Overheard on the Web, and other Web links From The Herald's Research Editor
Thursday, January 13, 2005
It's coming
The presidential Inauguration is nearing. To find out more, The Census has a page of Fun facts for the Inauguration, including a list of places named "Bush" in the U.S. There actually aren't many, but there are: Bush, Ill., Bush CCD (Census County Division), Ky., Bush township, Neb., Bush township, N.D., and Bushton, Kan. There are also a few places named "Cheney".
Speaking of the inauguration, United for Peace lists several protests planned for inauguration day, including a push to have everyone wear a white ribbon in memory of the soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. There's also a major protest planned for Fayetteville, NC (site of Fort Bragg) on the anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, March 19.
Another interesting link from the United for Peace site: Iraq Occupation Watch, keeping an eye on what's going on there.
Also coming: Martin Luther King day. The Census also has Facts for Martin Luther King day and Black History month, including some interesting facts on population, families, education, etc. Did you know, for example, that there are 8.9 million black families, and 2.3 million black military veterans.
On this topic, here's a great new Black Studies resource list from the libraries of City College of New York.
(Via Resourceshelf.) posted by liz at 1:11 PM
Elisabeth (Liz) Donovan was a Herald librarian for 10 years, and Research Editor for 13 years. She came to The Herald in 1981, following several years at the
Washington Post. She started blogging in 2000, with a news research blog, followed by the blog at Herald.com in 2003. A frequent speaker and writer on news research, she was honored in 2004 by the
News Division of the Special Libraries Association for her contributions to
the field.
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