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The Blotter (ABC News): “The FBI repeatedly failed to follow the strict guidelines of the Patriot Act when its agents took advantage of a new provision allowing the FBI to obtain phone and financial records without a court order, according to a report to be made public Friday by the Justice Department’s Inspector General.” A …
News: “Item records in WorldCat.org, WorldCats open-Web interface, now include a Cite this Item link that provides bibliographic citations in five common styles: APA, Chicago, Harvard, MLA and Turabian. Displayed in a separate pop-up window, the citations follow the reference standard for each style. The citations window cautions users that “formatting rules within a style …
Notice of the Removal of the Paper Search Collection of Registered Word-Only Marks From Trademark Search Library in Arlington, VA – March 6, 2007 Federal Register.
Google Librarian Center posting: “Today we announced our 13th Library Project partner, the Bavarian State Library. With the announcement of a fourth library partner located outside the U.S., we’re making headway towards our goal of helping people find books from libraries all over the world through Google Book Search. We’re making a good deal of …
SFGate.com reports that on April 7, Jackson County Oregon will closed “its entire public library system…as the 15 libraries serving this rural forest community lost $7 million in federal funding this year — nearly 80 percent of the system’s budget.” See the Jackson County Library Information blog for postings, inclusive of this information: “The final …
News.com: “The Bush administration has accelerated its Internet surveillance push by proposing that Web sites must keep records of who uploads photographs or videos in case police determine the content is illegal and choose to investigate, CNET News.com has learned. That proposal surfaced Wednesday in a private meeting during which U.S. Department of Justice officials, …
Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal. Nuremberg. (“Blue Series”), Nuremberg, 14 November 1945 – 1 October 1946 – released by the Library of Congress, February 28, 2007. “This 42-volume series, also known as The Blue Series, is the official record of the trial of the major civilian and military leaders …
“World Book Day was designated by UNESCO as a worldwide celebration of books and reading, and is marked in over 100 countries around the globe. The origins of the day we now celebrate in the UK and Ireland come from Catalonia, where roses and books were given as gifts to loved ones on St. Georges …
Library of Congress – U.S. Army Field Manuals, War Department/Department of the Army Pamphlets: “The full text of selected U.S. Army Field Manuals (FMs), War Department Pamphlets (WD PAMs), and Department of the Army Pamphlets (DA PAMs), which particularly address some of the current research needs and interests of The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center …
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing: Reforming the Presidential Library Donation Disclosure Process, February 27, 2007. “This hearing will examine the need for public disclosure of donations made to private foundations established to fund presidential libraries and related facilities. The committee will consider possible legislative proposals to require such disclosure.”
Envisioning the Whole Digital Person, by Jonathan Follett, Published February 20, 2007: “Our lives are becoming increasingly digitizedfrom the ways we communicate, to our entertainment media, to our e-commerce transactions, to our online research. As storage becomes cheaper and data pipes become faster, we are doing more and more onlineand in the process, saving a …
CRS Report, RS22605, FY2008 Budget Documents: Internet Access and GPO Availability, February 13, 2007: “This report provides brief descriptions of the budget volumes and related documents, together with Internet addresses, Government Printing Office (GPO) stock numbers, and prices to obtain these publications. It also tells how to find locations of government depository libraries, which can …
