TIME: The 100 Most Influential People in the World
“They are the people who inspire us, entertain us, challenge us and change our world. Meet the breakouts, pioneers, moguls, leaders and icons who make up this year’s TIME 100.”
Category «Knowledge Management»
Research by CFA and Unum shows workers know little about disability insurance, despite expecting financial hardship if unable to work
“In a national survey of nearly 1,200 employees, the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) and Unum learned that workers know little about group disability insurance, even important characteristics of what coverage they may have. But when given information about this financial protection benefit, nine out of 10 employees say they want this coverage and would …
Briefing Paper on Embedding Creative Commons Licences into Digital Resources
Briefing Paper on Embedding Creative Commons Licences into Digital Resources – Naomi Korn, Strategic Content Alliance IPR Consultant, March 2011 “Creative Commons licences (also referred to as CC licences) can facilitate the copying, reuse, distribution, and in some cases, the modification of the original owners creative work without needing to get permission each time from …
Pew Presentation – News in a networked world
“At the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Italy, Lee Rainie will discuss the Projects latest findings about how people use the internet, smartphones, and social media tools to get news, share news, and create news. He will describe how the very definition of news is expanding in the age of me media. He will discuss …
Millions of Harvard Library Catalog Records Publicly Available
News release: “The Harvard Library announced it is making more than 12 million catalog records from Harvards 73 libraries publicly available. The records contain bibliographic information about books, videos, audio recordings, images, manuscripts, maps, and more. The Harvard Library is making these records available in accordance with its Open Metadata Policy and under a Creative …
Social Metadata for Libraries, Archives and Museums, Part 3: Recommendations and Readings
Social Metadata for Libraries, Archives and Museums, Part 3: Recommendations and Readings, Karen Smith-Yoshimura OCLC Research and Rose Holley National Library of Australia “Social media tools are needed to generate user-contributed content, which includes social metadata information from users that helps people find, understand, or evaluate a sites content. Social media and social metadata overlap; …
Report – Reclaiming the American Dream – Community Colleges and the Nation's Future
Reclaiming the American Dream: A report from the 21st Century Commission on the Future of Community Colleges. American Association of Community Colleges. (2012, April). “The American Dream is imperiled. Upward mobility, the contract between one generation of Americans and the next, is under siege. Once unchallenged, this nations primacy in college graduation rates has already …
New Study – Obesity Rate In America Higher Than Previously Documented
Measuring Adiposity in Patients: The Utility of Body Mass Index (BMI), Percent Body Fat, and Leptin – by: Nirav R. Shah, Eric R. Braverman, PLoS ONE, Vol. 7, No. 4. (2 April 2012) “Obesity is a serious disease that is associated with an increased risk of diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, stroke, and cancer, among other …
Graphic Documents Growing Wage Disparity in America
WSJ graphic – The gap between America’s highest and lowest-paid workers is widening
Report – Worlds Richest Worth $1 Trillion on Billionaire List
“The 40 richest individuals on Earth lost a combined $6.2 billion yesterday as stocks dropped amid disappointing U.S. earnings, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a daily ranking of the wealthiest people.”
Pew Report – 72% of Americans follow local news closely
72% of Americans follow local news closely, by Carolyn Miller, Kristen Purcell, Tom Rosenstiel, Apr 12, 2012 “Nearly three quarters (72%) of adults are quite attached to following local news and information, and local newspapers are by far the source they rely on for much of the local information they need. In fact, local news …
2012 Global Cities Index and Emerging Cities Outlook
2012 Global Cities Index and Emerging Cities Outlook – “Macro forces continue to have an impact on the global influence of cities. Political power is rotating back from West to East, and with economic drivers having shifted from agrarian to industrial to information-based, more people live in cities than in rural areas. While New York, …
