Librarian.net
FEBRUARY 10, 2024
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.
Librarian.net
JANUARY 2, 2023
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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Librarian.net
DECEMBER 31, 2021
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.
Disaster Planning and Emergency Management
MARCH 11, 2020
It is now more than ten years since there was a general push to induce countries to plan for pandemics (WHO 2005). US Homeland Security Council 2005, UK Government 2008), while in others it did not. McCaw 2007. PLoS One 2007:2(11): e1220, 1-6. US Homeland Security Council 2005. Mathews et al. McVernon, E.S.
Disaster Planning and Emergency Management
JULY 29, 2019
The former has been in widespread use since about 1993, and the latter since around 2009. Since the late 20th century, the concept of anomie has been reinterpreted (Allan 2005, pp. Register 2007. Something similar has happened with the Internet and social media. Early views of social media (e.g. Bird et al. Alexander, D.E.
Disaster Planning and Emergency Management
OCTOBER 23, 2020
The scenario for this pandemic (excluding the recovery) was fully formulated over the period 2003-2009. There were major exercises on pandemics in 2005, 2007 and 2016. I have taught it every year since then. Plans were made in the UK in 2006, 2008, 2011 and 2014.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
MARCH 21, 2024
WMATA's 2005 study, Development-Related Ridership Survey , found significant car trip reduction associated with the buildings in Metrorail station catchment areas, even in areas outside the core. To better leverage the value of proximity to transit , density bonuses of at least a couple stories should be a standard policy.
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