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Earth & the Environment at State Agency Databases Project

This week’s State Agency Databases Project subject highlight is Earth & the Environment, featuring 44 states that project volunteers know to have publicly searchable databases in this subject area. Three examples from this compilation are: ALABAMA Alabama Drought Conditions – Enter your zip code to view drought conditions in your area.   MONTANA Abandoned-Inactive Mines Database – The […]

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State Agency Databases Project Activity Report 1/15/2015

Welcome to the first State Agency Databases Project report of 2015! ORPHAN – Nebraska At the start of each new year we click on the “history” tab of each state page and check when it was last updated. If it hasn’t been updated during the previous calendar year, we let that volunteer go and put […]

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State Agency Databases Activity Report 4/6/2014

It was a busy week for the volunteers at the State Agency Databases Project at http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/State_Agency_Databases. FEATURED DATABASE Today’s featured database is from Susanne Caro who maintains the Montana page: Montana Field Guides http://fieldguide.mt.gov/default.aspx “These guides and this website are a collaborative effort between the Montana Natural Heritage Program and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks.  The Animal Field […]

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State Agency Databases Activity Report 1/5/2014

2013 ended with a good amount of activity at the State Agency Databases Project at http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/State_Agency_Databases. As we start a new year, I wanted to introduce a new feature into these reports – the Featured Database.  The other volunteers and I will offer one database each week we think is especially worthwhile. FEATURED DATABASE Today’s featured […]

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A Roundup of Recent Government Info News and New Resources

Time once again for a selection of news and new resources that we hope will be an interest to the FGI community. The following posts are from INFOdocket.com (@infofodocket) where we compile and post new items daily. The oldest item in this roundup was posted on January 26, 2012. 1. President Requests $231,953,777 for Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) 2. MEDLINE/PubMed: List of Serials Indexed for Online Users, 2012 Now Available in XML 3. South Dakota: State Archives Going Digital 4. Recently Launched iOS App: United Nations News Reader from the UN News Centre 5. Full Text of Prepared Testimony: Librarian of Congress, Public Printer, & Others Testify at House Appropriations Committee Hearing (re: FY 2013 Budget) 6. Montana: “New State Librarian Leads Digitization” 7. Government Information: A New Issue of the FDLP Connection Newsletter is Now Online (Vol. 2, Issue 2) 8. New Reference Resource: PACrimeStats.Info (Pennsylvania Crime Data) 9. EPA Releases New Interactive Tool with Information About Water Pollution Across the U.S. 10. FEMA Grant Helps Restore New Orleans’ Katrina-Damaged Archives 11. Listen Online: National Park Service Releases Historic Audio Recordings Made by Thomas Edison’s Recording Engineer 12. New Feature: The World Factbook Now Allows Users to Listen to the National Anthems of Most Countries 13. U.S. Congress: THOMAS Adds Direct Links to House Committee Hearings 14. New Document from NIH: Public Access Policy Implications 15. New Database: See Who’s Donating to Super PACs 16. LOCPix: New iOS App Provides Access to Digitized Photos from the Library of Congress 17. New Interactive Reference Resource: State Transportation Facts and Figures 18. U.S. Congress: Financial Contributions: MapLight Launches New Company Pages 19. Let’s Fly! FAA Launches Mobile Web App 20. New Search Tool from the IRS: Exempt Organizations Select Check Continue reading

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