‘government documents’ Category
National Native American Heritage Month 2022
November is National Native American Heritage Month. The Library has two Native American Heritage Month displays. In the Friends of the Library Gustavus Library Associates Reading Room, we have a collection of fiction and nonfiction books that look at the Native American experience. On the first floor, near Government Documents office, we have a display […]
Native American Resources in GovDocs
November is federally designated National Native American Heritage Month. Several national agencies and museums have created a portal of government resources and events that cover the history, art, culture and heritage of indigenous populations in the United States. The library has put together a display on the first floor showcasing the variety of available government […]
Census Information and the Library
On April 26th, the U.S. Census Bureau released the first data compiled from the 2020 decennial survey. This information included state populations and the apportionment of representatives in Congress for the next decade. Minnesota will maintains eight representatives and the state population grew to 5,709,752, about a 7.6 increase from 2010. Looking at populations shifts, […]
Library Star Students for Spring 2016
Congratulations to Cayla Hirsch (Circulation), Maria Pazandak (Stacks/Processing), and Renee Yong (Periodicals/Government Documents) for being chosen as Library Star Students for spring semester 2016. The library depends on student employees to provide customer service and critical support for library operations. Star Students have demonstrated superior performance in their departments and are recognized for their willingness to go above and […]
On Display in Government Documents
This fall, we are displaying Government Document recommendations from the fictional government employees of the television show Parks and Recreation. As we put the display together, we noticed that there really was something that matched each character’s interests. Government Documents is known mostly for legislation-related materials, but in our search for the perfect item […]
… and More Sunshine
The 2010 State of the Media Report has just been released – a terrific review of what’s going on with the news media and where things are headed. There is also a freshly-issued Secrecy Report Card from Open the Government that sums up developments is government secrecy and transparency in 2009. The Electronic Frontier Foundation […]