Monthly archives: November, 2013

New on LLRX – Library Metrics

Via LLRX.com – Library Metrics – Attorney/Librarian Eve Ross demonstrates in a clear and actionable presentation how librarians can effectively leverage data-driven statistics to measure and document the work streams, processes and services they provide to respective organizations. Eve’s emphasis is on accountability, transparency and helping to improve the organization’s bottom line with expert, reliable and cost effective services.

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries, Marketing

BIS – Global systemically important banks

Global systemically important banks: information regarding the end-2012 exercise published by the Basel Committee, 11 November 2013  ‘In conjunction with the publication by the Financial Stability Board (FSB) of the updated list of global systemically important banks (G-SIBs), the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has today published additional information regarding the G-SIB methodology. In accordance with the timeline set out in …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

2013 Change Readiness Index

“KPMG, in collaboration with Oxford Economics, developed the Change Readiness Index (CRI) – an index, which assesses the ability of 90 countries (developed and developing) to manage change and cultivate the resulting opportunity. Click on a country to view the in-depth country profile including specific strengths and opportunities, country, region and income level comparisons, and …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Knowledge Management

Findings from the 2013 social business global executive study and research project

“Seventy percent of respondents to the 2012 global executive social business survey conducted by MIT Sloan Management Review and Deloitte believe social business is an opportunity to fundamentally change the way their organization works. Yet many companies face meaningful barriers to progress. In our 2013 report, we delve into why some businesses are reaping value from social business, …

Subjects: Blogs, Internet, Knowledge Management, Marketing

CDC – Trends in Tuberculosis, 2012

“How many cases of tuberculosis (TB) were reported in the United States in 2012?: A total of 9,945 TB cases (a rate of 3.2 cases per 100,000 persons) were reported in the United States in 2012. Both the number of TB cases reported and the case rate decreased; this represents a 5.4% and 6.1% decline, respectively, …

Subjects: E-Government, Health Care

Reed Tech and Internet Archive Announce Agreement to Collaborate on Archive-It

News release: “Reed Technology and Information Services Inc., part of the LexisNexis family, today announced an agreement with the Archive-It service at the Internet Archive to jointly market and sell Archive-It, and continue to support the growing community of organizations currently using the service. The agreement combines the commercial archiving experience and resources of Reed …

Subjects: Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Search Engines

All 250,000 NYC Street Lights Will Be Replaced with Energy-Efficient LEDs by 2017

News release: “Mayor Bloomberg and Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan [October 24, 2013] announced all 250,000 standard street light fixtures in New York City will be replaced with energy-efficient, light-emitting diodes (LED) by 2017, reducing energy consumption and maintenance costs. The Administration’s comprehensive, long-term sustainability program –PlaNYC – aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from City government …

Subjects: Energy, Government Documents, Transportation

OTC derivatives market activity in the first half of 2013

“The latest BIS statistics on OTC derivatives markets combine the results of the semiannual survey of derivatives dealers in 13 jurisdictions and the Triennial Central Bank Survey of dealers in an additional 34 jurisdictions. They show that notional amounts outstanding totalled $693 trillion at end-June 2013. Of this total, $668 trillion was reported by dealers that …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

Amount of Savings Needed for Health Expenses for People Eligible for Medicare and IRA Asset Allocation, 2011

Amount of Savings Needed for Health Expenses for People Eligible for Medicare: More Rare Good News, and “IRA Asset Allocation, 2011 – October 2013, Vol. 34, No. 10. Employee Benefit Research Institute, 2013 “In 2010, Medicare covered 62 percent of the cost of health care services for Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and older, while out-of-pocket spending …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Health Care

Oversight Board Adopts EPIC’s Recommendations in New FOIA Rule

“In response to extensive comments submitted by EPIC, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board has issued a final rule that will govern its Freedom of Information Act, Privacy Act, and Sunshine Act practices. The Board’s initial draft of the rule allowed the agency to encourage other agencies to classify information, reserved the Board’s right to terminate public participation in Board meetings “at …

Subjects: Courts, E-Government, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research, Patriot Act, Privacy

Artist and architect Maya Lin’s interactive tribute to extinct animals, their songs and their names – a call to action

The Art of Missing – Encounters with the sights, sounds, and stories of the species we hardly knew, by James Guida What is Missing – the interactive website “But what of the site itself? As you enter to a concert of twittering and croaks, little dots move in a swarm across the screen, assume the forms of certain …

Subjects: Environmental Law, Internet, Knowledge Management