Day archives: December 6th, 2016

Planning and Designing Academic Library Learning Spaces: Expert Perspectives of Architects, Librarians, and Library Consultants

OCLC Project Literacy – Planning and Designing Academic Library Learning Spaces: Expert Perspectives of Architects, Librarians, and Library Consultants, Alison J. Head, Project Information Literacy, Practitioner Series Research Report, December 7, 2016. (Two different versions of the report available: Full report with Methods section, 36 pages, PDF, 3.4 MB or report without Methods section, 32 pages, …

Subjects: Education, Knowledge Management, Libraries, Marketing

NPR’s Book Concierge Our Guide To 2016’s Great Reads

What would you like to read? 309 recommended titles. “Use the filters…to explore more than 300 titles NPR staff and critics loved this year. (You can also combine filters!) Want even more recommendations? Check out our favorite books from 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008”

Subjects: Knowledge Management, Libraries

Chicago Taxi Data Released

November 16, 2016 news release – “Chicago residents and visitors took more than 27 million taxi rides in 2015, traveling 83 million miles and spending more than $400 million. The City of Chicago assures the quality and safety of those rides through its Department of Business Affairs & Consumer Protection (BACP). We have long published the …

Subjects: E-Government, Economy, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

OPM Presidential Transition Guide

“The Office of the Executive Secretariat oversees Presidential Transition to ensure a smooth transition for both incoming and outgoing Administrations. OPM roles and responsibilities for Presidential Transition include conducting background investigations for lower-level positions and providing guidance to agencies as they prepare for thousands of departing/incoming political appointees; submitting a list of all presidential appointments …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Digital Science Releases Global Research Identifier Database Under CC0 License

December 5th 2016: “Digital Science, a leading technology company serving the needs of scientific and research communities announced today that the Global Research Identifier Database (GRID) dataset will be made available under a CC0 license allowing users to make full use of the database releases with no need for attribution. The CC0 license means that …

Subjects: Copyright, Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries

Pew – U.S. Public Divides Over Food Science

Differing views on benefits and risks of organic foods, GMOs as Americans report higher priority for healthy eating, By Cary Funk and Brian Kennedy – “Food has become a flashpoint in American culture and politics. In the past generation, Americans have witnessed the introduction of genetically modified crops, the rise of the organic food industry, …

Subjects: Economy, Food and Nutrition, Government Documents, Health Care, Internet, Legal Research, Medicine

Canadian National Bird Project Chooses National Bird

Just because – I have been a bird watcher and feeder and planter of trees and bushes and flowers for them – for a lifetime – I am pleased to share this news from the National Bird Project – “Thank you for your help determining Canada’s national bird! There are more than 450 species of …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

Oxford English Dictionaries Word of the Year

I took some time before posting this as I considered it appropriate to have a brief allbeit significant benchmark for the use of this new word to be acknowledged and actively used in the press and in academe. “The Word of the Year 2016 is…After much discussion, debate, and research, the Oxford Dictionaries Word of …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries

Snowden interviewed by Yahoo News in Russia

“In an exclusive interview in Russia with Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric, Edward Snowden, the fugitive whistleblower who leaked information about U.S. surveillance activities, says he is “kind of encouraged” by the idea that Russian President Vladimir Putin might return him to the U.S. to stand trial because that would show the world he’s …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Defense, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Patriot Act, Privacy

WaPo reports on Pentagon study highlighting $125B in waste

Pentagon buries evidence of $125 billion in bureaucratic waste, Craig Whitlock and Bob Woodward: “The Pentagon has buried an internal study that exposed $125 billion in administrative waste in its business operations amid fears Congress would use the findings as an excuse to slash the defense budget, according to interviews and confidential memos obtained by …

Subjects: Defense, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research

GPO Plum Book Released

“The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) has made the United States Policy and Supporting Positions, or the “The Plum Book”, available in print, online and as an app. The publication lists more than 9,000 Federal civil service leadership and support positions in the executive and legislative branches that may be subject to noncompetitive appointment. First …

Subjects: Economy, Government Documents, Legal Research

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