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ProQuest statistical abstract of the United States, 2023 / by ProQuest (Firm)(CARDINAL)291866;

The Statistical Absract of the United States has provided a statistical portrait of the social, poliitical, demographic, and economic conditions of America since 1878.Preface -- New and deleted tables -- Guide to tabular presentation -- Section 1: Population -- Estimates and projections by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin -- States, metropolitan areas, cities -- Mobility status -- Profiles of elderly, racial, and Hispanic-origin populations -- Native and foreign-born populations -- Immigration -- Ancestry, languages -- Marital status and households -- Religion -- Section 2: Births, deaths, marriages, and divorces -- Births -- Sexuality and family planning -- Life expectancy -- Deaths -- Marriages and divorces -- Section 3: Health and nutrition -- National health expenditure accounts -- Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP -- Health insurance -- Healthcare industry revenue and employment -- Hospitals and healthcare utilization -- Health measures -- Health measures, children -- Food consumption, nutrition -- Section 4: Education -- Overview, all levels of education -- School readiness -- Primary and secondary schools -- Higher education -- Libraries -- School crime and safety -- Section 5: Law enforcement, courts, and prisons -- Crmes and crime rates -- Law enforcement and arrests -- Courts -- Juveniles, child abuse -- Prisoners and inmates -- Fire departments and property losses -- Section 6: Geography and environment -- Land and water -- Air quality -- Municipal hazardous waste -- Weather -- Conservation -- Section 7: Elections -- Voter registration and vote results -- Elected officials -- Campaign finances -- Section 8: State and local goverment finances and employment -- Governmental units -- Aid to state and local governments -- State and local governments -- State government finances -- Local government finances -- Employment and payroll -- Section 9: Federal government finances and employment -- Budget receipts, outlays, debt -- Income taxes -- Federal employment, payroll, and facilities -- Section 10: National security and veterans affairs -- National defense outlays, expenditures, personnel -- Military manpower -- Military sales and assistance -- Veterans -- Homeland security -- Section 11: Social insurance and human services -- Government transfer payments -- Social security, retirement funds, and other income assistance -- Federal food programs and family assistance -- Child care, child support -- Social services providers -- Section 12: Labor force, employment, and earnings -- Labor force status, Occupations and employment projections -- Unemployment -- Establishments -- Compensation and hours worked -- Benefits -- Injuries -- Union membership -- Section 13: Income, expenditures, poverty, and wealth -- Gross domestic product -- Personal and household income -- Consumer expenditures -- Money income -- Poverty status -- Wealth -- Section 14: Prices -- Consumer price index -- Cost of living index -- Producer price index -- Section 15: Business enterprise -- Sole proprietors, partnerships, corporations -- Establishments, employees, payroll -- Firms, births, deaths, expansions, and contractions -- Women- and minority-owned businesses -- Bankruptcy, patents -- Investment, capital expenditures -- Economic indicators -- Corporate profits -- Multinationals -- Section 16: Science and technology -- Research and development funds, outlays -- Science and engineering degrees -- Science and engineering employment -- Space program -- Section 17: Agriculture -- Farms and farmland -- Farm balance sheet, income -- Agricultural exports and imports -- Crops, livestock -- Section 18: Forestry, fishing, and mining -- Natural resource-related industries -- Timber, lumber -- Fishery -- Mining, minerals, and energy resources -- Section 19: Energy and utilities -- Energy production, consumptionn -- Energy expenditrues and trade -- Crude oil -- Nuclear -- Renewable energy -- Electric power -- Gas and other utilities -- Section 20: Construction and housing -- Construction industry indicators -- Home sales and prices -- Housing supply -- Housing occupancy and tenure -- Home financing and improvements -- Nonresidential construction -- Section 21: Manufactures -- Manufacturing summary -- Hours and earnings of production workers -- Shipments, inventories, new orders, and finances -- Industry reports by subject and subsector -- Section 22: Wholesale and retail trade -- Wholesale trade -- Retail trade -- Section 23: Transportation -- Transportation system -- Air transportation -- Water transportation and port traffic -- Highways -- Motor vehicle registrations and fuel consumption -- Motor vehicle accidents -- Urban transit and commuting -- Trucks, railroads, and pipelines -- Postal service -- Section 24: Information and Communications -- Information industries -- Publishing, newspapers, books, and online -- Recording media and broadcasting -- Telecommunications -- Internet access and use -- Libraries -- Section 25: Banking, Finance, and Insurance -- Establishment, receipts -- Flow of funds, financial assets, and liabilities -- Financial institutions -- Payment instruments, credit and debit cards -- Consumer credit, mortgage debt -- Money stock, interest rates -- Stocks and bonds, equity ownership, mutual funds -- Insurance and real estate -- Section 26: Arts, recreation, and travel -- Employees, establishments, and payroll -- Performing arts -- Leisure activities -- Sports -- Parks and wildlife activities -- Travel -- Section 27: Accommodation, food services, and other services -- Section 28: Foreign commerce and aid -- International transactions -- Foreign investments -- Foreign grants and credits -- Exports and imports -- Section 29: Peurto Rico and the island areas -- Section 30: International statistics -- World population, vital statistics -- Economic measures -- Labor force -- Agriculture -- Energy and environment -- Technology -- Finance -- Security and terrorism -- Appendix 1: Guide to sources of statistics, state statistical abstracts, and foreign statistical abstracts -- Appendix II: Metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas: concepts, components, and population -- Appendix III: Limitations of the data -- Appendix IV: Weights and Measures -- Index.

Subjects: Statistics.;

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ProQuest statistical abstract of the United States 2024 / by ProQuest (Firm)(CARDINAL)291866;

Preface -- New and deleted tables -- Guide to tabular presentation -- Section 1: Population -- Estimates and projections by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin -- States, metropolitan areas, cities -- Mobility status -- Profiles of elderly, racial, and Hispanic-origin populations -- Native and foreign-born populations -- Immigration -- Ancestry, languages -- Marital status and households -- Religion -- Section 2: Births, deaths, marriages, and divorces -- Births -- Sexuality and family planning -- Life expectancy -- Deaths -- Marriages and divorces -- Section 3: Health and nutrition -- National health expenditure accounts -- Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP -- Health insurance -- Healthcare industry revenue and employment -- Hospitals and healthcare utilization -- Health measures -- Health measures, children -- Food consumption, nutrition -- Section 4: Education -- Overview, all levels of education -- School readiness -- Primary and secondary schools -- Higher education -- Libraries -- School crime and safety -- Section 5: Law enforcement, courts, and prisons -- Crmes and crime rates -- Law enforcement and arrests -- Courts -- Juveniles, child abuse -- Prisoners and inmates -- Fire departments and property losses -- Section 6: Geography and environment -- Land and water -- Air quality -- Municipal hazardous waste -- Weather -- Conservation -- Section 7: Elections -- Voter registration and vote results -- Elected officials -- Campaign finances -- Section 8: State and local goverment finances and employment -- Governmental units -- Aid to state and local governments -- State and local governments -- State government finances -- Local government finances -- Employment and payroll -- Section 9: Federal government finances and employment -- Budget receipts, outlays, debt -- Income taxes -- Federal employment, payroll, and facilities -- Section 10: National security and veterans affairs -- National defense outlays, expenditures, personnel -- Military manpower -- Military sales and assistance -- Veterans -- Homeland security -- Section 11: Social insurance and human services -- Government transfer payments -- Social security, retirement funds, and other income assistance -- Federal food programs and family assistance -- Child care, child support -- Social services providers -- Section 12: Labor force, employment, and earnings -- Labor force status, Occupations and employment projections -- Unemployment -- Establishments -- Compensation and hours worked -- Benefits -- Injuries -- Union membership -- Section 13: Income, expenditures, poverty, and wealth -- Gross domestic product -- Personal and household income -- Consumer expenditures -- Money income -- Poverty status -- Wealth -- Section 14: Prices -- Consumer price index -- Cost of living index -- Producer price index -- Section 15: Business enterprise -- Sole proprietors, partnerships, corporations -- Establishments, employees, payroll -- Firms, births, deaths, expansions, and contractions -- Women- and minority-owned businesses -- Bankruptcy, patents -- Investment, capital expenditures -- Economic indicators -- Corporate profits -- Multinationals -- Section 16: Science and technology -- Research and development funds, outlays -- Science and engineering degrees -- Science and engineering employment -- Space program -- Section 17: Agriculture -- Farms and farmland -- Farm balance sheet, income -- Agricultural exports and imports -- Crops, livestock -- Section 18: Forestry, fishing, and mining -- Natural resource-related industries -- Timber, lumber -- Fishery -- Mining, minerals, and energy resources -- Section 19: Energy and utilities -- Energy production, consumptionn -- Energy expenditrues and trade -- Crude oil -- Nuclear -- Renewable energy -- Electric power -- Gas and other utilities -- Section 20: Construction and housing -- Construction industry indicators -- Home sales and prices -- Housing supply -- Housing occupancy and tenure -- Home financing and improvements -- Nonresidential construction -- Section 21: Manufactures -- Manufacturing summary -- Hours and earnings of production workers -- Shipments, inventories, new orders, and finances -- Industry reports by subject and subsector -- Section 22: Wholesale and retail trade -- Wholesale trade -- Retail trade -- Section 23: Transportation -- Transportation system -- Air transportation -- Water transportation and port traffic -- Highways -- Motor vehicle registrations and fuel consumption -- Motor vehicle accidents -- Urban transit and commuting -- Trucks, railroads, and pipelines -- Postal service -- Section 24: Information and Communications -- Information industries -- Publishing, newspapers, books, and online -- Recording media and broadcasting -- Telecommunications -- Internet access and use -- Libraries -- Section 25: Banking, Finance, and Insurance -- Establishment, receipts -- Flow of funds, financial assets, and liabilities -- Financial institutions -- Payment instruments, credit and debit cards -- Consumer credit, mortgage debt -- Money stock, interest rates -- Stocks and bonds, equity ownership, mutual funds -- Insurance and real estate -- Section 26: Arts, recreation, and travel -- Employees, establishments, and payroll -- Performing arts -- Leisure activities -- Sports -- Parks and wildlife activities -- Travel -- Section 27: Accommodation, food services, and other services -- Section 28: Foreign commerce and aid -- International transactions -- Foreign investments -- Foreign grants and credits -- Exports and imports -- Section 29: Peurto Rico and the island areas -- Section 30: International statistics -- World population, vital statistics -- Economic measures -- Labor force -- Agriculture -- Energy and environment -- Technology -- Finance -- Security and terrorism -- Appendix 1: Guide to sources of statistics, state statistical abstracts, and foreign statistical abstracts -- Appendix II: Metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas: concepts, components, and population -- Appendix III: Limitations of the data -- Appendix IV: Weights and Measures -- Index.The Statistical Abstract of the United States is the best known statistical reference. As a comprehensive collection of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the country, it is a snapshot of America and its people. It includes over 1,400 tables from hundreds of sources.

Subjects: Statistics.; Census data.; Statistics.; Demography;

Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2

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ProQuest statistical abstract of the United States 2025 / by ProQuest (Firm),publisher.(CARDINAL)291866;

Preface -- New and deleted tables -- Guide to tabular presentation -- Section 1: Population -- Estimates and projections by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin -- States, metropolitan areas, cities -- Mobility status -- Profiles of elderly, racial, and Hispanic-origin populations -- Native and foreign-born populations -- Immigration -- Ancestry, languages -- Marital status and households -- Religion -- Section 2: Births, deaths, marriages, and divorces -- Births -- Sexuality and family planning -- Life expectancy -- Deaths -- Marriages and divorces -- Section 3: Health and nutrition -- National health expenditure accounts -- Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP -- Health insurance -- Healthcare industry revenue and employment -- Hospitals and healthcare utilization -- Health measures -- Health measures, children -- Food consumption, nutrition -- Section 4: Education -- Overview, all levels of education -- School readiness -- Primary and secondary schools -- Higher education -- Libraries -- School crime and safety -- Section 5: Law enforcement, courts, and prisons -- Crmes and crime rates -- Law enforcement and arrests -- Courts -- Juveniles, child abuse -- Prisoners and inmates -- Fire departments and property losses -- Section 6: Geography and environment -- Land and water -- Air quality -- Municipal hazardous waste -- Weather -- Conservation -- Section 7: Elections -- Voter registration and vote results -- Elected officials -- Campaign finances -- Section 8: State and local goverment finances and employment -- Governmental units -- Aid to state and local governments -- State and local governments -- State government finances -- Local government finances -- Employment and payroll -- Section 9: Federal government finances and employment -- Budget receipts, outlays, debt -- Income taxes -- Federal employment, payroll, and facilities -- Section 10: National security and veterans affairs -- National defense outlays, expenditures, personnel -- Military manpower -- Military sales and assistance -- Veterans -- Homeland security -- Section 11: Social insurance and human services -- Government transfer payments -- Social security, retirement funds, and other income assistance -- Federal food programs and family assistance -- Child care, child support -- Social services providers -- Section 12: Labor force, employment, and earnings -- Labor force status, Occupations and employment projections -- Unemployment -- Establishments -- Compensation and hours worked -- Benefits -- Injuries -- Union membership -- Section 13: Income, expenditures, poverty, and wealth -- Gross domestic product -- Personal and household income -- Consumer expenditures -- Money income -- Poverty status -- Wealth -- Section 14: Prices -- Consumer price index -- Cost of living index -- Producer price index -- Section 15: Business enterprise -- Sole proprietors, partnerships, corporations -- Establishments, employees, payroll -- Firms, births, deaths, expansions, and contractions -- Women- and minority-owned businesses -- Bankruptcy, patents -- Investment, capital expenditures -- Economic indicators -- Corporate profits -- Multinationals -- Section 16: Science and technology -- Research and development funds, outlays -- Science and engineering degrees -- Science and engineering employment -- Space program -- Section 17: Agriculture -- Farms and farmland -- Farm balance sheet, income -- Agricultural exports and imports -- Crops, livestock -- Section 18: Forestry, fishing, and mining -- Natural resource-related industries -- Timber, lumber -- Fishery -- Mining, minerals, and energy resources -- Section 19: Energy and utilities -- Energy production, consumptionn -- Energy expenditrues and trade -- Crude oil -- Nuclear -- Renewable energy -- Electric power -- Gas and other utilities -- Section 20: Construction and housing -- Construction industry indicators -- Home sales and prices -- Housing supply -- Housing occupancy and tenure -- Home financing and improvements -- Nonresidential construction -- Section 21: Manufactures -- Manufacturing summary -- Hours and earnings of production workers -- Shipments, inventories, new orders, and finances -- Industry reports by subject and subsector -- Section 22: Wholesale and retail trade -- Wholesale trade -- Retail trade -- Section 23: Transportation -- Transportation system -- Air transportation -- Water transportation and port traffic -- Highways -- Motor vehicle registrations and fuel consumption -- Motor vehicle accidents -- Urban transit and commuting -- Trucks, railroads, and pipelines -- Postal service -- Section 24: Information and Communications -- Information industries -- Publishing, newspapers, books, and online -- Recording media and broadcasting -- Telecommunications -- Internet access and use -- Libraries -- Section 25: Banking, Finance, and Insurance -- Establishment, receipts -- Flow of funds, financial assets, and liabilities -- Financial institutions -- Payment instruments, credit and debit cards -- Consumer credit, mortgage debt -- Money stock, interest rates -- Stocks and bonds, equity ownership, mutual funds -- Insurance and real estate -- Section 26: Arts, recreation, and travel -- Employees, establishments, and payroll -- Performing arts -- Leisure activities -- Sports -- Parks and wildlife activities -- Travel -- Section 27: Accommodation, food services, and other services -- Section 28: Foreign commerce and aid -- International transactions -- Foreign investments -- Foreign grants and credits -- Exports and imports -- Section 29: Peurto Rico and the island areas -- Section 30: International statistics -- World population, vital statistics -- Economic measures -- Labor force -- Agriculture -- Energy and environment -- Technology -- Finance -- Security and terrorism -- Appendix 1: Guide to sources of statistics, state statistical abstracts, and foreign statistical abstracts -- Appendix II: Metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas: concepts, components, and population -- Appendix III: Limitations of the data -- Appendix IV: Weights and Measures -- Index.The Statistical Abstract of the United States is the best known statistical reference. As a comprehensive collection of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the country, it is a snapshot of America and its people. It includes over 1,400 tables from hundreds of sources.

Subjects: Census data.; Statistics.; Statistics.; Demography;

Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5

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ProQuest statistical abstract of the United States 2021. by ProQuest (Firm)(CARDINAL)291866; United States.Bureau of the Census.(CARDINAL)171405; United States.Economics and Statistics Administration.(CARDINAL)275203;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface -- New and deleted tables -- Guide to tabular presentation -- Section 1: Population -- Estimates and projections by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin -- States, metropolitan areas, cities -- Mobility status -- Profiles of elderly, racial, and Hispanic-origin populations -- Native and foreign-born populations -- Immigration -- Ancestry, languages -- Marital status and households -- Religion -- Section 2: Births, deaths, marriages, and divorces -- Births -- Sexuality and family planning -- Life expectancy -- Deaths -- Marriages and divorces -- Section 3: Health and nutrition -- National health expenditure accounts -- Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP -- Health insurance -- Healthcare industry revenue and employment -- Hospitals and healthcare utilization -- Health measures -- Health measures, children -- Food consumption, nutrition -- Section 4: Education -- Overview, all levels of education -- School readiness -- Primary and secondary schools -- Higher education -- Libraries -- School crime and safety -- Section 5: Law enforcement, courts, and prisons -- Crimes and crime rates -- Law enforcement and arrests -- Courts -- Juveniles, child abuse -- Prisoners and inmates -- Fire departments and property losses -- Section 6: Geography and environment -- Land and water -- Air quality -- Municipal hazardous waste -- Weather -- Conservation -- Section 7: Elections -- Voter registration and vote results -- Elected officials -- Campaign finances -- Section 8: State and local government finances and employment -- Governmental units -- Aid to state and local governments -- State and local governments -- State government finances -- Local government finances -- Employment and payroll -- Section 9: Federal government finances and employment -- Budget receipts, outlays, debt -- Income taxes -- Federal employment, payroll, and facilities -- Section 10: National security and veterans affairs -- National defense outlays, expenditures, personnel -- Military manpower -- Military sales and assistance -- Veterans -- Homeland security -- Section 11: Social insurance and human services -- Government transfer payments -- Social security, retirement funds, and other income assistance -- Federal food programs and family assistance -- Child care, child support -- Social services providers -- Section 12: Labor force, employment, and earnings -- Labor force status, Occupations and employment projections -- Unemployment -- Establishments -- Compensation and hours worked -- Benefits -- Injuries -- Union membership -- Section 13: Income, expenditures, poverty, and wealth -- Gross domestic product -- Personal and household income -- Consumer expenditures -- Money income -- Poverty status -- Wealth -- Section 14: Prices -- Consumer price index -- Cost of living index -- Producer price index -- Section 15: Business enterprise -- Sole proprietors, partnerships, corporations -- Establishments, employees, payroll -- Firms, births, deaths, expansions, and contractions -- Women- and minority-owned businesses -- Bankruptcy, patents -- Investment, capital expenditures -- Economic indicators -- Corporate profits -- Multinationals -- Section 16: Science and technology -- Research and development funds, outlays -- Science and engineering degrees -- Science and engineering employment -- Space program -- Section 17: Agriculture -- Farms and farmland -- Farm balance sheet, income -- Agricultural exports and imports -- Crops, livestock -- Section 18: Forestry, fishing, and mining -- Natural resource-related industries -- Timber, lumber -- Fisheries -- Mining, minerals, and energy resources -- Section 19: Energy and utilities -- Energy production, consumption -- Energy expenditures and trade -- Crude oil -- Nuclear -- Renewable energy -- Electric power -- Gas and other utilities -- Section 20: Construction and housing -- Construction industry indicators -- Home sales and prices -- Housing supply -- Housing occupancy and tenure -- Home improvements -- Nonresidential construction -- Section 21: Manufactures -- Manufacturing summary -- Hours and earnings of production workers -- Shipments, inventories, new orders, and finances -- Industry reports by subject and subsector -- Section 22: Wholesale and retail trade -- Wholesale trade -- Retail trade -- Section 23: Transportation -- Transportation system -- Air transportation -- Water transportation and port traffic -- Highways -- Motor vehicle registrations and fuel consumption -- Motor vehicle accidents -- Urban transit and commuting -- Trucks, railroads, and pipelines -- Postal service -- Section 24: Information and Communications -- Information industries -- Publishing, newspapers, books, and online -- Recording media and broadcasting -- Telecommunications -- Internet access and use -- Libraries -- Section 25: Banking, Finance, and Insurance -- Establishment, receipts -- Flow of funds, financial assets, and liabilities -- Financial institutions -- Payment instruments, credit and debit cards -- Consumer credit, mortgage debt -- Money stock, interest rates -- Stocks and bonds, equity ownership, mutual funds -- Insurance and real estate -- Section 26: Arts, recreation, and travel -- Employees, establishments, and payroll -- Performing arts -- Leisure activities -- Sports -- Parks and wildlife activities -- Travel -- Section 27: Accommodation, food services, and other services -- Section 28: Foreign commerce and aid -- International transactions -- Foreign investments -- Foreign grants and credits -- Exports and imports -- Section 29: Puerto Rico and the island areas -- Section 30: International statistics -- World population, vital statistics -- Economic measures -- Labor force -- Agriculture -- Energy and environment -- Technology -- Finance -- Security and terrorism -- Appendix 1: Guide to sources of statistics, state statistical abstracts, and foreign statistical abstracts -- Appendix II: Metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas: concepts, components, and population -- Appendix III: Limitations of the data -- Appendix IV: Weights and Measures.The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published since 1878, is the best-known statistical reference in the country. As a comprehensive collection of statistics of the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States, it is a snapshot of America and its people.

Subjects: Census data.; Statistics.; Statistics; Demography;

Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2

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Keeping America moving : the bottom line : a summary of surface transportation investment requirements, 1988-2020 / by AASHTO Task Force on a Consensus Transportation Program.(CARDINAL)678413; American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.(CARDINAL)138446;

Includes bibliographical references (page 51).In 1988, Americans will travel two trillion vehicle miles by auto, truck, bus and public transit, more than triple the travel mileage of 1956, when the Interstate Highway System was begun. By the year 2020, total travel in the United States is expected to double again. In the face of this dramatic growth, what will it take to maintain the freedom of mobility that the nation has come to enjoy? What is the bottom line to keep America moving? This report addresses those questions. The report is part of TRANSPORTATION 2020, an unprecedented effort initiated by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)--to develop a national consensus on a future national surface transportation program. Included in this analysis are AASHTO's best estimates of combined federal, state and local government investment requirements for highways and public transportation. Also being addressed for the first time are the investment requirements to provide access to other transportation links, such as air terminals, ports and railways. The report examines several alternatives for the surface transportation system of the future, the implications for users, and the funding each option would require. It also addresses the serious consequences of inaction, finding that the American public will either pay the bill for surface transportation investments, or ultimately pay many times that amount in increased operating costs. Recognizing that meeting future needs will require maximum utilization of existing resources, the report also examines alternatives to capital investments. Finally, a number of issues affecting or affected by surface transportation are discussed.

Subjects: Transportation 2020 Program.; Transportation and state; Transportation; Highway planning; Infrastructure (Economics);

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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BiblioTech : why libraries matter more than ever in the age of Google / by Palfrey, John,1972-author.(CARDINAL)549854;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-270) and index.Crisis : a perfect storm -- Customers : how we use libraries -- Spaces : the connection between the virtual and the physical -- Platforms : what cloud computing means for libraries -- Hacking : how to build the future -- Networks : the human network of librarians -- Preservation : collaboration, not competition, to preserve culture -- Education : libraries and connected learners -- Law : why copyright and privacy matter so much -- Conclusion : what's at stake."Libraries today are more important than ever. More than just book repositories, libraries can become bulwarks against some of the most crucial challenges of our age: unequal access to education, jobs, and information. In BiblioTech, educator and technology expert John Palfrey argues that anyone seeking to participate in the 21st century needs to understand how to find and use the vast stores of information available online. And libraries, which play a crucial role in making these skills and information available, are at risk. In order to survive our rapidly modernizing world and dwindling government funding, libraries must make the transition to a digital future as soon as possible-by digitizing print material and ensuring that born-digital material is publicly available online. Not all of these changes will be easy for libraries to implement. But as Palfrey boldly argues, these modifications are vital if we hope to save libraries and, through them, the American democratic ideal. "--Provided by publisher."We live in a world of complex and seemingly infinite information. The ways in which people of all ages use and obtain that information has changed drastically in recent years: e-book readership has increased, Wikipedia has largely supplanted encyclopedias and reference books, and many people now consume news and media through their smartphones, tablets, and laptops. With digital culture ascendant, it seems counterintuitive to argue that libraries, of all things, are more important than ever. But that is exactly what library expert John Palfrey does in BiblioTech, a stirring call to arms that explains how libraries can become bulwarks against the creeping problems of our times: unequal access to education, jobs, and information. Yet the fate of the local library is by no means secure; these institutions are struggling to adapt to our rapidly modernizing world, and often rely on dwindling funding from state and local governments to do so. In order to survive, libraries will need to dramatically shift their focus from maintaining and building up their collections to serving their communities. Print and analog formats will never disappear, Palfrey assures us, but libraries must make the transition to a digital future as soon as possible--by digitizing print material, ensuring that born-digital material (from data sets to blog posts to sound recordings) is accessible to researchers, and making all of this digital information publicly available online. Not all of these changes will be easy for libraries to implement and the process of digitizing collections and training librarians will be complicated and costly. But as Palfrey boldly argues, these modifications are vital if we hope to save libraries and, through them, the American democratic ideal"--Provided by publisher.

Subjects: Digital preservation.; Librarians; Libraries and electronic publishing.; Libraries and the Internet.; Libraries; Libraries; Library information networks.; Library users;

Available copies: 16 / Total copies: 16

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Making money : life, death, and early modern trade on Africa's Guinea Coast / by Kriger, Colleen E.,author.(CARDINAL)783982;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-231) and index.Introduction. Atlantic lives : Anglo-African trade in northern Guinea -- Buyers and sellers in cross-cultural trade -- "Artificers" and merchants : making and moving goods -- West Africans profiting in Atlantic trade -- Company property : captives, rebels, and grometos -- Free agents and local hires : managing men in northern Guinea -- Conclusion. Anglo-African relations.A new era in world history began when Atlantic maritime trade among Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas opened up in the fifteenth century, setting the stage for massive economic and cultural change. In Making Money, Colleen Kriger examines the influence of the global trade on the Upper Guinea Coast two hundred years later-a place and time whose study, in her hands, imparts profound insights into Anglo-African commerce and its wider milieu. A stunning variety of people lived in this coastal society, struggling to work together across deep cultural divides and in the process creating a dynamic creole culture. Kriger digs further than any previous historian of Africa into the records of England's Royal African Company to illuminate global trade patterns, the interconnectedness of Asian, African, and European markets, and-most remarkably-the individual lives that give Making Money its human scale. By inviting readers into the day-to-day workings of early modern trade in the Atlantic basin, Kriger masterfully reveals the rich social relations at its core. Ultimately, this accessible book affirms Africa's crucial place in world history during a transitional period, the early modern era.

Subjects: Royal African Company; Slave trade;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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How to college : what to know before you go (and when you're there) / by Brenner, Andrea Malkin,author.(CARDINAL)796181; Schwartz, Lara Hope,author.(CARDINAL)796180;

Includes bibliographical references and index.An introduction for students -- We need to see other people : a letter to parents and families -- A guide to this guide -- Your identity : is reinventing yourself a real thing? -- Doubling (or tripling) down : sharing your living space -- Beyond icebreakers : getting to know your college peers -- What do you want from me? : academic standards -- Going pro : professionalism in college academics -- Get to the point : read and study with purpose -- There are no bad writers, only unpersuasive papers : college writing -- Know your network : academic support -- Eat, sleep, pray, play : wellness -- Health 101 : access to care in school -- You are your own safety net : staying secure in college -- Key players on campus : staff and administrators -- Not so scary after all : professors -- You're not a loan : paying for college -- Your life's transcript : financial literacy -- Turns out, there's a math requirement : understanding budgets -- The lay of the land : your campus -- After the activities fair : involvement and community responsibility -- Work it : career and internship resources -- Act locally : your new college town -- Do this. Now. Seriously -- Know and do before you go -- Make your smartphone smarter -- Boost your browser : bookmark these sites."The first practical guide of its kind that helps students transition smoothly from high school to college. The transition from high school--and home--to college can be stressful. Students and parents often arrive on campus unprepared for what college is really like. Academic standards and expectations are different from high school; families aren't present to serve as 'scaffolding' for students; and first-years have to do what they call 'adulting.' Nothing in the college admissions process prepares students for these new realities. As a result, first-year college students report higher stress, more mental health issues, and lower completion rates than in the past. In fact, up to one third of first-year college students will not return for their second year--and colleges are reporting an increase in underprepared first-year students. How to College is here to help. Professors Andrea Malkin Brenner and Lara Schwartz guide first-year students and their families through the transition process, during the summer after high school graduation and throughout the school year, preparing students to succeed and thrive as they transition and adapt to college. The book draws on the authors' experience teaching, writing curriculum, and designing programs for thousands of first-year college students over decades"--

Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; College student orientation; College freshmen; College students; Education, Higher;

Available copies: 12 / Total copies: 14

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Delivered by midwives : African American midwifery in the twentieth-century South / by Luke, Jenny M.,1965-author.(CARDINAL)853096;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-188) and index.""Catchin' babies" was merely one aspect of the broad role of African American midwives in the twentieth-century South. Yet, little has been written about the type of care they provided or how midwifery and maternity care evolved under the increasing presence of local and federal health care structures. Using evidence from nursing, medical, and public health journals of the era; primary sources from state and county departments of health; and personal accounts from varied practitioners, Delivered by Midwives: African American Midwifery in the Twentieth-Century South provides a new perspective on the childbirth experience of African American women and their maternity care providers during the twentieth century. Author Jenny M. Luke moves beyond the usual racial dichotomies to expose a more complex shift in childbirth culture, revealing the changing expectations and agency of African American women in their rejection of a two-tier maternity care system and their demands to be part of an inclusive, desegregated society. Moreover, Luke illuminates valuable aspects of a maternity care model previously discarded in the name of progress. High maternal and infant mortality rates led to the passage of the Sheppard-Towner Maternity and Infancy Protection Act in 1921. This marked the first attempt by the federal government to improve the welfare of mothers and babies. Almost a century later, concern about maternal mortality and persistent racial disparities have forced a reassessment. Elements of the long-abandoned care model are being reincorporated into modern practice, answering current health care dilemmas by heeding lessons from the past."--Provided by publisher.

Subjects: African American midwives; Midwifery; Childbirth;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2

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The outer worlds [video game] / by Nintendo of America Inc.(CARDINAL)687757; Obsidian Entertainment.; Private Division (Firm);

Lost in transit while on a colonist ship bound for the furthest edge of the galaxy, you awake decades later than you expected while finding yourself in the midst of a deep conspiracy on the verge of destroying the Halcyon Colony. As you explore the furthest reaches of space and encounter a host of factions vying for power, who you decide to become will determine the fate of everyone in Halcyon. In the corporate equation for the colony, you are the unplanned variable. Love your flaws: build any character the way you want--flaws and all--in this thrilling first-person RPG. Big world, big guns: lead a crew of companions armed with unique abilities who have their own missions, motivations and ideals. Space adventures: find your ship and explore dangerous and diverse locales in the Halcyon system.ESRB content rating: M, for Mature 17+ (content is generally suitable for ages 17 and up) for blood and gore, intense violence, strong language.System requirements: Nintendo Switch game system; Joy-con controller or Pro controller, MicroSD car recommended (game requires 6 GB download). Game cartridge: all regions. This game may require internet access for updates. Some online services / downloads may require additional hardware, software, memberships and/or fees.

Subjects: Conspiracies; Imaginary wars and battles; Interplanetary voyages; Nintendo video games.; Space colonies; Survival; Video games.;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2

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