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Full Text: Library Workers, Facts and Figures (8 pages; PDF) This fact sheet explores: library staff in the workforce, where library staff work, their diversity, the role of women in the profession, issues of pay and pay equity, the union difference for library staff, and the impact the recession has had on libraries and library staff. […]
U.S. Census Bureau — Visualizing Data with OnTheMap for Emergency Management
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|Visualizing Data with OnTheMap for Emergency Management The Census Bureau released OnTheMap for Emergency Management Version 2.0 today, the beginning of the 2011 hurricane season. Version 2.0 adds floods and wildfires to hurricanes which was released last year. OnTheMap for Emergency Management is a public data tool that provides unique detail on the workforce, for U.S. […]
Toll-Free Crisis Hotline Numbers Provides hotline numbers and info on whom each organization helps. Source: Child Welfare Information Gateway (HHS)
Direct to Map (via OWNI.eu) The map contains info about: + Intellectual Property + Data Retention + Mobile + Filtering + ACTA + Copyright Sources are listed in the lower right corner. Link is to English Language Version of Map Hat Tip and Thanks: @OpenNet
UPDATE 2: GeoEye Posts Hi-Resolution Satellite Image of Joplin, MO Showing Post Tornado Destruction of Joplin High School. We will monitor site and update if/when additional imagery becomes available. The image is also available via Flickr. Update 1: If You Would Like to Listen to a Live Audio Feed From Jasper County, MO Law Enforcement […]
The data was provided by Nielsen and was originally published in the Sports Business Journal. The database was first published in the Dayton Business Journal. Search by company name, sort results by clicking at the top of any column. You can review the entire list by selecting “all” from the pull-down menu. Direct to Database […]
Here’s some info to impress your friends and neighbors with this weekend. (-: From the USPS: The Postal Service [has] released statistics highlighting the cities where the most dog attacks occur nationwide. Houston tops the list with 62 letter carriers attacked in 2010. Nationwide last year, 5,669 postal employees were attacked in more than 1,400 […]
You can take a look at the OED entry here. The first use of weblog listed in the OED was by Jorn Barger in a 1997 post appearing on alt.culture.www, alt.hypertext, and comp.ai. Here’s Barger’s actual post from December 23, 1997.
Direct to Complete List Bob Schulz Writes: Among the unsurprising “required reading list” items, an interest in the dark side of the American food industry and culture is showcased with Food, Inc. and Fast Food Nation. Another notable item is a hard to find collection of short stories entitled El Arrepentido y Otras Narraciones by […]
Direct to Survey Results (Interactive List) The Wall Street Journal CEO Compensation Study was conducted by Hay Group, a management-consulting firm. The study analyzes CEO pay from the biggest 350 U.S. public companies by revenue that filed their definitive proxy statements between May 1, 2010, and April 30, 2011.