Ben Valentine – Motherboard – “Time and again, conflict has been bad news for historical artifacts and sculptures. There was the infamous burning of the Library of Alexandria, the destruction of the Buddhas of Bamiyan in Afghanistan by the Taliban, and the Nazi’s battle to burn as much “degenerate art” as they could find. Swept… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: May 2015
Bee Survey: Lower Winter Losses, Higher Summer Losses, Increased Total Annual Losses
USDA – “Losses of managed honey bee colonies were 23.1 percent for the 2014-2015 winter but summer losses exceeded winter numbers for the first time, making annual losses for the year 42.1 percent, according to preliminary results of the annual survey conducted by the Bee Informed Partnership (http://beeinformed.org), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and… Continue Reading
Assessing Unconventional Applications of the ‘Terrorism’ Label
Setty, Sudha, Assessing Unconventional Applications of the ‘Terrorism’ Label (2015). Forthcoming in The War on Terror & Beyond: Moving from Military Action to Civil Rights, Satvinder Juss and Clive Walker, eds. (Univ. of Penn. Press, 2015); Western New England University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15-3. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2608623… Continue Reading
Libraries and the Internet of Things
OCLC – Libraries and the Internet of Things (IoT) – What does a world where billions of everyday objects connect to each other and share information mean for libraries? IoT presents major opportunities for libraries to connect their services to more people—and things—in more places than ever before. [Download the entire issue in PDF], Issue… Continue Reading
Congressional Primer on Responding to Major Disasters and Emergencies
CRS – Congressional Primer on Responding to Major Disasters and Emergencies. Francis X. McCarthy, Analyst in Emergency Management Policy; Jared T. Brown, Analyst in Emergency Management and Homeland Security Policy. May 19, 2015. “The principles of disaster management assume a leadership role by the local, tribal, and state governments with the federal government providing coordinated… Continue Reading
Library Services Platforms – A Maturing Genre of Products
ALA’s Library Technology Reports May/June 2015 (Vol. 51, No.4) by Marshall Breeding “This issue of Library Technology Reports covers a variety of issues related to the genre of library services platforms. These products represent the latest wave of automation systems for libraries that depart in many ways from those of the previous era and that… Continue Reading
Fixing Europe’s Youth Unemployment and Skills Mismatch
Floreani, Vincent Arthur, Fixing Europe’s Youth Unemployment and Skills Mismatch, Can Public Financial Support to SMEs Be Effective? The Case of the European Commission and European Investment Bank Joint Initiatives (April 1, 2014). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2611374 ““We risk having a generation that hasn’t held a job. Personal dignity comes from working […]… Continue Reading
On the Road to ‘Pre-K for All’: The Launch of UPK in New York City
Crawford, Susan P. and Lader, Mary-Catherine and Smith, Maria, On the Road to ‘Pre-K for All’: The Launch of UPK in New York City (May 24, 2015). Berkman Center Research Publication No. 2015-9. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2610694 Executive Summary “Over the spring and summer of 2014, New York City put in place a… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – IRS Internal Controls, Medicaid, Navy Force Structure
Management Report: Improvements Are Needed to Enhance the Internal Revenue Service’s Internal Control over Financial Reporting, GAO-15-480R: Published: May 29, 2015. Publicly Released: May 29, 2015. Medicaid: Additional Actions Needed to Help Improve Provider and Beneficiary Fraud Controls, GAO-15-313: Published: May 14, 2015. Publicly Released: May 29, 2015. Navy Force Structure: Sustainable Plan and Comprehensive… Continue Reading
The big four banks: The evolution of the financial sector, Part I
Martin Neil Baily, William Bekker and Sarah E. Holmes – Brookings – May 26, 2015. “This research looks at how the financial sector has evolved over the periods both before and after the financial crisis of 2007-8. This paper is the first in a series, examining the balance sheets of the four largest banks; it… Continue Reading
Trademark Functionality Reexamined
Bone, Robert G., Trademark Functionality Reexamined (May 28, 2015). Journal of Legal Analysis, Forthcoming ; U of Texas Law, Law and Econ Research Paper No. E557. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2611636 “The functionality doctrine in trademark law bars protection for some, but not all, source-identifying product features—so-called trade dress—that contribute to a product’s functional… Continue Reading
Development and Validation of a Smartphone-Based Visual Acuity Test
Development and Validation of a Smartphone-Based Visual Acuity Test (Peek Acuity) for Clinical Practice and Community-Based Fieldwork – JAMA Ophthalmol. Published online May 28, 2015. doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2015 “Visual acuity (VA) is the most frequently performed measure of visual function in clinical practice. Visual acuity measurements are used to establish the need for clinical investigation and quantify… Continue Reading
