Category «Education»

Libraries Could Preserve Ebooks Forever But Licensing Can Make Them Disappear

Gizmodo: “There are currently 342 potential borrowers waiting for 197 digital copies of Ronan Farrow’s investigative thriller Catch and Kill at the Los Angeles Public Library. “It’ll take months for that ebook to become available,” I mutter to myself as I do my usual dance: searching the LAPL’s ebook shelves for titles on my reading …

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

Survey: Nearly Half of Students Distracted by Technology

Inside Higher Education: “A recent survey found the use of technology in class, such as laptops or phones, for noneducational purposes was distracting to almost half of students, while others surveyed believe technology in the classroom is unavoidable. The study was published in the Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and surveyed 478 …

Subjects: Education, Knowledge Management

A nation’s response to disaster speaks to its strength and to its dysfunctions

The Atlantic – Epidemics Reveal the Truth About the Societies They Hit– “..Epidemics, like disasters, have a way of revealing underlying truths about the societies they impact. The Chinese have already paid a high price for the secretiveness of their system, and for the top-down bureaucratic culture that led many, initially, to conceal the disease. …

Subjects: Education, Food and Nutrition, Government Documents, Health Care, Knowledge Management, Medicine

Healthcare Online Resources 2020

Via LLRX – Healthcare Online Resources 2020 – Marcus Zillman’s guide is especially timely and pertinent as librarians, researchers, health professionals, government officials and the public are seeking accurate, reliable and up-to-date information on the coronavirus. The discovery tools referenced include: healthcare databases, directories, indices, data and analytics, subject guides, apps, forums and search engines …

Subjects: E-Government, Education, Government Documents, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Medicine, Search Engines

New Online Resource: War Powers and Presidential Practice

Just Security – “Today we are excited to announce the release of the War Powers Resolution Reporting Project, a product of the Reiss Center on Law and Security at NYU School of Law. (Bridgeman is the project’s lead author and researcher; Goldbrenner is the executive director of the Reiss Center.) Intended for use by policymakers, …

Subjects: Congress, Defense, Education, Government Documents, Legal Research

Overview of U.S. Domestic Response to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus

EveryCRSReport.com – Overview of U.S. Domestic Response to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus – (2019-nCoV) February 10, 2020 R46219 – “This report discusses selected actions taken by the federal government to quell the introduction and spread of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in the United States. 2019-nCoV is causing the third serious outbreak of novel coronavirus in …

Subjects: Education, Government Documents, Health Care, Medicine

Smithsonian Releases 2.8 Million Images Into Public Domain

Smithsonian Magazine – “Culture connoisseurs, rejoice: The Smithsonian Institution is inviting the world to engage with its vast repository of resources like never before. For the first time in its 174-year history, the Smithsonian has released 2.8 million high-resolution two- and three-dimensional images from across its collections onto an open access online platform for patrons …

Subjects: Copyright, Digital Rights, Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries

MIT Open Courseware

“OCW is a free and open publication of material from thousands of MIT courses, covering the entire MIT curriculum. That’s every MIT department and degree program, and ranging from the introductory to the most advanced graduate level. Each OCW course includes a syllabus, some instructional material (such as lecture notes or a reading list), and …

Subjects: Education, Internet, Knowledge Management

Mapping Wikipedia

The Atlantic – “An unprecedented data set shows where the encyclopedia’s editors are, where they aren’t, and why. A map of the United States shows the percentage of households editing Wikipedia by county. Analysis of Wikipedia IP editor activity.  Wikipedia matters. In a time of extreme political polarization, algorithmically enforced filter bubbles, and fact patterns …

Subjects: Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research