daily has been a real treat. My thanks to the FGI folks for giving me a great venue for posting thoughts and finds! And in that spirit, here's a little mish-mash of what I've been reading the past two days. I find it pretty telling (in a geeky way) of where the nation's attention lies, that I'm getting timeout errors in so many areas related to the Economic Stimulus Bill and the general financial hoopla. This morning, I couldn't get to related articles on Wikipedia. Continue reading
Please welcome Starr Hoffman to the podium
Hi all. We're starting a little late this month due to the labor day holiday. Please welcome to the podium Starr Hoffman, digital librarian from the University of North Texas (more bio here). Take it away Starr! And we really need to thank Acting Superintendent of Documents, Ric Davis for joining us last month. Ric posted quite a few interesting and thought-provoking posts (below). This was a great opportunity for Ric and the Government Printing Office to reach out to the library community, so I would strongly suggest that readers go to those posts and submit comments. Thanks again, Ric. We really appreciate your efforts! Continue reading
Starr Hoffman: BOTM for September, 2008
Starr Hoffman is Librarian for Digital Collections at the University of North Texas Libraries. She is responsible for maintaining UNT's Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports Archive and the CyberCemetery, a NARA-affiliated archive of defunct government websites, and is also the Web Administrator for ALA GODORT. Starr received her Master of Library Science and Master of Art History from the University of North Texas, and is currently pursuing a PhD in Higher Education. Her research interests include web archiving, distance learning, digital collections, library marketing, and graphic novels. She also writes the Geeky Artist Librarian blog… and it’s rumored that sometimes she finds the time to sleep. Continue reading
Please welcome Ric Davis: blogger of the month for August, 2008
And now the moment you've all been waiting for when we unveil our special guest blogger this month. So please welcome to the podium Ric Davis, acting Superintendent of Documents and Director of Library Services & Content Management at the U.S. Government Printing Office(read more of Ric's bio here). We're really excited to have Ric blogging for us and look forward to the conversations this month. Take it away Ric! Continue reading
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