Institute of Museum and Library Services — Public Libraries Survey
http://harvester.census.gov/imls/pubs/Publications/pls2008.pdf
National and state summaries here on public libraries, including information on staffing, visitation, circulation, computers in libraries, collections and services, and more. The report was issued in June 2010 but is based on data for fiscal year 2008. Some interesting statistics: There were 1.50 billion visits nationwide to public libraries according to the report, and there were 2.28 billion circulations of library materials.
1957 Crisis at Central High : An Annotated Bibliography of Government Publications
http://wikis.ala.org/godort/images/a/af/Russ-Ziegenbein-occasionalpaper4.pdf
From GODORT, this is a 23-page annotated bibliography of government publications related to the 1957 integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Government Statistics : Frequently Used Sites Related to U. S. Federal Government Information
http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/romans/fdtf/statistics.html
GODORT offers this very helpful page of sites to where statistical information on a variety of topics and subjects can be found.
ALA : E-Government Toolkit
http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/egovtoolkit/index.cfm
This is the American Library Association’s E-Government Toolkit.
2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
http://emergency.cdc.gov/gulfoilspill2010/
The CDC offers links here to health resources related to the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill.
Wireless World Travel Made Simple
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-298907A1.pdf
Information here about your mobile telephone service when you travel abroad.
Accademic Progress Rate – National Collegiate Athletic Association
http://web1.ncaa.org/maps/aprRelease.jsp
This database shows how student-athletes are doing academically at NCAA institutions.
House Expenditure Reports Database
http://sunlightfoundation.com/projects/expenditures/
“Ever wonder what newspapers your representative in the House subscribes to? Or how many staffers your member has hired, and how much they’re paid? How much the House spends on computers, office supplies and travel? Want to know what the House Appropriations Committee—which writes the bills that spend over a trillion dollars—paid for Deer Park bottled water? The answers to all those questions and more can be found in the House Expenditure Reports database”–From the Website.
Disaster in the Gulf
http://publicpolicymatters.com/gulfoilspill.html
“BP oil spill-related press releases, statements and reports are collected here in a single convenient webpage.”–From the website.
Quiet In The Library : An Urban Dilemma
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Quiet+library+urban+dilemma/3088935/story.html
This is an article from the Edmonton Journal about a challenge many libraries, especially urban ones, face.
