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Apr 18, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Australian Computer Society: Australian researchers launch global misinformation database. "[Researchers have] developed the International Digital Policy Observatory (IDPO), a free online database tracking policies and regulations from 50 countries around […]
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Apr 18, 2024
TWEAKS AND UPDATES Google Blog: New ways to power up your electric vehicle adventures with Google Maps. "Electric vehicle ownership is on the rise, which means more people are looking for ways […]
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Apr 17, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Daily Nous: New: First Generation Philosophers. "A new website features autobiographical essays by philosophers who were first-generation college students. Launched today, First Generation Philosophers already has contributions from Helen De […]
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Apr 17, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Sefaria: Sefaria Adds Works of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks's to Digital Library. "Sefaria, the nonprofit organization that digitizes and freely shares Jewish texts in Hebrew and in translation, is collaborating […]
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Apr 16, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Western University: Western team designs platform to illustrate census data since 1951. "Click on a neighbourhood, and you can find population details on everything from age to household income to […]
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Apr 15, 2024
NEW RESOURCES South Dakota State University Extension: New digital Fertilizer Recommendation Support Tool launches nationwide. "Important nutrients for soil health and crop production, phosphorous and potassium are key in commonly applied fertilizers. […]
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Apr 15, 2024
Lately I've been spending a lot of time building my own tools as the state of search gets more disappointing. My newest effort is called Stract Gossip Machine, designed for use with […]
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Apr 15, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Spotted on Mastodon: Self-Hosted Apps. A listing of several hundred available self-hosted apps. Each description is brief but concise, and each listing has a "last activity" date. New Jersey Department […]
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Apr 14, 2024
TWEAKS AND UPDATES Engadget: Bluesky now allows heads of state to join the platform. "Now that Bluesky has opened itself up to the public and introduced some new moderation options, the team's […]
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Apr 14, 2024
NEW RESOURCES The Conversation: The federal government's proposed AI legislation misses the mark on protecting Canadians. "Our research demonstrates key gaps in Canada's approaches to AI governance. The first issue is that […]
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Apr 13, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Atlantic Council: Iranians sacrificed their lives to share videos of regime violence. Now there's an online archive for the world to see. . "The newly renamed Iranian Archive now holds […]
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Apr 12, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Google Blog: Discover the Czech National Library's treasures with Google Arts & Culture. "Today, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Slavonic Library, which is part of the […]
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Apr 12, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Scimex: Grouping the messenger: Indigenous Australian Message Stick Database launched. "The first database of message sticks used in Indigenous Australia has been created, pulling together records and information on message […]
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Apr 11, 2024
NEW RESOURCES New-to-Me, from Open Culture: The Fictional Brand Archives: Explore a Growing Collection of Iconic But Fake Brands Found in Movies & TV. "Los Pollos Hermanos, Madrigal Electromotive, Mesa Verde Bank […]
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Apr 11, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Spotted via Mastodon: Dark Visitors. "Insight into the hidden ecosystem of autonomous chatbots and data scrapers crawling across the web. Protect your website from unwanted AI agent access." TWEAKS AND […]
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Apr 10, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Arizona State University: Computer science student creates new tool to make AI-generated art more sustainable. "Today, most AI solutions have been created by feeding large sets of data into networks […]
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Apr 10, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Georgetown University: Georgetown alumnus develops innovative database to expose LGBTQ abuses. "When Juan Pablo Delgado (MPP'19) started litigating cases in Mexican courts on LGBTQ rights abuses, local and national authorities […]
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Apr 09, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Gothamist: Any environmental hazards near you? NYC has a map for that.. "A new online mapping tool from the New York City government allows New Yorkers to discover a multitude […]
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Apr 09, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Found via a news article that's far too paywalled for me to link to: India Flora Online. From the home page: "Although India has made major strides in documenting its […]
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Apr 08, 2024
(Sending this out a bit early today because of the eclipse resources.) NEW RESOURCES Longmont Leader: New database will help assess reporting laws for child protection. "Following months of research and analysis, […]
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Apr 08, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Ford Authority: Ford Times Magazines Become Public Via Ford Heritage Vault. "Ford Times magazine was created way back in 1908 as a way for the company to keep employees up […]
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Apr 07, 2024
EVENTS NCN Guyana: University of Guyana Spearheads Digital Archiving Initiative. "The University of Guyana is at the forefront of a significant initiative aimed at preserving the rich history and culture of Guyana […]
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Apr 07, 2024
NEW RESOURCES American Legion: Sons of The American Legion celebrated in new online exhibit. "The Sons of The American Legion's history is featured in a new online exhibit from the Emil A. […]
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Apr 06, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Google Blog: Discover Portland on Google Arts & Culture. "With over 75 curated stories ranging from the city's iconic Japanese garden to the longest running African Film Festival in the […]
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Apr 06, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Healio: Database offers local information about asthma prevalence, confounding factors. "Using multiple data sources, AAN [Allergy & Asthma Network] has partnered with MITRE to develop the Asthma Equity Explorer, which […]
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Apr 05, 2024
NEW RESOURCES West Virginia University Today: WVU unveils new autism resources directory during World Autism Month. "To help connect autistic people and their families to important resources more efficiently, the West Virginia […]
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Apr 05, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Musicians' Union: MU Welcomes Launch of GENIE - A New Resource Collating Gender Equality Projects in Europe . "Gender equality activist and researcher Grace Goodwin has launched GENIE (Gender Equality […]
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Apr 04, 2024
NEW RESOURCES NASA: New ‘Eclipse Watch' Tool Shows Eclipses from Space Any Time. "Do you wish you could see a total solar eclipse every day? With a new online tool called Eclipse […]
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Apr 04, 2024
NEW RESOURCES New York Times: A New Chapter for Irish Historians' ‘Saddest Book'. (This link goes to a gift article.) "Over the past seven years, a team of historians, librarians and computer […]
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Apr 03, 2024
NEW RESOURCES National Library Board Singapore: Discover New Gen AI-enabled Reading Adventures based on Literary Classics. "In Playbrary, a latest prototype innovation by National Library Board (NLB) and creative agency LePub Singapore, […]
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Apr 03, 2024
NEW RESOURCES New-to-me, from Sky & Telescope: A Century Of Sky, Digitized . "Within the labyrinthian walls and filing cabinets of the Harvard College Observatory's Plate Stacks reside more than 600,000 glass […]
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Apr 02, 2024
NEW RESOURCES University at Albany: New York State Mesonet Launches Total Solar Eclipse Website. "A new website launched by the New York State Mesonet at the University at Albany will offer real-time […]
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Apr 02, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Simon Willison: Running OCR against PDFs and images directly in your browser. "[The tool] provides a single page web app that can run Tesseract OCR against images or PDFs that […]
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Apr 01, 2024
ResearchBuzz does not participate in April Fools Day. NEW RESOURCES TVP World: Polish war graves in Germany documented. "The Foundation for Polish-German Reconciliation (FPNP) has information on 1,200 cemeteries or memorial sites […]
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Apr 01, 2024
ResearchBuzz does not participate in April Fools Day. NEW RESOURCES Principles for Responsible Management Education: Revolutionizing Responsible Management Education: Introducing the PRME Commons Digital Platform. "Today, the Principles for Responsible Management Education […]
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Mar 31, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Associated Press: Volunteers uncover fate of thousands of Lost Alaskans sent to Oregon mental hospital a century ago. "There were no facilities to treat those with mental illness or developmental […]
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Mar 31, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Pragmatika Media: In Ukraine, the HATA Hub digitalization and cultural heritage promotion platform was launched. "HATA Hub is a platform that unites specialists in cultural, creative, technological spheres, representatives of […]
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Mar 30, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Powder Magazine: The Utah Avalanche Center Now Offers A New Data Explorer Tool. "The Utah Avalanche Center (UAC) provides daily avalanche forecasts for different ranges across the state of Utah […]
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Mar 30, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Massachusetts Sheriff's Association: Massachusetts Sheriffs' Association Announces Public Dashboard Focused on Charges & Convictions for Sentenced Offenders. (This link goes to a PDF file.) "Today, in a significant stride toward […]
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Mar 29, 2024
TWEAKS AND UPDATES Vox: The slow death of Twitter is measured in disasters like the Baltimore bridge collapse. "As conspiracy theorists compete for attention in the wake of a tragedy, others seek […]
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Mar 29, 2024
NEW RESOURCES University of Alberta: New resource offers a starting point in the journey of Indigenous language revitalization. "A new resource has been developed to support the work of Indigenous people, communities […]
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Mar 28, 2024
NEW RESOURCES PR Newswire: Gale Primary Sources Release Four New Archives Devoted to Contributions from Underrecognized Communities (PRESS RELEASE). "These archives unlock perspectives on interdisciplinary subjects, including the histories of LGBTQ communities […]
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Mar 27, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Because Of Them We Can: Because Of Them We Can Launches Free And Accessible Learning Hub For Teaching Black History Year-Round. "In a significant stride towards preserving and promoting Black […]
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Mar 27, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Government Technology: New Washington, D.C., Tool Uses Generative AI to Make Data Accessible. "DC Compass, a new GenAI-based tool launched by the district in partnership with Esri, offers users answers […]
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Mar 26, 2024
NEW RESOURCES National Endowment for the Arts: New Resource from the NEA Will Monitor the Health and Vitality of the Arts in the U.S. . "On April 2, 2024, the National Endowment […]
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Mar 26, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Ms. Magazine: Speaking While Female: A History. "A pioneer in the field of women's speech, Karlyn Kohrs Campbell was among the first to try and set the record straight…. Three […]
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Mar 25, 2024
NEW RESOURCES FAO: New knowledge products launched to promote resilient and sustainable city region food systems. "The City Region Food Systems (CRFS) Programme recently launched a ‘digital library' to promote knowledge exchange […]
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Mar 25, 2024
NEW RESOURCES The Dominion Post: One job: 50 hoops; WVU researchers unveil database showing how trade licensing laws vary across nation. "A team from WVU's Knee Regulatory Research Center recently unveiled a […]
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Mar 24, 2024
TWEAKS AND UPDATES How-To Geek: Plex Is Giving up on Its VR Apps . "Plex is one of the best ways to stream your own movies, TV, and music collections across all […]
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Mar 24, 2024
NEW RESOURCES National Renewable Energy Laboratory: New Wind Resource Database Provides What You Need To Know—Including the Updated WIND Toolkit. "If you are planning to install a wind turbine or wind farm, […]
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Mar 23, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Fine Books & Collections: New Book Search Engine BookBuzz.org Launched. "Search results should show the cheapest copies available online from booksellers, bookstores and marketplaces. It does not display listings from […]
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Mar 23, 2024
NEW RESOURCES MacRumors: Apple Launches All-in-One ‘Manuals, Specs, and Downloads' Website. "Apple recently added a new ‘Documentation' page to its website that provides links to user guides, repair manuals, tech specs, software […]
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Mar 22, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Department of Defense Office of Inspector General : Press Release: Special Inspector General for Operation Atlantic Resolve Launches New Website on Oversight of U.S. Assistance to Ukraine. "The website brings […]
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Mar 22, 2024
I've gotten a few new Patreons recently and decided to do a writeup of the resources I've made that are available to Patreons only. But then I thought, "Wait, I should also […]
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Mar 22, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Jewish Telegraphic Agency: The New York Public Library's Jewish division digitized 800 years of Jewish history. "Now, as part of a belated celebration of the Dorot Jewish Division's 125th anniversary… […]
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Mar 21, 2024
TWEAKS AND UPDATES The Art Newspaper: Germany to replace Nazi-loot advisory panel with binding arbitration. "The German government and 16 states approved reforms aimed at helping the heirs of Jewish collectors to […]
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Mar 21, 2024
NEW RESOURCES United Nations: Newly digitized! The Blue Book collection (1946-1994). "Until recently, information about Member State delegations from 1946 to 1994 could only be found in print copies of the Blue […]
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Mar 20, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Phys.org: New archive of ancient human brains challenges misconceptions of soft tissue preservation. "A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Oxford, led by postgraduate researcher Alexandra Morton-Hayward […]
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Mar 20, 2024
NEW RESOURCES University of Southampton: Online tool for Long Covid support. "A website to support people living with Long Covid is launched today, Long Covid Awareness Day, by a research team led […]
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Mar 19, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Smithsonian: Smithsonian American Women's History Museum Launches First Digital Exhibition. "The 10-minute digital experience created by the woman-led digital design firm Forum One takes audiences on a visual and emotional […]
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Mar 19, 2024
NEW RESOURCES WWTI: St. Lawrence University launches educational resources for total solar eclipse. "The website includes an explainer video from Henry Priest Professor of Physics Aileen O'Donoghue and will feature a livestream […]
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Mar 18, 2024
NEW RESOURCES State of Michigan: Secretary Benson launches new online government transparency tool during Sunshine Week. "Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson today unveiled the Michigan Transparency Network (MiTN ‘Mitten'), the state's new […]
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Mar 18, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Montreal Rocks!: New Digital Archive Celebrates Women in Extreme Vocals. "A new digital archive, Gueuleuses, is raising the roof for female vocalists who push the boundaries of singing. Launched just […]
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Mar 17, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Morning AgClips: New Illinois Pollinator Website Provides Knowledge and Tools for Users. "The new Illinois Pollinator website is raising awareness about the importance of pollinators and equipping users with the […]
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Mar 17, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Nevada Today: Nevada Farm Network launches to support Nevada agricultural producers. "After nearly a year in the works, a grower-led initiative has launched the Nevada Farm Network, a new online […]
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Mar 16, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Art Libraries Society of North America: Digital Art History Directory (This link goes to a PDF file.) "The Art Libraries Society of North America is pleased to announce the formal […]
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Mar 16, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Digital Library of Georgia: Our Newest Georgia Exhibit "Thy Neighbor as Thyself" (March 2024). "The Digital Library of Georgia (DLG) and the New Georgia Encyclopedia (NGE) are pleased to present […]
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Mar 15, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Harvard Law Today: Harvard Law School celebrates the Caselaw Access Project and its efforts to transform justice with the digitization of millions of pages of case law. "A trove of […]
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Mar 15, 2024
NEW RESOURCES University of Manchester: University and BBC co-create exciting Religions and Theology learning tool. "The resource has been conceived to support students in schools and colleges to access a collection of […]
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Mar 14, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services: New dashboard helps families and health care workers determine bed availability in long-term care settings. "A new dashboard has been developed to assist […]
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Mar 14, 2024
Four years ago today I put out the first issue of CoronaBuzz, my attempt to keep up with the rapidly-evolving changes to news about covid-19/coronavirus/the ‘rona or whatever you call it. It […]
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Mar 14, 2024
NEW RESOURCES University of Virginia: CAD Library Provides Teachers With Tools Fit To Print. "Professors at the University of Virginia School of Education and Human Development are working to provide schools and […]
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Mar 13, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Daily Breeze: Roundhouse Aquarium launches dolphin awareness, conservation project. "Bottlenose dolphins are one of the most recognizable sea mammals for those who visit the ocean. But everyday beachgoers don't typically […]
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Mar 13, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Clare Champion: Sharing the spirit of the Russells of Doolin. "The rich history of one of Clare's most influential traditional music families is being pieced together for the first time […]
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Mar 12, 2024
NEW RESOURCES European Commission: New EU toolkit provides focused support to rural areas. "To ensure that Europe's rural areas continue to provide Europeans with food, homes, jobs and other services, the EU […]
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Mar 12, 2024
NEW RESOURCES National Association of State Energy Officials: NASEO and NARUC Release Advanced Nuclear State Action Tracker to Highlight State Activities Surrounding Advanced Nuclear. "On March 4, 2024, the National Association of […]
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Mar 11, 2024
NEW RESOURCES The Register: AI mishaps are surging - and now they're being tracked like software bugs . "Initially launched as a project under the auspices of the Partnership On AI, a […]
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Mar 11, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Getty: Download, Edit, and Print Your Favorite Getty Artwork for Free. "The J. Paul Getty Museum announced today nearly 88,000 images of artworks from its collection are now available for […]
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Mar 10, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Department of Veterans Affairs: VA launches new financial resource website to help promote financial wellness and prevent Veteran suicide. "Today, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced a new website to […]
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Mar 10, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Google Blog: How Google's Women Techmakers program is using maps to tell their stories. "Women Techmakers (WTM) is a Google program that provides visibility, community, and resources for women in […]
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Mar 09, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Hawaii Public Radio: Digital archive of Moloka?i history launches with more than 20,000 records. "The digital repository is the first of its kind in Hawai?i that's island-specific. It contains digitized […]
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Mar 09, 2024
NEW RESOURCES D Magazine: One Man's Quest to Uncover the History—and Mystery—of Dallas' Ju-Nels. "It was 2006 when D Home first told you the story of Ju-Nel Homes, a Dallas architecture firm […]
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Mar 08, 2024
Yesterday the New York Times published an article called Spate of Mock News Sites With Russian Ties Pop Up in U.S. (that link goes to a gift article.) It's about how Russia […]
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Mar 08, 2024
NEW RESOURCES National Association of State Energy Officials: NASEO Publishes K-12 School Energy Program Map. "The K-12 public school energy programs map will be regularly maintained to summarize notable facilities-focused energy and […]
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Mar 08, 2024
NEW RESOURCES ScienceNews: See 3-D models of animal anatomy from openVertebrate's public collection. "Frog entrails, lizard scales and mouse tails, oh my. These creatures are among more than 13,000 museum specimens that […]
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Mar 07, 2024
NEW RESOURCES European Heritage Hub: Hub launches two new digital tools: Heritage Library and Policy Monitor . "The Heritage Library is a digital repository offering a rich and multilingual collection of heritage-related […]
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Mar 07, 2024
NEW RESOURCES NextSense Australia: Deaf History Collections digital archive launches. "The first comprehensive online collection of Australian Deaf history brings together historical photos, records and artefacts covering places, artefacts, people, groups and […]
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Mar 06, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Colorado Judicial Branch: Judicial launches website for Colorado appellate opinions dating to 1864. "Published opinions issued by the Colorado Supreme Court and Colorado Court of Appeals dating to 1864 are […]
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Mar 06, 2024
NEW RESOURCES CODART: Rijksmuseum Launches Online Collection Catalogue of European Sculpture. "The Rijksmuseum has launched the first part of its online collection catalogue of European Sculpture. The new catalogue will present a […]
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Mar 05, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Disability Scoop: Feds Take Steps To Shore Up Disability Caregiver Workforce. "The Biden administration is rolling out a host of new initiatives aimed at addressing the severe shortage of workers […]
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Mar 05, 2024
NEW RESOURCES University of North Carolina: Library develops all-digital Watergate exhibit. "Old enough to remember daytime TV being pre-empted for the Senate Watergate Committee hearings? Or young enough to wonder why every […]
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Mar 04, 2024
TWEAKS AND UPDATES Times of India: ‘Sorry, we are unreliable': Google apologised to government on Gemini's results on PM Modi. "Unable to offer any explanations for the unsubstantiated comments on PM Modi […]
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Mar 04, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Doug Beeferman sent me a note about CivicSearch months ago and unfortunately it sank to the bottom of my email. But I recovered it yesterday and I encourage you to […]
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Mar 03, 2024
NEW RESOURCES StateScoop: Pennsylvania creates fact-checking website ahead of 2024 election. "Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on Thursday announced the creation of Fact-checking PA-related Election Claims?, a new website to provide voters with […]
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Mar 03, 2024
NEW RESOURCES University of Chicago: New tool created by UChicago Data Science Institute sheds light on palm oil production . "The DSI and the IDI, with support from the 11th Hour Project, […]
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Mar 02, 2024
NEW RESOURCES New-to-me, from KDVR: Stolen scrap metal database helps recover part of vandalized MLK statue. "A nationwide database of stolen scrap metals may have assisted in the recovery of some of […]
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Mar 02, 2024
NEW RESOURCES United Against Book Bans: New Free Book Résumé Resource. "Created in partnership with dozens of publishers and with information provided by publishers, librarians, and School Library Journal, Unite Against Book […]
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Mar 01, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Marijuana Moment: California Regulators Unveil New Marijuana Dashboard With Data On Sales, Pricing, Licensing And Harvests. "California regulators have rolled out a new marijuana database that's meant to help consumers, […]
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Mar 01, 2024
NEW RESOURCES Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis: Native Community Data Profiles tool connects information on Native places and people. "Native Community Data Profiles gathers information from more than a dozen public sources […]
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