govinfogal

Government information librarian, data mediator, copyright wrangler, and so much more! Retweets do not necessarily = support or endorsements.

[govinfogal @govinfogal]

Hey @HachetteUS, @HarperCollins, @penguinrandom & @WileyGlobal: Instead of suing libraries like @internetarchive, just sell them ebooks they can own & preserve for the public. #SellDontSue

[govinfogal @govinfogal]

How book-banning campaigns have changed the lives and education of librarians – they now need to learn how to plan for safety and legally protect themselves https://t.co/cHOqL8Ccss via @ConversationUS

[govinfogal @govinfogal]

The 1970s librarians who revolutionised the challenge of search – https://t.co/ayiXWPmHlm via @aeonmag

[govinfogal @govinfogal]

Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! Sound Recordings of the Supreme Court of the United States Now Fully Digitized https://t.co/LilshLsrjm

[govinfogal @govinfogal]

Awesome work Internet Archive! Can't wait to see how we can promote the https://t.co/bBhqDPJwgR Web Archive https://t.co/n3qRbgXjTS for this type of research. https://t.co/FyGRbhbwhl

[govinfogal @govinfogal]

Great job opportunity: Institute of Governmental Studies #Library #Digitization Project Planner I’m #hiring. Know anyone who might be interested? https://t.co/EFVNsg9HR9

[CalMatters @CalMatters]

Breaking: The California Reparations Task Force published documents Monday indicating it plans to recommend the state apologize for racism and slavery and consider “down payments” of varying amounts to eligible African American residents. 1/3

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

This is the graph everyone needs to see for International Workers' Day.

[University of California @UofCalifornia]

In 1966, @berkeleylaw professor Herma Hill Kay co-drafted the California no-fault divorce law, the first of its kind, making “irreconcilable differences” sufficient ground for divorce. She later became the first female dean of a law school in the US. #WomensHistoryMonth #UCWomen

[Institute of Governmental Studies @BerkeleyIGS]

IGS is proud to co-sponsor HBCUs as Justice Incubators with Melanye Price, taking place this Weds, Nov. 9 @ noon PT #democracy #HBCU #votersuppression #yourvoice #yourvote - https://t.co/BcB4hZhcE2

[govinfogal @govinfogal]

Taking the pain out of data sharing: #DataTransparency allows others to repeat analyses and catch mistakes or fraudulent claims. It allows for new findings through the reanalysis of existing data sets, and it increases trust in the scientific process https://t.co/5VSIMvAPmd

[govinfogal @govinfogal]

Taking me back to my undergrad years @UCIrvine as comp lit student sitting in on lectures by and about Derrida trying to wrap my brain around deconstruction! Opinion | What Was Deconstruction? https://t.co/Dbwt9yX0C7

[govinfogal @govinfogal]

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[LJ's infoDOCKET (@infoDOCKET on Bluesky) @infodocket]

Brown University Library Awarded Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to Create New Frameworks to Preserve and Publish Born-Digital Art (via @brownlibrary) https://t.co/G7qsqt3xGf @ARLnews #libraries #funding

[govinfogal @govinfogal]

@AWhitTwit saw your apology -- i should note that my reply was more about channeling my internally directed frustrations! not at stanford compute folks.😅

[govinfogal @govinfogal]

@AWhitTwit yep. we (librarians as SL) have been asking for this and other basics for data acq, curation and management for >15 years

[govinfogal @govinfogal]

"...California’s net neutrality law is based on a solid legal foundation. When the FCC abandoned net neutrality in 2017, it lost the power to stop the states from stepping in to protect their residents." @vanschewick https://t.co/HfQ4WG2x0v

[govinfogal @govinfogal]

Thanks @UNLibrary -- @IFLA_GIOPS @godort check this out!

[UN Library @UNLibrary]

The #UNLibrary’s Index to Speeches provides access to meeting records of the principal @UN organs. Interventions before the Security Council are available in the UN Digital Library going back to 1964: https://t.co/H5IcVz0eGt #UNDL #UNSC

[govinfogal @govinfogal]

So many #California Cities With the Worst Air Pollution in the US https://t.co/L2NOUlZ5Ap via @routefifty

[govinfogal @govinfogal]

Turning pdf tables into #data 🙌 what a great way to analyze the return of #congressional #earmarks

[govinfogal @govinfogal]

The data tables provide a comprehensive look at state governments and contains statistics on their tax collections. https://t.co/yz9jnCH5Kw