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A Little Bird Told Me: How Twitter Can Be Used To Promote Government Information, Sonnet Ireland
A Little Bird Told Me: How Twitter Can Be Used To Promote Government Information, Sonnet Ireland
Sonnet Ireland
Promoting government information can be challenging at times. Displays are good, and so are blogs. But Twitter is the future. It seems as though everyone is on Twitter. The White House, various members of Congress, the State Department, even the Department of Defense all have Twitter accounts. And those are just to name a few! Twitter is useful for depositories because it can be used to promote displays, handouts, blog entries, and more. It can deliver up-to-date information on current government issues and can also send out links to various new government docs. At the University of New Orleans’ Earl …
For The Benefit Of All: Digitizing Hearings From The 60s, 70s, And 80s, Sonnet Ireland
For The Benefit Of All: Digitizing Hearings From The 60s, 70s, And 80s, Sonnet Ireland
Sonnet Ireland
A common misconception surrounding the government information field is that everything is available online. Surprise, it’s not! Of course, us government documents librarians know that already. While GPO is making an effort to put more and more items online, they suffer the same financial and staffing difficulties that the rest of the library world does. That’s where digital projects, such as the one at the Earl K. Long Library (University of New Orleans), come in. Our Federal Documents section is in the process of scanning U.S. Hearings from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. So far, we have digitized over 600 …
To The Cloud! How To Compile Analyze Reference Statistics Easily And For Free, Sonnet Ireland, Faith Simmons
To The Cloud! How To Compile Analyze Reference Statistics Easily And For Free, Sonnet Ireland, Faith Simmons
Sonnet Ireland
Keeping all statistics in one spreadsheet can get messy and confusing—and it leaves us vulnerable to losing our statistics in the event of technical difficulties. To organize and preserve the statistics, we copy data from Google Documents on a weekly basis into stable spreadsheets organized by month. To prevent the loss of data, we use cloud computing, saving them in a shared folder in Dropbox. We keep the original data in separate tabs, allowing us to calculate weekly and monthly totals by type of interaction, time of day, and day of the week. Using free cloud computing applications allows us …
Tech Watch Column: Facebook: Changing The Face Of Government, Sonnet Ireland, Rebecca Blakeley
Tech Watch Column: Facebook: Changing The Face Of Government, Sonnet Ireland, Rebecca Blakeley
Sonnet Ireland
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Tech Watch Column: Is The "Open Government" Initiative Working?, Sonnet Ireland, Rebecca Blakeley
Tech Watch Column: Is The "Open Government" Initiative Working?, Sonnet Ireland, Rebecca Blakeley
Sonnet Ireland
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Tech Watch Column: So Long, Farewell, Sonnet Ireland
Tech Watch Column: So Long, Farewell, Sonnet Ireland
Sonnet Ireland
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Tech Watch Column: All A-Twitter: Government Information Via Tweets, Sonnet Ireland, Rebecca Blakeley
Tech Watch Column: All A-Twitter: Government Information Via Tweets, Sonnet Ireland, Rebecca Blakeley
Sonnet Ireland
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