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Via Bank for International Settlements – Updated 18 March 2016 – “The detailed data set of nominal residential property prices consists of around 300 series from 58 countries, collected from national central banks. The data set is updated monthly. Our data Property price statistics – monthly, quarterly and yearly data included, as well as documentation (xlsx, …
A Network for Foodborne Disease Surveillance Robert L. Scharff, PhD, JD, John Besser, PhD, Donald J. Sharp, MD, Timothy F. Jones, MD, Gerner-Smidt Peter, DMS, MD, Craig W. Hedberg, PhD. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. “The PulseNet surveillance system is a molecular subtyping network of public health and food regulatory agency laboratories designed to identify …
Follow up on previous posting – Database of 48 million pirated research papers is focus of litigious revolt against paywalls – see Sci-Hub: research piracy and the public good – The release of millions of journal papers online reflects impatience with an outdated publishing model, says John Willinsky: “The old economy is the impetus behind …
Derek Willis – ProPublica – “An API, or Application Programming Interface, is a language that two programs can use to communicate and trade data. Programmers can use it to access data from a website or Internet service more easily. We’re assuming responsibility of an API that was previously published by The New York Times. If …
Via theguardian.com – The last surviving play script handwritten by William Shakespeare, in which he imagines Sir Thomas More making an impassioned plea for the humane treatment of refugees, is to be made available online by the British Library. The manuscript is one of 300 newly digitised treasures shining a light on the wider society …
By Kelly Hinchcliffe – March 17, 2016 Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series of articles being published by Poynter to commemorate Sunshine Week. View the rest here. In honor of Sunshine Week, I asked fellow journalists on Twitter to share their favorite open government stories from around the country. Here are some …
Follow up to previous posting – Washington DC Bald Eagle Nest Cam Update – today via Washington Post – “Experts said they weren’t immediately able to tell much about the eaglet because the parents are taking turns sitting on top of the nest.” The American Eagle Foundation allows you to watch the pair and the …
The Cornell Lab Bird Academy Wall of Birds – “Explore the diversity and evolution of birds with this web interactive based on the Wall of Birds mural. Envisioned by Cornell Lab ornithologists and realized by artist Jane Kim, the large-scale mural features species from all surviving bird families alongside a select group of extinct ancestors. …
“The Berkman Center is excited to announce a new release for Amber, the open source tool for WordPress and Drupal that helps fight Internet censorship and link rot by keeping linked content accessible…Amber v1.4.2 is a result of the feedback and input we’ve received from so many early adopters. The new version for WordPress increases …
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LLMC – “As you know, MARC21 records are available from OCLC for all LLMC Digital titles. For OCLC members these bibliographic records are FREE OF CHARGE. However, some of you have found it difficult to acquire this information from OCLC’s KnowledgeBase service and load it into your OPAC. Therefore, working with OCLC, LLMC is pleased to …
Via Registry of Research Data Repositories: “We are pleased to announce the publication of version 3.0 of the “Metadata Schema for the Description of Research Data Repositories”. This updated version of the re3data.org schema incorporates feedback from users as well as changes in registry policies and structural adjustments to the schema designed to better reflect …
