New FGI Discussions is back after taking a Labor Day break. During this
time we said goodbye to August BOTM Amy West and welcomed govdoc-l’s own
Cass Hartnett as our September Blogger of the Month.
Volunteers James R. Jacobs and Shinjoung Yeo are currently on a road
trip with the Internet Archive’s print-on-demand free book bookmobile.
Read about their journey and advocacy for libraries and the public
domain at http://freegovinfo.info/taxonomy/term/498.
Cass and The Free Government Information (http://freegovinfo.info)
volunteers posted the following stories in the past few weeks:
Cass’s Posts:
+Yes, EIS’s matter! Hawaii Superferry
Volunteer Posts:
+UNESCO whitepaper on Open Source Digital Archival and Preservation
System – Jim A. – Jim A.
+C-SPAN series on Presidential Libraries – Jim A.
+Public Libraries Can’t Fill Digital Divide Alone – Jim A.
+Lunchtime Listen: Checks and Balances – Jim A.
+Bookmobile Day 4 : A perfect day – Shinjoung
+You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours – James R.
+Bookmobile Day 3: Bookmobilista lesson 101 – Shinjoung
+National Security Archive sues White House over missing e-mails – Jim A.
+Bookmobile Day 2: Oohs & Ahs – Shinjoung
+Total Recall: The Podcast – Daniel
+Congressional Committees – Secrecy and Delayed Transparency – Jim A.
+Welcome Cass Hartnett, blogger of the month for september, 2007! – James R.
+Bookmobile Day 1: Free? What does “free” mean? – Shinjoung
+Lunchtime Listen: Greg Elin of the Sunlight Foundation – Jim A.
+Microsoft Loses Vote on File Standards – Jim A.
+Dorothea Lange and Censored Images of Japanese Internment – Jim A.
+GPO’s FY 2008 Budget Request via CRS – Daniel
+Daniel’s Docs Videos now at Internet Archive – Daniel
+Weinberger on Privacy – Jim A.
+NARA sued over access to Hillary Clinton Papers – Jim A.
+Students’ trust in Google “strongly biased towards links higher in
position” – Jim A.
+DMCA’s convoluted absurdities in unusually stark relief – Jim A.
+NASA digitization of photos and videos
We’re always looking for audio/video spots promoting depositories,
government information or the Federal Depository Library Program. Please
send a link to your video/radio clip and we’ll add it to
http://freegovinfo.info/video.
Helpful Links:
Blog feed – http://freegovinfo.info/blog/feed
Podcasts – http://freegovinfo.info/podcasts
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Toolbar – http://fgi.ourtoolbar.com
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