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The Librarian/Internet-Search Relationship

Defining What We Do — All Over Again”: Occupational Identity, Technological Change, and the Librarian/Internet-Search Relationship. A. Nelson, J. Irwin. Academy of Management Journal, 2013; DOI: 10.5465/amj.2012.0201 “Although a growing literature explores occupational identity, or the overlap between “who we are” and “what we do,” this literature has not fully considered how occupational identity may… Continue Reading

Citizen-Centered Governance: The Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics and the Evolution of CRM in Boston

Crawford, Susan P. and Walters, Dana, Citizen-Centered Governance: The Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics and the Evolution of CRM in Boston (August 7, 2013). Berkman Center Research Publication No. 17. Available at SSRN. “Over the last three years, the Boston Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics, the innovative, collaborative ethos within City Hall fostered… Continue Reading

Managing Research Data – from Goals to Reality webinar outputs available

“The recording, slides, chat transcript, archived tweets and links to additional resources from this OCLC Research Library Partnership webinar are available below as well as on the “Managing Research Data—from Goals to Reality” webinar page. The webinar recording is also available on YouTube and in iTunes. In this webinar, Sally Rumsey, Digital Research Librarian at… Continue Reading

DNI Clapper Declassifies and Releases Telephone Metadata Collection Documents

“In the interest of increased transparency, the Director of National Intelligence has authorized the declassification and public release of the attached documents pertaining to the collection of telephone metadata pursuant to Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act. DNI Clapper has determined that the release of these documents is in the public interest.” Cover Letter and… Continue Reading

Discussion Paper – The Clearing Obligation under EMIR

“The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is publishing this discussion paper in order to seek stakeholders’ views on the preparation of the regulatory technical standards ESMA is required to draft under Article 5(2) “Clearing Obligation Procedure” of the Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and Council on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and… Continue Reading

Indicators of Climate Change in California

Indicators of Climate Change in California – California Environmental Protection Agency, August 2013 – characterizes the multiple facets of climate change in California. “The report tracks trends in greenhouse gas levels that influence climate, changes in the state’s climate, and the impacts of climate change on California’s environment and people. The report does this by… Continue Reading

NY Fed Paper – dark liquidity pool

Order Flow Segmentation and the Role of Dark Trading in the Price Discovery of U.S. Treasury Securities, by Michael Fleming and Giang Nguyen. August 2013 “This paper studies the workup protocol, a unique trading feature in the U.S. Treasury securities market that resembles a mechanism for discovering dark liquidity. We quantify its role in the price formation process… Continue Reading

Understanding the New York Fed’s Survey of Primary Dealers

“In the latest edition of Current Issues, New York Fed staff provide a detailed overview of the Bank’s Survey of Primary Dealers (SPD), including an in-depth look at the purpose and evolution of the survey.  The SPD is designed to provide a timely and comprehensive summary of market expectations on a range of policy-related topics. One… Continue Reading

Sovereign risk: a world without risk-free assets?

Sovereign risk: a world without risk-free assets? BIS Papers No 72, July 2013 “This volume presents and summarises the proceedings of a one-and-a-half day seminar on sovereign risk hosted by the BIS in January 2013. The event brought together senior central bankers, sovereign ratings analysts, fund managers and other market participants, sovereign legal specialists, risk… Continue Reading

NIH – Dietary Supplement Label Database

“The Dietary Supplement Label Database (DSLD) is a joint project of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) and National Library of Medicine (NLM). The DSLD contains the full label contents from a sample of dietary supplement products marketed in the U.S. Within the DSLD you may select one or more… Continue Reading

National Network of Fusion Centers Final Report 2012

DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis, 2012 National Network of Fusion Centers Final Report, Released July 15, 2013. “Threats to the homeland are persistent and constantly evolving. Domestic and foreign terrorism and the expanding reach of transnational organized crime syndicates across cyberspace, international borders, and jurisdictional boundaries within the United States highlight the continued need… Continue Reading