Bees!

Learn how a partnership that includes the USDA is working to develop a bee friendly seed mix. The seed mix will help bees to pollinate flowering plants and, once the right mix is developed, it will be placed on farms.

Workshop: American FactFinder 2

Today Samford University Library hosted "Accessing Census Data Workshop" which focused on the  American FactFinder 2. The workshop was offered by the Government Documents round table of the Alabama Library Association.

Since seating was limited and I'm sure you would like to learn more about the latest edition of American FactFinder, you can learn more about AFF2 from their training presentations and the E-Tutorial. More help may be found under the Guidance For Data Users tab on the main site. As well, questions may be searched and/or submitted by using the About Us option on the Census.gov site.

Happy Data Searching!

The FBI and DNA

Here's a 2 part interesting Q & A about how the FBI uses DNA to help solve crimes. Part 1: A Look at the Nationwide System that Helps Solve Crimes & Part 2: More About the Nationwide System that Helps Solve Crimes.

Tuskegee Airmen

The movie is a hit and so are the Tuskegee Airmen themselves. Did you realize that there are documents about the men from Tuskegee and their service? Use this guide, Tuskegee Airmen, created by Paula Web & Vicki Tate at the University of South Alabama to find electronic (free) and print documents.

State of the Union Address 2012

If you missed the address or would like to review it, the White House has an enhanced version available.
Other formats:

• Electronic Version on FDsys
• Photos from The White House
• Transcript from The White House

Interested in the history of the State of the Union address?

• State of the Union Address - House
• State of the Union Address - Senate
• State of the Union Address from In Custodia Legis - Law Librarians of Congress

Disaster Preparation in the Classroom

FEMA has made it easy for teachers to add an active discussion on disaster preparedness to their curriculum with the Student Tools for Emergency Planning (STEP) program. Obviously, after April 27 and yesterday, we all need to be prepared.

Administrators, here's a resource for you from the Department of Education, Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance (REMS TA) Center.

More Tornadoes (January 23, 2012)

Central Alabama, along with other parts of the south, endured more tornadoes early this morning. Once again, here are resources for recovery and about the event:

• Christian Service Mission's Facebook page
• Alabama EMA press release
• Alabama Red Cross
• FEMA
• Event Summary for Central Alabama National Weather Service, Birmingham office

I'll try to update the list as information becomes available.