Category «Internet»

Taube Archive of the International Military Tribunal (IMT) at Nuremberg, 1945‑46

Stanford Libraries: “The Taube Archive of the International Military Tribunal (IMT) at Nuremberg, 1945-46 archival collection provides access to a digital version of Nuremberg IMT courtroom proceedings and documentation, including evidentiary films, full audio recordings of the proceedings, and approximately 250,000 pages of digitized paper documents. These documents include transcripts of the hearings in English, …

Subjects: Education, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines

Ingenious librarians

Aeon – “A group of 1970s campus librarians foresaw our world of distributed knowledge and research, and designed search tools for it..It’s easy to see why librarians of the 1970s set out to revolutionise search. Work across the academy was expanding to such a degree that, soon, there would not be enough human librarians to …

Subjects: Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries, Search Engines

Full Fact

“False or misleading claims affect us all. As fact checkers we’ve seen first hand how bad information promotes hate, damages people’s health, and hurts democracy. We deserve better. Full Fact (UK) fights for the right information to reach the people who need it most, whether that’s individuals making decisions about their health or who to …

Subjects: Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

GPO NOAA

“U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Central Library is working to add more than 47,000 unique items published by NOAA authors and grantees to the National Collection of U.S. Government Public Information. GPO shares NOAA’s goal of providing additional avenues to access Government research and making …

Subjects: Climate Change, E-Government, Energy, Environmental Law, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation

How to Connect Any Phone or Tablet to Your TV Using USB

Make Use Of: “Connecting a phone to your TV isn’t as simple as you might think. Whether you want to enjoy Netflix, share photos, or use it for home working, hooking up a cable between your phone and TV can be tricky. But it’s not impossible—it’s all a matter of selecting the right cable. Here’s …

Subjects: Internet

Here’s what your boss might be able to see while you’re at work

Washington Post [free link] – “Workplace software like Microsoft, Google Workspace, Slack and Zoom log certain activities that could be accessed by your employer…The software tools you use to do tasks like collaborate with your colleagues, host meetings or create digital files often track certain activities for various purposes, in many cases for safety, security …

Subjects: E-Mail, E-Records, Internet, Knowledge Management, Privacy

How do you read the EPA’s Air Quality Index?

MarketWatch: “The EPA says to think of the AQI as a yardstick that runs from 0 to 500. The higher the AQI value, the greater the level of air pollution and the greater the health concern. For example, an AQI value of 50 or below represents good air quality for essentially all the population. A …

Subjects: Climate Change, E-Government, Environmental Law, Health Care, Internet

Some blogging myths

Julia Evans – “A few years ago I gave a short talk (slides) about myths that discourage people from blogging. I was chatting with a friend about blogging the other day and it made me want to write up that talk as a blog post. Here are the myths: myth: you need to be original …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management

NYT launches a free, geo-targeted extreme weather newsletter

NiemanLab: “As the warming climate causes extreme weather events to become more frequent and severe, your everyday concern about weather risks may be growing. And you might not only be preoccupied with the chances of extreme weather where you live, but also in places you’re traveling, or where your friends and loved ones reside. What …

Subjects: Climate Change, Environmental Law, Internet, Knowledge Management

Library strategy and Artificial Intelligence

“On April 20th 2023 the Information School, University of Sheffield invited five guest speakers from across the library sectors to debate “Artificial Intelligence: Where does it fit into your library strategy?” The speakers were: Nick Poole, CEO of CILIP Neil Fitzgerald, Head of Digital Research, British Library Sue Lacey-Bryant, Chief Knowledge Officer; Workforce, Training and …

Subjects: AI, Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries

Awesome Privacy Guides

Awesome Privacy – List of free, open source and privacy respecting services and alternatives to private services, such as those provided by Google/Alphabet. Anonymity, Privacy, and Security are often used interchangeably, but they actually represent distinct concepts. It is important to understand the differences between them. Read more in this section below.The primary focus of …

Subjects: E-Commerce, E-Mail, Internet, Knowledge Management, Privacy, Search Engines

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