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Gallery: Digitizing the past and present at the Library of Congress, Rob Beschizza: “The Library of Congress has nearly 150 million items in its collection, including at least 21 million books, 5 million maps, 12.5 million photos and 100,000 posters. The largest library in the world, it pioneers both preservation of the oldest artifacts and …
The Register: “The Chinese government has issued a white paper laying out current, and future, internet policy – and you might not recognise its view of internet use in that country…The paper warns: “Citizens are not allowed to infringe upon state, social and collective interests or the legitimate freedom and rights of other citizens. No …
Follow up to postings on climate change, this news release: “Since Wolfram|Alpha launched in 2009, weve had numerous requests to add data on climate. As part of our one-year anniversary release, we recently added a vast set of historical climate data, drawing on studies from across the globe, which can be easily analyzed and correlated …
News release: “Cambridge University Library has announced visionary plans to become a digital library for the world – following a £1.5m lead gift pledged by Dr. Leonard Polonsky. Home to more than seven million books and some of the greatest collections in existence, including those of Newton and Darwin, the Library will begin digitising its …
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission will hold its third and final workshop on the future of journalism at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, on June 15, 2010. Consumers are increasingly turning to the Internet for news and information. Advertisers are moving ads to online sites and scaling back on ad buys as …
Several articles via WSJ.com, New York Times and The Atlantic delve into arguments raised by authors of new books on the subject of the Web’s impact on acquiring, retaining and utilizing knowledge. WSJ.com: Does the Internet Make You Smarter? Amid the silly videos and spam are the roots of a new reading and writing culture, …
The Perils of Performance Measurement, by Olivier Serrat, Asia Development Bank [Stuart Basefsky] “Today, performance is appraised the world over: in academia, the arts, business, entertainment, government, news, politics, schools, science, sports, and war, among others. In the public sector, the need to sell the idea that management is improving means that indicators proliferate, on …
Urban Institute: The State of Society – Measuring Economic Success and Human Well-Being, Erwin de Leon, Elizabeth T. Boris “This study provides an overview of a broad range of existing measures that go beyond gross domestic product (GDP) to offer a more complete and accurate picture of how a society and its economy are faring. …
Transforming HR: The Vision Lives On: Through creativity, focus and brute force. Findings of the 2009 HR Barometer Survey January 2010
The Chronicle – Is Email Checking You? by Natalie Houston “Email is a fact of modern professional life. It’s just a communications tool. But the very features that constituted email’s improvements over earlier communications modes, such as postal mail or landline telephones, have also created problems for many users.”
News release: “As part of its most comprehensive study of climate change to date, the National Research Council today issued three reports emphasizing why the U.S. should act now to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and develop a national strategy to adapt to the inevitable impacts of climate change. The reports are part of a congressionally …
Reclaiming the Streets, Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute: “Cars promise mobility, and in a largely rural setting they provide it. But in an urbanizing world, where more than half of us live in cities, there is an inherent conflict between the automobile and the city. After a point, as their numbers multiply, automobiles provide …
