What I Hope For

Mark Sanborn, author of the Fred Factor, asked an excellent question in his blog on April 28, 2008. He asked, “What kind of Hope?” in reference to the 2008 Presidential election. He starts off the entry by saying, “We hear much about our next president providing America hope…but what kind of hope.” He rightly, [...]

Care about my library type stuff?

Hi All,
From my WordPress stats, I can see that this blog gets somewhere in the neighborhood of 400 hits a month. So some people are reading and some of you *might* be wondering what I’m doing with myself since I haven’t posted anything here since May 11th.  I’ve actually been doing a good bit of [...]

If you want attention on YouTube, use Iraq

Yesterday I started playing around with my XO Laptop and recorded a quick documents blurb for a book called Battleground Iraq. Much to my surprise and shock there have been 1,098 views since yesterday! There have not been comments nor ratings for this video, so I can’t objectively say what people see in it.
The video [...]

Phishy Office

Phishy Office

Hysterical yet useful video from the Federal Trade Commission.

What’s Your Regiment’s History? Let the Army Tell You

If you’re a army vet or someone else interested in detailed US Army history, check out the US Army Heritage Collection Online at http://www.ahco.army.mil/site/finding_aids_brief.jsp.
As the URL implies, these are a collection of finding aids to articles, books and more about Army history, including the history of individual units. Some of the bibliographies they have include:

Subject [...]

CIA Involvement in Guatemala

While researching sources for a church related class I’m teaching during Lent, I came across this resource that might be good for people interested in Latin American History:
CIA FOIA Reading Room - Guatemala
From the web site: “This collection — 5,120 documents (over 14,000 pages) — chronicles CIA involvement in the 1954 coup in Guatemala. These [...]

Let’s Cook with Government Documents!

Here’s a fun video that will add zest to your menu!

Good Web Practice in CT

Lately I’ve spent a fair amount of time on Connecticut state web sites. They all have one feature that impresses me. There is a common top navigation bar with the following department specific information:

I think this tool bar covers most things you’d want from a government agency - who they are, what they can do [...]

Finding the Unexpected in Delaware

If you browse the citizen services section of the Delaware state home page, you’ll see Find the Unexpected as one of the options. I assumed this would be an unclaimed property search, because whoever expects to find what they’ve forgotten?
But the Delaware webmasters lived up to their word. There are a number of things I [...]

Watching Your Car in Utah

While researching online state government services for the databases wiki I coordinate, I came across an interesting service in Utah called Watch Your Car. The “How it Works” page tells you what you need to know:
The goal of the [...]