http://www.arts.endow.gov/research/ArtistsInWorkforce.pdf

Provides a statistical portrait in 60 tables of the occupation of artist, including the number and location of artists, earnings, geographic and demographic trends. Includes detailed information by state for each category of arts activity. From the National Endowment for the Arts and the Census Bureau.

http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp2008/rp08-021.pdf

Discusses proposed changes to the procedures by which British films and some video games are assigned classifications. Also provides an overview of the British approach to classification of cinema and the regulation of media content in general. House of Commons Library Research Paper 08/21.

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/earlyamericas/

Features more than 3,000 rare maps, documents, paintings, prints, and artifacts from the Kislak Collection at the Library of Congress. Subject focus is indigenous American cultures and the drama of the encounter between native Americans and European explorers/settlers. From the Library of Congress

http://www.nea.gov/research/ToRead.pdf

Calls itself the most complete report of the nation's reading trends and their consequences. Reports on a general decline in reading ability and interest among teenage and adult Americans, including college graduates. From the National Endowment for the Arts.

http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB817.pdf

Explores the role that cultural knowledge and understanding must play in developing a new strategy for counterinsurgency operations. From the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College.

http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2007/07-154.html

Press release announcing the appointment of Simic to succeed Donald Hall as Poet Laureate with details of Simic's career and a list of all past poet-laureates. From the Library of Congress.

http://www.archives.gov/iarchives/iarchives-digitization-agreement.html

Text of the non-exclusive agreement between the National Archives and a Utah company which allows the company to digitize historical documents from the Archives collection and maintain control over the digitized materials for a period of five years. Links will be provided from the digitized material on the corporate website to the Archival Research Catalog of NARA when the materials become available to the general public. From the National Archives.

http://www.nea.gov/pub/Notes/92.pdf

A research note on the declining amount of time devoted to classical music on public radio stations. Cites findings from previous research on classical music on the radio, includes interviews with programming personnel at public and commercial radio stations, and offers four case studies of public radio stations that have maintained audience and revenue levels with classical music programming. From the National Endowment for the Arts.

http://public.resource.org/smithsonian_hearing.pdf

Congressional hearing on the controversial subject of the Smithsonian Institution's exclusive business contract with CBS Showtime Network. The contract which has not been disclosed to the public or to Congress in all its details provides exclusive rights to Smithsonian Institution materials to Showtime and blocks access for all others. From the Committee on House Administration. Posted by Public Resource.org.

http://www.arts.gov/pub/CivicEngagement.pdf

Provides statistical support for the idea that people who participate in the arts are also more likely to be involved in other community activities. Also documents a trend of declining arts participation among young adults. From the National Endowment for the Arts.

http://www.nclis.gov/digitization/MassDigitizationSymposium-Report.pdf

A symposium on the Google book digitization project and its implications for scholarship, libraries and publishers was held at the University of Michigan in March 2006. This report focuses on nine major areas of the project that have serious implications for national information policy including copyright, long-term preservation, and the role of libraries. From the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science.