Congress.gov
Congress.gov was launched this Wednesday, offering us a new tool to research USA federal legislation information. The site will eventually replace THOMAS.gov, …
Google’s Political Trends Spotting
The official elections may be over a year away, but it’s never too early to start paying attention to the process and …
The Library of Congress on C-SPAN
Here’s a great documentary about the Library of Congress which C-SPAN has made available for free! The documentary is an hour and …
Orientation to Legal Research and the Use of Law Library Collections
Today I spent the morning at the Law Library of Congress attending their Orientation to Legal Research and the Use of Law …
Satellite Sentinel Project
The Satellite Sentinel Project hopes to deter the resumption of war between North and South Sudan. The project provides documentation with the …
E-Gov: Make It Work @ your library (ALA webinar)
This afternoon I attended an ALA webinar about E-Government. The session offered some good sites where we can find government information (local, …
Juárez wants to model itself after Medellín
Here are parts one, two, and three of a news report highlighting the impressive change the city of Medellín, Colombia has had …
15 Movies Based on Banned Books
The Huffington Post has a nice collection of 15 famous movies (including clips) based on banned books. The collection has put together …
Bill Clinton will now start taking questions!
On September 20th Bill Clinton will be holding the annual Clinton Global Initiative meeting, and this year he will be taking questions …
Chilean Protest Murals
On that same SALALM panel titled “Documenting in Times of Adversity, Survival and Hope” my friend Lynn Shirey presented on a newly …
