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Management basics for information professionals in straitened economic conditions

CILIP

Prior editions of this book, as do other such introductory texts, fail to seriously address the critical role that the library?s straitened economic conditions and the pervasive impact of technology on a library manager?s Australian Library Journal commends this title as ?an new normal?

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Rebecca B. Rankin: Early Advocate for Public Access to Government Information

Archives Blogs

Rankin was the Director of the Municipal Reference Library for the City of New York. Her work included the promotion of resources and services of the library to its clients. Seaver is the author of A True Politician: Rebecca Browning Rankin, Municipal Reference Library of the City of New York, 1920-1952, published in 2003.

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CILIP

Prior editions of this book, as do other such introductory texts, fail to seriously address the critical role that the library?s straitened economic conditions and the pervasive impact of technology on a library manager?s Australian Library Journal commends this title as ? new normal? Published: X Month Year.

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What is Florida High?

Archives Blogs

The Florida Institute was not exclusive to higher education. The Florida Institute became the West Florida Seminary in 1857 but continued to educate high school students as well as college students. Students from FSU and FSCW Education program interned at this school as part of their studies. The collection can be accessed here.

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Calculating the Benefits of the Advanced Encryption Standard

Schneier on Security

The report contains lots of facts and figures relevant to crypto policy debates, including the chaotic nature of crypto markets in the mid-1990s, the number of approved devices and libraries of various kinds since then, other standards that invoke AES, and so on. It released a study of the economic impact of DES in 2001.

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Prisoners' literacy and numeracy levels

CILIP

When I first got involved with prison education I was surprised and puzzled by the lack of hard information about prisoners? I eventually discovered that the basis of these figures was a House of Commons written answer drawn from a 2002 report from the Social Exclusion Unit which in turn quoted a survey done in prisons in 2001.

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We Can Do It!: World War II Posters at the Still Picture Branch

Unwritten Record

The subject matter includes promotions for military recruitment, education, safety and more. Such copies can be sent to the Still Picture Branch or the Library, National Archives and Records Administration. This series consists of posters produced by foreign information offices and war relief associations. 1942 – ca.