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This Week's Facts:
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Census
to Release Summary File for Indiana Next Week
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This
Week Marks Anniversary of Disabilities Legislation
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MedlinePlus Offers Healthy Advice in Multiple Languages
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NASA
Debuts Portal for Aspiring Astronomers
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Ride
w/the Governor to Help Hoosier Military Families
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State Data
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Elisabeth
O’Donnell
Federal Documents Librarian
&
Kim Brown-Harden
State
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Census to Release Summary File for Indiana Next Week
 The
U.S. Census Bureau will release the Census 2010 data product
known as Summary File 1 (SF1) next week for Illinois, Indiana,
Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota, and Washington. According to
Tuesday’s news release, “these tables will provide the most
detailed information available so far from the 2010 Census,
including cross-tabulations of age, sex, households, families,
relationship to householder, characteristics of owners and
renters, detailed race and Hispanic or Latino origin groups, and
group quarters.” This information will be available at every
geographic level down to the census block level. (Please see
Census Bureau
Geographic Hierarchy.)
This Week
Marks Anniversary of Disabilities Legislation
 This
week is the anniversary of the signing of the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990, or ADA. The current text of the
statute, including amendments made in 2008, is available via the
ADA.gov
website
here.
According to the American Community Survey, 5 percent of
children 5 to 17 in the United States have disabilities; ten
percent of people 18 to 64 have disabilities; and 37 percent of
adults 65 and older have disabilities. For more figures on
disability, see the Census Bureau’s
Facts for Features
website. See the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s
website for more
Facts About the
Americans with Disabilities Act.
MedlinePlus Offers Healthy Advice in Multiple Languages
 Did
you know you can find health information for your patrons in
many languages other than English?
Health Information
in Multiple Languages,
organized alphabetically by
language
or
health topic,
is available via the National Library of Medicine’s MedlinePlus
website. Choose a topic, such as
Animal Bites,
and find health tips in Arabic, Chinese, French, Hindi,
Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Somali, Spanish, and
Vietnamese. Information across the website is available in 47
languages with varying availability for each of the 325+ health
topics.
NASA
Debuts Portal for Aspiring Astronomers
 Have
you ever wanted to build a
bubble-powered
rocket? If the
thought intrigues you, be sure to check out
The Space Place.
Powered by NASA, The Space Place is a website for the budding
astronomer in all of us. Although it’s specifically for kids,
adults can enjoy it too. The includes games as information on
space, the solar system, and the people and technology involved
at NASA. There is also a section for Parents and Educators. Each
subtopic has many features. For example, if you click on
Sun,
you’ll find a gallery of sun images, songs about the sun,
information about greenhouse gases, and more. You can even talk
to scientists who specialize in this field. You can also find
videos, quizzes, and downloadable coloring and activity books.
As the space shuttle program ends, this topic is particularly
timely. It’s a good place to direct patrons interested in space
and the space program.
Ride with
the Governor to Help Hoosier Military Families
 This
year’s annual
Ride with the
Governor will take
place Friday, August 12. Governor Daniels, an avid motorcycle
enthusiast, and ABATE (American Bikers Aimed Toward Education),
will guide hundreds of motorcyclists over Indiana roads to help
raise funds for the
Indiana National
Guard Relief Fund.
The Relief Fund assists families of Indiana soldiers. The
Indiana State Police will escort the Governor and all
participants starting at the Indiana State House and ending at
the French Lick Resort. Check out the
video
and
photos
of the 2010 ride on the Governor’s
Motorcycle
website.
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