
New Jersey Child Services, Time Out For Black Lives, Firefox, More: Saturday Evening ResearchBuzz, February 27, 2021
NEW RESOURCES StateScoop: New Jersey launches child services data portal with Rutgers U.. “Hosted on the website of Rutgers University, which is located in New Brunswick, the portal includes 20 pages of data sets...

The Tank Museum, Massachusetts Catholic Cemeteries, Global Politics Twitter, More: Saturday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, February 27, 2021
NEW RESOURCES Tank Museum: A Salute to Model Making. “Between 26 February – 15 March, the Museum will be releasing a series of videos and content on social media relating to the hobby, which will include a...

Chicago Literary Archive, Japan Noise Pollution, Virtual Art Book Fair, More: Saturday ResearchBuzz, February 27, 2021
NEW RESOURCES Spotted via a paywalled Chicago Tribune article: Chicago Literary Archive. “The Chicago Literary Archive is an independent, open-source research guide to Chicago’s literary, printing, and publishing...

Ancient Palmyra, Nina Simone & Langston Hughes, Twitch, More: Friday Evening ResearchBuzz, February 26, 2021
NEW RESOURCES Getty: Online Exhibition Explores Palmyra in English and Arabic. “For centuries the ruins of the ancient city of Palmyra have captured the imagination–testaments to the legacy of the prosperous...
Qur’an Manuscripts, China Speech Crimes, Google Live Caption, More: Friday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, February 26, 2021
NEW RESOURCES British Library: Qur’an manuscripts from Southeast Asia digitised by the Endangered Archives Programme. “I have recently been writing on the British Library’s collection of eight Qur’an manuscripts from Southeast Asia, which have all been digitised. These eight manuscripts represent three regional traditions in the Malay world, with one fine Qu r’an from Patani on the East Coast of the Malay peninsula, three...
Friday CoronaBuzz, February 26, 2021: 38 pointers to updates, useful stuff, research news, and more.
Please wear a mask (or even two). Wash your hands. Stay at home if you can. Please be careful. I love you. NEW RESOURCES – STATE-SPECIFIC National Law Review: State of California Releases New Employer Portal to Assist With COVID-19 Compliance. “As the state of California approaches one year of being under various shelter-in-place orders, the Labor & Workforce Development Agency and the Department of Industrial Relations have...




BIPOC Reading Lists, Canada Indigenous Culture, Colorado Black History, More: Friday ResearchBuzz, February 26, 2021
NEW RESOURCES JSTOR Daily: JSTOR Companion to the Schomburg Center’s Black Liberation Reading List. “To meet the need for content related to racism, anti-racism, and Black voices, JSTOR has created a complementary, extensive open library to support readers and scholars seeking to engage with BIPOC+Q-authored reading lists, starting with a unique set of resources related to the Schomburg Center’s Black Liberation Reading...

Chicano Moratorium, West Virginia Newspapers, National Gallery of Art, More: Thursday Evening ResearchBuzz, February 25, 2021
NEW RESOURCES UCLA: CSRC Launches Chicano Moratorium 50th Anniversary Project. “On August 29, fifty years after the National Chicano Moratorium took place in Los Angeles, the [Chicano Studies Research Center]...

South Africa Tourism, 1980s Central Park, UVA Law School, More: Thursday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, February 25, 2021
NEW RESOURCES Independent Online: WATCH: Inside Google South Africa and SA Tourism’s new initiative to entice travel. “Google Arts & Culture and South African Tourism launched South Africa: An Explorer’s...
Plano African American Museum, Missouri Volunteering, UNM Art Museum, More: Thursday ResearchBuzz, February 25, 2021
NEW RESOURCES Plano Magazine: Girl Scout Gives New Life to Plano African American Museum. “Zara Jones, a senior at Plano West Senior High, has been a Girl Scout since she was a Daisy Scout in Kindergarten. She is now working toward earning her Gold Award with a project that spotlights the history and contributions of African Americans in Plano and around the United States. The Gold Award is Girl Scouts’ highest honor, earned by...





