Alaska State Library Place File

This is just one of many images available from the Alaska State Library’s Place File through the Alaska Digital Archive. It has historical pictures from many parts of Alaska.
This particular image is Beach settlement of the Sum Dum [Sumdum] Chief and Bald Eagle Mine at Sanford Cove, Endicott Arm Alaska.
Check it out, pass the word.

Social Psychology for Librarians

I’ve been doing some reading and reflecting on how librarians and other activists can use social psychology to influence attitudes. See my FGI blog entry at http://freegovinfo.info/node/1223 for details.
Think I’m on to something? Or crazy? Comment here or there!

New FGI Discussions: May 29, 2007

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A Blog and Feed for Governmental Alaskana

A few years ago I started an e-mail list where I sent people listings of newly cataloged Alaska State Publications and Federal Publications about Alaska. In hopes of spreading the news about “Governmental Alaskana” and giving an example for other states to consider, I’ve set up a blog which may or may not replace the [...]

Historical Photos: A Souvenir of Alaska

My library produces a number of really interesting and nice historical resources. Among these resources are a number of photograph collections that have been input into the Alaska Digital Archive. The electronic versions of these collections are now being put into OCLC WorldCat and our catalog, and I’d like to start highlighting these treasures.
So, here’s [...]

What’s worse than a blank check?

An Iraq funding bill that yanks reconstruction aid if benchmarks aren’t being met.
I was going to vent for awhile on why I’m so utterly disgusted with the Democrats surrender to the President and what I think we should be doing instead, but I find that David Sirota and Rabbi Michael Lerner have already done a [...]

New FGI Discussions: May 21, 2007

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FGI Podcast Launches

Cross posted from Free Government Information
Based in part on user feedback and in part on our own drive to experiment, Free Government Information has started it’s very own podcast.
While we acknowledge we have more to learn about audio engineering, we think you will find it worth your time.
Our first podcast is just under 20 minutes [...]

New Discussions @ FGI: May 14, 2007

=============================== Know other people who work with federal government information? Get the FGI browser toolbar (http://fgi.ourtoolbar.com) for IE and Firefox. Over 250 people already have!——————-This week we started a directory of government agencies with a presence in Second Life and other virtual worlds. Check it out at http://freegovinfo.info/node/1168. So far we have three states [...]

Alaska Podshow: Thanks Kelly Curtis!

Proving that not all comments on old posts are automatically spam, Kelly Curtis left me this May 2007 comment on an August 2006 post celebrating AK Radio:
Hey there!
I agree, I enjoy AK as well, and nice they are podcasting.
Have you listened to Alaska Podshow? It’s at http://www.alaskapodshow.com that I also enjoy, an authentic podcast [...]