Are Tenure Track Professors Better Teachers? – David N. Figlio, Morton O. Schapiro, Kevin B. Soter – NBER Working Paper No. 19406 Issued in September 2013 “This study makes use of detailed student-level data from eight cohorts of first-year students at Northwestern University to investigate the relative effects of tenure track/tenured versus non-tenure line faculty… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: September 2013
Reports on the availability of open access scientific literature
“Open access reaches a turning point: Science-Metrix presents a study on open access to the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation Three new Science-Metrix reports on the availability of open access scientific literature and data are now available for download. These reports highlight the faster than previously thought growth of open access to scientific… Continue Reading
The Declining Importance of Library Books and the Rising Importance of Special Collections
Can’t Buy Us Love: The Declining Importance of Library Books and the Rising Importance of Special Collections [Ithaka S+R]. Rick Anderson, Interim Dean & University Librarian, University of Utah. “Research libraries throughout North America are experiencing a massive decline in the use of their general collections—their large and comprehensive collections of printed books and journal… Continue Reading
New on LLRX – Competitive Intelligence: A Selective Resource Guide – September 2013
Via LLRX.com – Competitive Intelligence – A Selective Resource Guide – Completely Updated – September 2013 Sabrina I. Pacifici’s comprehensive current awareness guide focuses on leveraging a selected but wide range of reliable, topical, predominantly free websites and resources. The goal is to support an effective research process to search, discover, access, monitor, analyze and… Continue Reading
The Economist – The origins of the financial crisis
The effects of the financial crisis are still being felt, five years on. This article, the first of a series of five on the lessons of the upheaval, looks at its cause: “The collapse of Lehman Brothers, a sprawling global bank, in September 2008 almost brought down the world’s financial system. It took huge taxpayer-financed… Continue Reading
SNAP/Food Stamp Participation
Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) – “Hunger and poverty affect far too many Americans. Five things you should know about hunger and poverty are: One in six Americans struggled with hunger in 2012. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), more than 48.9 million Americans lived in households struggling against hunger in 2012.… Continue Reading
Hart on Sovereignty
Eleftheriadis, Pavlos, Hart on Sovereignty (September 6, 2013). Forthcoming in Andrea Dolcetti, Luís Duarte d’Almeida and James Edwards (eds), Reading HLA Hart’s ‘The Concept of Law’ (Hart Publishing 2013).; Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 85/2013. Available at SSRN “This essay is part of a volume of essays by various authors on the 50 years… Continue Reading
Mapping Arms Data: Visualizing global exports and imports of small arms and ammunition
“The Mapping Arms Data (MAD) visualization project is produced by PRIO and the Igarapé Institute. It represents an upgrade of the original global small arms, light weapons and ammunition visualization produced by Google as part of the Google Ideas INFO (Illicit Networks Forces in Opposition) Summit with support from the Igarapé Institute. The data features… Continue Reading
10 Part Series examines rising costs and consequences of higher education
The Tuition is Too Damn High is a 10-part series that will run in Wonkblog over the next two weeks exploring the causes and consequences of — and potential fixes for — the skyrocketing costs of higher education. This is part one.” By Dylan Matthews “But if the upfront price of college is rising much faster than earnings,… Continue Reading
Infographic – Current US Health Care Costs of War
The Healthcare Costs of War – “The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have cost billions of dollars over the last decade, but the spending won’t stop when the fighting does. Just how much money are we spending on health care because of war? As of March 2013, the U.S. has paid $135 billion for medical… Continue Reading
Spiegel Online – NSA Can Spy on Smart Phone Data
“The United States’ National Security Agency intelligence-gathering operation is capable of accessing user data from smart phones from all leading manufacturers. Top secret NSA documents that SPIEGEL has seen explicitly note that the NSA can tap into such information on Apple iPhones, BlackBerry devices and Google’s Android mobile operating system. The documents state that it… Continue Reading
International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications
Proceedings of the International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications – DC-2012–The Kuching Proceedings. Papers, Project Reports and Posters for DC-2012 in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, 3-7 September 2012. Published by the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative. ISSN: 1939-1366 (Online) Continue Reading
