256,444 Photographs from NASA’s Glenn Research Center Added to National Archives (NARA) Catalog
From NARA’s The Unwritten Record Blog: We’re pleased to announce that 256,444 photographs from NASA’s Glenn Research Center have recently been added to the National Archives Catalog. The photos document facilities, personnel, and aeronautic and space technology development at the Glenn Research Center (GRC) in Cleveland, Ohio and at Plum [...]
Research Tools: FOIA.gov Search Tool Adds Law Enforcement User Journey
From the U.S. Dept. of Justice: FOIA.gov, the government’s central resource for information about the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) now includes additional functionality to help users locate commonly requested law enforcement and related records. The FOIA.gov Search Tool was updated to add a “Law Enforcement records” pre-defined user journey that helps [...]
MD: Baltimore County Library Doubles As ‘Shark Tank’ To Help Fund Small Businesses; NJ: Underground Railroad House’s Artifacts to Go Digital; & More Headlines
AI We Asked AI to Take Us On a Tour of Our Cities. It Was Chaos (via WIRED) Idaho Several Idaho #Libraries Create Policies in Wake of the Library Bill (via KTVB) Maryland Baltimore County Library Doubles As ‘Shark Tank’ To Help Fund Small Businesses (via Baltimore Banner) New Jersey [...]
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