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Analysis of International Linked Data Survey for Implementers

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D-Lib Magazine July/August 2016 Volume 22, Number 7/8 Analysis of International Linked Data Survey for Implementers, Karen Smith-Yoshimura, OCLC Research DOI: 10.1045/july2016-smith-yoshimura

“The International Linked Data Survey for Implementers conducted by OCLC Research in 2014 and 2015 attracted responses from 90 institutions in 20 countries. This analysis of the 112 linked data projects or services described by the 2015 respondents — those that publish linked data, consume linked data, or both — indicates that most are primarily experimental in nature. This article provides an overview of the linked data projects or services institutions or organizations have implemented or are implementing, what data they publish and consume, the reasons respondents give for implementing linked data and the barriers encountered. Relatively small projects are emerging and provide a window into future opportunities. Applications that take advantage of linked data resources are currently few and are yet to demonstrate value over existing systems.”

Government that Looks Like America: Diversity in the Federal Financial Agencies

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Via the Greenlining Institute: “Despite a congressional mandate to pay more attention to diversity within federal financial regulatory agencies, Greenlining found that these agencies generally lack diversity at executive and upper management levels and often lack the systems needed to track progress. Greenlining examined 2014 data from eight agencies that oversee banking and financial businesses.… Continue Reading

EEOC’s Systemic Program Shows Significant Success in Past 10 Years

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“In a review of its systemic program over the past 10 years, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) reports significant success in advancing workplace opportunity by tackling systemic discrimination…. “As a direct result of EEOC’s systemic work, more than 71,000 workers have received jobs and recovered lost wages, and many more have benefited from… Continue Reading

The Global Information Technology Report 2016

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“Finland, Switzerland, Sweden, Israel, Singapore, the Netherlands and the United States are leading the world when it comes to generating economic impact from investments in information and communications technologies (ICT), according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Information Technology Report 2016. On average, this group of high-achieving economies at the pinnacle of the report’s Networked… Continue Reading

Pew – Europeans Worried About Repercussions of Refugee Crisis

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July 11, 2016 – Europeans Fear Wave of Refugees Will Mean More Terrorism, Fewer Jobs – Sharp ideological divides across EU on views about minorities, diversity and national identity by Richard Wike, Bruce Stokes and Katie Simmons “The recent surge of refugees into Europe has featured prominently in the anti-immigrant rhetoric of right-wing parties across… Continue Reading

Research in the Crowdsourcing Age, a Case Study

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How scholars, companies and workers are using Mechanical Turk, a ‘gig economy’ platform, for tasks computers can’t handle “Digital age platforms are providing researchers the ability to outsource portions of their work – not just to increasingly intelligent machines, but also to a relatively low-cost online labor force comprised of humans. These so-called “online outsourcing”… Continue Reading

NIST Ballistics Toolmark Research Database

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“The NIST Ballistics Toolmark Research Database (NBTRD) is an open-access research database of bullet and cartridge case toolmark data. The development of the database is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Institute of Justice. The database is being developed to: foster the development and validation of measurement methods, algorithms, metrics, and quantitative confidence… Continue Reading

UK Data Service Helps Make Sense of Brexit

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By Annette Pasotti, Senior Communications and Impact Officer, via Kris Kasianovitz, Government Information Librarian: “Dr Kathryn Simpson, UK Data Service Research Associate, has been much sought after during the UK’s EU Referendum campaign for her expertise in comparative European politics, political behaviour and public opinion. Kathryn provided extensive media coverage leading up to the vote,… Continue Reading