Today's Front Pages - Worldwide News from the Newseum

One of the best, but often-overlooked, museums in Washington DC is undoubtedly The Newseum, a state-of-the-art, seven-story gallery dedicated to educating the public about the value of a free press in a free society, telling the story of the world's important events in unique and engaging ways and giving visitors a behind-the-scenes look into how and why the news is made.

Even if you can't make it to Washington, don't miss the online exhibits available at www.newseum.org/exhibits-and-theaters, including Today's Front Pages, a collection of over 800 newspaper front pages from more than 80 countries, updated daily.  It's a great way to stay current on events in other locales, or to investigate the differences in how the same story is reported around the world. Newseum curators also select the day's Top Ten Front Pages.  At the time of this writing, the day's top story was deemed to be the surprise defeat of Nicolas Sarkozy in the French Presidential Election.

In addition to the current day's front pages, the online exhibit also contains archived front pages organized by event. See how various papers reported on the 100th Anniversary of the Titanic's sinking, the death of Dick Clark or the rescue of the Chilean miners.

Facebook Apps Rated For Privacy

From USA Today, 4/23/2012:

A new service that grades how each of Facebook's top third-party apps respects consumers' privacy was recently released by research firm PrivacyChoice. The free tool, Privacyscore for Facebook, spells out privacy policies and tracking practices of more than 200 top Facebook apps, including games, work-related programs and sharing apps.

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According to PrivacyChoice, 140 different tracking entities routinely collect information about users of the top Facebook apps.

Trackers can correlate that data to profiles of individuals' browsing behavior across multiple Web pages in order to deliver more relevant ads. "It's up to users to know the privacy risk of sharing personal data with apps," says Jim Brock, PrivacyChoice founder and CEO.

Privacyscore's top score is 100. Deductions are made for sharing data with an excessive number of tracking entities, failing to honor deletion requests, failing to provide an opt-out choice or storing consumer data for long periods.

To find out how your favorite Facebook app rates, read the full article or visit PrivacyScore for Facebook. 

Library Launches Research Central

Looking for information on a specific topic? Check out Washington Centerville Public Library's new website feature, Research Central.  

We've chosen the best books, databases and websites, added relevant upcoming library events, grouped them by topic, and made them accessible in one place. You can even chat with a reference librarian to find information tailored just for you.

We've started with 30 popular topics - from Automobiles to Investing, from Cooking to Law - and more will be added soon.

To access Research Central, visit www.wclibrary.info. Choose 'Research' from the brown bar near the top of the screen, or choose 'Research Central' from the quick links menu on the left.

Tax Day Freebies!

Tax Day (Tuesday April 17th) falls a little later than usual this year, but businesses are still offering a plethora of free and discounted goodies to help you celebrate (or commiserate, as the case may be).

Enjoy some yummy treats from McDonalds, Cinnabon, Maggie Moos, Panda Express, and Arbys (among others),  ease your tax-related stress with a free Hydromassage, or enjoy an extended Happy Hour featuring tax-themed drinks at McCormick and Schmicks.

Some deals may require a coupon. Check out these links for details.
www.taxdayfreebies.com/
www.thatfrugalgirl.com/2012/04/14/tax-day-freebies-deals-2012/
www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/16/tax-day-freebies-2012_n_1428606.html

Detailed Census Data for Ohio Released Today

The U.S. Census Bureau has just released detailed demographic information gathered in the 2010 Census for Ohio, Kentucky, New Hampshire and Vermont.  To access the information, visit the Census Bureau's American FactFinder website.

Data regarding age, sex, households, income, families, the group quarters population, and occupied housing units  has been broken down by race, ethnicity or tribal population group and by geographic areas including counties, county subdivisions, places, census tracts, ZIP Code tabulation areas, congressional districts, tribal subdivisions and metropolitan areas.

The Census Bureau is releasing the detailed data on a state-by-state flow basis from December 2011 through April 2012.

Harry Potter Now Available in the Digital Collection

Harry Potter fans rejoice! Beginning today, you can check out and download the entire Harry Potter series as an eBook or eAudiobook from the library's digital collection. These books are certain to be popular, so place your holds now!  If you need help with the digital collection, review this web page or contact a librarian for assistance.

Find New Non-fiction CD Books in the eCatalog

Do you love audiobooks? Prefer non-fiction? In response to patron requests, we've recently adjusted our library eCatalog so you can retrieve a list of non-fiction CD books quickly and easily. 
Here's what to do:

1. Go to the eCatalog (ecatalog.wclibrary.info/) and select Advanced Search.

2. Type an asterisk in the first search box. This tells the eCatalog to retrieve all items that meet the specified criteria. This field cannot be left blank.
3. Choose the location "CV - CD Book - Adult Nonfiction" or "WB - CD Book - Adult Nonfiction". You can choose both locations by holding down the CTRL key while selecting both options.
4. Click Submit.

5. All Non-fiction CD Books will be listed. To see the newest items, sort your results list by date.