Interesting Point of View article in BU Today by Elizabeth Sommers and Sandro Galea responding to the the recent directive to the (CDC) by the Trump administration that bars the agency from using seven words and phrases in CDC budget materials and official documents.
You might also be interested in exploring more resources about censorship at BU Libraries:
Today is the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Tomorrow will be the anniversary of President Roosevelt’s signing a declaration of war on Japan. Diplomatic efforts that began over a decade earlier failed, leaving military options that ultimately led to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
In the last days and weeks, U.S. efforts at (or at least communication about) diplomacy have seemed confused. Ongoing tensions between the U.S and Iran, Russia, Korea seem to escalate. Yesterday’s announcment from President Trump that the U.S. would recognize Jerusalem as the capitol of Israel has stirred strong response, positive and negative. Most interesting is the question about how such a move fits into diplomatic efforts to achieve peace in the middle east.
You may be interested in exploring some of the resources in the Boston University Libraries to learn more about diplomacy:
Feeling stressed by the end of the semester pressures? Check out some of the resources at Boston University Libraries about relaxation
North Korea's latest launch of a ballistic missile sent me searching for information. Boston University Libraries have a variety of resources that you may find helpful:
BU Libraries current holdings from the NY Times Best Sellers list in Paperback Nonfiction
At BU Libraries, we have been exploring ways to communicate use of library resources to our staff and patrons. The visualizations below represent an early effort. Data are pulled via an API from our resource management system (Ex Libris' Alma) and uploaded via API to data.world. Data are extracted daily as a scheduled process. Using a data connector to the Google Data Studio, several visualizations have been created that show use of library resources for the past fourteen days.
The first page in the visualization below indicates the total number of items loaned by library over the last fourteen days. Notice the decline in total items loaned on weekends. The second page indicates the percent of total circulation for each library during the same time period. (Hover over the graph to enable navigation.) The third page depicts the number of online requests with a breakdown of those for which no full text is available, and the number of full text items that were opened (clicked). The fourth page compares use of online resources with print resources.
With the continuing waves of reports of sexual misconduct, I thought I would point to a few resources available at BU Libraries on sexual harassment...
Boston University Libraries holdings from the NY Times Best Sellers list in Education
Boston University Libraries holdings from the NY Times Best Sellers list in Politics and American History
Boston University Libraries holdings from the NY Times Best Sellers list in Crime and Punishment