Justin grimes: BOTM for May, 2009
Justin Grimes is a PhD student in the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland and a Research Associate at the Center for Information Policy and E-Government. He holds a MLS degree from the University of Maryland as well as a BS in Integrated Science and Technology from Marshall University. His research interests include e-government, information policy, and information design. Continue reading
NYTimes: Effort Renewed for Public Release of CRS Reports
In perfect timing with Lieberman's recent resolution, The New York Times published an article today about CRS Reports entitled "Group Seeks Public Access to Congressional Research" by Stephanie Strom (print version appears on page A20 on May 5, 2009). The article focuses on the efforts of the Center for Democracy and Technology and other non-profit organizations such as the Sunlight Foundation and OpenCRS, to fight for free public access to the CRS Reports. I wish the article had mentioned the efforts of the University of North Texas Library, but I'll give them kudos here to make up for the NY Times oversight. ;-) Continue reading
Some Interesting Digital Archives
A short item on the American Historical Association (AHA) blog this morning describes several digital archives and their contents. Some of these have government information or complement information found in official government documents.
- Digital Archives, by Jessica Pritchard, AHA Today, May 05, 2009.
- Brown v. Board of Education
- Civil Rights in Mississippi
- Early Americas Digital Archive
- Free Speech Movement
- The National Archives Experience
- The Thomas Jefferson Digital Archive
Lunchtime listen: Cass Hartnett: reflections of a mid-career documents librarian
(Cross-posted on GODORT blog) At last week's Spring '09 Depository Library Conference in Tampa -- which was, to remind everyone, live-blogged! -- GODORT chair Cass Hartnett spoke on the topic "Reflections of a Mid-career Government Documents Librarian." Cass' talk was both thoughtful and thought-provoking. The video runs about an hour. During the talk, Cass handed out a list of 14 "memory questions." After viewing the video, please share your answers to the questions in the comments section below. Thanks!
- An early library job
- technology
- an early career dream
- good committee you served on or good workshop attended, or both
- mentor(s) who helped you at the state/local level
- up and coming student/librarian who impressed you
- Washington D.C.
- Library user(s)
- future of FDLP
- government information in everyday life
- good article or book
- power of description
- digital amazement
- Web 2.0 triumph or trouble
GovFresh.com: Government 2.0
GovFresh.com was launched today and it is a live feed of official news from U.S. Government RSS and social media accounts (including Twitter, YouTube, RSS, Facebook, Flickr and more) all in one convenient place. So far, live feeds are from the White House, Supreme Court, House, Senate, DNC, RNC, and the following Departments and Agencies: Agriculture, Defense, Education, Energy, Homeland Security, Labor, State, CDC, CIA, EPA, FBI, FDA, and NASA. You can also suggest a feed. GovFresh also has their own FriendFeed and Twitter account for you to follow. Continue reading