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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 Utah has been tentatively adopted. Assuming all goes well, this would leave us with the following states in need of adoption:

• Maryland
• Minnesota
• Rhode Island

If one of these states interests you, check out our Volunteer Guide. If you can meet the basic responsibilities, send me an e-mail at dnlcornwall AT Alaska DOT net. WIKI ACTIVITY 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 OHIO (Audrey Hall) Century Farms - There are more than 850 registered Century Farms (farms within the same family for at least 100 years) in Ohio. Get a list of all farms by county or use the drop down list to select a specific county. NEW JERSEY (Qraig de Groot) Search for Senior Centers - Search by county and program type, city and program type, or name of facility to find Senior Centers in New Jersey. NEW YORK (Michael Tatonetti) New York State Nursing Home Profile - Information about nursing homes and the quality of care they provide. Search by county, zip code, nursing home name or special services. TEXAS (Ann Ellis) Texas Agricultural Research Project Database - This database is maintained by Texas Tech University and is designed to enhance communication about agricultural research in Texas for other research institutions, private industries, and individuals. Users may search the database by title of research project, research institution, or research problem area. The database also provides a full-text search engine. Continue reading →

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The State Agency Databases Across the Fifty States project at http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/State_Agency_Databases is pleased to announce two new volunteeers:

• Michael Tatonetti, who is taking the New York page
• Jenn Zuccaro, who is taking the West Virginia page

Thanks to Michael and Jenn, we are down to these four orphan states with no one to care for them:

• Maryland
• Minnesota
• Rhode Island
• Utah

If one of these states interests you, check out our Volunteer Guide. If you can meet the basic responsibilities, send me an e-mail at dnlcornwall AT Alaska DOT net. WIKI ACTIVITY 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 DELAWARE (John Stevenson) The Flora of Delaware Online Database - As of January 29, 2012, the database contains 2,274 species, subspecies, and varieties (taxa), of native (1,577) and non-native (697) vascular plants known to occur in the state of Delaware. OHIO (Audrey Hall) County Soil Surveys and Supplements - Click the desired county on the map for a soil survey, interim soil survey or soil survey supplement. It is recommended to use only the text included in the soil surveys. Official up-to-date tables and soil maps should be viewed or downloaded at the Soil Data Mart or via the Web Soil Survey. At the Soil Data Mart select the "generate reports" button to then select the desired tables. NEW YORK (Michael Tatonetti) Laws of New York - Database listing of the Laws of New York State. Searchable by title or phrase. Continue reading →

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Welcome to the first State Agency Databases activity report of 2012! We have a lot of activity to report from the State Agency Databases Across the Fifty States Project. STATISTICS FOR 2011 - PARTIAL YEAR We started making note of project statistics in May 2011. This enables us to report partial year statistics (May - Dec 31) for our project pages. Here are a few highlights for 2011: Total visits to state database pages - 73,606 Total visits to subject based database listings - 10,325 Top five states by number of visits: Missouri 5592 Florida 3694 Alaska 3438 California 2786 Ohio 2437 Bottom five states by number of visits: New York 478 Vermont 470 West Virginia 397 Maine 383 Minnesota 307 Most popular subject page - Prisoner Locaters - 6,239. This is also the most popular page in the entire project. The full set of project statistics for our site can be found at http://tinyurl.com/StateAgencyDBstats2012 as a Google Spreadsheet. NEW ORPHAN STATES FOR 2012 As a result of the yearly page review procedure put in place last year, the following states have become available for adoption: Maryland Minnesota New York Rhode Island Utah West Virginia If adopting any of the above states interests you, please review our Volunteer Guide. If you think you can fulfill the basic responsibilities listed AND can start modifying your page within two weeks of receiving a wiki login, please e-mail me at danielcornwall@gmail.com. SUBJECT PAGE ACTIVITY Prisoner Locater Tools - An offender lookup tool for Utah was added to the page. OTHER WIKI ACTIVITY For a blow by blow list of changes to our project over the past 14 days, please see http://tinyurl.com/statedbs14d. Here are some highlights: DATABASES ADDED NEW MEXICO (Adrienne Walker) The Judicial Branch of New Mexico - This online case lookup is maintained by The New Mexico Courts. This database gives access to the lower court cases of the New Mexico District Court, Magistrate Court and Municipal Court data. Municipal court data is limited to criminal Domestic Violence and DWI historic convictions from September 1, 1991 onwards. Searches can be conducted by name, case number or DWI. NEW YORK (Orphan - Added while reformatting page) New York State Kosher Food Registry Search - Registry is searchable by product (type or name, packaged or unpackaged), by food establishment name, by store (name or location), by name of certifier. Records for products include brand, name, size and certifying agency. NORTH DAKOTA (Kathryn Thomas) State Document Depository - State Documents can be searched in the library catalog. Lists of recent arrivals can be viewed by agency name and then by document title. UTAH (Orphan - Added while reformatting page) Utah Burials Search - Database of people buried in Utah. May be searched by deceased name, dates of birth and death, and burial place (any, county, city/town, cemetary). Records contain name, birth date, death date, burial date, place of birth (when available), place of death, grave location, source (when available), comments, when available. Continue reading →

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Welcome to the last State Agency Databases Activity Report for 2011. As this report is written on Sundays, I'll be taking a break for Christmas and New Year's. If you celebrate Christmas I wish you a Merry Christmas, otherwise I wish you a great holiday season and hope you have a happy and informative 2012. With our December link checking in full swing, this past week was quite busy at the State Agency Databases Across the Fifty States project at http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/State_Agency_Databases. SUBJECT PAGE ACTIVITY Health Practitioner Databases (Lynn McClelland) With the addition of Maryland and New Mexico, Lynn McClelland reports that she has posted information on various kinds of health practitioners for all 50 states plus the District of Columbia. We hope that you will explore and share this page far and wide. If the Health Practitioner Databases page inspires you to create a subject page of your own, please let me know. OTHER WIKI ACTIVITY See our last seven days of activity at http://tinyurl.com/statedbs for a blow by blow description of changes to the wiki. Here are a few highlights: DATABASES ADDED CALIFORNIA (Joel Rane) Online Documents Search Form - Decisions, resolutions, and rulings signed by the [Public Utilities] Commission are available online starting in July 2000, searchable by title, the type of document, date, proceeding number or the type of utility. DELAWARE (John A. Stevenson) DOE School Locator - Search for schools associated with an address or housing development. GEORGIA (Chris Sharpe) [Supreme Court] Computerized Docketing System and Case Types - Search by case number,attorney's name, or style. NEW MEXICO (Adrienne Walker) Child Care Search - This database provides a customized, detailed search based around your needs. Searches can be performed by important criteria such as location, age of child, days/hours of care, and others is maintained by Mexico Kids and lists child care providers that are licensed or registered by recognized regulatory agencies in the state of New Mexico. The online search requires registration to log in. OTHER NEWS After January 1, 2012, I will be examining pages to see the last time a volunteer touched them. Any pages that haven't been edited since January 1, 2011 will be reassigned. Continue reading →

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Our volunteers remain active and productive at the State Agency Databases Across the Fifty States project at http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/State_Agency_Databases. We are in the midst of our December link checking activity. SUBJECT PAGE ACTIVITY Health Practitioner Databases (Lynn McClelland) With the addition of NV and ND. Lynn now has 46 states plus the District of Columbia represented on this page. Significant new information has been added to the Minnesota and North Carolina entries, among others. OTHER WIKI ACTIVITY See our last seven days of activity at http://tinyurl.com/statedbs for a blow by blow description of changes to the wiki. Here are a few highlights: DATABASES ADDED KENTUCKY (Glen Mcaninch) Chiropractor Search - You can search the online database of providers by last name, license number, city or county. LOUISIANA (Rita Franks) Central Gaming Registry - From the website, "Louisiana Revised Statutes 27:15 (B)(3) requires the Louisiana Gaming Control Board to provide a central registry of all gaming operators licensed under the provisions of various Louisiana gaming acts. Under this statute the central gaming registry is to include the name and address of all licensees, the address of any location where authorized gaming takes place and the name and address of any person who owns or controls more than 5% interest in these establishments. Data can be accessed from the left side of the Central Gaming Registry Home Page screen and is listed in several different categories. + Expand will provide all data for the individual or business accessed. (Arrow) Previous and (Arrow) Next will move you forward and back through the database. Clicking on an entry will provide detailed information on the entry. Quarterly Listings and Ownership Charts are also accessed from the left side of the Home page. Quarterly Listings are stored by year." WYOMING (Karen Kitchens) Wyoming Boards and Commissions - This database contains a list of statutory requirements and a brief description of purpose for each State of Wyoming board and commission. Also contains a list of all board or commission members. OTHER NEWS After January 1, 2012, I will be examining pages to see the last time a volunteer touched them. Any pages that haven't been edited since January 1, 2011 will be reassigned. Continue reading →

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