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2023 reading list and commentary

Librarian.net

I’ve been actively seeking out non-binary authors and trying to read print a little more. average read per month: 9.5 average read per week: 2.2 The always-updated booklist, going back to 1997, lives at jessamyn.info/booklist and it has its own RSS feed.

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2022 reading list and commentary

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Previous librarian.net summaries: 2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 , 2007 , 2006 , 2005 , 2004. I’m also retiring my “people of color/non-Western” category only because it relies too much on surface impressions/names. average read per month: 12.

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2021 reading list and commentary

Librarian.net

Previous librarian.net summaries: 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 , 2007 , 2006 , 2005 , 2004. Here are stats for the books that I finished. average read per month: 9.6. average read per week: 2.2. number read in worst month: 6 (February). number unfinished: 0.

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It’s time to talk about a regional tax to help fund Metro (DC area)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I get a kick out of this because this has been raised on and off for 20 years, such as in these reports from 2004-2006. -- Washington Metro: Deficits by Design , Brookings, 2004 -- Keeping Metro On Track: The Federal Government's Role in Balacing Investment With Accountability at Washington's Transit Agency , Brookings, 2005 -- " Mass Transit: Issues (..)

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State of the Nation - a UK Perspective on Covid-19

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

There were major exercises on pandemics in 2005, 2007 and 2016. Plans were made in the UK in 2006, 2008, 2011 and 2014. The exercises revealed, for example, that special attention needed to be given to protecting the residents of care homes (PHE 2017, pp. The plans were not connected to anything. Murphy, S., Proctor and J.

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WMATA is pathetic: of course it belongs to "the public"

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

People like me have been saying this for years, that WMATA needs to invest in its relationship with area residents as customers, riders, funders (as taxpayers), and supporters of transit. -- " Making Transit Sexy ," 2005 (!) -- " More on Metro and rethinking transit marketing ," 2006 -- " Helping Government Learn ," 2009 -- " Transit, stations, and (..)

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Metrorail Silver Line phase two opening this week

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Another element that could be included, in terms of comprehensiveness, is ferry and water taxi services, even though they are pretty niche (" Metrorail shutdown south of AlexandriaNational Airport would have been a good opportunity to promote ferry service ," 2017). More network improvements. Extending the Yellow Line south on Rte.