Category «Education»

Where Are We: The Latest on Library Reopening Strategies

Library Journal: “In the messy middle of the pandemic, library leaders share how things have changed since March 2020, their takeways, and continuing challenges. It’s been 10 months, at press time, since those of us lucky enough to be able to work from home left our offices, yet the pandemic continues to rage. While the …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries, Poverty

Emerging Roles for Libraries in Bibliometric and Research Impact Analysis

Hanging Together – the OCLC Research Blog: Lessons Learned from the University of Waterloo – “Library support for bibliometrics and research impact (BRI) analysis is a growing area of library investment and service. Not just in the provision of services to researchers, but for the institutions themselves, which increasingly need to quantify research impact for …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries, Marketing

The Law Professor Pipeline

Markovic, Milan, The Law Professor Pipeline (June 22, 2020). Temple Law Review, Vol. 92, 2020, Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper 20-14, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3633281 “Throughout U.S. legal education’s history, a small number of elite law schools have produced the vast majority of law professors. Although law professor hiring is …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Financial System, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

OCLC Research Update: Convening, understanding, and sharing

“Amid the swirl of rapidly changing circumstances that unfolded dramatically during 2020, OCLC Research undertook new projects and transformed existing projects to help library staff and decision makers respond to the broad changes unfolding around them, while also identifying implications for the library mission, and ultimately, library resources and services. From REALM, to adapting resource …

Subjects: Education, Health Care, Knowledge Management, Libraries

Learning from Law Professors: An Analysis of What the Best Law Teachers Do

Conklin, Michael, Learning from Law Professors: An Analysis of What the Best Law Teachers Do (June 1, 2020). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3616543 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3616543 “This is a review of the book What the Best Law Teachers Do. While it focuses on law school teachers, nearly all of the book is applicable to teaching undergraduate business …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Financial System, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Recommended Books

Why media literacy is just the first step to extinguishing toxic misinformation

Fast Company – “To fight propaganda and inaccurate information, lean into critical-thinking skills, says the CEO of the E.W. Scripps Company…Where we are now is an increasingly digital world that makes it harder than ever to distinguish verified facts and objective journalism from opinion, propaganda, and even total fiction. Or, as recently termed by the …

Subjects: Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Social Media

Airports have taken steps to reduce coronavirus transmission but risks still remain

“Researchers with the Aviation Public Health Initiative (APHI), a project of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, today released its Phase Two Report “Assessment of Risks of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission during Air Travel and Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions to Reduce Risk.” The Phase One “Gate-to-Gate” Report focused on public health considerations aboard the aircraft, with scientific …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Health Care, Transportation

Internet Archives most popular resources

The Old Time Radio Collection – “Before the advent of cell phones, computers, or even TV screens, broadcast media was dominated by the radio. For decades, radio shows were among the most popular forms of entertainment, with several programs that still resonate through pop culture today—including Gunsmoke, Dragnet, and The Adventures of Superman. Our Old …

Subjects: Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries

How to (properly) get rid of all your e-waste

Mashable: “…“Globally, e-waste is the most traded hazardous waste on the planet,” Jim Puckett, the executive director of the Basel Action Network (BAN) said. BAN is an electronics recycling watchdog organization that monitors where electronic waste ends up after being “recycled.” Unfortunately, all too often, e-waste from affluent countries like the U.S. gets shipped offshore …

Subjects: Climate Change, Economy, Education, Environmental Law

Why 2021 Is Setting Up to Be a Pivotal Year for Digital Content in Libraries

Publishers Weekly:  “As the calendar turned to 2021, it dawned on me that I have now been working with the American Library Association on e-book and digital content issues for a decade. My work with ALA began in 2011, when then-president Molly Raphael asked me to co-chair the association’s inaugural Digital Content and Libraries Working …

Subjects: Education, Environmental Law, Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries

Orientation to Legal Research Webinar on U.S. Federal Statutes

“Join Senior Legal Reference Librarian Elizabeth Osborne in our next webinar in the Orientation to Legal Research Series https://www.loc.gov/law/learning/us-webinars.php on U.S. Federal Statutes this Thursday February 11th at 11:00 am EST. The Orientation to Legal Research Series is designed to introduce legal sources and research techniques. These orientations, taught by reference librarians, are typically offered …

Subjects: Congress, Education, Government Documents, Legal Research