Category «Knowledge Management»

Virtual meetings spur sales in books for backgrounds

BBC News: “Bookbarn International sells and lends books in bulk that have featured in programmes such as His Dark Materials. Company CEO Nick Bates said people were buying from him to enhance the background of their Zoom calls. The Bristol-based firm said demand from home workers had risen from a handful of enquiries to ten …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries

An Extremely Detailed Map of the 2020 Election

The New York Times [paywall] – “This map has detailed data from 1,788 of 3,143 counties in 40 states, representing 62% of all votes cast. It was last updated on Feb. 2, 2021.” Search an address, city or zip code. Includes 2020 results and changes from 2016 election.

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Search Engines

Codifying Constitutional Norms

Gould, Jonathan, Codifying Constitutional Norms (January 19, 2021). Georgetown Law Journal, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3769465 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3769465 “Ours is an era of fraying constitutional norms. Norms that long governed the conduct of elected officials have been violated by the White House, in Congress, and in the states. In the face of threats to constitutional …

Subjects: Congress, Education, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

A quick way to learn more about your search results

Google Blog: “When you search for information on Google, you probably often come across results from sources that you’re familiar with: major retailer websites, national news sites and more. But there’s also a ton of great information on and services available from sites that you may not have come across before. And while you can …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Search Engines

Trump Pollster’s Post Election Exit Poll Analysis 10 Key Target States

Politico: “Former President Donald Trump has blamed the election results on unfounded claims of fraud and malfeasance. But at the top levels of his campaign, a detailed autopsy report that circulated among his political aides paints a far different — and more critical — portrait of what led to his defeat. The post-mortem, a copy …

Subjects: Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Online Research Browsers and Data Visualization Tools 2021

Via LLRX – Online Research Browsers and Data Visualization Tools 2021 – This guide by Marcus P. Zillman focuses on free and feed based research browsers and data visualization tools for research and analysis. These resources can be used to support legal research, legal marketing, business and competitive intelligence research, knowledge management and knowledge discovery, and …

Subjects: AI, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, January 31, 2021

Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, January 31, 2021 – Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly …

Subjects: AI, Congress, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Medicine, Microsoft, Privacy, Search Engines

Umberto Eco’s personal library

Tweet and video via @TedGioia who writes on music, literature and popular culture – “I once got to meet Umberto Eco—who was very memorable. But this film clip of him tracking down a book in his personal library makes him seem all the more impressive.” [worth waiting for 60 seconds!]

Subjects: Knowledge Management, Libraries

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