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State Agency Databases Activity Report 3/26/2012 – We Did It!
NO MORE ORPHANS! Thanks to Alex Burnett publicly claiming the Maine project page and Sabrina I. Pacifici publicly claiming the Maryland page, it is my happy duty to inform you all that the State Agency Databases Across the Fifty States Project is now fully staffed. Every state page linked from http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/State_Agency_Databases now has a documents specialist to care for it. I'm making a big deal of this because this is the first time in the history of our project that all states have been staffed. WIKI ACTIVITY As I say nearly every week, our volunteers kept busy. For a full list of our past week's activity, see http://tinyurl.com/statedbs. DATABASES ADDED ALABAMA (Paula Webb) Alabama Inmates on Death Row - a database of current inmates on death row in Alabama correctional facilities. CALIFORNIA (Joel Rane) Weed Identification Key - Use this database of images to identify weed species, especially the most common weeds found in California lawns. Because flowering parts are often mowed and not seen in turf, this key was developed using vegetative characteristics. The key goes from general to specific images of the plants; work through the key until you get to a summary page of your weed. The summary pages include control methods. There are related keys for invasive ants, aphids and other pests. IOWA (Julie Thomas) Lobbyist Information - Includes searchable databases of lobbyists, clients, contact information, functions, and declarations on bills. LOUISIANA (Rita Franks) Louisiana Office of Tourism Imagebase - This project is designed to make the Office of Tourism's complete collection of 35 mm slide images available to the Travel and Tourism industry around the world. The collection of over one thousand images have all been digitized and stored as high-resolution Kodak PhotoCD (.pcd) format files. Smaller, lower resolution jpeg (.jpg) images are used within their web site to preview these images. The PhotoCD images average between 3 and 5 Mb in size, and are available for download, provided you provide the Office of Tourism with some information about how these images will be used, and you agree to abide by the Office of Tourism's Image Use Policy NORTH CAROLINA (Jennifer Davison) North Carolina Environmental Education Database - Search for camps, after school programs, University EE courses, grants, educational materials and additional resource types. Limit by distance, audience served, age groups, academic and environmental focus. OHIO (Audrey Hall) Ohio Secretary of State DAMs Directives, Advisories, and Memoranda - Scroll over "References" in left side-bar and click on "Ohio SOS DAMs" for DAMs related to election issues from 2002-2008. Coverage by category is uneven. VERMONT (Paul J McDonough) Vermont Archives Series Database Search - The Series Database is an index to records in the Vermont State Archives. Series are comprised of file units or documents that are kept together because they relate to a particular subject or function, result from the same activity, document a specific type of transaction, take a particular physical form, or have some other relationship arising out of their creation, receipt, maintenance, or use. DATABASES REMOVED LOUISIANA Procedural Risk Database Former URL - http://www.dhh.state.la.us/offices/page.asp?id=99&detail=3587 This database describes risks and hazards related to medical care and surgical procedures. It was developed by the Louisiana Medical Disclosure Panel in accordance with Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1299.40. Search by the entire database or search for risks by procedure category. Continue reading
State Agency Databases Activity Report: 3/18/2012
The volunteers at the State Agency Databases Across the Fifty States project at http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/State_Agency_Databases are keeping busy with link checks and new databases. NEW VOLUNTEERS This week our project welcomes two new volunteers - Beth L. Rowe who has taken on Rhode Island and Richard Wojtowicz who has taken on Minnesota. We're grateful to them and all of our project volunteers. NO ORPHAN TALK THIS WEEK Although they are listed as orphans, Maryland and Maine have tentative volunteer documents specialists. If we can get them publicly engaged with their pages, all 50 states will be covered for the first time in the project's history. An announcement will be made when this happens. WIKI ACTIVITY Wiki activity has jumped with our quarterly link check. For a full list of our last week's activity, visit http://tinyurl.com/statedbs. Below are highlights of the work we've done together: DATABASES ADDED Arizona (Daniel Cornwall) School of Music MIDI database - Searchable database of public domain MIDI files from the following genres - Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, International Folk and Ethnic, Colonial American, and Pop Standards. Searchable by composer name, file title, nationality, genre, tempo (fast, moderate or slow) and by keywords. Some items also have public domain sheet music. MISSISSIPPI (Carlos A. Diaz) Mississippi MarketMaker - This database includes a great deal of market research information by age, household type, race, income, education, foreign born and food preferences. You can also search for farmers/ranchers, fisheries, and businesses near you. NEVADA (Kathy Edwards) Showgirls - Drawings and photographs of Las Vegas showgirls. Kathy added a number of databases of historical significance to the Nevada page. NEW YORK (Michael Tatonetti) Historic Markers - Search for historic markers in New York State. Search by county. NORTH CAROLINA (Jennifer Davison) North Carolina Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Data Tool - Learn about North Carolina police reported bicycle and pedestrian crashes. Information for almost 40,000 bicycle and pedestrian crashes with motor vehicles in North Carolina has been compiled to create an interactive database. Look for standard data tables for certain years or geographic areas, or create custom searches. DATABASES REMOVED MISSOURI (Annie Moots) Exceedance Monitoring System - Search for E. coli and fecal coliform exceedances in waters of the State of Missouri by keyword, category, or search tag. Continue reading
State Databases Activity Report 3/11/2012
The volunteers at the State Agency Databases Across the Fifty States project at http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/State_Agency_Databases are keeping busy. A NEW ORPHAN - MAINE Maine has become our newest orphan. Outgoing volunteer Tim Schneider was kind enough to check the links on this page before he withdrew. He also updated a number of our "subject specific databases" pages as you'll see below. We thank Tim for his work and hope someone will step forward and claim Maine. If working with Maine interests you, check out our Volunteer Guide. If you can meet the basic responsibilities, send me an e-mail at danielcornwall@gmail.com. WIKI ACTIVITY Wiki activity ought to pick up this week because we are gearing up to do our quarterly check for broken links and hunt for new databases. For a full list of our last week's activity, visit http://tinyurl.com/statedbs. Below are highlights of the work we've done together: DATABASES ADDED STATES TEXAS (Ann Ellis) Texas Sex Offender Registration Program - The database provides public access to the Department of Public Safety's sex offender registration program as required by the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. Six different search categories are included. Not all offenders are available in the the database. SUBJECT SPECIFIC PAGES BIOGRAPHICAL DATABASES Maine Writers Database - Searchable database of writers with a relationship to the State of Maine. The connection may be birth, residency, employment or works that are set in Maine. HEALTH CARE PRACTIONER DATABASES Maine - Osteopathic Physician Search - License information for osteopathic physicians, searchable by name or license number. HISTORICAL MEDIA DATABASES Maine - Interactive Search - Searchable database of records available in the Maine State Archives in the following collections: Photographs, Maps, Movies, Newspapers. OFFICIAL RECORDS DATABASES Maine - Death History Search - Database of death records from 1960 to 1996. Searchable by Last Name, First Name, Middle Name, Town of Death and date range. Results include name, date and town of death, age at death and death certificate number. Actual certificates must be ordered from the Maine State Archives. PRISONER LOCATER DATABASES Maine Prisoner/Probationer Search - Search for adult prisoners or probationers in the Maine Department of Corrections system. Search by name, gender, race/ethnicity, age, race and a number of physical characteristics. STATE BLUE BOOKS Maine - Added Main Statistics and made note that there is no official State Blue Book. Continue reading
State Agency Databases Activity Report 3/4/2012
The volunteers at the State Agency Databases Across the Fifty States project at http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/State_Agency_Databases have continued work during the past two weeks. VOLUNTEERS AND ORPHANS People have tentatively agreed to take Maryland and Minnesota and will hopefully officially claim their pages in the next two weeks. If these adoptions hold up, that will leave perpetual wallflower Rhode Island as the only state without a documents specialist to care for it. If Rhode Island interests you at all, check out our Volunteer Guide. If you can meet the basic responsibilities, send me an e-mail at danielcornwall@gmail.com. WIKI ACTIVITY For a full list of our last two week's activity, visit http://tinyurl.com/statedbs14d. Below are highlights of the work we've done together: DATABASES ADDED MICHIGAN (Michael McDonnell) Fish Contaminant Monitoring Program Online Database - The Michigan DEQ monitors contaminants in caged fish in order to identify sources of pollutants and areas of contaminant concentrations, edible portions of fish in order to develop fish eating advisories, and whole fish in order to track contaminant trends. You can search for each of these types of studies in various bodies of water in Michigan at this site. NEW YORK (Michael Tatonetti) New York State Physician Profile - Information about licensed physicians in New York State. Search by physician's name. Profiles contain the following information: Education, Practice Info., Legal Actions, Professional Activities, and Personal Statements. UTAH (Susanne Caro) Licensee Lookup & Verification System - Searchable by name, license number and profession. Currently, DOPL issues licenses in approximately 60 categories of licensure. Additionally, the majority of these license categories include several individual license classifications. For example, within the nursing profession, licenses can be obtained for an LPN, RN, CRNA, APRN, or CNM. WASHINGTON (Marilyn Von Seggern) AG Opinions - Subject and keyword access to the full text of Washington State Attorney General opinions from 1949 to present. A list by date and by topic is also provided. Continue reading
State Agency Databases Activity Report 2/20/2012
The volunteers at the State Agency Databases Across the Fifty States project at http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/State_Agency_Databases remained busy this past week. VOLUNTEERS AND ORPHANS This week we officially welcome Susanne Caro to the ranks of our document specialist volunteers. She has taken on the Utah page and has begun fixing links. With Susanne's arrival, we are left with these three states in need of adoption:
- Maryland
- Minnesota
- Rhode Island
- Database of Environmental Remediation Sites and Spill Incidents
- Current Ambient Air Quality Forecasts and Data
- Oil and Gas Well Database
- Searchable On-line Mining Database
- DEC Permit Applications Search (DART)
- Water Well Contractor Search
- Docket Management System
- Certified Wastewater Facility Operators
- Issued Title V Air Permits
- Draft Title V Air Permits
- Issued State Facility Air Permits
- Draft State Facility Air Permits
- Breeding Bird Atlas Databases
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