Resources of the Week Ready Reference Shelf�Holidays
Source: U.S. Department of State
1) List of Local Holidays
A browsable list, by country, to find the dates of local holidays celebrated in various countries around the world. Ready Reference Shelf--Chanceries in Washington D.C.--Directory
Source: U.S. Department of State
2) Chanceries in Washington D.C.
A browsable directory, by country, with addresses and phone numbers of the Chanceries here in D.C.
Librarian Developed Web Resources and Directories
Source: American Libraries Learn About: Fiat Lux
Some VERY exciting news! From Karen Schneider's column, "This project is called Fiat Lux, and it addresses what is, ironically, the biggest problem on the Internet: the difficulty in reliably finding significant, objective, and relevant information. Basically, Fiat Lux is a not-for-profit cooperative founded by the librarians who manage important�though small and grossly underfunded�Internet finding aids (a Cybrarian Cartel, if you will). Our idea is that there is strength through cooperation, collaboration, and resource-sharing�an idea many of you involved in building library systems and consortia can connect with." Btw, Karen is the director of on of these "finding aids", the Librarians' Index to the Internet.
Resources, Tools, and Full-Text Documents (2 Items) Education--United States--Statistics
Source: National Center for Education Statistics Expanded Resource, Quick Tables and Figures
Over 1000 tables are now available. From the site, "Using this search tool allows you to locate all tables/figures published in the inventory of NCES' Education Statistics Quarterly; the NEDRC (National Education Data Resource Center) Table Library; and many NCES publications. Tables from NCES publications and data sets are constantly being added to this data base."
-- Science and Engineering--Statistics--United States
Source: NSF Full-Text Report, Federal Science and Engineering Support to Universities, Colleges, and Nonprofit Institutions: Fiscal Year 2000
From the NSF page, "These tables provide statistics of Federal academic and nonprofit science and engineering collected through the Survey of Federal Science and Engineering Support to Universities, Colleges, and Nonprofit Institutions. This annual survey is the only source of information on Federal S&E obligations to individual institutions and includes statistics on Federal S&E obligations by funding category over time, funding agency, type of institution, institutional ranking, and geographic distribution."
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