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2023 reading list and commentary

Librarian.net

I think I stubbornly finished every book I started in 2023 although some of them maybe I shouldn’t have. My plan was to read LESS this year than last year and I did a good job. One hundred and fourteen books. I was busier, happier. I did lower my “books by men” percentage an amount that felt good. average read per month: 9.5

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2023 in Libraries

Librarian.net

Previous years: 2022 , 2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 and some reviews from 2003. Hartness/Randolph (1) – I got some books out. I should go by this place more often, it’s such a nice library.

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2023 Year-End Boxscore Charts, Billboard Magazine

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

2023 Year-End Boxscore Charts , Billboard Magazine Top 40 Tours Top 30 Boxscores Top 10 Stadiums Top 25 Venues (cap 15,001 or more) Top 10 Venues (cap 10,001 to 15,000) Top 10 Venues (cap 5,001 to 10,000) Top 10 Venues (cap 5,000 or less) Top 10 Promoters Top Tours by Genre; For years, I'd argued with Alex B. 1 venue in the world."

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Changes in the Ransomware Threat to State and Local Governments

State Tech Magazine

According to SonicWall’s 2023 Cyber Threat Report, ransomware has “been on a tear” for the past few years, growing 105 percent year over year in 2021. While the report found that attacks were down in 2022, ransomware targets still reported very large number of attacks compared to levels in 2018, 2019 and 2020.

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Nominations open for the 2024 American City & County Crown Communities and Exemplary Public Servants awards

American City & Country

The Exemplary Public Servants awards were created in 2018, and since then, AC&C has selected exemplary leaders based exclusively on merit. Nominations for the 2023 awards are open now until December 2 at 11:59 p.m. If it has made an impact, nominate it. This is open to city, county, public works leaders at all levels of service.

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AWS announces the 2023 AWS IMAGINE Grant funding cycle for nonprofits

AWS Public Sector Blog

Today at the IMAGINE: Nonprofit conference , Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched the 2023 AWS IMAGINE Grant cycle. The 2023 AWS IMAGINE Grant guidelines and instructions are now available for download. Through the AWS IMAGINE Grant, AWS discovers nonprofits that are bringing high-impact technology projects to life.

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Covid-Induced Learning Losses in the Inland Empire

The Lowe Down

We investigate how school reopening, income, and chronic absenteeism influence the change in Math and English test scores between 2018 to 2023. Figure 1 displays the distribution of the 2018 to 2023 change in Math scores across Southern California counties.