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My apologies for the long drought on updates for the State Agency Databases Project at http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/State_Agency_Databases. Volunteers have been active, but among other things I've been taking an amazing online class called the Hyperlinked Library through San Jose State University. The course materials are open and available at http://mooc.hyperlib.sjsu.edu/ and I think that all of the modules could be of considerable benefit to government information librarians. But I digress. For a listing of the last two weeks worth of activity, visit http://tinyurl.com/statedbs14d. Here are some highlights: DATABASES ADDED ALASKA (Daniel Cornwall) ScholarWorks@UA - Institutional repository for theses, dissertations and other research by University of Alaska Students and Faculty. May be searched or browsed by campus, issue date, author, subject, titles or type of resource. DELAWARE (John Stevenson) Door-to-door Salesperson Search - Searchable by salesperson last name, business name, or license number. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (Susan Paterson) Search current job openings - DC Department of Human Resources (DCHR) helps District agencies meet their staffing requirements by ensuring the highest level of customer service to city residents. MISSOURI (Annie Moots) Consumer Confidence Reports - Search for and view public water supply system reports by county. OHIO (Audrey Hall) Continue reading →

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It's been a slightly active two weeks at the State Agency Databases Project at http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/State_Agency_Databases. For the full list of things that happened in the last 14 days, visit http://tinyurl.com/statedbs14d. Here are some highlights: DATABASES ADDED MONTANA (Susanne Caro) Unclaimed Property at Montana Department of Revenue] - Search for Unclaimed Cash. Search by personal name or business. WASHINGTON (Marilyn Von Seggern) Project Search - Search for RCO projects (1964-present) from 5 organizations such as the Recreation and Conservation Funding Board and the Salmon Recovery Funding Board. Search criteria are name of organization, project type, status, number, or name, and keyword. Results include project details and description, worksites, milestones, and report attachments. WYOMING (Karen Kitchens) Continue reading →

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While we haven't posted a report for awhile, activity has been buzzing at the State Agency Databases project at http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/State_Agency_Databases. For a full listing of the activity for the past two weeks, visit http://tinyurl.com/statedbs14d. Here are some highlights: DATABASES ADDED DELAWARE (John Stevenson) Delaware Public Archives Collection Gateway - Search indexes of some of the public collections by name or keyword. Collection descriptions are added or updated quarterly. GEORGIA (Chris Sharpe) Wage and Salary Survey - Search the results of the most recent three years the DCA Wage and Salary Survey. Information includes the pay range, number of full time employees, and the number of hours worked each week for over 160 different local government jobs. MASSACHUSETTS (Jennifer Ekblaw) Continue reading →

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With the June quarterly link check looming next week, activity continues at the State Agency Databases Project at http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/State_Agency_Databases. For a full listing of activity in the past week, visit http://tinyurl.com/statedbs. Here are the customary highlights: DATABASES ADDED CALIFORNIA (Joel Rane) Nautical Fiction List - An annotated bibliography of novels, along with some short stories, poetry and drama, on the subject of the oceans or seafaring. Searchable by author. Georgia (Chris Sharpe) OASIS (Online Analytical Statistical Information System) - Set of interactive tools used to create maps, tables, or charts from Georgia's health data repository. It is currently populated with Vital Statistics (births, deaths, fetal deaths, induced terminations, pregnancies), Hospital Discharge, Emergency Room Visit, Arboviral Surveillance, Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (BRFSS), STD, Motor Vehicle Crash, and Population data. TEXAS (Ann Ellis) Texas Medical Board "Look Up a Doctor" - Within this database, patients, consumers, doctors and other health care professionals can locate health care providers and institutions, medical suspensions, various rules and regulations, statistical reports, and practitioner demographics arranged by date. NEW MISSOURI RESOURCES ADDED TO BIOGRAPHICAL DATABASES Despite the page name of Biographical Databases, this page also contact static biography resources because project volunteers thought this would be valuable. Missouri volunteer recently added these resources to the page: Governors - Chronological list of the governors of Missouri with party, term, home county, and dates of birth and death. Lieutenant Governors - Chronological list of the lieutenant governors of Missouri with party, term, home county, and dates of birth and death. Secretaries of State - Chronological list of the secretaries of state of Missouri with party, term, home county, and dates of birth and death. State Auditors - Chronological list of the state auditors of Missouri with party, term, home county, and dates of birth and death. State Treasurers - Chronological list of the state treasurers of Missouri with party, term, home county, and dates of birth and death. Attorneys General - Chronological list of the attorneys general of Missouri with party, term, home county, and dates of birth and death. State Legislators - Alphabetical list of state legislators including party, office, county/district elected, and years served. Covers 1820 - 2000. Officers of the Missouri Senate and House - Chronological list of officers, including President Pro Tem-Senate, Secretary of the Senate, Speaker of the House, and Chief Clerk of the House, for each session. Covers 1820 - 2011. Judges of the Missouri Supreme Court - Chronological list of judges with home counties and terms served. Covers 1820 - 2011. U.S. Representatives - Alphabetical list of Representatives of the U.S. Congress with district, party, and year elected. U.S. Senators - Alphabetical list of Senators of the U.S. Congress with party and year elected. In addition to the changes mentioned above, Joel Rane, volunteer for California also added a large number of links to California university library catalogs. Continue reading →

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Activity continues at the State Agency Databases Project at http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/State_Agency_Databases. For a full listing of all activity during the past two weeks visit http://tinyurl.com/statedbs14d. Here are some highlights: DATABASES ADDED MARYLAND (Siu Min Yu) Maryland Vital Records -- Search for death records in the State of Maryland. Please read the Vital Records Indexing Project information before starating your search. To search, click the link "Search MD Vital Records" from the upper left hand side of the page. WASHINGTON (Marilyn Von Seggern) Search Case Records - Search for a case by court date, case number, or personal or business names associated with a case. A separate Name Search looks across court levels, and an Attorney Search finds district and municipal court proceedings associated with a Bar Number. WYOMING (Karen Kitchens) Wyoming Legislation - This library of legislative materials contains journals, or digests of the journals, from the first territorial legislature that convened in 1869 up to the present. It also contains digitized bills from 1873 to 2000, in addition to bill actions—a record of actions done on each introduced bill—from 1957-2000. LET US KNOW ABOUT PRESENTATIONS OR DERIVATIVE PROJECTS If you have used information from the State Agency Databases Project in a presentation or in a derivative project, we would love to hear from you! Send an e-mail to the project coordinator at danielcornwall@gmail.com and we will note and/or link your talk/project from our page. Continue reading →

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