Horowitz at the White House (1978 – PBS)
Via YouTube – Vladimir Horowitz celebrating the 50th anniversary of his first concert in the United States, with a concert at the White House – hosted by President Carter.
Category «Knowledge Management»
Evaluation of Header Metadata Extraction Approaches and Tools for Scientific PDF Documents
Evaluation of Header Metadata Extraction Approaches and. Tools for Scientific PDF Documents, Mario Lipinski, Kevin Yao, Corinna Breitinger, Joeran Beel, Bela Gipp, July 2013. “This paper evaluates the performance of tools for the extraction of metadata from scientific articles. Accurate metadata extraction is an important task for automating the management of digital libraries. This comparative …
Global Poverty Indicators
World Bank database: Poverty & Equity Data “Explore Data Dashboards – Access regional and country dashboards displaying tables and graphs with the latest data and trends in poverty and inequality.”
Fact Check – It is easier to buy an assault weapon than to vote in America
Via ThinkProgress – President Clinton declared in his speech delivered during the 50th anniversary commemoration of the March on Washington, “A great democracy does not make it harder to vote than to buy an assault weapon,” Clinton proclaimed. While Clinton also called on America to implement health care reform and invest in science and education, the gun line elicited …
Grammarly – automated proofreader and personal grammar coach
“Grammarly is an automated proofreader and your personal grammar coach. Correct up to 10 times more mistakes than popular word processors.” This is for use in addition to Microsoft® Word – it “scans your text for proper use of more than 250 advanced grammar rules, spanning everything from subject-verb agreement to article use to modifier placement.”
New report surfaces impact of sequestration on federally funded scientists
“Unlimited Potential, Vanishing Opportunity highlights the data gathered from a survey of over 3,700 scientists from all fields of research. The survey was conducted by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and 15 partner organizations during the summer. This report chronicles the effects of federal budget cuts on the American research enterprise from …
Google adds new etymology & history details for definitions
Via a Googler: “When searching for a definition on Google Search on google.com on desktop and mobile, look for new details for etymology and history. For example, if you search for [define suffrage], you’ll learn that the word originates from both Latin and French (you can also search directly for [suffrage etymology]). Below “Origin,” see …
The Rise of People Living Alone in America
A Brief History of How Living Alone Came to Seem Totally Normal, by Emily Badger: “No change in the American household has been more pronounced over the last 40 years than the rise of people living alone. In 1970, only 17 percent of U.S. households contained such singletons, solo men and (more often) women getting …
Pew – What’s Behind The Washington Post Sale
By Amy Mitchell, Mark Jurkowitz, and Emily Guskin: “The stunning announcement [on August 5, 2013] of the sale of The Washington Post to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos caught many off guard. The Post has been owned by the Graham family for 80 years. But recent years brought steep revenue and circulation declines and as chief …
Study – Research shows rude behavior at work is increasing
The cost of bad behavior affects the bottom line: “Rudeness at work is rampant, and it’s on the rise. In 2011, half of the workers surveyed by Professors Christine Porath of Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business and Christine Pearson of Thunderbird School of Global Management said they were treated rudely at least once a …
DOD – Information Technology and Cyber Operations
Via Steven Aftergood, testimony of director of the National Security Agency and Commander of U.S. Cyber Command: Information Technology and Cyber Operations: Modernization and Policy Issues to Support the Future Force, hearing before the House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Emerging Threats and Capabilities, March 13, 2013 (published July 2013). “Potential adversaries are demonstrating …
Case studies and summaries from OCLC Research FAST users survey
FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) Users: Summary and Case Studies, written by Research Assistant Jeff Mixter and Consulting Project Manager Eric Childress, includes case studies of sixteen parties (nine adopters, seven non-adopters) in six countries that have expressed interest in FAST, as well as a profile of OCLC’s own use of FAST. Key highlights …
