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
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