It is Friday and time to think about what to do this weekend. It is a little cold for hiking the high country, but how about reading some online histories of the National Parks? The main history page has a full list of digitized titles, some from the early parts of the 20th century. There are park histories, books on peopling places, shaping the political landscape and for those of you who are longing for the sea, a section on maritime history. Many of these materials are also available here in the library in paper, so feel free to check out Chinook, our library catalog, if you decide you would rather read the book outside of cyberspace.
Want to learn more about Parks, Forests, Grasslands, Wildlife Refuges and Historic Places? Check out the library's subject guide.
Friday, November 17, 2006
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Land Mines
The United Nations just released the tenth edition of the "Portfolio of mine action projects." This 452 page report profiles land mine removal projects across the world. The UN states that the "100 NGOs, national authorities and UN agencies face a 2007 funding shortfall of $317.5 million for their efforts in tackling problems of landmines and explosive remnants of war in 29 countries." If you don't want to read the whole report and you have a particular country of interest, check out the world map of projects. Finally, if you want to learn more about mine eradication check out the UN E-Mine, Electronic Mine Information Network.
News from the United Nations
To keep current with what's happening around the world, check out the UN News Center.
Headlining today's news:
Headlining today's news:
Developing nations, donors, UN must work together for African development
DR Congo: Annan leads call for calm after provisional presidential results released
- See also our subject page on the Democratic Republic of Congo.
To stop Darfur conflict spreading, foreign presence needed on border with Chad
- See also our subject guide for Sudan.
New initiatives make UN more transparent, accountable, ethical
For more information on the United Nations, see our guide to United Nations Resources.
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Iraq Study Group
We are trying out a new idea here on the blog, each Wednesday we will focus on a government agency or intergovernmental group in the news and talk a little about what they do and what information you can find from them. If you have a particular agency you would like us to focus on feel free to send us a comment either on this post or via email from the link in the sidebar. So without further ado, let's focus on the first group.
The Iraq Study Group ("ISG") is a bipartisan commission formed at the urging of Congress to look at the current and future situation in Iraq. The group is chaired by James Baker and Lee Hamilton, the chairs were chosen by congressional organizers, the U.S. Institute of Peace and other supporting groups, but the remaining members were chosen by the chairs. This week the ISG met with President Bush, but they have not released a final report yet. This final report will provide " bipartisan, forward-looking assessment of the situation in Iraq."
There is no information on when the report will be released, but the group will be meeting next week with "Democratic foreign policy experts," which means it may come out sometime after that. The only hints provided on the web site are sometime after the November 7th election. We will post the report on the blog as soon as it is released.
Want more information? Check out the newsletter "Peace Watch." Follow the link at the top of the record to the latest issue with the lead article: "Iraq Study begins it's work." The library also has this title in paper for anyone who is interested.
The Iraq Study Group ("ISG") is a bipartisan commission formed at the urging of Congress to look at the current and future situation in Iraq. The group is chaired by James Baker and Lee Hamilton, the chairs were chosen by congressional organizers, the U.S. Institute of Peace and other supporting groups, but the remaining members were chosen by the chairs. This week the ISG met with President Bush, but they have not released a final report yet. This final report will provide " bipartisan, forward-looking assessment of the situation in Iraq."
There is no information on when the report will be released, but the group will be meeting next week with "Democratic foreign policy experts," which means it may come out sometime after that. The only hints provided on the web site are sometime after the November 7th election. We will post the report on the blog as soon as it is released.
Want more information? Check out the newsletter "Peace Watch." Follow the link at the top of the record to the latest issue with the lead article: "Iraq Study begins it's work." The library also has this title in paper for anyone who is interested.
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Earth from Space
The Red Tape Blog lead me to this great site from the Smithsonian Institution. The Earth From Space site lets you scroll in and look at various satellite images, one of my favorites is "Earth at Night." Think about that the next time you leave your porch light on. This online exhibit is to go with their physical tour, check out the schedule maybe it is coming to a city near you.
Need more pictures from space? Why not check out this picture of the flatirons here in Boulder. This is from NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography, which has tons of pictures of many other places all over the world.
Need more pictures from space? Why not check out this picture of the flatirons here in Boulder. This is from NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography, which has tons of pictures of many other places all over the world.
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