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Additions in the 2000s include McGovern-Stella Link Neighborhood Library (2005), HPL Express Southwest (2008), [19] and HPL Express Discovery Green (2008). [20] A new building for Looscan Neighborhood Library opened in 2007, replacing a 1956 structure. [21] The Jones Building closed for renovations in 2006 and reopened in 2008.
Basic library statistics (not rankings) were initially maintained by the National Center for Educational Statistics; that body continues to collect data for academic libraries, but administration of the Public Libraries Survey and the State Library Agencies Survey was transferred to the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) in October 2007. [1]
The McGovern-Stella Link Branch of the Houston Public Library is located at 7405 Stella Link Road. [60] The library, named after physician John P. McGovern , [ 61 ] opened on January 8, 2005. [ 62 ] [ 63 ] The Houston Business Journal awarded the library a Landmark Award for Community Impact in 2006.
A federal appeals court on Wednesday blocked a Texas law that would require ratings from booksellers that deal with school libraries, agreeing with a lower court that found it unconstitutional.
U.S. News & World Report (USNWR, US NEWS) is an American media company publishing news, consumer advice, rankings, and analysis. The company was launched in 1948 as the merger of domestic-focused weekly newspaper U.S. News and international-focused weekly magazine World Report.
Consumer Reports states that PriceGrabber places the ads and pays a percentage of referral fees to CR, [25] who has no direct relationship with the retailers. [26] Consumer Reports publishes reviews of its business partner and recommends it in at least one case. [27]
The public image of the rankings was that they were unbiased. [2] A 2005 study considered U.S. News ratings with "Hospital Compare", which is a rating published by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. [3] That study found that the two ratings systems frequently made different recommendations for the best hospitals. [3]
Niche.com, formerly known as College Prowler, [1] [2] is an American company headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that runs a ranking and review site. [2] The company was founded by Luke Skurman in 2002 as a publisher of print guidebooks on US colleges, but is now an online resource providing information on K–12 schools, colleges, cities, neighborhoods, and companies across the United ...