Stanford UL Keller writes in support of Carl Malamud for Public Printer
Reason #273 for why working at Stanford is pretty cool! YesWeScan!! Letter from Michael A. Keller, Stanford Universiity Librarian
Continue readingSenate votes now in XML
The Senate Rules Committee has instructed the Secretary of the Senate to publish its roll call votes using an XML format. This is a tipping point change!
- Senate to Expand Transparency of Senate Votes, Jim DeMint, May 5, 2009.
A new approach to history: Twitter
This may sound odd at first, but give it a try:
Welcome to TwHistory. We believe that history is filled with exciting stories. We also believe that these stories can be told through Twitter; through the people who lived and experienced them. We go through journals, diaries, letters, and other original sources to deliver the day-to-day lives of people who lived through some of histories most exciting times. We broadcast this information through Twitter, and feel this is a new and exciting approach to understanding history. Instead of reading about a month-long campaign in a few hours, you experience it over the course of a month, in small, 140 character ‘Tweets’.First up: Battle of Gettysburg with Tweets by President Lincoln and many others.
@ Gen_hooker: We have news here that the enemy has reoccupied heights above Fredericksburg. Is that so?A tip of the hat to Kate! Continue reading
Spring ’09 DLC proceedings now available
GPO just announced that the proceedings for the Spring '09 Depository Library Council meeting in Tampa are now available at fdlp.gov! We really appreciate GPO getting these out so quickly as there was a lot going on and there were a lot of people who could not attend due to the economic situation. We hope you'll take some time to look through the proceedings, read the live blog and notes, and of course watch the video of Cass Hartnett's reflections on a mid-career govt documents librarian. Continue reading
Welcome Justin Grimes, BOTM for May, 2009
Please welcome to the podium Justin Grimes, our guest blogger (or BOTM in FGI parlance) for May, 2009. Justin comes to us from the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland and the Center for Information Policy and E-Government (Justin's full bio is here). Justin blogs over at justinmgrimes.com and you can also follow him on twitter (@justgrimes). We're really looking forward to plumbing the depths of Justin's expertise and interests in e-govt and information policy. Take it away Justin! Continue reading