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.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
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!
"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!
Thursday, March 10, 2011
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
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
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