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The 7 Best Open Government Sites

Friday, May 11th, 2012

Joe Brockmeier at ReadWriteCloud puts together an excellent list of The 7 Best Open Government Sites. These are each third-party websites which provide different collections of information about the U.S. government. I can’t wait to check these out, here are the first five reviewed:

  • POPVOX: Bridging the Public and Congress
  • OpenCongress
  • Poligraft
  • Follow the Money
  • OpenSecrets.org

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The Top 30 Most Popular iLibrarian Posts of 2011

Wednesday, December 28th, 2011

2011 was quite a year here at iLibrarian! As usual, it’s been a great experience. I’ve been taking a look back at what was particularly popular in terms of posts this past year and I’ve rounded up the top 30 which were the most well-received. I’d love to hear suggestions for future content you’d like to see here at iLibrarian, and I also welcome guest posts! So please go ahead and leave some suggestions in the comments section.

    QR Codes

  1. A Quick Guide to Creating Library QR Codes
  2. QR Code Roundup: 10 Resources for Librarians and Educators

    3. Archiving & Preservation

  3. Personal Digital Archiving: An Overview
  4. Personal Digital Archiving: Part One – Strategy
  5. Personal Digital Archiving: Part Two – Storage Options
  6. Personal Digital Archiving: Part Three – File Formats

    7. Mobile & Apps

  7. 7 Tools to Create a Mobile Library Website (without Technical Knowledge!)
  8. Top 30 Library iPhone Apps – Part 1
  9. Top 30 Library iPhone Apps – Part 2
  10. Top 30 Library iPhone Apps – Part 3
  11. 16 Awesome Instagram Apps & Services- Part I
  12. 16 Awesome Instagram Apps & Services- Part II
  13. 20 iPad Apps Librarians Should Download – Part 1
  14. 20 iPad Apps Librarians Should Download – Part 2
  15. 12 Mobile Check-in Applications

    16. Personal Branding & Job Seekers

  16. 5 Ways to Set Up A Free Personal Landing Page in 5 Minutes
  17. 13 Resources & Tips for Library Job Seekers
  18. 7 More Strategies for Library Job Seekers
  19. A Librarian’s Guide to the Elevator Pitch
  20. 17 Tips to Improve Your Online Presence

    21. Open Access

  21. 50 Open Access Resources for Librarians – Part 1
  22. 50 Open Access Resources for Librarians – Part 2

    23. Data Visualization Tools

  23. 5 Free Online Tools to Create Your Own Infographics
  24. 5 Amazing Free Data Visualization Tools

    25. All the Rest

  25. 25+ Resources to Create Library Videos
  26. 5 e-Book Collections with Over 100,000 Free e-Books
  27. 21 Useful Cloud Computing Resources for Librarians
  28. 18 Usability Resources for Librarians
  29. 450+ Tweeting Librarians List
  30. A Quick Guide to Getting Started with Quora