Day archives: July 28th, 2011

WSJ: Marketers are spying on Internet users

“Marketers are spying on Internet users — observing and remembering people’s clicks, and building and selling detailed dossiers of their activities and interests. The Wall Street Journal’s What They Know series documents the new, cutting-edge uses of this Internet-tracking technology. The Journal analyzed the tracking files installed on people’s computers by the 50 most popular …

Subjects: E-Commerce, Internet, Marketing, Privacy

New Prototype: WorldCat Identities Network

“The WorldCat Identities Network gives users the opportunity to visually explore the interconnectivity and relationships between WorldCat Identities. The WorldCat Identities Network uses the WorldCat Identities Web Service and the WorldCat Search API to create an interactive Related Identity Network Map for each Identity in the WorldCat Identities database. The Identity Maps can be used …

Subjects: Internet

New GAO Reports: Army and Marine Corps Training, Climate Change Adaptation, Coast Guard Deepwater Program, Social Media and Federal Agencies

American Battle Monuments Commission – Improvements Needed in Internal Controls and Accounting Procedures – Fiscal Year 2010. GAO-11-577R, July 28, 2011 Army and Marine Corps Training – Metrics Needed to Assess Initiatives on Training Management Skills, GAO-11-673, July 28, 2011 Climate Change Adaptation – Aligning Funding with Strategic Priorities, GAO-11-876T, July 29, 2011 Coast Guard …

Subjects: Government Documents

EPA Proposes Air Pollution Standards for Oil and Gas Production

News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposed standards to reduce harmful air pollution from oil and gas drilling operations. These proposed updated standards – which are being issued in response to a court order – would rely on cost-effective existing technologies to reduce emissions that contribute to smog pollution and can cause …

Subjects: Government Documents

Moody's puts 177 local governments' credit ratings on review notice

News release: “On July 28, 2011, Moody’s placed the ratings of 177 U.S. municipal issuers that are indirectly linked to the U.S. Government on review for possible downgrade…The 162 local governments include 66 cities, 53 counties, 29 school districts and 14 special tax districts. The local governments are located in 31 states, with the heaviest …

Subjects: Government Documents

mapFAST: A FAST Geographic Authorities Mashup with Google Maps

Bennett,Rick, Edward T. O’Neill, Kerre Kammerer, and JD Shipengrover. 2011. mapFAST: A FAST Geographic Authorities Mashup with Google Maps. Code4Lib Journal, 14, 2011-07-25 “mapFAST is a mashup that uses Google Maps to present a different way to look at subject access to bibliographic records. When looking for information about a particular place, it is often …

Subjects: Knowledge Management, Libraries

"Underground-storage area at U. of Chicago’s new Mansueto Library uses robotic cranes to shelve and retrieve materials"

Chronicle of Higher Education: A High-Tech Library Keeps Books at Faculty Fingertips—With Robot Help “Like other libraries, Chicago’s faced the problem of bulging stacks. But unlike others, it didn’t relieve that crunch by exiling collections to remote locations or disposing of little-used holdings. Its underground storage system can place a bound volume in faculty fingers …

Subjects: Libraries

OMB Watch – Studies Show Regulation Protects Health and Safety, Encourages Job Creation

News release: “Three recently published studies discuss the relationship between regulations and economic development. One study focuses on the job-creation potential of an individual environmental rule, and another touts the economic benefits of clean energy investments. The third study debunks a widely quoted but inaccurate report on the economic costs of regulations. All three reinforce …

Subjects: Government Documents