Several months ago, I read some blog posts about frustration with Gov 2.0 not doing enough and a few other posts with offers from people interested in working for free for experience. The two seemingly unrelated topics got me wondering: How could our city use Gov 2.0 to offer job opportunities to people just lookingRead… Read more »
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Best Practices for Government Libraries 2011 – Preview – Part 1
Best Practices for Government Libraries 2011: e-Initiatives and e-Efforts: Expanding Our Horizons is scheduled to be released shortly. I want to share the list of articles that will be included in the 2011 edition in a series of quick posts prior to its availability as a PDF here on the Government Info Pro. The submissionsRead… Read more »
The Program on Intergroup Relations Publications
The Program on Intergroup Relations (IGR) is a social justice education program on the University of Michigan’s Ann Arbor campus. As a joint venture of the College of Literature, Science, and Arts and the Division of Student Affairs, IGR works proactively to promote understanding of intergroup relations inside and outside of the classroom. Multidisciplinary coursesRead… Read more »
Career Days: Worthwhile or a Waste?
On Tuesday, I organized a Career Day for an elementary school in Washington, D.C. that I work with as a consultant. It is a Title I school with more than 40 percent of students qualifying for the USDA Free & Reduced Lunch Program. There were 20 speakers, including some govies: a medical doctor who specializesRead… Read more »
Federal Employee Pay In The Spotlight Once Again
The report this time is that 77,000 federal employees earn more than the governors in their states. To give you an idea of the findings, Governor salaries ranged between $70,000 in Maine and $212,179 in California. Colorado had the most federal employees, with 10,875 workers having salaries higher than the state’s governor, who earned $90,000Read… Read more »
LexisNexis at SLA 2011
It’s summer conference season again and I want to share some information with you about LexisNexis at the 2011 SLA Annual Conference, being held June 12-15 in Philadelphia, PA. Exhibit Hall (INFO-EXPO) LexisNexis Booth LexisNexis will be at Booth #411 and the hours are: Sunday, June 12: 12 – 5 p.m. Monday, June 13: 10Read… Read more »
Auditing digital engagement
One of the things that comes out of the training we do is that evaluating online engagement is hard. What’s more, just finding out whether you are doing the right things is tricky too. Looking at other people’s good practice can help, but unless you have a couple of days spare, finding the time isRead… Read more »
Commuters hold the key to Google’s mobile wallet
A researcher at Japan’s University of Hyogo believes that commuters will determine the success of Google’s new mobile wallet. “Commuters place a great deal of value on products that enable them to reduce their commuting time,” Sheikh Taher Abu writes in Telematics and Informatics. “Wallet phones enable them to do so by completely bypassing theRead… Read more »
New on Slaw.ca: Indian Kanoon: Sushant Sinha on Innovation and Free Law in India
Dr. Sushant Sinha‘s free access to law service for India, Indian Kanoon, is the subject of my new, in-depth article on Slaw.ca, the Canadian legal blog. The article provides a great deal of detailed information about Indian Kanoon, including information on technology and open source, users and usage, business models and sustainability, partnerships, product differentiation,Read… Read more »
LexisNexis at SLA 2011
It’s summer conference season again and I want to share some information with you about LexisNexis at the 2011 SLA Annual Conference, being held June 12-15 in Philadelphia, PA. Exhibit Hall (INFO-EXPO) LexisNexis Booth LexisNexis will be at Booth #411 and the hours are: Sunday, June 12: 12 – 5 p.m. Monday, June 13: 10Read… Read more »