Intersect Alert April 23, 2018
Archives: Papers of Benjamin Franklin Now Online “The papers of American scientist, statesman and diplomat Benjamin Franklin have been digitized and are now available online for the first time from the...
View ArticleIntersect Alert April 16, 2018
Libraries: Making Space for Libraries on Capitol Hill During National Library Week “While libraries across the country are celebrating National Library Week (April 9–13), the American Library...
View ArticleIntersect Alert April 9, 2018
Libraries: Susan B. Anthony Papers now online at Library of Congress “The papers of reformer and suffragist Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) span the period 1846-1934 with the bulk of the material dating...
View ArticleIntersect Alert April 2, 2018
Professional Development: Webinar: Deborah Schmidle discusses the Certificate in Library Leadership and Management “Join us for a webinar on April 10th, in which Deborah Schmidle discusses her...
View ArticleIntersect Alert March 26, 2018
Professional Development: Developing Good Privacy Policies, a free LITA webinar “Writing policies can be exciting when it’s something you care about–and librarians care about privacy. This webinar will...
View ArticleIntersect Alert January 8, 2018
Search Military Service Records, Awards, and Unit Histories: A Guide to Locating Sources “This guide provides information on locating military unit histories and individual service records of...
View ArticleIntersect Alert October 30, 2017
Archives National Archives Releases JFK Assassination Records “The National Archives released 2,891 records on Thursday related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy that are subject to the...
View ArticleIntersect Alert October 22, 2017
Privacy New Law bans California Employers from Asking Applicants Their Prior Salary “California employers can no longer ask job applicants about their prior salary and — if applicants ask — must give...
View ArticleIntersect Alert September 3, 2017
Take Action: Trump Likely to End DACA – Here’s What You Can Do Now Politico broke the news earlier today that President Donald Trump has decided to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals...
View ArticleIntersect Alert August 27, 2017
Take Action!: Donate to Texas Diaper Bank There’s a lot of places to donate to for Harvey relief. I’m sure you can find a worthy entity. I like this: Texas Diaper Bank. You may be interested to read...
View ArticleIntersect Alert June 28, 2017
Government Data: Tweets of Congress, tweets of Trump archived and downloadable in bulk The recently-launched Tweets Of Congress is collecting and publishing daily archives of tweets by congressional...
View ArticleIntersect Alert May 28, 2017
Publishing: Cheap books, high price: why Amazon.com’s ‘one-click’ sales can cost authors dear It is a hard sell: the idea that cheaper books might be a bad thing. But an adjustment to how Amazon...
View ArticleIntersect Alert May 7, 2017
Take Action: California: Let’s End Unchecked Police Surveillance All surveillance is political. Nowhere is this more evident than on the local level when law enforcement acquires new surveillance...
View ArticleIntersect Alert April 10, 2017
Open-Access How a Browser Extension Could Shake Up Academic Publishing “Open-access advocates have had several successes in the past few weeks. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation started its own...
View ArticleIntersect Alert April 4, 2017
Privacy: Congress Moves to Strike Internet Privacy Rules From Obama Era Republican senators moved Thursday to dismantle landmark internet privacy protections for consumers in the first decisive...
View ArticleIntersect Alert December 20, 2016
Open Access: Germany-wide consortium of research libraries announce boycott of Elsevier journals over open access Germany’s DEAL project, which includes over 60 major research institutions, has...
View ArticleIntersect Alert November 6, 2016
Public Policy: Americans with Disabilities Act Lawsuits Up 28 Percent in FY 2016 The latest available data from the federal courts show that fiscal year 2016 set a new record for litigation under the...
View ArticleIntersect Alert October 31, 2016
Open Access Search Thousands of Historical Documents from the Nuremberg Trials “The Harvard Law School Library’s Nuremberg Trials Project is an open-access initiative to create and present digitized...
View ArticleIntersect Alert October 24, 2016
Privacy Memo to the DOJ: Facial Recognition’s Threat to Privacy is Worse Than Anyone Thought “If we don’t speak up now, the days when we can walk around with our heads held high without fear of...
View ArticleIntersect Alert September 26, 2016
Open Data: University May Remove Online Content to Avoid Disability Law The University of California, Berkeley, has announced that it may eliminate free online content rather than comply with a U.S....
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