Galbreath, B. L., Merrill, A., & Johnson, C. (2021). A Framework for Measuring Relevancy in Discovery Environments. Information Technology and Libraries, 40 (2). https://doi.org/10.6017/ital.v40i2.12835 – “Discovery environments are ubiquitous in academic libraries but studying their effectiveness and use in an academic environment has mostly centered around user satisfaction, experience, and task analysis. This study aims… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: June 2021
Non-Library Jobs & Advice on How to Get One: an introduction to INALJ’s series of interviews
Via LLRX – Non-Library Jobs & Advice on How to Get One: an introduction to INALJ’s series of interviews – Naomi House was inspired to do this series because of the drastic changes to the availability of traditional library jobs during this pandemic. She highlights library and information professionals who work outside libraries but use… Continue Reading
Here’s a List of Colleges That Will Require Students or Employees to Be Vaccinated Against Covid-19
Chronicle of Higher Education: “As colleges look toward the fall semester, they’re grappling with whether to require — or just strongly encourage — students to be vaccinated against Covid-19. Below is a map showing the locations of colleges that are requiring vaccines of at least some students or employees. The states are color-coded based on… Continue Reading
Virtual Juries
Hans, Valerie P., Virtual Juries (June 4, 2021). Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 21-16, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3860165 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3860165 “The introduction of virtual or remote jury trials in response to the COVID-19 pandemic constitutes a remarkable natural experiment with one of our nation’s central democratic institutions. Although it is not a tightly controlled… Continue Reading
Google launches new search tool to help combat food insecurity
The Verge: “Google announced a new website designed to be a “one-stop shop” for people with food insecurity. The “Find Food Support” site includes a food locator tool powered by Google Maps which people can use to search for their nearest food bank, food pantry, or school lunch program pickup site in their community. Google… Continue Reading
How to Read E-Books for Free Without Pirating Them
Life Hacker: “Getting your hands on a good book to read is as easy as clicking “borrow” on your tablet. If you’re a slow adopter to the world of e-books, you should know that you can download thousands of e-books and their audio counterparts from your phone, computer, or tablet—for free. Here’s how to quickly… Continue Reading
How to use the Geography data type to quickly add a map chart in Excel
Tech Republic – “Displaying values on a map chart is more meaningful than handing someone a sheet of data. Thanks to Microsoft Excel’s Geography data type, creating a map chart is easier than you might think. Most will agree that a picture is worth a thousand words, and where geographical data is concerned, it’s never… Continue Reading
Citation Databases for Legal Scholarship: Ranking the Top 28 Law Faculties
Beatty, John, Citation Databases for Legal Scholarship: Ranking the Top 28 Law Faculties (June 16, 2021). University at Buffalo School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2020-018, 2021 Yale Conference on Citation and the Law, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3868516 “The 2019 announcement by U.S. News that it would introduce a new law faculty ranking… Continue Reading
What does this new Google Scholar “Public Access” feature mean for me or my work?
Libvine, Melissa Rothfus – “Google Scholar recently released a new feature to the Scholar Profile section that tracks whether articles that are supposed to be open access under funder mandates are actually freely available. The feature is controversial. Some have decried the accuracy of the information and the suggestion to use Google Drive to make… Continue Reading
Generational amnesia: The memory loss that harms the planet
BBC Future – “As each new generation inherits the world, vital knowledge is forgotten. In the latest in our Wise Words series, Richard Fisher explores the language that has emerged to describe that phenomenon. Can a generation be forgetful? It’s certainly true that older generations can fail to remember what it was to be young.… Continue Reading
ODNI Report on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence submitted to Congress a preliminary report regarding Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) that relays the progress the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force has made in understanding UAP – Office of the Director of National Intelligence Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena. 25 June 2021 Vox – “UFOs are real.… Continue Reading
Google is starting to warn users when it doesn’t have a reliable answer
Vox – “Google is testing a new feature to notify people when they search for a topic that may have unreliable results. The move is a notable step by the world’s most popular search engine to give people more context about breaking information that’s popular online — like suspected UFO sightings or developing news stories… Continue Reading
