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National Archives Catalog adds new features

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“We’re excited to announce that in the National Archives Catalog you can now:

  • Enjoy the updated homepage featuring background images from Catalog records
  • Add your comments on digitized records, descriptions, and authority records
  • Find what you need with a more intuitive advanced search
  • Efficiently browse search results with better “Next Page” link placement
  • Track your citizen archivist contributions with updated user account pages
  • Add data from scanned records to your developer toolbox with increased API functionality”

European Integration and the Governance Of Migration

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Caviedes, Alexander, European Integration and the Governance Of Migration (2016). Journal of Contemporary European Research. 12(1): 552-565.. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2734825 “This article traces the development of EU governance of migration, with an emphasis upon key moments of institutional reform such as the creation of the pillar of Justice and Home Affairs within… Continue Reading

Rethinking Counterterrorism in the Age of ISIS

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Aziz, Sahar F., Rethinking Counterterrorism in the Age of ISIS (February 18, 2016). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2734341 Nations engage in preventive counterterrorism primarily through military and security tactics. Rather than address the underlying social, political, and economic conditions that produce politically-motivated violence, they misguidedly focus on the symptom — international terrorism. Moreover, the… Continue Reading

Paper – Solving journalism’s hidden problem: Terrible analytics

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Via Brookings – “The path toward sustainable journalism is being undermined by terrible data, argues Tom Rosenstiel in this paper which contends that the metrics used to understand publishing were designed for other purposes and offer little information that is useful to journalists or publishers. For instance, page views can tell a publisher how many… Continue Reading

iPhone privacy concerns escalate after Fed order to unlock phpne

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EFF: “This week’s order by a federal magistrate judge requiring Apple to engineer new security flaws in its iPhone software operating system has prompted widespread and escalating controversy. Legitimate concerns about its implications have driven users around the country to raise their voices in defense of not only their privacy, but also the security of their… Continue Reading

Space archaeologist directs prize money to saving endangered historical sites

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National Geographic – “For years, archaeologists have waged a desperate global battle against the looting of ancient sites and the ransacking of humanity’s past. They have pressed government leaders to post police guards at major sites, crack down on the networks of antiquity smugglers, and issue red alerts on plundered artifacts.  But today American space… Continue Reading