“Amid the swirl of rapidly changing circumstances that unfolded dramatically during 2020, OCLC Research undertook new projects and transformed existing projects to help library staff and decision makers respond to the broad changes unfolding around them, while also identifying implications for the library mission, and ultimately, library resources and services. From REALM, to adapting resource… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: February 2021
Learning from Law Professors: An Analysis of What the Best Law Teachers Do
Conklin, Michael, Learning from Law Professors: An Analysis of What the Best Law Teachers Do (June 1, 2020). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3616543 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3616543 “This is a review of the book What the Best Law Teachers Do. While it focuses on law school teachers, nearly all of the book is applicable to teaching undergraduate business… Continue Reading
Modernizing the “High Speed Handoff” between the Legislative and Executive
Modernizing the “High Speed Handoff” between the Legislative and Executive: An Interview with Treasury’s Adam Goldberg and Justin Marsico: “HData CEO Hudson Hollister recently interviewed Adam Goldberg and Justin Marsico on their work furthering data standardization across the federal government, progress toward innovation and transformation at the U.S. Treasury Department, and modernization in the warrant… Continue Reading
Why media literacy is just the first step to extinguishing toxic misinformation
Fast Company – “To fight propaganda and inaccurate information, lean into critical-thinking skills, says the CEO of the E.W. Scripps Company…Where we are now is an increasingly digital world that makes it harder than ever to distinguish verified facts and objective journalism from opinion, propaganda, and even total fiction. Or, as recently termed by the… Continue Reading
Lawsuit Saves Trump White House Records
“The National Security Archive et. al. v. Donald J. Trump et. al. lawsuit, filed December 1, 2020 to prevent a possible bonfire of records in the Rose Garden, achieved a formal litigation hold on White House records that lasted all the way through the transition and Inauguration Day, the preservation of controversial WhatsApp messages, and a formal… Continue Reading
Timeline of Events Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, FRASER is a digital library of U.S. economic, financial, and banking history: Timeline of Events Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic: “In December of 2019 an outbreak of a new strain of coronavirus was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China, and was recognized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization… Continue Reading
How to back up and then delete your Google account
CNET: “If you’re done with Google or have an old account you no longer need, here’s what you need to do to close your account. Whether you want to close your Google account over privacy concerns or you’re trying to reduce the number of internet accounts you have, the process takes some effort and time,… Continue Reading
Airports have taken steps to reduce coronavirus transmission but risks still remain
“Researchers with the Aviation Public Health Initiative (APHI), a project of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, today released its Phase Two Report “Assessment of Risks of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission during Air Travel and Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions to Reduce Risk.” The Phase One “Gate-to-Gate” Report focused on public health considerations aboard the aircraft, with scientific… Continue Reading
Viral Zoom cat filter: How to copy that lawyer and turn yourself into a cat
CNET – “If you’ve been anywhere near the internet this week, you’ve probably seen the viral video of a virtual legal proceeding in Texas that wouldn’t have been very noteworthy — except for the fact that a lawyer accidentally switched on a filter that turned his face into an adorable kitten, and couldn’t figure out… Continue Reading
Why vaccine production is taking so long
Axios: “COVID-19 vaccine makers are under intense pressure to rev up production, but the scale of the challenge is unprecedented — and the speed of production is limited. Why it matters: Even with help from the federal government and outside companies, vaccine-making is a complex, time-consuming biological process. That limits how quickly companies like Pfizer… Continue Reading
Bitcoin consumes ‘more electricity than Argentina’
BBC News: “”Mining” for the cryptocurrency is power-hungry, involving heavy computer calculations to verify transactions. Cambridge researchers say it consumes around 121.36 terawatt-hours (TWh) a year – and is unlikely to fall unless the value of the currency slumps. Critics say electric-car firm Tesla’s decision to invest heavily in Bitcoin undermines its environmental image. The… Continue Reading
10 MacOS tips and tricks everyone needs to know right now
CNET: We’ll show you tools and techniques to power up your Mac. Here’s how to get started. “Apple’s Mac computers are so stuffed with features, it’s easy to forget about some of the more useful or handy shortcuts and tools. That’s true whether you’ve been using a Mac for years, like I have, or you’re… Continue Reading
