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How Teachers Are Using Technology at Home and in Their Classrooms, by Kristen Purcell, Alan Heaps, Judy Buchanan, Linda Friedrich, Feb 28, 2013 “A survey of teachers who instruct American middle and secondary school students finds that digital technologies have become central to their teaching and professionalization. At the same time, the internet, mobile phones, …
“Older people who have low expectations for a satisfying future may be more likely to live longer, healthier lives than those who see brighter days ahead, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association. “Our findings revealed that being overly optimistic in predicting a better future was associated with a greater risk of …
Appraising our Digital Investment: Sustainability of Digitized Special Collections in ARL Libraries – A Report from Ithaka S+R and the Association of Research Libraries. Nancy L. Maron, Ithaka S+R, Sarah Pickle, Ithaka S+R. February 2013 “Special collections have long been a vital part of libraries, offering users access to rare or archival materials and creating …
Via LLRX.com – New Economy Resources 2013 – The world is rapidly changing as government data transparency, Big Data and the ability to access actionable information from institutional databases is increasingly released on the web without restrictive fees or subscriptions. This new guide by web research guru Marcus P. Zillman comprises the leading world wide …
How White & Case tamed its information overload, By Oz Benamram. See also Communicating Professionally Using Outlook, by Oz Benamram, last updated: October 2012.
PLOS ONE Research article – Subjective Impressions Do Not Mirror Online Reading Effort: Concurrent EEG-Eyetracking Evidence from the Reading of Books and Digital Media: Franziska Kretzschmar, Dominique Pleimling, Jana Hosemann, Stephan Füssel, Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky, Matthias Schlesewsky. Published: February 6, 2013 “In the rapidly changing circumstances of our increasingly digital world, reading is also becoming an …
EU grey literature – Long-term preservation, access, and discovery “The preservation of the historical memory of the development of the European Union and its policies, which have helped to mould European history for almost 60 years, has never been more important in a world of rapid change. The growth of fast publication of documents in …
“On January 25, 2013 the European Commission has launched a online service to make it easier for public administrations to find and re-use semantic assets. More than one thousand assets from fifteen organisations, including several Member States and standardization bodies, can be found via the European Commission Joinup Portal. By increasing the visibility and promoting …
Survey of Special Collections and Archives in the United Kingdom and Ireland, An OCLC Research Report. “Special collections and archives play a key role in the future of research libraries. However, significant challenges face institutions that wish to capitalize on that value, to leverage and make fully available the rich content in special collections in …
Via First Monday – The new library of Babel? Borges, digitisation and the myth of the universal library by Christopher Rowe “The growing capacity of digital encoding and storage has opened up vast new avenues for the archiving and distribution of texts in virtual space, prompting many to declare the imminent obsolescence of print media, …
WSJ – Blizzard Sweeps Through Northeast – this site is free to all readers until midnight on Sunday, February 10, 2013.
America’s Call For Higher Education Redesign, The 2012 Lumina Foundation Study of the American Public’s Opinion on Higher Education, January 2013. SNAPSHOT OF FINDINGS: “Nearly all Americans (97%) say having a degree or certificate beyond high school is at least somewhat important. Nearly all Americans (97%) say having a degree or certificate beyond high school …
