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Daily Archives: April 3, 2016

New on LLRX – Introducing a New Success Framework for Information Professionals

Via LLRXIntroducing a New Success Framework for Information Professionals – Author, librarian, and professor Bruce Rosenstein’s article clearly articulates key deliverables that librarians and information professionals can frame, communicate about and deliver – specifically expert knowledge services, data curation, research, training and leadership skills – to organizations in a wide range of sectors.

The Fate of Scholarship in American Law Schools – Conference at Baltimore Law

“The University of Baltimore School of Law …host[ed] this groundbreaking conference on March 31 and April 1, 2016, at UB’s landmark new John and Frances Angelos Law Center in midtown Baltimore. As American legal education faces an identity crisis, what will become of scholarship in U.S. law schools? Will it survive the tumult – should… Continue Reading

Doing Business 2016

“Economic activity requires sensible rules that encourage firm start-up and growth and avoid creating distortions in the marketplace. Doing Business focuses on the rules and regulations that can help the private sector thrive—because without a dynamic private sector, no economy can provide a good, and sustainable, standard of living for people. Doing Business measures the… Continue Reading

NASA, Japan Make ASTER Earth Data Available At No Cost

Via NASA – “Beginning today, all Earth imagery from a prolific Japanese remote sensing instrument operating aboard NASA’s Terra spacecraft since late 1999 is now available to users everywhere at no cost. The public will have unlimited access to the complete 16-plus-year database for Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission… Continue Reading

The Power Canons

Heinzerling, Lisa, The Power Canons (March 31, 2016). William & Mary Law Review, Vol. 58, Forthcoming. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2757770 With three recent decisions – UARG v. EPA, King v. Burwell, and Michigan v. EPA – the Supreme Court has embraced a new trio of canons of statutory interpretation. When an agency charged… Continue Reading

Investigative report surfaces drinking water pollution throughout the country

Why Your Water Could Be Worse Than Flint’s Our nation’s water crisis requires radical solutions, by Laura Orlando “Most municipal water departments in the United States work very hard to keep the water coming out of the tap as safe as possible, but they do not have the authority or money to change pipes and… Continue Reading

The Guardian and partners analyze huge tranche of documents on offshore tax regimes

“The hidden wealth of some of the world’s most prominent leaders, politicians and celebrities has been revealed by an unprecedented leak of millions of documents that show the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. The Guardian, working with global partners, will set out details from the first tranche of… Continue Reading

Local Consumer Review Survey 2014

BrightLocal Local Consumer Review Survey 2014. “This survey is an annual exploration into how consumers read & use online reviews. It seeks to quantify the value that users place on the reviews they read & how this impacts their opinions & actions when seeking a local business to use. The survey is specifically concerned with the reviews & purchase… Continue Reading