News release: “The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published the ARL Statistics 20062007, the latest in a series of annual publications that describe the collections, staffing, expenditures, and service activities of ARLs 123 member libraries. Of these member libraries, 113 are university libraries (14 in Canada, 99 in the US); the remaining 10 are… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: December 2008
United States Institute of Peace Briefing: Iraq in the Obama Administration
United States Institute of Peace Peace Briefing – Iraq in the Obama Administration, December 2008, Daniel P. Serwer and Sam Parker “President-elect Obama has stated his commitment to withdraw combat brigades from Iraq within 16 months, leaving a residual force of unspecified size for counterterrorism operations, training and equipping Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and protection… Continue Reading
A Call for Action: Enabling Healthcare Reform Using Information Technology
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Call for Action: Enabling Healthcare Reform Using Information Technology “outlines specific priorities and recommendations for the Obama Administration and 111th Congress to harness IT’s power to reform healthcare and stimulate the U.S. economy.” HIMSS Recommendations to Obama Administration and 111th Congress Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Adoption Model for… Continue Reading
Rand: The Role of the United States Postal Service in Public Safety and Security
The Role of the United States Postal Service in Public Safety and Security – Implications of Relaxing the Mailbox Monopoly, By Lois M. Davis et al. “The United States Postal Service (USPS) has long held statutory monopolies to deliver mail and to require that only U.S. mail be delivered to the mailbox. While the USPS… Continue Reading
Rand: Producing Liquid Fuels from Coal Prospects and Policy Issues
Producing Liquid Fuels from Coal – Prospects and Policy Issues, By Jim T. Bartis et al. “Record-high world oil prices have prompted renewed interest in producing liquid fuels from coal. The United States leads the world in recoverable coal reserves. Moreover, the technology for converting coal to liquid fuels already exists, and production costs appear… Continue Reading
New on LLRX.com – A Guide for the Perplexed: Libraries and the Google Library Project Settlement
A Guide for the Perplexed: Libraries and the Google Library Project Settlement: Jonathan Band’s article outlines the settlements provisions, with special emphasis on the provisions that apply directly to libraries. The settlement is extremely complex (over 200 pages long, including attachments), so this paper of necessity simplifies many of its details. Continue Reading
Find your elected representatives in New York City
From the New York Times, the new Represent (Beta) database provides users with a quick, efficient and informative online tool to locate the respective political districts where they live, their representatives, and news about the reps’ recent activity. Continue Reading
New on LLRX.com – The Government Domain: Wrapping Up 2008
The Government Domain: Wrapping Up 2008 – E-gov expert Peggy Garvin provides an overview of the significant developments in the world of online government information this past year. According to Peggy, overall the year saw a push by individuals and non-government organizations for increased access to digital government information. Specifically, new official government and non-government… Continue Reading
YouTube Now Comprises 25 Percent Of All Google Searches
TechCrunch: “Video search on YouTube accounts for a quarter of all Google search queries in the U.S., according to the latest search engine numbers from comScore. Its monthly qSearch report, which was released on Thursday night, breaks out the number of searches conducted on YouTube. If it were a standalone site, YouTube would be the… Continue Reading
Inauguration Day 2009 Official Website
“Welcome to the District of Columbias 2009 Presidential Inauguration website. This site will assist you in finding valuable information about the events surrounding the 56th Presidential Inauguration, including lodging information, transportation, security measures and closures. We, in the District government are thrilled to host this historic event on January 20, 2009.” Joint Congressional Committee on… Continue Reading
Obama Rebalancing Plans for Economic Recovery
New York Times: Obama Bolsters Recovery Plans as Economic Outlook Dims – “Faced with worsening forecasts for the economy, President-elect Barack Obama is expanding his economic recovery plan and will seek to create 3 million jobs in the next two years, up from a goal of 2.5 million jobs set just last month, several advisers… Continue Reading
College Newspaper Releases Documents on Virginia Tech Massacre
CNET: “One day after Virginia Tech released thousands of documents solely to families of victims in last year’s massacre, the university’s student newspaper made them public. On Thursday, the Collegiate Times posted the documents, which include e-mails sent from the account of gunman Seung-Hui Cho, who killed 32 fellow students and faculty members and then… Continue Reading
