The First Hundred Days

Hi All,

The first hundred days....of school, of summer, of the new year and of a new administration. Its a time for bold plans, sweeping agendas and new, vibrant policies. Great stuff - and it makes for an interesting blog post.

Click on this link which comes from Wikipedia and discuss just exactly what the 'First hundred days' really means to a politician and his/her administration.  

For a bit of a scholarly summary of the 'First hundred days', click on this link from Houghton Mifflin.
Finally, click on this link from Time Magazine which discusses just exactly where the One Hundred Day Rule comes from ...

And....the venerable New York Times had a blog titled '100 Days' which, you guessed it, discussed the first hundred days of various US Presidents.  Click the link to follow to the site and blog!

Listed below are links to websites for various US Presidents' 'First Hundred Days'.

President Roosevelt's First Hundred Days
President Obama's First Hundred Days
President Clinton's First Hundred Days
President Reagan's First Hundred Days
President Truman's First Hundred Days 
President Bush's First Hundred Days 
President Carter's First Hundred Days 
President Johnson's First Hundred Days

Enjoy the links and information.

Regards,
Stu

CIA World Fact Book

Hi All,

The CIA World Fact Book is the subject of todays' blog post.  Who and what would be the right audience for this reference department staple in public libraries?  Political science students, government officials, politicians, political analysts,  political pundits, election officials, newspaper reporters, high school students, college students and graduate students specializing in history and politics and others!!

What makes the CIA World Fact Book so great?  Read on!

The CIA World Fact Book provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. The books 'reference tab' includes maps of the major world regions, flags of the world, a physical map of the world, a political map of the world, and a standard time zones of the world map.

Digging deeper into the book yields awesome country profiles and country comparisons and much more. Click on this link for  user guide to the CIA World Fact Book - it is a very helpful, quick way to learn how to use the book online.   Click on this link for an FAQ concerning the book - very helpful as it answers questions like 'how often is the book updated?', why are there discrepancies with demographic statistics?, and 'can I access older editions of the CIA World Fact Book for trend analysis and statistics?' among other interesting questions.

Hope you find this resource interesting and helpful!  
Stu