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“Windows on Earth is an educational project that features photographs taken by astronauts on the International Space Station. Astronauts take hundreds of photos each day, for science research, education and public outreach. The photos are often dramatic, and help us all appreciate home planet Earth. This web site provides free public access to virtually all …
New York Public Libraries Digital Collections – “Explore 674,208 items digitized from The New York Public Library‘s collections. This site is a living database with new materials added every day, featuring prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, streaming video, and more.” A recent addition is a collection of over 2,000 Turn of the Century Posters. The collection …
“The purpose of this report is to provide an extensive overview on the status of undergraduate women at MIT. The findings are supported by data from the MIT Office of Institutional Research, focus groups, and the Undergraduate Experience Survey, a survey implemented specifically for this report. We hope that the findings of this report and its recommendations …
NALP [National Association for Law Placement] – Perspectives on 2015 Law Student Recruiting: “Entry-level Law Firm Recruiting Activity Again Becomes Brisk Seven years after the Great Recession – Entry-level law firm recruiting activity continues to increase, with higher levels of activity measured in the spring, summer, and fall of 2015 than in 2014. Over the …
“The Rosa Parks Collection at the Library of Congress has been digitized and is now online. The collection, which contains approximately 7,500 manuscripts and 2,500 photographs, is on loan to the Library for 10 years from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation. The Library received the materials in late 2014, formally opened them to researchers in …
Via Robert Ambrogi, LawSites – SCOTUS Visualization Project Shows Lines of Cases — Literally “As lawyers, we’re all accustomed to talking about the lines of cases that create bodies of precedent for legal principles. A new tool launched this week lets you visualize lines of Supreme Court cases so that you can better analyze and …
“America Saves, a campaign managed by the nonprofit Consumer Federation of America, seeks to motivate, encourage, and support low- to moderate-income households to save money, reduce debt, and build wealth. The research-based campaign uses the principles of behavioral economics and social marketing to change behavior. Non‐profit, government, and corporate groups participate in America Saves nationally …
Antiquities Coalition – “Mapping threats to cultural heritage in the Middle East and North Africa makes it clear that much of our past, the ‘Cradle of Civilization’, is in imminent danger of destruction. With priceless artifacts and millennia of history lost and imperiled, teams of heritage experts in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) …
“Welcome to the new NOAA.gov. This site was redesigned with you in mind. Based on your feedback, we re-engineered the site with the theme of “At Your Service.” We’ve made big changes to help you more quickly and easily find the NOAA news, data and information you’ve come to expect. We’ve also made it easier to …
“The European Data Portal harvests the metadata of Public Sector Information available on public data portals across European countries. Information regarding the provision of data and the benefits of re-using data is also included. What is Open Data? Open (Government) Data refers to the information collected, produced or paid for by the public bodies (also referred …
Grunspan DZ, Eddy SL, Brownell SE, Wiggins BL, Crowe AJ, Goodreau SM (2016) Males Under-Estimate Academic Performance of Their Female Peers in Undergraduate Biology Classrooms. PLoS ONE 11(2): e0148405. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0148405. Published February 10, 2016. “Women who start college in one of the natural or physical sciences leave in greater proportions than their male peers. The …
American Library Association – “Why should my library get involved? Libraries Transform ensures that there is one clear, energetic voice for our profession, showcasing the transformative nature of today’s libraries and elevating the critical role libraries play in the digital age. That voice becomes amplified as more and more libraries of all types sign onto …
