Judging a book by it's cover

Libraries taking a stand

This article was interesting as well. I always thought the Google Books project was a bit too good to be true- glad to see that some libraries are still standing up for open access!

This is a little scary...

Talk about the public taking things into their own hands!
I found this article interesting, though, for the perspective it gives on how people perceive the duties of public libraries: it seems that this woman thinks that as a citizen and patron of that library, she has the right to directly choose what should and should not be displayed there. I know that libraries are supposed to work to fill the needs of their patronage/community, but does that include upholding their morals or prejudices?

Interesting...

Moving?

Here are some sites that will help you compare and learn about US cities and their "liveability":

City Rating
Sperling's Best Places

Facts and Figures

Some great sites for finding good, hard, data and statistics (oooooooh...fun!):
Bureau of Labor Statistics
EDGAR (Securities and Exchange commission)
Elemental Data Index
FedStats
The Gallup Organization
National Center for Educational Statistics
Official Statistics on the Web
Pew Research Center
Pew Internet and American Life Project
Polling Report.com
US Census Bureau

We the People...

Here are some resources for finding government documents or information:
Ben's Guide to the US Government for Kids
Constitution Finder
Federal Citizens Information Center(FCIC)
Foreign Government Resources on the Web
Government Documents
GPO Access
House of Representatives
IRS.gov
Senate
State and Local Government on the Web
Thomas(by LOC)
USA.gov
White House.gov

Directory assistance

Here are some useful online directories:
Beaucoup
Digital Librarian
Google Directories
History of Science on the WWW
Library Spot
Martindale's Reference Desk
Open Directory Project
Reference Page
Virtual Sites
Yahoo Directory of Directories

And we wonder why people are afraid to ask librarians for help...

This is hilariously creepy:

Best List ever

This is the ALA's 2006 list of the Best Free Reference Websites.
It rules.

Where are you going, where have you been

These sites on Geography, Countries and Travel will help you get where you're going and tell you what you'll find there:
50 States and Capitals
Alexandria Digital Library
CitySearch
Country Studies
GEOnet Names Server
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Google Maps
Mapquest
Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
Sperling's Best Places
TopoZone
World Fact Book
WWW Virtual Library: Geography
National Atlas of the U.S.