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Tuesday, November 06, 2018

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Public Knowledge: Access and Benefits
Edited by Miriam A. Drake and Donald T. Hawkins
Foreword by Judith Coffey Russell
Public Knowledge
 
Public Knowledge: Access and Benefits, edited by the late Miriam A. Drake together with Donald T. Hawkins, is the first book in years to explore trends and issues for researchers and organizations that rely on U.S. public information. More than a dozen topic experts, information specialists, and government documents librarians discuss the challenges inherent in collecting, preserving, updating, and disseminating a deluge of information generated daily by public sources.

Contributors describe agencies at the forefront of managing the information, explore the role of the federal government and its corps of information professionals, and highlight how public data are being consumed by a surprising range of stakeholders in the digital information age. They remind us of the value and diversity of public information, and of the imperative to make it readily available to all American citizens, to whom it belongs. No reader interested in the latter topic can afford to miss Barbie Keiser's closing chapter on open government, Big Data, and the future of public information.
 
February 2016/288 pp/softbound/ISBN 978-1-57387-515-8 | Regular Price $59.50 | Web Order Price: $53.55
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NewsBreaks
Professional Development That Won't Break the Bank
by Barbie E. Keiser
Because of declining budgets, many librarians are taking advantage of small, regional, and topic-specific conferences designed for shorter time periods away from the job and with reasonable registration fees due to smaller venues, often college campuses. Innovation and entrepreneurship were themes common to three library conferences this fall whose programs were designed to maximize professional development budgets. ...

Weekly News Digests
'Harvard Opens Up Its Massive Caselaw Access Project' by Mike Masnick
Mike Masnick writes that about 3 years ago, Techdirt covered "the launch of an ambitious project by Harvard Law School to scan all federal and state court cases and get them online (for free) in a machine readable format (not just PDFs!), with open APIs for anyone to use. And [now] case.law officially launched, with 6.4 million cases, some going back as far as 1658."
The Department of Justice Rolls Out Resources on Hate Crimes
The Department of Justice "released an update on hate crimes and announced the launch of a new comprehensive hate crimes website designed to provide a centralized portal for the Department's hate crimes resources for law enforcement, media, researchers, victims, advocacy groups, and other related organizations and individuals."
'Recommended Podcasts About Libraries and Librarians' by Romeo Rosales
At Book Riot, Romeo Rosales rounds up podcasts about librarianship that he enjoys, saying that listening to them "is truly a great way for me to stay up-to-date on current library trends, technology, programming and basically all things libraries."
'Restricting Books for Prisoners Harms Everyone …' by Holly Genovese
Holly Genovese writes for Electric Literature, "In September, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections announced that all free book donations to incarcerated people in Pennsylvania state facilities would be banned. This ban was created alongside stringent mail search policies, in a purported effort to prevent drugs from entering prison."
'Can Diverse Books Save Us? …' by Kathy Ishizuka
Kathy Ishizuka writes for School Library Journal, "Finding the right book for the right reader is a constant goal of librarianship, but the import of diverse books is bringing new meaning to that effort."

NewsLink Spotlight
10 Experts Talk Library Positivity
by Brandi Scardilli
What will info pros be talking about in the future? How will the informa­tion industry change? This year, like any, has seen its share of challenges ... but there's a lot to stay positive about these days too. Join a group of librar­ians and library-related organiza­tions and companies in celebrating the best parts of being involved with libraries.

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