Scotland Highlands, Mattress Factory Gallery, WordPress, More: Friday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, June 16, 2023

NEW RESOURCES Northern Times: Historic objects open up stories for new Highland museum platform. “A new website provides a platform for people to learn about everything from archaeology and ancient stones, clans and Jacobites, the impact of world wars and everyday life to complex colonial histories alongside stories of historic Highlands people. The learning hub, known as Museum of the Highlands,…

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Käärijä, Statistics Canada, AI Use, More: Friday ResearchBuzz, June 16, 2023

NEW RESOURCES National Library of Finland: Käärijä’s Eurovision journey captured in the Finnish Web Archive  . “Käärijä came to international attention when he represented Finland in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, finishing in second place. The National Library of Finland has now collected online materials on the country’s most talked-about phenomenon of the spring 2023.” Lethbridge News…

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New York Climate Change Response, New Jersey Criminal Justice, Google Home, More: Thursday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, June 15, 2023

NEW RESOURCES Columbia Law School: New Tool to Monitor Implementation of NY’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act Launched by Sabin Center. “The Sabin Center’s new CLCPA Scoping Plan Tracker catalogs the [New York Climate Action Council]’s 129 recommendations and monitors New York’s progress toward implementing them. 59 of the recommendations are directed at the New York State…

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Mars Maps, Hate Symbols, 1931 Canadian Census, More: Thursday ResearchBuzz, June 15, 2023

NEW RESOURCES USGS: It is easier than ever to view Mars landscapes in high resolution. “There is a huge difference between looking at a photo of the Grand Canyon and seeing it in person. If you want to look at another planet’s landscape, seeing it in person is not an option. That’s why a team at the U.S. Geological Survey used supercomputers and cloud computing to process and release a treasure…

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Underground China Poetry, Capcom 40th Anniversary, Google Bard, More: Wednesday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, June 14, 2023

NEW RESOURCES Leiden University Libraries: Octogenarian underground poets, political language turned on its head, and more: unofficial poetry from China in Digital Collections. “Over 30.000 pages of new material have been added to the online collection of unofficial poetry publications from China in the Leiden Digital Collections. Produced outside the system, these journals and books are hugely…

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Muscogee Nation, Visual Impairment Apps, White House Weddings, More: Wednesday ResearchBuzz, June 14, 2023

NEW RESOURCES Muscogee Nation: The Muscogee (Creek) Nation to Debut New Digital Archive. “The Muscogee (Creek) Nation National Library and Archives will go live with a new digital archive on June 14th, 2023. The digital archive will be available to Mvskoke citizens and the public and will feature a wide variety of historical documents and resources pertaining to Mvskoke history, culture, and…

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San Antonio, Louisiana Education, Reddit, More: Tuesday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, June 13, 2023

NEW RESOURCES San Antonio Express-News: Google Arts & Culture invites virtual tourists around the world to San Antonio. “Google Arts & Culture, a rich online portal to such far-flung sites as the Frida Kahlo Museum in Mexico and the Taj Mahal in India, is adding San Antonio to the mix. San Antonio now has its own spot on the site, packed with deep dives into its attractions and people. It is the…

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Missouri Courts, Studiographica, UNESCO, More: Tuesday ResearchBuzz, June 13, 2023

NEW RESOURCES Kirksville Daily Express: Missouri Judiciary launches website to help public learn about remote public access to case documents. “The Missouri Judiciary is launching a new website to help the public learn more about major upcoming changes to Case.net, the web-based search portal for information about Missouri court cases. The remote public access website uses a question-and-answer…

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American Corporate Crime, Reconstruction-Era MEC, Library of Congress, More: Monday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, June 12, 2023

NEW RESOURCES Corporate Crime Reporter: After Years of Citizen Pressure, Justice Department Launches Corporate Crime Database. “The Department of Justice now has a corporate crime page that includes links to voluntary self disclosure and monitoring policies, guidance and speeches and – remarkably – a corporate crime database page. The searchable corporate crime database includes only eleven cases…

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Canada FOI Requests, Exercise for Chronic Illness, Ballroom Photography, More: Monday ResearchBuzz, June 12, 2023

NEW RESOURCES Globe and Mail: How The Globe created the first national database of FOI requests. “Since the fall of 2021, we have filed more than 400 freedom-of-information (FOI) requests and spoken with more than 200 experts, all with the purpose of compiling the best resource Canada has ever seen. The result is a database of more than 300,000 FOI request summaries spanning more than 600…

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Montana Child Care, Google Street View, Time Capsules, More: Sunday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, June 11, 2023

NEW RESOURCES KTVH: New website offers a resource hub for all in child care. “The Montana Child Care Business Connect Program, part of Zero to Five Montana, helps support the start, and expansion, of high-quality, early child care businesses in Montana, and they just unveiled their new online resource hub for all stakeholders in the child care industry.” TWEAKS AND UPDATES Android Police: Google…

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Christian Chronicle, Google, Reddit, More: Sunday ResearchBuzz, June 11, 2023

NEW RESOURCES Christian Chronicle: Catching up on 80 years of Christian news. “as The Christian Chronicle featured someone you know? Did this newspaper ever cover a ministry or church you were a part of? What information is available about the history of evangelism in Churches of Christ? These questions — and more — can now be answered by the Chronicle’s archive.” TWEAKS AND UPDATES Bloomberg:…

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Space Agency Projects, Minecraft, Google News Showcase, More: Saturday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, June 10, 2023

NEW RESOURCES United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs: UNOOSA and ESA launch new space solutions database linked to the Sustainable Development Goals. “The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the European Space Agency (ESA) have launched a new database listing current and past projects from space agencies in support of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals…

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Quickly Generate Several Date-Bounded Google News Searches For One Topic: Google News Timeline Template

I’m still thinking about search engines and searching as I always do, but there has been so much news the last couple of days about The Indictment that I’ve been thinking about searching that. The indictment is fairly long and mentions several time spans and specific dates. As I was reading through it, I started wondering about external news context for the events in the indictment. People and…

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Pennsylvania Veterans, Luxembourg Real Estate, JPEG XL, More: Saturday ResearchBuzz, June 10, 2023

NEW RESOURCES Government of Pennsylvania: Shapiro Administration Launches Online Resource For Service Members Leaving Active Duty, Returning To Pennsylvania. “Today, the Shapiro Administration announced the launch of, ‘Welcome Home PA,’ an online resource to help service members separating or retiring from active duty acclimate to a successful civilian life in Pennsylvania. The new website…

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DC Firearm Injuries, Javanese Manuscripts, The Himalayan Database, More: Friday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, June 9, 2023

NEW RESOURCES WUSA: DC to track firearm injuries with new dashboard. “DC Health has launched a new data dashboard to help keep track of firearm injuries at emergency rooms across the District. ‘Firearm Injury Surveillance Through Emergency Rooms’ (FASTER) data is unique because it pulls from the hospital’s discharge diagnosis codes instead of mandatory physician reporting.” British Library Asian…

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English/Ukrainian Storybooks, Nebraska Elections, David Winton Bell Gallery, More: Friday ResearchBuzz, June 9, 2023

NEW RESOURCES University of Delaware: UD professor develops website offering free e-books for Ukrainian families and refugees. “Stories with Clever Hedgehog houses an expansive library of free, richly illustrated e-books for infants and children through age 10, written by authors around the world and digitally designed by Unite for Literacy. Children and families can choose books on a range of…

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Social and Behavior Change, Clinton-Russia Relations, Bing, More: Thursday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, June 8, 2023

NEW RESOURCES Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs: New Online Learning Platform on Social and Behavior Change Launches. “SBC Learning Central, created by the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs-led Breakthrough ACTION project, is designed to provide public health professionals with foundational knowledge and skills to incorporate new social and behavior change…

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Voice of America Egypt, Canada Motorsports, Pennsylvania Postcards, More: Thursday ResearchBuzz, June 8, 2023

NEW RESOURCES US Embassy in Egypt: The Launch of Voice of America’s Online Archive in Egypt Brings History to Life. “On May 31, the U.S. Embassy in Cairo in partnership with the American University in Cairo launched an online archive of several thousand reel-to-reel Arabic-language audio tapes highlighting the programming of Voice of America’s (VOA) Egypt branch. The archive includes interviews…

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Anthony van Dyck, England Building Stones, Military Deployments to Climate Disasters, More: Wednesday ResearchBuzz, June 7, 2023

NEW RESOURCES CODART: Louvre’s Van Dyck Collection Published as Multi-format Catalogue Raisonné. “The Musée du Louvre has published a French-language catalogue raisonné of its collection of paintings by Anthony van Dyck in four simultaneous formats: a print book, an online book (web-based), an e-book (ePub) and a PDF; the three digital formats are all available free of charge.” Google Translate…

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