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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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Reflections on the Turkish-Syrian Earthquakes of 6th February 2023: Building Collapse and its Consequences

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

Although the disaster of 6 th February 2023 produced, in fact, stronger shaking than this, it should not have caused 5,500 large buildings to collapse. Korkmaz 2021. Source: Wikimedia Commons An interesting map was published by the US Geological Survey shortly after the Turkish-Syrian earthquakes. [1] the 'violent' level. [2]

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Indiana BMV Builds on Three Pillars to Drive up CX

GovLoop

“I used to say that people went to an Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles office with a box lunch and a copy of ‘War and Peace’ and hoped not to finish both of them before somebody noticed they were there,” Daniels said in a 2015 interview with Reason magazine. In 2021, the program exceeded 850,000, according to the 2021 annual report.

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CFP: CJAL Special Issue: Libraries and/as Extraction

A Library Writer's Blog

CFP URL: [link] CJAL Special Issue: Libraries and/as Extraction 2023-10-16 The concept of extraction (or extractivism) has been used in myriad disciplines — geography, international relations, environment, economics — often to describe social formations around natural resource management. More information can be found at [link] Karen P.

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Free public sector data with no-code platforms in 2023

Open Access Government - Technology News

Inevitably, siloed cultures lead to a disjointed workforce, competing or misaligned goals, poor decision-making, and, ultimately, worsening productivity which must be every organisation’s priority in 2023. How can organisations democratise data and innovation across the organisation, and improve productivity in 2023?

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Defining Data Equity

GovLoop

Since President Biden signed the “ Executive Order on Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government ” in 2021, more than 90 federal agencies have created equity action plans. State and local leaders are acting, too. Here are three examples of data equity in action.

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