Legacy Version of American Factfinder

will be discontinued January 20, 2012

Those datasets including:

• 1990 Census
• 2000-2004 American Community Survey
• 2000-2001 Supplementary Survey
• 1997 Economic Census
• 2003 Annual Survey of Manufactures
• 2003 Nonemployer Statistics

will be available through an archived FTP format.  Instruction on how to access these archived products will be provided in future updates.

All other current and previous year data from the American Community Survey, Puerto Rico Community Survey, Annual Population Estimates, Economic Census, and Annual Economic Surveys are available at http://factfnder.census.gov

EPA releases confidential chemical information

through EPA's Chemical Data Access Tool.

"Releasing the data will expand the public’s access to critical health and safety information on chemicals that are manufactured and processed in the U.S. "

See the full article at http://infodocket.com/2011/11/28/now-available-epa-releases-formerly-confidential-chemical-information/

GPO Access Goes Achive Only

The contents of GPO Access is completely migrated to FDsys as the legendary gateway service, GPO Access remains archive. Please check FDsys (GPO's Federal Digital System) for the most up-to date digital documents collection issued by GPO.

Science.gov Mobile Available

at m.science.gov (no download required). Also three more new databases are available through this database:

**Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) EPA under Environment and Environmental Quality

**DOE Data Explorer under Math, Physics, Chemistry (a product of Science Accelerator)

**Energy Science and Technology Software Center (ESTSC)DOE (a product of Science Accelerator)

Science.gov now provides access to more than 45 databases that can be searched!!

Federal Court Opinions Available on FDsys

The following three courts Opinions collection dates back to April 2004:
** The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
** The U.S. District Court District of Rhode Island
** The U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern District of Florida

are now available and searchable through FDsys. This pilot project will expand to more after testing.

Video Tutorial for FDsys Available

Please find the video tutorials created by the documents librarian at the university of Colorado at Boulder:

**How to use FDsys: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDGxMMsXr_U
**What is FDsys?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSo86YoNiTc

These video tutorials are very helpful to your need I think.

Metalib as the GPO's Federated Search Resources

Now users can simultaneously search GPO's FDsys (Federal Digital System) and CGP database(Catalog of Government Publications) from one search box: Metalib (metalib.gpo.gov). It also allows search other general government databases such as Pubmed, EPA, TRIS, ERIC index etc. simultaneously. This is an enhanced search feature just released by the GPO. It allows users to narrow their search by categories such as topics, dates, authors, and resources.

Instructional Videos for American Factfinder 2

If you found still difficulty moving around the new American Factfinder (AFF), you would find the two instructions below very useful:

--A 5-minute video on the basics of the AFF 2:http://youtu.be/4Jt3-1dATdk
--A 9-minute video on advanced search: http://youtu.be/V77TkN0YNGQ

Created by a librarian at the University of Colorado.

geodata.gov is moving to data.gov

Geospatial One-stop (www.geodata.gov) is moving to Data.gov (www.data.gov) as of Sept. 30, 2011.

See the announcement in detail at:
http://gos2qp.geodata.gov/QuickPlace/whatsnew22/Main.nsf/h_Toc/7FF8462F91E2D6E488257906007D1C1D/?OpenDocument

Census 2010 and New American Factfinder Workshop is here!

The workshop will be held in Fenwick Instruction Room (2nd floor) on Wednesday, August 31st at 10:30-12:30.

A few seats are still available. If you want to join us, please contact Joy Suh (hsuh1@gmu.edu)

Speaker: Jori Frazier at the U.S. Census Bureau in Charlotte, NC.
Topic: Overview of the 2010 Census and American Community Survey and a hands-on training on the new American Factfinder (AFF).

Don't miss this good opportunity to learn about this important America data site.

Link to USGS Publications Changing

"The U.S. Geological Survey's Publications Warehouse (pubs.usgs.gov) will complete a process to migrate all of its' on-line publications into Portable Document Format (PDF) files by September 1, 2011."

the preferred link to this publication is:
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/b1967

The previous online publication format will stop working by Sept. 1 this year.

(source: govdoc-l)

Census Data for Same-Sex Couple

"The Williams Institutes will be releasing Census Snapshot: 2010 reports throughout the summer. These Snapshots will provide demographic and geographic information about same-sex couples and same-sex couples raising children for all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico."

Please see, http://www3.law.ucla.edu/williamsinstitute/home.html

Exhibit at GPO-150 Years of Service to the Nation

GPO is celebrating its 150 years of anniversary and hosting the history exhibit, titled as KEEPING AMERICA INFORMED: THE U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 150 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE NATION. This exhibit covers the history of people, the machines, and the material produced at GPO over the past 150 years.

It's open to the public. See the full report.

Update on Davis Bacon Wage Determinations

The U.S. GPO has a partnership with the Dept. of Labor and the NTIS to provide permanent public access to Davis Bacon Wage Determination information.

Visit www.wdol.gov to search and browse both current and archived wage determinations (2000-).

No Longer "Google's Uncle Sam and GovSearch.Google.com" Available

It's official that these two Google Search Engines that Google offered at least for a decade were offline. See the article directly.

Congressional App for That.

Christine Sellers of the Law Library at LoC has compiled a nice list of apps for smart phones that can help you keep up with Congress.

There’s a Congressional App for That, by Christine Sellers, Library of Congress Law Library blog (June 7th, 2011).
(Source: Free Government Information)

Notable Government Information 2011

This year's outstanding government information resources are appeared in the May 15 issue of Library Journal.

Please see the article and a complete list of the documents .

Public Data Explorer: Data Visualization

A new Google's project called Public Data Explore allows VISUALIZATIONS of data from the World Bank, OECD Factbook, Eurostat, and the World Resource Institute and the various U.S. government agencies. It's worth to explore.

Help Save the "Statistical Abstracts"

There has been a lot of discussion and suggestions about the pending demise of the Census Bureau's Statistical Compendia Branch and along with it the elimination of the Statistical Abstract of the United States and all other titles produced by that branch (State and Metropolitan Area Data Book, County and City Data Book, USA Counties, Quick Facts). See the US Census Bureau's budget estimates for 2012 (PDF).

Not only the documents librarian community but librarians around the country are beginning to mobilize. Please send your e-mail/letter/fax to our senators and congressmen about your concern on this issue: continue funding for the Statistical Compendia Branch because there is no other existing source to find this statistical information in a similar format.

VA Senators: Jim Webb and Mark Warner
Congressmen (District 11): Gerry Connolly.

Here's your contact of the congressional delegation.

Congressional Committees Hearings via C-SPAN

Government-recorded Hearings Now Being Added to the Video Library C-SPAN Video Library Blog.

"The C-SPAN Video Library now contains committee hearings produced by House and Senate committees. C-SPAN can only record a limited number of committees every day. However, a number of House and Senate committees have installed their own equipment to webcast their committee proceedings. These webcasts are now scattered across House and Senate committee websites or not available at all. In order to enhance the offerings of the C-SPAN Video Library and to consolidate these hearings in one place, we are importing government produced committee video into the Video Library."

Browse the C-SPAN video library!

GPO and LOC's New Digitization Project

The GPO and Library of Congress (LOC) are collaborating to digitize important historic documents such as Statutes at Large (1951-2002), Congressional Record (1873-1998), Constitution of the United States: Analysis and Interpretation (CONAN) and Supreme Court cases, etc.

These documents will be available to the public on GPO's Federal Digital System (FDsys) and the LOC's Thomas.

For more information: http://www.gpo.gov/pdfs/news-media/press/11news13.pdf

ScienceCinema: a search tool for videos

This newly launched site allows users to quickly find video files produced by the DOE National Laboratories and other DOE research facilities.

The URL: http://www.osti.gov/sciencecinema.


Please explore this useful site for your scientific communication and lecture materials.

GPO Depository Users Survey--Please participate!

Help us serve you better by completing a short online survey:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HSLCRRB
The survey ends Feb. 28th, 2011.

Answers you provide will be treated as strictly confidential and will only be shared with the U.S. GPO (Government Printing Office) and the Mason Libraries.

Your feedback is important to us to serve you better as a depository library.

Thanks!

Access to STAT-USA Data Through USA Trade Online

Although Stat-USA is no longer available, depository libraries still can access U.S. export and import data through USA Trade Online free of charge. Learn more about USA Trade Online and Mason access to this site at http://infoguides.gmu.edu/content.php?pid=70206&sid=531504