LOC Online Conference Wednesday, July 9 - Join Library of Congress librarians who will show the Declaration of Independence as it evolved from an idea to an event, looking, with participants, at a variety of drafts and editions of the Declaration and related documents.

While Bealle's research focuses on "folksong" as the root concept for interpreting Sacred Harp, Miller focuses on "diaspora." One of the advantages of speaking of Sacred Harp singing as a diaspora is that Miller can transcend well-worn notions of "tradition" and "revival."

NASA’s Office of Education is seeking input from college, university and potential industry officials and decision-makers with experience in university-level, student-led flight projects focusing on spaceflight satellite and/or payload development, payload integration, spacecraft and/or payload launch, mission operations or scientific data analysis.

Welcomes submission of manuscripts dealing with all aspects of librarianship as practiced on the World Wide Web, including both existing and emerging roles and activities of information professionals in the Web environment. New authors are welcome!

FDA notified healthcare professionals that a BOXED WARNING and Medication Guide are to be added to the prescribing information to strengthen existing warnings about the increased risk of developing tendinitis and tendon rupture in patients taking fluoroquinolones for systemic use.

We present new forensic tools that are capable of detecting traces of tampering in digital images without the use of watermarks or specialized hardware.

The EDUCAUSE Current Issues Committee has released the results of its ninth annual survey of information technology (IT) issues that concern higher education.

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The U.S. Office of Human Research Protections is seeking advice on whether to issue guidance or require additional training for those who serve on institutional boards that review proposals for research with human subjects. The agency posted its request, which follows criticism that some of those serving on the campus-based boards lack adequate training, in the Federal Register.

It will be a free, non-profit, K-12 educational video contest, currently under planning and development. Imagine tens of thousands of excellent short videos explaining nearly every topic taught in U.S. public schools. WatchKnow will be a free (open content), non-profit beta project, to launch probably this fall, to see whether we can create that. We will set the topics and invite teachers—and everyone—to submit videos. Videos will be rated, and, at a certain point, we'll select a winner for each topic. We'll pay the winner(s) within each topic small prize(s),