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Building a Collaborative Digital Collection, a Necessary Evolution in Libraries

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Building a Collaborative Digital Collection, a Necessary Evolution in Libraries, Michelle M. Wu, Georgetown University Law Center, Georgetown Public Law Research Paper No. 11-47, Law Library Journal, Forthcoming

  • “Law libraries are losing ground in the effort to preserve information in the digital age. In part, this is due declining budgets, user needs, and a caution born from the great responsibility libraries feel to ensure future access instead of selecting a form that may not survive. That caution, though, has caused others, such as Google, to fill the silence with their vision. Libraries must stand and contribute actively to the creation of digital collections if we expect a voice in future discussion. This article presents a vision of the start of a collaborative, digital academic law library, one that will harness our collective strengths while still allowing individual collections to prosper. It seeks to identify and answer the thorniest issues – including copyright – surrounding digitization projects. It does not presume to solve all of these issues. It is, however, intended to be a call for collective action, to stop discussing the law library of the future and to start building it.”

    • POGO's New SEC Revolving Door Database

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    Via Pogo’s Nick Schwellenbach, see the “..Project On Government Oversight’s (POGO) new Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) revolving door database. It is based on post-government employment statements that former SEC employees are required to file 2 years after they leave the SEC if they plan on representing clients before the Commission. Right now, the database… Continue Reading

    Economic Complexity Observatory – Visualization Project for Global Macroeconomic Development

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    “The Economic Complexity Observatory is a multidisciplinary effort between the Macro Connections group at the MIT Media Lab and the Center for International Development at Harvard University. The goal of the observatory is to develop new tools that can help visualize and make sense of large volumes of data that are relevant for macroeconomic development… Continue Reading

    Pew Research Center – The Social Life of Health Information, 2011

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    The Social Life of Health Information, 2011 – by Susannah Fox, May 12, 2011 “The internet has changed people’s relationships with information. Our data consistently show that doctors, nurses, and other health professionals continue to be the first choice for most people with health concerns, but online resources, including advice from peers, are a significant… Continue Reading

    Working Paper: Why Do Countries Build Nuclear Power Plants?

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    Fuhrmann, Matthew, Splitting Atoms: Why Do Countries Build Nuclear Power Plants? (May 4, 2011). “Why do countries build nuclear power plants? This article develops a series of arguments for national reliance on nuclear power relating to economic development, energy security, nuclear proliferation, the supply side, norms, and nuclear accidents. Statistical tests of these arguments using… Continue Reading

    Economist Report: Banking faces massive upheaval as post-crisis reforms start to bite

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    Jonathan Rosenthal in the Economist: “The near collapse of the world’s banking system two-and-a-half years ago has prompted a fundamental reassessment of the industry. Perhaps the biggest casualty of the crisis has been the idea that financial markets are inherently self-correcting and best left to their own devices. After decades of deregulation in most rich… Continue Reading