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Data: EPA Releases Updated Environmental and Public Health Indicators in Online Database
Academic Libraries, Data Files, Maps, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Reports, Resources, School Libraries
|From the Environmental Protection Agency: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released updated environmental and public health indicators in an online database, making information about the current and historical condition of the nation’s environment and human health more accessible to the public. This is an online update to EPA’s Report on the Environment. Users […]
New Full Text Research Article: “A Theory of Mobile Library Service Delivery”
Academic Libraries, Journal Articles, Libraries, Management and Leadership, Patrons and Users, Resources
|Note: infoDOCKET would once again like to thank the team at SAGE for opening up their paywall and allowing us to provide free, full text access to a journal article we selected and have linked to below. This article was made available via the SAGE OnlineFirst program last week and will appear in print in […]
From Kaiser Health News: The federal government released on Thursday a new five-star rating system for home health agencies, hoping to bring clarity to a fast-growing but fragmented corner of the medical industry where it’s often difficult to distinguish good from bad. Medicare applied the new quality measure to more than 9,000 agencies based on […]
New Report, Statistics: “Mapping the Digital Divide” (U.S.)
Academic Libraries, Libraries, News, Public Libraries, Resources, School Libraries
|The report (embedded below), Mapping the Digital Divide, was released by the White House Council of Economic Advisers on Wednesday, July 15, 2015. Later that day President Obama announced the launch of the Launch of ConnectHome Initiative. Mapping the Digital Divide See Also: Digital Divide: “Obama Program to Connect Public Housing Residents to Web” See […]
New Report: “Who Votes? Congressional Elections and the American Electorate: 1978-2014”
Academic Libraries, Data Files, Public Libraries, Resources, School Libraries
|From the U.S. Census: Who Votes? Congressional Elections and the American Electorate: 1978-2014, uses data collected by the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey. This report provides a detailed historical portrait of voters in congressional elections, and it examines voting patterns by age, race and Hispanic origin and includes a look at early and absentee voting. […]
Google Patent Search Adds Option to Include Relevant Results From Google Scholar & More
Academic Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Resources, School Libraries
|From the Google Blog: The ability to search for the most relevant references–the best prior art–is more important today than ever. Patent filings have steadily increased with 600,000 applications filed and 300,000 patents issued in 2014 alone. At the same time, litigation rates are continuing their dramatic climb, with patent trolls bringing the majority of […]
Numismatics: U.S. Mint Launches App For iOS and Android
News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Resources, School Libraries
|From Today’s Launch Announcement: The United States Mint today announced the release of MyUSMint, the bureau’s new mobile application (app) for Android and iOS. [Clip] The free mobile app is now available on Google Play and the App Store. Users who download the MyUSMint app will have easy access to United States Mint products – […]
Issue 29 of the Code4Lib Journal is Now Available Online
Digital Collections, Frontiers, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Resources
|Here are direct links to each of the 11 articles you’ll find in issue 29 (July 15, 2015) of The Code4Lib Journal. Editorial Introduction: Changes on the Editorial Board by Sara Amato Implementing a Bento-Style Search in LibGuides v2 by Aaron Tay and Feng Yikang Building a Better Book in the Browser (Using Semantic Web […]
Collaboration and Sharing: National Library of Australia (NLA) & Australian National University (ANU) Sign Memorandum of Understanding
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Funding, Interactive Tools, Libraries, National Libraries, Open Access, Public Libraries, Resources
|From ANU: The longstanding relationship between The Australian National University and the National Library of Australia was reaffirmed following the signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding. For both institutions building research resources for scholars to use around the world, and taking advantage of the online environment to provide access to a rich array of […]
From the WHO News Release: Worldwide, nearly 1 in 10 people have a mental health disorder, but only 1% of the global health workforce is working in mental health. This means, for example, that nearly half of the world’s population lives in a country where there is less than one psychiatrist per 100 000 people. […]