Anyone got bets on whether H.R. 2545, The "Congressional Research Accessibility Act" is going to pass and make CRS Reports available to the public? I bet the Director of CRS isn't happy about this bill. Val, I know you'll have a bet to place.
So far, I've uploaded about a third of the shots I took at San Jose's Martin Luther King, Jr. Library when we visited on the 2nd of the month. So far, these shots encompass the exterior and 1st through 3rd floors; only five more floors to go! (Also this is my general Flickr set for libraries I've visited, versus my set of photos for the UNT Libraries.)
Since a fellow librarian pal mentioned using my graphic novel reviews (from my personal blog), I thought I'd link to them here as well.
2 comments:
Oh, do I have opinions on this legislation! I think a lot of people are taking it at face value & saying 'public access to CRS reports - good!'
However, it's only those reports that the Director deems acceptable to release to the public, and it's within 20-30 days after publication. Given that the value in the reports are their timeliness, this does nothing to diminish the business of the penny hill press guy.
So yeah, I can't make up my mind whether or not I want the bill to pass, much less take bets on whether or not it will. Should I be an adult, and realize that this watered-down access to the reports is a good first step? Or should I oppose it because it doesn't do exactly what I want it to? Hmm.
We're going to be talking about it at ALA though - last I heard, I'm taking the lead on the issue. Feel free to chime in. =)
Yeah--that's going to be discussed in the second Legislative session, right? I am totally there.
I hadn't seen the limitations on it, but I am not at all surprised. As I was reassuring the student assistant who works on this project, even IF the legislation passes, we've still got a hugely valid role here.
I'm in favor of even a watered-down version, although it doesn't make me happy. But I figure if I keep grousing about how Congress isn't getting things done because both sides are unwilling to compromise, then I shouldn't be unwilling myself. Meh.
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