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Reference: Media Information: NPR Labs New Mapping Tool
Data Files, Funding, Maps, News, Patrons and Users, Resources
|This interactive reference resource launched a little over a month ago and is free to access on the NPR Labs site. Here’s Some Useful Background: NPR Labs has launched a new interactive web-based mapping system that shows the reception coverage for all public radio and television stations in the United States. The Mapping And Population […]
From the CTC Web Site: [The] Combating Terrorism Center at West Point [has] release[d] a number of documents from the compound in Abbottabad where Usama bin Ladin was killed last year. In addition to English translations of the documents and the original versions in Arabic. Direct to Report (17 pages; PDF) This report is a […]
From an Encyclopedia Virginia E-Mail Announcement: Select entries have been enriched with links to primary resources that feature: a brief explanation of the document’s significance a transcription of the document high-resolution images of the document itself a citation to the original source Look for more primary documents to be added going forward. Direct to Encyclopedia Virginia Encyclopedia […]
This recently published Science Reference Guide from the Science Reference Section at the Library of Congress. It was compiled by Tomoko Y. Steen, Ph.D The guide provides citations and links to resources in three categories: Books Technical Reports Internet Resources See Also: Links to All Science Reference Guides
From the Kauffman Foundation: Building on a long-term trend, the nation’s business startup rate fell below 8 percent for the first time in 2010, marking the lowest point on record for new firm births. New firms as a percentage of all firms continued a steady downward trend in 2010 – going from a high of […]
From Brill Publishing: Brill is pleased to announce that it has acquired all publication rights to the Foreign Law Guide. As of today, the Foreign Law Guide will be published under the prestigious Martinus Nijhoff imprint out of Brill’s Boston office. Founded in 1988 by editors Thomas H. Reynolds and Arturo A. Flores [both from […]
Feds Launch Registry for All U.S. Government Social Media Accounts
Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Patrons and Users, Resources, Video Recordings
|A new resource for the info professionals toolbelt. From Information Week: The General Services Administration has created a social media registry on which federal agencies can list their accounts on 22 social media platforms. The public can also use the registry to verify whether accounts are bona fide government accounts. [Clip] GSA plans to offer […]
New Database: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) Puts 1000s of FOIA Requests Online
|via TechPresident: The 20,000 documents posted online include, according to a press release, all answered FOI requests from 2011, more than 500 pages of 2011 board and committee presentations, numerous contracts between the Port Authority and private firms, as well as more than 300 pages of toll and fare hearing transcripts, as well as updated […]
From a Wikimedia Post: The gender distribution of Wikipedia editors hasn’t changed since the last survey [April 2011]. Among those surveyed, 90 percent self-identified as males, 9 percent as females and 1 percent as transsexual or transgender. That being said, there was a greater amount of female editors among those respondents who had joined more […]
Rare, Once-Lost Pioneer Chinese Immigrant Docs Go Online
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Resources
|From Oregon Public Radio: Rare, once-lost historic records about pioneer Chinese immigrants to the Northwest have found a new life online. The digital archive is hosted by Oregon State University. A Chinese-American civic group hopes the document trove can help families locate ancestors gone missing early in the last century. This document collection includes names, […]