Category «Internet»

Contextualization of topics – browsing through terms, authors, journals and cluster allocations

Contextualization of topics – browsing through terms, authors, journals and cluster allocations, Rob Koopman, Shenghui Wang, Andrea Scharnhorst (Submitted on 16 Apr 2015). “This paper builds on an innovative Information Retrieval tool, Ariadne. The tool has been developed as an interactive network visualization and browsing tool for large-scale bibliographic databases. It basically allows to gain …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries, Search Engines

Cyber In-securIty II Closing the Federal Talent Gap

Partnership for Public Service and Booz Allen Hamilton – Cyber In-securIty II Closing the Federal Talent Gap, April 2015. “Technology has changed our lives. Individuals can email, text and talk to each other, take pictures, get directions, watch television, control their home appliances, read the news, play games and manage their schedules using a device that …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Defense, E-Government, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management

Center for Applied Internet Data Analysis

“Mission statement – CAIDA investigates practical and theoretical aspects of the Internet in order to: provide macroscopic insights into Internet infrastructure, behavior, usage, and evolution, foster a collaborative environment in which data can be acquired, analyzed, and (as appropriate) shared, improve the integrity of the field of Internet science, inform science, technology, and communications public …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management

Shodan is the world’s first search engine for Internet-connected devices

“Explore the Internet of Things Use Shodan to discover which of your devices are connected to the Internet, where they are located and who is using them. See the Big Picture – Websites are just one part of the Internet. There are power plants, Smart TVs, refrigerators and much more that can be found with …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries, Search Engines, Social Media

DARPA Funded Memex – Domain-Specific Search

Via Michael del Castillo – UpStart: “The federal government’s Defense Advanced Research Project Agency today made publicly available an open-source tool that could lead to an entire new ecosystem of search-engines. Seventeen organizations received early access to the project, called Memex. Of those, five stood out as technology that Google may want to look at …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Search Engines

Project Management for Intergenerational Library Teams Creating Non-MARC Metadata

Kelly J. Thompson – “What If I Break It?”: Project Management for Intergenerational Library Teams Creating Non-MARC Metadata: code{4}lib Journal – Issue 28, 2015-04-15: “Libraries are constantly challenged to meet new user needs and to provide access to new types of materials. We are in the process of launching many new technology-rich initiatives and projects …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries

User Experience is a Social Justice Issue

Sumana Harihareswara – code{4}lib Journal – Issue 28, 2015-04-15 – “When we’re building services for people, we often have a lot more practice seeing from the computer’s point of view than seeing from another person’s point of view. The author asks the library technology community to consider several case studies in this problem, including their …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries

EU Antitrust Case Against Google Moves Forward

Follow up to previous posting – Antitrust: Commission sends Statement of Objections to Google on comparison shopping service” via Mark Bergen – ReCode: “Google’s antitrust standoff with the European Union, a tumultuous legal tug-of-war begun in February 2010, reached a climax this morning with the EU laying the foundation for a formal complaint against Google for …

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

New official map of Canada published online by the government

“This map (MCR 102) is the latest publication in the Atlas of Canada Reference Map Series. It is an update to the 1:6 000 000 paper map of Canada published in 2006. International, provincial and territorial boundaries and the 200-mile offshore Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) are featured on the map. All the national parks and …

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

3 Key success factors for Major Programs that Leverage IT

3 Key success factors for Major Programs that Leverage IT — The “7 – S for Success” Framework “Any major program, project, or transformation involving information technology (IT) brings great potential for positive change and benefits, but also risks that the program will not produce the outcomes envisioned. Such risks can be introduced due to …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Intellectual Property, Internet, Knowledge Management

The Problem of Publication-Pollution Denialism

Mayo Clinic Proceedings – The Problem of Publication-Pollution Denialism, Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, Division of Medical Ethics, Langone Medical Center, New York University, New York, NY, Published Online: April 03, 2015 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocp.2015.02.017 “The world is facing a huge threat from pollution. The scientific community seems unable or unwilling to do anything about the problem …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries

The Role of Policy in Achieving Shared, Sustainable Economic Prosperity

“GrowthPolicy.org pulls together recent research by Harvard faculty about economic growth. Our goal is to disseminate Harvard research to a broad audience in order to inform debate about the role of policy in achieving stability in our financial systems and shared, sustainable economic prosperity. GrowthPolicy.org is a project of: The Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Financial System, Internet, Knowledge Management, Search Engines