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Pew Report – Cell Phones Nearly Ubiquitous in Many Countries – “In a remarkably short period of time, internet and mobile technology have become a part of everyday life for some in the emerging and developing world. Cell phones, in particular, are almost omnipresent in many nations. The internet has also made tremendous inroads, although most …
“This handbook is designed to familiarise legal practitioners who are not specialised in the field of data protection with this area of law. It provides an overview of the EU’s and the CoE’s applicable legal frameworks. The rapid development of information and communication technologies underscores the growing need for the robust protection of personal data – …
Vijith Assar via Slashdot: “Last week, Tribune Company completed the $170 million acquisition of Gracenote, a deal originally set in motion in late 2013. The merger is an unusual one: Gracenote owns a massive library of media metadata, and the Tribune Company is best known as the publisher of print newspapers and tabloids, most notably its flagship paper in Chicago. Five …
Meister, Isaac and Solow-Niederman, Alicia, K-12 Edtech Cloud Service Inventory (January 15, 2014). Berkman Center Research Publication No. 2014-2. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2378570 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2378570 “A wide range of cloud technologies are now available to K-12 educators, ranging from replacements for school- and district-maintained servers (infrastructure as a service, in which servers traditionally maintained by …
“This report presents tabulations for the 2012 Academic Libraries Survey (ALS) conducted by the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), within the Institute of Education Sciences. The 2012 ALS population included postsecondary institutions with all of the following: total library expenditures that exceed $10,000; an organized collection of printed or other materials, or a combination …
UN Commission on Human Rights – “A wide array of crimes against humanity, arising from “policies established at the highest level of State,” have been committed and continue to take place in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, according to a UN report released Monday, which also calls for urgent action by the international community …
The Federal Government’s Track Record on Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure – A report prepared by the Minority Staff of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Sen. Tom Coburn, MD, Ranking Member. February 4, 2014. “In the past few years, we have seen significant breaches in cybersecurity which could affect critical U.S. infrastructure. Data on the nation’s weakest …
Wendy Abbott, Jessie Donaghey, Joanna Hare, and Peta J. Hopkins. The perfect storm: The convergence of social, mobile and photo technologies in libraries. VALA 2014. Melbourne, Victoria. Feb. 2014. “The intersection of mobile and photographic technologies with social networks has produced platforms such as Instagram. The way libraries are using these platforms has not been investigated …
Structuring Big Data to Facilitate Participation in International Law, Roslyn Fuller, National University of Ireland, Maynooth “This is an interdisciplinary article focusing on the interplay between information and communication technology (ICT) and international law (IL). Its purpose is to open up a dialogue between ICT and IL practitioners that focuses on the ways in which ICT can …
“OCLC Vice President, Research, and Chief Strategist Lorcan Dempsey presented “Scale, engagement, innovation: library directions” at the Montana Library Association’s Offline Conference on 7 February 2014 in Helena, Montana. Infrastructure, engagement, innovation: library directions from Lorcan Dempsey Key highlights from the presentation include: Montana in the cultural record: fictional accounts of ranch life, Indian wars Libraries deliver distinctive value locally by …
Libraries Serve As Health Insurance Info Hubs: “Libraries have always been more than book lenders, providing services that include early childhood education, employment assistance and computer literacy skills. The economic downturn heightened the need for those services, and health information has long been in demand. The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) estimates 28 million people sought health information from …
“CEO pay is determined by a company’s board of directors. Those directors are compensated for the time they spend shaping the company’s strategy. Here’s what the Fortune 100 executives paid each other from 2008 to 2012. The Pay Pals project relies on financial research conducted by the Center for Economic Policy and Research.”
