Category «Internet»

In US Telecommuting for Work Climbs to 37%

Gallup – Jeffrey M. Jones – Thirty-seven percent of U.S. workers say they have telecommuted, up slightly from 30% last decade but four times greater than the 9% found in 1995. Average worker telecommutes two days per month 46% of telecommuters do so during the workday Most say telecommuters just as productive as other employees …

Subjects: E-Government, Economy, Internet, Knowledge Management, Transportation

FFIEC Releases Statement on Cyber Attacks Involving Extortion

“The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) members today issued a statement alerting financial institutions to the increasing frequency and severity of cyber attacks involving extortion. The statement describes steps financial institutions should take to respond to these attacks and highlights resources institutions can use to mitigate the risks posed by such attacks. Cyber attacks …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Internet

New on LLRX – Google’s A/B Testing Method is Being Applied to Improve Government Operations

Via LLRX.com – Google’s A/B Testing Method is Being Applied to Improve Government Operations – Alan Rothman discusses and documents a method of testing used in the private sector that also has significant in public sector applications – the process called “A/B testing.” Users are shown two nearly identical versions of something with one of …

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

Yale MeSH Analyzer – Free Web Search Tool

Searching for Excellence at the NAHSL Conference Blog Post by Hongjie Wang October 23, 2015 “The Yale MeSH Analyzer,” a new web-based search tool introduced at the [2015 North Atlantic Health Sciences Libraries] meeting Contributed Papers Session by Holly Grossetta Nardini and Lei Wang, took us all by storm.  This excellent MeSH Analyzer saves time …

Subjects: Government Documents, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries, Medicine, Search Engines

Harvard’s Groundbreaking Project Documenting Online Content Removals Changes Name to Lumen

News release: “Harvard University’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society is pleased to announce exciting changes to our pioneering Chilling Effects project, including an expanded mission and a new set of international research partnerships. To better reflect this evolution in scope as well as the changes in the landscape over the fourteen years since it …

Subjects: Digital Rights, Freedom of Information, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

New on LLRX – A Matter of Trust: Why the Time is Right to Adopt the Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act (UELMA) in Florida

Via LLRX.com –  A Matter of Trust: Why the Time is Right to Adopt the Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act (UELMA) in Florida – In this article, Law Librarian Patricia Morgan brings our attention to a group of prominently related issues on electronic legal research whose application are critical for attorneys, librarians and courts. In …

Subjects: Courts, Government Documents, Internet, Legal Research

What’s my place in the world population? How long will I live?

“Population.io aims to make demography – the study of human populations – accessible to a wider audience. We believe that demographic data can play an important role in understanding the social and economic developments of our time. Our hope is that people from all walks of life, in all ages and across all countries will …

Subjects: Economy, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management

Economics of the Interconnection Data Centre Industry

Maier-Rigaud, Frank P. and Milde, Christopher and Selke, André, Economics of the Interconnection Data Centre (IDC) Industry (October 1, 2015). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2680186 “The modern digital economy is characterized by high data volumes and the necessity for reliable high speed data exchange. Businesses such as Netflix, providing video on-demand, social and messaging …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Internet, Knowledge Management

The Cost of Used Books Plummets as Availability Swells

New York Times – A Penny for Your Books By Dan Nosowitzoct, October 26, 2015: “…in recent years, my bookshelves have swelled. Old John le Carré and Donald E. Westlake and Lawrence Block titles are easier than ever to find online, along with pretty much every other book published in the last century. They’re all …

Subjects: E-Commerce, Economy, Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries, Marketing

Cybersecurity: The changing role of audit committee and internal audit

Deloitte: “Among the most complex and rapidly evolving issues companies must contend with is cybersecurity. With the advent of mobile technology, cloud computing, and social media, reports on major breaches of proprietary information and damage to organisational IT infrastructure have also become increasingly common, thus transforming the IT risk landscape at a rapid pace. International …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Economy, Financial System, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Harvard Law School Library Embarks on Expansive Digitization Project

Erik Eckholm, NYT: “Shelves of law books are an august symbol of legal practice, and no place, save the Library of Congress, can match the collection at Harvard’s Law School Library. Its trove includes nearly every state, federal, territorial and tribal judicial decision since colonial times — a priceless potential resource for everyone from legal …

Subjects: Copyright, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Intellectual Property, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries