WSJ.com: “European Union privacy watchdogs grilled Google Inc. and other search engines for two hours on Thursday on how they are implementing the bloc’s new “right to be forgotten” online–and then gave them homework to do by next week, too. The main body that joins together the EU’s national data-protection regulators called the Brussels meeting with… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: July 2014
The Governance of Regulators – OECD
“This series brings together OECD work related to the 2012 Recommendation of Council on Regulatory Policy and Governance. It offers information about the policies, practices and institutions needed to improve regulatory policy and to support better regulatory governance.” The Governance of Regulators, OECD Best Practice Principles for Regulatory Policy, OECD Publishing. doi: 10.1787/9789264209015-en Continue Reading
DHS Infrastructure Sector Resilience Report: Electric Power Delivery
“The Department of Homeland Security Office of Cyber and Infrastructure Analysis (DHS/OCIA) Homeland Infrastructure Threat and Risk Analysis Center (HITRAC) produces Sector Resilience Reports to improve partner understanding of the interdependencies and resilience of certain sectors. Specifically, this report provides a brief overview of the electric power system, and analysis of key electric power system… Continue Reading
New on LLRX – Cell phone book clubs: A new way for libraries to promote literacy, technology, family and community
Via LLRX.com – Cell phone book clubs: A new way for libraries to promote literacy, technology, family and community Young people are heavy users of cell phones, but most do not know they can read library e-books for free on their phones. In this cutting-edge essay, David Rothman tells how libraries could use “cell phone book clubs” to… Continue Reading
The Right to Be Forgotten in the Google Spain Case
Iglezakis, Ioannis, The Right to Be Forgotten in the Google Spain Case (Case C-131/12): A Clear Victory for Data Protection or an Obstacle for the Internet? (July 26, 2014). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2472323 “The right to be forgotten is a new right that is introduced in the Draft Proposal for a General Data Protection… Continue Reading
New on LLRX – What Does the Hathitrust Decision Mean For Libraries?
Via LLRX.com – What Does the Hathitrust Decision Mean For Libraries? The library community welcomed the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Authors Guild v. HathiTrust. The decision has implications for libraries that go far beyond the specific facts of the case. This paper by Jonathan Band offers some preliminary thoughts on… Continue Reading
CRL Releases CLOCKSS Audit Report
“The Center for Research Libraries has released the findings of its preservation audit, and has certified CLOCKSS as a trustworthy digital repository. The certification applies to the repository’s ability to preserve and manage digital content deposited with CLOCKSS by participating e-journal publishers as of May 2014. The audit report identifies one issue related to criteria from TRAC (Trustworthy… Continue Reading
If It Prints, It Ships: 3D Printing and the Postal Service
“3D printers build physical objects out of digital designs, usually by assembling powders, metals, plastics, and other materials layer-by-layer with tremendous precision. Because the digital designs can be endlessly tweaked and modified, 3D printing turns customers into creators and taps into the current trend of mass customization. The technology is starting to have a significant… Continue Reading
Transforming ways of trustfully consolidating identities – IFLA
“This article presents ISNI and VIAF as major initiatives leveraging the library Authority control. They are significantly changing the international landscape of bibliographic control addressing the challenge of reliably identifying people in the rapidly emerging global knowledge network. Both systems are built on the principles of UBC. Further, they are revitalising these principles by promoting a… Continue Reading
Capital Inflows, Exchange Rate Flexibility and Credit Booms
Magud, Nicolas E. and Reinhart, Carmen M. and Vesperoni, Esteban, Capital Inflows, Exchange Rate Flexibility and Credit Booms (August 2014). Review of Development Economics, Vol. 18, Issue 3, pp. 415-430, 2014. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2472247 or http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/rode.12093 “Historically, capital flow bonanzas have often fueled sharp credit expansions in advanced and emerging market economies alike. Focusing primarily on emerging… Continue Reading
EPA Is Not Fully Aware of the Extent of Its Use of Cloud Computing Technologies
EPA OIG – Report No. 14-P-0323 July 24, 2014 “Our audit work disclosed management oversight concerns regarding the EPA’s use of cloud computing technologies. These concerns highlight the need for the EPA to strengthen its catalog of cloud vendors and processes to manage vendor relationships to ensure compliance with federal security requirements. In particular: The EPA… Continue Reading
The Precise Form of Financial Integration: Empirical Evidence for Selected Asian Countries
Gan, Pei-Tha, The Precise Form of Financial Integration: Empirical Evidence for Selected Asian Countries (2014). Economic Modelling, Vol. 42, 2014. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2471390 “A noteworthy attribute of the empirical studies on financial integration is that many published papers rely on the approximate form of financial integration by studying the degree of regional financial… Continue Reading
