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Musings About Librarianship – “In the last month, there were two interesting developments that caused quite a stir in my twitter feeds (see discussions here and here). Firstly, there was an interesting announcement on the Unpaywall mailing list, that Unpaywall had detected that Semantic Scholar which was one of the biggest repository sources they were …
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KPMG: “CEOs of the world’s most influential companies are planning what the ‘new reality’ will look like post-pandemic. The 2021 KPMG CEO Outlook Pulse Survey finds that almost half (45 percent) of global executives do not expect to see a return to a ‘normal’ course of business until sometime in 2022, as opposed to nearly …
Via LLRX – Employees are feeling burned over broken work-from-home promises and corporate culture ‘BS’ as employers try to bring them back to the office – As vaccinations and relaxed health guidelines make returning to the office a reality for more companies, there seems to be a disconnect between managers and their workers over remote …
Via LLRX – Interview: Carole Levitt – This is Jerry Lawson’s interview with Carole Levitt, one of the country’s premier experts on Internet research, both legal and investigative. Her most recent book, coauthored with Judy Davis, is the second edition of her treatise Internet Legal Research on a Budget.
George, Shailini, The Law Student’s Guide to Doing Well and Being Well (May 2021). Carolina Academic Press, Forthcoming May 2021, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3834474 – “The ABA and most state bar associations have identified a wellness crisis in the legal profession, and called for educating students on how to better cope with the challenges of …
J Med Internet Res 2021;23(5):e26933. doi:10.2196/26933 – Published on 20.5.2021 in Vol 23, No 5 (2021): May. Bots and Misinformation Spread on Social Media: Implications for COVID-19 “As of March 2021, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has been responsible for over 115 million cases of COVID-19 worldwide, resulting in over 2.5 million deaths. As the virus spread …
ZDNet – “Up to 10,000 jobs in AI and data science open each month, and the trend is only growing – but candidates often lack the right skills. If you’re considering a career change, it might be a good time to start looking for a good coding course. While many industries remain severely affected by …
The Media Insight Project April 14, 2021: “The deep divides over trust in the news media are usually portrayed as largely ideological. Democrats are seven times more likely than Republicans to say they trust the mainstream media, and independents are four times as likely.But the argument over media trust often has the feel of people …
Lamparello, Adam, Ten Tips to Create a Legal Writing Course That Prepares Students for The Real World (April 29, 2021). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3836328 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3836328 “In the past year, COVID-19 has transformed how legal education – and legal writing – is delivered to students. Online instruction replaced in-person instruction, professors and students were forced …
SLAW – Allison Wolf: “As a coach, I am intensely interested in how we – professionals in the legal sector – can help retain young lawyers in the profession. The young lawyers I speak with have a healthy perspective. They have the types of strengths and interests that align well with a career in law. …
MakeUseOf: “Google offers a vast repository of ebooks via Google Books. There’s the Google Books search engine and Google Play Books store. Both services let you save copies of books so you can read them offline. So here’s how to download books from Google Books…”
