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Via LLRX.com – How the Hernandez family will benefit from two well-stocked national digital library systems and a digital library endowment – This is Part Two of LibraryCity’s series, by David Rothman, mapping out a digital future for U.S. libraries to better our lives. Part One is on the need for librarians to open their minds to innovations like the BiblioTech digital …
“The waste of a staggering 1.3 billion tonnes of food per year is not only causing major economic losses but also wreaking significant harm on the natural resources that humanity relies upon to feed itself, says a new FAO report. is the first study to analyze the impacts of global food wastage from an environmental perspective, …
“A new World Bank report, Risking your Health: Causes, Consequences and Interventions to Prevent Risky Behaviors, warns that risky behaviors are increasingly prevalent globally, particularly in developing countries, and constitute a growing threat to the health of individuals and their populations. The report looks at how individual choices that led to five risky behaviors –smoking, using illicit …
Letter to President Obama from the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), December 13, 2013 [snipped] “After only two years of practical experience with MOOCs and related technologies, it is too early to tell whether substantial gains in the quality of instruction, access, achievement, and cost will be realized. But there is no question that …
The Impact of Digital Tools on Student Writing and How Writing is Taught in Schools – Kristen Purcell, Director of Research, Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project; Judy Buchanan Deputy Director, National Writing Project; Linda Friedrich Director of Research and Evaluation, National Writing Project. july 16, 2013. “In a survey of Advanced Placement and National Writing Project teachers, …
Via SSRN – Legal Education in Crisis, and Why Law Libraries are Doomed, James G. Milles, SUNY Buffalo Law School, December 20, 2013, SUNY Buffalo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2014-015 “The dual crises facing legal education—the economic crisis affecting both the job market and the pool of law school applicants, and the crisis of confidence in the ability …
Student Privacy in the Cloud Computing Ecosystem State of Play & Potential Paths Forward by Urs Gasser, Alicia Solow-Niederman, Caroline Nolan – Download from SSRN “This report draws from ongoing Student Privacy Initiative research as well as participant inputs from an April 2013 exploratory workshop, “Student Privacy in the Cloud Computing Ecosystem,” to begin to map the current landscape and connect …
“The Open Data 500 is the first comprehensive study of U.S. companies using open government data to develop new products and services. The study will identify, describe, and analyze companies that use open government data in their businesses. The Open Data 500 is designed to provide a basis for assessing the value of government data; …
News release: “The National Institutes of Health has selected eight projects to receive support to answer some of the most fundamental problems on traumatic brain injury, including understanding long-term effects of repeated head injuries and improving diagnosis of concussions. Funding is provided by the Sports and Health Research Program, a partnership among the NIH, the National …
“The U.S. Census Bureau reports that five of the counties or county-equivalents nationwide with the highest median household income in 2012 were located in Northern Virginia. Among them were Arlington County, at $99,255, Fairfax County, at $106,690, Falls Church (an independent city), at $121,250, Loudoun County, at $118,934, and Stafford County, at $95,927. Falls Church and Loudoun …
“The FBI defines ‘active shooter’ events as incidents where a gunman arrives on a scene intending to commit mass murder. They can include events that result in no fatalities. The data on this page represents the most complete compilation of events tracked by Texas State University’s Dr. Peter Blair that have been publicly released. To …
“This report has been commissioned by the UK’s Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) to assess the performance of the United Kingdom’s (UK) research base compared with seven other research-intensive countries (Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the US), three fast growing nations (Brazil, India and Russia), and other international benchmarks. It tracks …
