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2023 reading list and commentary

Librarian.net

I think I stubbornly finished every book I started in 2023 although some of them maybe I shouldn’t have. My plan was to read LESS this year than last year and I did a good job. One hundred and fourteen books. I was busier, happier. I did lower my “books by men” percentage an amount that felt good. average read per month: 9.5

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2023 in Libraries

Librarian.net

Previous years: 2022 , 2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 and some reviews from 2003. Hartness/Randolph (1) – I got some books out. I should go by this place more often, it’s such a nice library.

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How to Keep the Local Grocery Store Open: A Challenge for NC CED Professionals

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs [link] accessed via [link] Accessed July 18, 2023. ” – Mayor Douglas Shere The most recent government statistics available on areas with low numbers of or access to grocery stores is from 2016, part of the federal Food Environment Atlas.

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California Forests Are Disappearing–And So Are Air Pollution Disparities

The Lowe Down

African Americans and Latinos are more likely to suffer from respiratory diseases caused by air pollution, because they are more likely to live near sources of pollution, such as highways and industrial facilities (American Lung Association, 2023). in 2011-2015 and 0.09 for 2016-2020. in the period 2006-2010.

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Transforming Cleveland Vacant Lots into an Urban Farm

Center for Community Progress

When Community Progress visited Gardner’s farm in July 2023, she was already planning her annual bookbag drive, where she’d use the parking lot to set up an assembly line for volunteers to stuff backpacks with school supplies. The condemned Carpenters Hall at Kinsman Road in 2011. Source: Google Maps The same lot in 2016.

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Powering digital transformation in Canada: AWS Summit Ottawa keynote recap

AWS Public Sector Blog

Since our launch here in 2016, we’ve invested $1.4B One such investment is the AWS Canada West (Calgary) Region, launching in late 2023/early 2024. SSC was created in 2011 to transform how the government manages and secures its IT infrastructure. Enabling cloud for the government of Canada. And this is just the beginning.

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning, Part Six | Art(s) in the Park(s) as a comprehensive program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Music in the American Wild ( webpage , Eastman School of Music) was a program where new music compositions were commissioned to play in 12 National Parks, in honor of the 100th anniversary of the park system in 2016. The Bilbao Garden, Balmori & Associates, 2011, International Garden Competition ( article ).