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From Federal Computer Week, this article reviews the challenges of digital preservation programs initiated by LC and GPO. The agencies are seeking technology solutions that harvest data on government documents to fulfill directives to digitize collections, archives and websites. Challenges to these initiatives include copyright issues, vast deep web document repositories, and the tremendous scope …
Libraries and Health Communication: Model Programs in Health Information Provided by Libraries Throughout the Nation. The NCLIS 2004 Blue Ribbon Consumer Health Information Recognition Awards for Libraries (57 pages, PDF) “This document records some of the programs and methodologies used by libraries that are providing accurate, useful consumer health information to the people of the …
Using EISIL in Private Law Firms, by Krista Lindhard The Government Domain: Federal Resources for Information Professionals, by Peggy Garvin Monitoring Congress: A Revolution in Access, by Paul Jenks Metforix@Health – Free Online Resources for Public Library Users: New Jersey, by Lois C. Ambash After Hours: Chocolate in the Kitchen, by Kathy Biehl
As a follow-up to my April 28, 2005 posting on PATRIOT Act hearings in which U.S. Attorney (DC) Kenneth L. Wainstein testified that 9/11 hijackers used public libraries, the following relevant information: ACLU and Librarians Decry Patriot Act Library Testimony Patriot Act’s Library Provisions Examined in Congressional Hearings Protect the records of what we read, …
The Infinite Library, by Wade Roush, May 2005 issue of TechnologyReview.com. Related reference: European libraries join forces against Google
Librarians worry important information is being lost/ Related reference: Depository Librarians Face Escalating Challenges
“The Public Papers of the Presidents contain most of the President’s public messages, statements, speeches, and news conference remarks. Documents such as Proclamations, Executive Orders, and similar documents that are published in the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations, as required by law, are usually not included for the presidencies of Herbert Hoover …
Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, Oversight Hearing on the Implementation of the USA PATRIOT Act: Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Act (FISA). Part II, April 28, 2005. Witness testimony: Kenneth L. Wainstein, Interim U.S. Attorney, District of Columbia; Robert S. Khuzami, Former Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of New York. 4/28/2005 – Sensenbrenner Statement Regarding …
From Federal Computer Week, this article reviews the challenges faced by federal depository librarians as they seek to ensure continued public access to a range of government documents in the face of budget cuts, the increasing migration of print publications to electronic format, and administrative directives which have resulted in mixed signals about future directions …
Reader’s Block: Internet Censorship in Rhode Island Public Libraries, A Report prepared by the Rhode Island Affiliate, American Civil Liberties Union, April 2005. “For eight years, the ACLU in Rhode Island has been studying public library response in the state to the introduction of the Internet as an information tool. On one level, it is …
Proponent of open government – McDermott: Feds closing the door to information
DeLay Outlines Strategy Against Federal Judges: “Representative Tom DeLay, the House majority leader, sharply criticized Justice Anthony M. Kennedy of the Supreme Court on Tuesday and said the House Judiciary Committee would explore what the authors of the Constitution intended when they said federal judges hold their post on the basis of good behavior.” Related …
