Category «Knowledge Management»

mitochondrial DNA Data Indicates a Single Origin for Dogs South of Yangtze River, less than 16,300 Years Ago, from Numerous Wolves

Molecular Biology and Evolution, doi:10.1093/molbev/msp195: “There is no generally accepted picture of where, when, and how the domestic dog originated…We therefore analysed entire mitochondrial genomes for 169 dogs to obtain maximal phylogenetic resolution, and the CR for 1,543 dogs across the Old World for a comprehensive picture of geographical diversity. Hereby, a detailed picture of …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

CDT Urges Privacy Requirements Be Included in Google Books Settlement

“CDT filed a “friend of the court” brief in the Southern District of New York [September 4, 2009] requesting that key privacy requirements be included in the Court’s approval of the class-action settlement that would dramatically expand Google Book Search. CDT previously released a report in July analyzing the privacy implications of this settlement and …

Subjects: Copyright, Courts, Intellectual Property, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries, Privacy

Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read

“Banned Books Week (BBW): Celebrating the Freedom to Read is observed during the last week of September each year. Observed since 1982, this annual ALA event reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted. BBW celebrates the freedom to choose or the freedom to express ones opinion even if that opinion might …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Free Speech, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries

Pew: Recession Turns a Graying Office Grayer America's Changing Work Force

“The American work force is graying — and not just because the American population itself is graying. Older adults are staying in the labor force longer, and younger adults are staying out of it longer. Both trends took shape about two decades ago. Both have intensified during the current recession. And both are expected to …

Subjects: Government Documents, Knowledge Management

Google Explains Email Outage and Comments Fly

Official Gmail Blog: “Gmail’s web interface had a widespread outage [September 1, 2009], lasting about 100 minutes. We know how many people rely on Gmail for personal and professional communications, and we take it very seriously when there’s a problem with the service. Thus, right up front, I’d like to apologize to all of you …

Subjects: E-Commerce, E-Mail, Internet, Knowledge Management

Standard & Poor's – Global Corporate Default Tally In Double Digits

News release: “Two global corporate issuers defaulted this week, bringing the 2009 year-to-date tally to 211 issuers–nearly 4x the 55 defaults at this time in 2008, said an article published by Standard & Poor’s. Both of this week’s defaults were based in the U.S., bringing the default tallies by region to 151 issuers in the …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

American Lawyer: Librarians trim budgets, head count, and much-loved research tools

Law Librarians Survey: No More Sacred Cows – Librarians trim budgets, head count, and much-loved research tools. The Full Survey: The Librarian’s Expanding Role Electronic Resources Staffing Finances

Subjects: Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries

New Public Library of Science Website for Influenza Research

“PLoS [Public Library of Science] Currents: Influenza is built on three key components: a small expert research community that PLoS is working with to run the website; Google Knol with new features that allow content to be gathered together in collections after being vetted by expert moderators; and a new, independent database at the National …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

Google Apps Status Dashboard

Google Apps Status Dashboard: “This page offers performance information for Google Apps services. Unless otherwise noted, this status information applies to consumer services as well as services for organizations using Google Apps.”

Subjects: E-Mail, Knowledge Management

Survey: Monetary Policy Right for Now, but Eventual Tightening Needed

“The NABE Economic Policy Survey presents the consensus of a panel of 266 members of the National Association for Business Economics. Conducted semiannually, this survey was taken Aug. 3-18, 2009.” “Economists surveyed earlier this month by the National Association for Business Economics expressed strong agreement with the current posture of monetary policy and viewed the …

Subjects: Government Documents, Knowledge Management

New on LLRX.com: Crowd Competition and Community Standards at the #AALL2009 Conference

Re-Hashing the Hash Tag – Crowd Competition and Community Standards at the #AALL2009 Conference: Roger V. Skalbeck and Meg Kribble describe how the majority of social media activity during the 2009 AALL conference took place on Twitter, and how this technology impacts the profession and the free exchange of information, moving forward.

Subjects: Blogs, Knowledge Management, Libraries, Marketing

Scripps Environmental Accumulation of Plastic Expedition Seeking the Science of the Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch

SEAPLEX website: “A thousand miles off California, the North Pacific Ocean Gyre contains one of the oldest and largest ecosystems on Earth–but it may be in danger from a deluge of accumulated plastic trash. Dubbed the “Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch,” the debris at the center of the North Pacific Ocean has the potential to …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

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