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From an EPIC (Electronic Privacy Information Center) Blog Post: The White House modified its privacy policy for WhiteHouse.gov on June 3, 2011. The new policy is more than twice as long as the old policy. The new policy states the White House web site now uses persistent Google Analytics cookies that track users for up […]
From the AP (via Seattle PI.com) One of the 20th century’s most popular historical series, Will and Ariel Durant’s “The Story of Civilization,” is [back] in digital form. Simon & Schuster announced Tuesday that all 11 volumes, long out of print, are now available as ebooks — separately and collectively. The original books sold hundreds […]
New Online From IFLA: Full Text, Full Image of Preservation News (May 2011)
Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News, Preservation
|Direct to Preservation News (40 pages; PDF) Issue #53. Free. This issue is of Preservation News is devoted to investigating and monitoring dust. Source: IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations)
From Fast Company: At the Personal Democracy Forum conference in New York City yesterday, the Sunlight Foundation, a D.C. nonprofit fighting for government transparency, unveiled a new Gmail plug-in they call Inbox Influence. The nifty little program scans public records to show you the political contributions made or received by the people and organizations who […]
Access to Government Information: "EPA Removes Confidentiality Claims for More Than 150 Chemicals"
|From an EPA Announcement: In order to provide the public has as much information as possible about the health and the environmental impacts of chemicals, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has made public the identities of more than 150 chemicals contained in 104 health and safety studies that had been claimed confidential by industry. [Clip] […]
As we first mentioned on Monday, Google’s specialty search tools including two that focused on government material, Uncle Sam and USGov.Google.com, are no longer available. We have now CONFIRMED that both of these specialty search tools (aka limited, focused or vertical search) along with four others are NO LONGER AVAILABLE. Their URLs now redirect users […]
This OCLC Research meeting is taking place in Washington DC right now. Some presentations will be streamed live on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. ll current OCLC Research Library Partners are invited to join us for an important glance at the future environment that will impact our work: higher education, electronic publishing, and consumer technology. We’ll […]
Printable Maps: Congressional Districts (112th Congress) The National Atlas offers simple maps of each District of the 112th Congress (January 2011-January 2013). These maps of the individual districts cover half of an 8.5- by 11-inch paper when printed. Designed for easy reference, they show the Congressional District overlaid on top of State and county boundaries […]
From a News Release: The recently released 2009-10 ALA Annual Report covers the key initiatives of former ALA President Camila Alire under the theme “Libraries: The Heart of All Communities”: Frontline Advocacy and Family Literacy. The report also highlights the increase in library usage and the vital role libraries play during challenging economic times. Frontline Advocacy […]
Milestones: 10 Millionth Record Added to WorldCat By an Open Access Publisher in Croatia
Journal Articles, Libraries, Maps, News, Open Access, Publishing
|From an OCLC Announcement: A record for a book accessible online, titled Task-oriented and Purposeful Robot-Assisted Therapy, marked the 10 millionth record added to WorldCat via the WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway. The record was harvested into WorldCat by staff at InTech, an open access publisher located in Rijeka, Croatia. [Clip] The WorldCat record links to […]