Ethan Bronner: “Faced with profound and seemingly irreversible shifts, the legal profession is contemplating radical changes to its educational system, including cutting the curriculum, requiring far more on-the-ground training and licensing technicians who are not full lawyers.” Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: February 2013
The new library of Babel? Borges, digitisation, and the myth of the universal library
Via First Monday – The new library of Babel? Borges, digitisation and the myth of the universal library by Christopher Rowe “The growing capacity of digital encoding and storage has opened up vast new avenues for the archiving and distribution of texts in virtual space, prompting many to declare the imminent obsolescence of print media,… Continue Reading
OECD – Economic Survey of the United Kingdom 2013
Economic Survey of the United Kingdom 2013 – “Recovering from the recession, improving longer-term growth potential and reducing inequality are key challenges for the UK economy. Lingering effects from the global financial crisis, the restrictive impact from necessary fiscal consolidation and headwinds from the euro area sovereign debt crisis risk prolonging and worsening the economic… Continue Reading
American Banker – Five Ways Banks Should Be Using Social Media
American Banker/Bank Technology: “Social networking has become so common and broad-based in its use there are now more than 500 million Twitter users and more than 1 billion Facebook users that banks have no choice but to incorporate social networking into their marketing efforts.” Continue Reading
Content analysis study of librarian blogs: Professional development and other uses
Via First Monday – Content analysis study of librarian blogs: Professional development and other uses by Grace M. Jackson-Brown “A content analysis study of leading librarian blogs shows how blogs are used for professional development, political advocacy for libraries, research and other information dissemination uses. An examination of blog posts, comments, and blogger responses to… Continue Reading
Open Wireless vs. Licensed Spectrum: Evidence from Market Adoption
Open Wireless vs. Licensed Spectrum: Evidence from Market Adoption – 26(1) Harvard Journal of Law and Technology (Fall 2012) by Yochai Benkler. “The paper reviews evidence from eight wireless markets: mobile broadband; wireless healthcare; smart grid communications; inventory management; access control; mobile payments; fleet management; and secondary markets in spectrum. I find that markets are… Continue Reading
OCLC Research to Study MARC Tag Usage in WorldCat to Determine Best Use of Data Encoded Using MARC Standard
“The goal of this new MARC Usage in WorldCat activity is to provide an evidence base for testing assertions about the value of capturing various attributes by demonstrating whether the cataloging community has made the effort to populate specific tags, not just to define them in anticipation of use. OCLC Research seeks to use evidence… Continue Reading
2012 was warmest and second most extreme year on record for the contiguous U.S.
NOAA – “In 2012, the contiguous United States (CONUS) average annual temperature of 55.3°F was 3.2°F above the 20th century average, and was the warmest year in the 1895-2012 period of record for the nation. The 2012 annual temperature was 1.0°F warmer than the previous record warm year of 1998. Since 1895, the CONUS has… Continue Reading
CRS – Evaluating the "Past Performance" of Federal Contractors: Legal Requirements and Issues
Evaluating the Past Performance of Federal Contractors: Legal Requirements and Issues. Kate M. Manuel, Legislative Attorney, February 4, 2013 “Poor performance under a federal contract can have immediate consequences for contractors, who could be denied award or incentive fees, required to pay liquidated damages, or terminated for default. In addition, it could affect their ability… Continue Reading
WSJ opens entire website to readers – no fee, until Sunday night
WSJ – Blizzard Sweeps Through Northeast – this site is free to all readers until midnight on Sunday, February 10, 2013. Continue Reading
Census Bureau – Infographic on America's Foreign-Born Population
“During the last 50 years, the foreign-born population of the United States has undergone dramatic changes in size, origins and geographic distribution. How do we know about America’s foreign-born? This new infographic provides a statistical snapshot of our foreign-born population from the American Community Survey and the decennial censuses.” Continue Reading
CRS – European Union Enlargement
European Union Enlargement, Kristin Archick, Specialist in European Affairs. February 4, 2013 “The European Union (EU) has long viewed the enlargement process as an extraordinary opportunity to promote political stability and economic prosperity in Europe. Since 2004, EU membership has grown from 15 to 27 countries, bringing in most states of Central and Eastern Europe… Continue Reading
