Warmest Year Ever
Document of the Day. According to NOAA (The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), “The year 2014 was the warmest year across global land and ocean surfaces since records began in 1880.” NOAA National Climatic Data Center, State of the Climate: Global Analysis for Annual 2014, published online December 2014. http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/2014/13 This website has Maps and […]
“What the Web said yesterday” and IRC chat on digital collection development
The New Yorker has an interesting piece by Jill Lapore, “What the Web Said Yesterday” which explores the issue of internet preservation and highlights the important work being done by the Internet Archive. Vint Cerf, Chief Internet Evangelist at Google, says we need “digital vellum” or the “twenty-first century will become an informational black hole.” […]
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 […]
Webinar on fugitive documents: notes and links
These are notes and links and resources mentioned in our webinar on fugitive government documents that Jim and I presented for the “Help! I’m an Accidental Government Information Librarian” webinar series: “Community-Based Digital Collection Development of Born-Digital Government Information” [link to recording of webinar] by James A. Jacobs and James R. Jacobs. (Jan. 12, 2015). […]
Carl Malamud proposes a National Day of PACER Protest
Carl Malamud of public.resource.org and champion of freeing government information, has posted a proposal for “Law Day” — a national day of protest against PACER policies. Yo! Your Honor! A Response to the Chief Justice Carl Malamud “A National Strategy of Litigation, Supplication, and Agitation”. Boing Boing (Jan 11, 2015). May 1 Proposed as a […]