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The perils at Great Falls From thundering falls to placid-looking shallows, deadly hazards lurk in water all along the Potomac River Gorge [Excellent graphics, visual presentation and facts add up to a must read for all who visit this remarkable National Treasure.] Read related article.
Global Innovation Index 2013 Edition. “Cornell University, INSEAD and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO, a specialized agency of the United Nations) co-publish The Global Innovation Index (GII), now in its sixth edition. The GII recognizes the key role of innovation as a driver of economic growth and prosperity and acknowledges the need for a …
Report: Library Value in the Developing World, SAGE, August 2013. ‘Raising awareness of how the library supports teaching and research staff is key to demonstrating library value in developing countries, concludes a new report published today. The findings are the result of a six-month research study with twelve developing country institutions conducted by SAGE exploring …
“SST, Inc., today announced the launch of its National Gunfire Index which offers the most detailed record available of illegal gunfire activity, including non-homicide firearm violence, in major cities across the United States. This previously unattainable data on gunfire activity provides a more comprehensive data set than has ever been available on the true volume, …
Historical Echoes: Off the Charts! by Kathleen McKiernan “The visual representation of information, knowledge, or data has been around since the time of the caveman. But it wasn’t until 1786, when William Playfair, a Scottish engineer, published The Commercial and Political Atlas, illustrating for the first time how economic data could be represented by charts. …
Defining What We Do — All Over Again”: Occupational Identity, Technological Change, and the Librarian/Internet-Search Relationship. A. Nelson, J. Irwin. Academy of Management Journal, 2013; DOI: 10.5465/amj.2012.0201 “Although a growing literature explores occupational identity, or the overlap between “who we are” and “what we do,” this literature has not fully considered how occupational identity may …
Crawford, Susan P. and Walters, Dana, Citizen-Centered Governance: The Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics and the Evolution of CRM in Boston (August 7, 2013). Berkman Center Research Publication No. 17. Available at SSRN. “Over the last three years, the Boston Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics, the innovative, collaborative ethos within City Hall fostered …
“The recording, slides, chat transcript, archived tweets and links to additional resources from this OCLC Research Library Partnership webinar are available below as well as on the “Managing Research Data—from Goals to Reality” webinar page. The webinar recording is also available on YouTube and in iTunes. In this webinar, Sally Rumsey, Digital Research Librarian at …
DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis, 2012 National Network of Fusion Centers Final Report, Released July 15, 2013. “Threats to the homeland are persistent and constantly evolving. Domestic and foreign terrorism and the expanding reach of transnational organized crime syndicates across cyberspace, international borders, and jurisdictional boundaries within the United States highlight the continued need …
Posted by Pandu Nayak, Member of Google Technical Staff: “Users often turn to Google to answer a quick question, but research suggests that up to 10% of users’ daily information needs involve learning about a broad topic. That’s why today we’re introducing new search results to help users find in-depth articles. These results are ranked …
Gallup blog: A popular workplace trend — working remotely — made the headlines after Yahoo’s CEO required the company’s remote workers to return to the office. The company made the point that employees working from home have fewer chances to collaborate with coworkers. While not all companies allow employees to work off-site, new data from …
Families and Work Institute’s 2012 National Study of Employers (NSE) “is the most comprehensive and far-reaching study of the practices, policies, programs and benefits provided by U.S. employers to address the changing needs of today’s workforce and workplace. The NSE is based on the Institute’s landmark 1998 Business Work-Life Study (BWLS) and has been conducted …
