Via LLRX.com –Will America’s libraries miss out while Harvard grows still richer? Library endowment could help. David Rothman is an indefatigable advocate for a national library endowment. He states: “Just ten Americans are together worth more than half a trillion dollars, and the assets of the top 400 U.S. billionaires added up to a cool $2.7 trillion in October 2017. Charity-minded members of the super rich love to give to elite institutions such as Harvard. Its endowment is well north of $35 billion. The Gates Giving Pledge could free up countless billions in future years for prestigious institutions like Harvard. But will America’s libraries miss out while Harvard, Yale, and Princeton grow still richer? Very possibly, if the American Library Association and other good people in the library establishment fail to act in time.”
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Daily Archives: December 25, 2018
New on LLRX – The Bullshit Algorithm
Via LLRX.com – The Bullshit Algorithm – Jason Voiovich goes directly to the heart of the matter with his statements that are a lessons learned guide that no researcher can afford to ignore – “Wasn’t the promise of data-driven, search engine and social media algorithms that they would amplify the truth and protect us from… Continue Reading
NYT historical news clippings and photos via Google Cloud
Google Cloud: “For over 100 years, The New York Times has stored its historical news clippings and photographs in an underground archive lovingly named the “morgue.” Most of us keep stacks of pictures in our attic or basement. And media organizations are no different. The New York Times has archived approximately five to seven million… Continue Reading
Is Listening to a Book the Same Thing as Reading It?
The New York Times: Is Listening to a Book the Same Thing as Reading It? Each is best suited to different purposes, and neither is superior. “Audiobook sales have doubled in the last five years while print and e-book sales are flat. These trends might lead us to fear that audiobooks will do to reading… Continue Reading
How Credit Cards are used to Finance Mass Shootings
How Banks Unwittingly Finance Mass Shootings: “The New York Times reviewed hundreds of documents including police reports, bank records and investigator notes from a decade of mass shootings. Many of the killers built their stockpiles of high-powered weapons with the convenience of credit. No one was watching. Mass shootings routinely set off a national debate… Continue Reading
In Talks With Elsevier UCLA Reaches for Novel Bargaining Chip
The Chronicle of Higher Education: In Talks With Elsevier, UCLA Reaches for a Novel Bargaining Chip: Its Faculty “…In a letter on Tuesday, campus officials asked faculty members to consider declining to review articles for Elsevier journals until contract negotiations “are clearly moving in a productive direction.” The letter also asked professors to consider publishing… Continue Reading
The Top Free Online University Courses of 2018, Ranked by Popularity
Free Code Camp – The Top Free Online University Courses of 2018, Ranked by Popularity “The list…contains the top enrolled courses from the major MOOC providers: Coursera, edX, Udacity, and FutureLearn. Combined, these providers represent a big chunk of the MOOC learners (70+ million!)…You can also find this list on Class Central which I built… Continue Reading
Facebook’s New ‘Supreme Court’ Could Revolutionize Online Speech
Lawfare Blog: Facebook’s New ‘Supreme Court’ Could Revolutionize Online Speech – “The Supreme Court of Facebook is about to become a reality. When Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg first mentioned the idea of an independent oversight body to determine the boundaries of acceptable speech on the platform—”almost like a Supreme Court,” he said—in an April 2018 interview… Continue Reading
Teaching Cybersecurity Law and Policy: Revised 62-Page Syllabus/Primer
Teaching Cybersecurity Law and Policy: My Revised 62-Page Syllabus/Primer (Bobby Chesney, Charles I. Francis Professor in Law and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the University of Texas School of Law) – “Cybersecurity law and policy is a fun subject to teach. There is vast room for creativity in selecting topics, readings and learning objectives.… Continue Reading
Tracking turnover in the Trump administration
Brookings report – Tracking turnover in the Trump administration – Kathryn Dunn Tenpas, Elaine Kamarck, and Nicholas W. Zeppos Monday, December 17, 2018. “The rate of turnover among senior level advisers to President Trump has generated a great deal of attention. Below, we offer four resources to help measure and contextualize this turnover. The first… Continue Reading
Cellphones, Law Enforcement, and the Right to Privacy
Brennan Center for Social Justice: How the Government Is Collecting and Using Your Location Data “Cell phones are ubiquitous. As of 2017, there were more cell phones than people in the United States. Nearly 70 percent of those were smartphones, with 94 percent of millennials carrying a smart device. Cell phones go nearly everywhere, and… Continue Reading
