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The Institute for Research on Labor and Employment has created a digital repository of the publications of the California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO. This collection includes proceedings and papers dating back to 1901, from the records of the Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. This collection is now available on the UC Berkeley Library Web site, and also in the California Digital Library’s Calisphere and Online Archive of California (OAC).

Source: IWS Documented News Service

+ Cult ‘West Wing’ writer to pen Facebook movie (via CNN)

+ Geo Eye signs satellite deal with Google (via The Inquirer)

+ Yahoo Mash gets smashed, bashed, quashed (via News.com)

Posted 28 August 2008 on DocuTicker:
50-State Small Dollar Loan Scorecard (Consumer Federation of America)
+ CCAGW Releases 2007 Congressional Ratings (Citizens Against Government Waste)
+ Entering the Home Stretch: Media Bureau Releases Report on the Status of TV Broadcasters at the Final Six Months of the Digital Television Transition (Federal Communications Commission)

From the article:

A Maine woman says she’d rather go to jail than turn over a library book she deems “dangerous.” And she may get her chance later this week.

Source: Boston Globe

Emergency Preparedness: Earthquake Response and Recovery

Earthquakes can damage collections in many ways. Tips and links from the Library’s Preservation Directorate.

Source: LC

From the article:

University of Texas professor Michael E. Eidenmuller has amassed a huge online database of speeches in audio and text forms. You can take a listen to your favorites at americanrhetoric.com/speechbank.htm.

Source: Denver Post

Get the details here.

Open Access Day will help to broaden awareness and understanding of Open Access, including recent mandates and emerging policies, within the international higher education community and the general public.

Source: SPARC, PLoS

See Also: SPARC News Release

From the article:

What if about the only thing you know about wikis is how to spell the word? Fear not. Here are some free - and fantastic - offerings to help you get your wiki feet wet without installing software on a computer.

Source: itbusiness.ca

From the article:

The former top librarian of a rural Saskatchewan library system will be going to jail over a massive book-buying fraud.

Source: CBC

From the Boston Globe article:
Another hooray article!!!

…But for deep research, you can’t beat a well-stocked library, with its books and specialized databases. Yet you can access many library resources without stirring from a chair. Using online services that cost nothing, you can scour academic journals, borrow best-selling audiobooks, and download music legally. You can even type messages to a nationwide network of librarians who will help find the answers you seek.

Source: Boston Globe

From the article:

Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek still reckons with the construction of a new building for the National Library (NK), he said after meeting Culture Minister Vaclav Jehlicka today.

Source: Czech Happenings

Starbucks Coffee Recipe E-book

Get ready to grab (for free of course) one of the most delicious collections of coffee recipes available online. It’s an amazing 32 page collection of their world famous coffee recipes such as iced Frappuccino, Caramel Macchiato, Chai Tea and many more. Plus delicious and one of a kind coffee pastries and amazing coffee sauces.

For your safety our e-book has been virus scanned and checked for any of that bad stuff and is completely safe and clean. There are also no irritating ads in it and there is nothing in it for you to buy.

+ Zip file (717 KB)

+ Search & Internet Explorer 8 (via SEL)

+ Indians gift to Google, Map Maker (via Times of India)

+ For Google, More Ads Per Search (via Red Herring)

Posted 27 August 2008 on DocuTicker:
+ Opium cultivation in Afghanistan down by a fifth (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime)
+ Recent Trends in Home Prices: Differences across Mortgage and Borrower Characteristics (Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight)
+ Police Chiefs Call on Next President to Do More to Protect America’s Hometowns (International Association of Chiefs of Police)

Just released: Beer and Brewing

A guide of selected resources on the history and science of beer and brewing from the Library of Congress collections.

Source: LC