Category «Knowledge Management»

Constitutional Bad Faith

Pozen, David, Constitutional Bad Faith (October 12, 2015). 129 Harvard Law Review (forthcoming 2016). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2672386 “The concepts of good faith and bad faith play a central role in many areas of private law and international law. Typically associated with honesty, loyalty, and fair dealing, good faith is said to supply …

Subjects: Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Paper – Addressing the Empathy Deficit

Addressing the Empathy Deficit: Beliefs about the Malleability of Empathy Predict Effortful Responses when Empathy is Challenging – Karina Schumann, Jamil Zaki, and Carol S. Dweck Stanford University. “Empathy is often thought to occur automatically. Yet, empathy frequently breaks down when it is difficult or distressing to relate to people in need, suggesting that empathy is …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

NARA Digitization Priorities based on user feedback

“A few weeks ago, we asked the public for suggestions and feedback about NARA’s digitization priorities to help us develop an agency-wide priority list.  This list will guide the work of the digitization program over the next couple of years. After putting out that call, responses flooded into us with comments here on NARAtions, emails …

Subjects: Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries

Supreme Court to Highlight Revisions in Its Opinions

Supreme Court What’s New – “Beginning with the October Term 2015, postrelease edits to slip opinions on the Court’s website will be highlighted and the date they occur will be noted. The date of any revision will be listed in a new “Revised” column on the charts of Opinions, In-Chambers Opinions, and Opinions Related to …

Subjects: Courts, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries

New Self-Guided Curriculum for Digitization

DPLA: “Through the Public Library Partnerships Project (PLPP), DPLA has been working with existing DPLA Service Hubs to provide digital skills training for public librarians and connect them sustainably with state and regional resources for digitizing, describing, and exhibiting their cultural heritage content. During the project, DPLA collaborated with trainers at Digital Commonwealth, Digital Library of Georgia, Minnesota …

Subjects: Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries

Librarian shares what profession can learn from Buzzfeed

Christina Manzo, Boston Public Library Volume 1, Issue 3, 2015. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3998/weave.12535642.0001.302 5 Lessons Library Websites Can Learn from Buzzfeed – “Since its 2006 launch, Buzzfeed has become an Internet institution by recognizing and capitalizing on the insatiable life-cycle of viral media. The idea behind the website is relatively simple: bring together trending content (e.g., …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries, Marketing, Social Media

Free online university just for refugees

Good: “Kiron based  Berlin University…has partnered with more than 20 international universities to create its unique online program. The first year of learning will include classes in German, English, and general studies (like writing). The second year will focus in on a specific degree program, and will take advantage of popular Massive Open Online Courses …

Subjects: Education, Financial System, Internet, Knowledge Management

Average American Worker Earns Less Today Than 40 Years Ago

FastcoExist: “…American workers are actually poorer today than four decades ago. They may be earning more money. But, in real terms, they’re getting less for it. Measured in 2014 dollars, the median male full-time worker made $50,383 last year against $53,294 in 1973, according to new U.S. Census Bureau figures.”

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Knowledge Management

Organizational Restructuring and Collaborative Creativity: The Case of Microsoft and Sony

Gupta, Sonam and Dhillon, Ishneet, Organizational Restructuring and Collaborative Creativity: The Case of Microsoft and Sony (2015). The IUP Journal of Business Strategy, Vol. XII, No. 1, March 2015, pp. 53-65. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2671723 “The need for innovation and cross-dependencies among the departments is forcing organizations to restructure from divisional to functional organizational structure. This …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Internet, Knowledge Management, Microsoft

Getting a “quick fix”: First-year college students’ use of Wikipedia

First Monday – John C Garrison, Volume 20, Number 10 – 5 October 2015 “College students use Wikipedia frequently, despite educators’ highly divided opinions about it, and so it is important to understand how and why they are using it. This study followed a first-year class of undergraduate, liberal arts students over the course of their first …

Subjects: Education, Internet, Knowledge Management

The Rise and Impact of Digital Amnesia

Kaspersky Lab – Why we need to protect what we no longer remember – “Key findings from the study include: • Across the United States, the study shows that an overwhelming number of consumers can easily admit their dependency on the Internet and devices as a tool for remembering. Almost all (91.2%) of those surveyed agreed that they use the Internet as an …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Internet, Knowledge Management, Social Media

Emergency Preparedness Data: Flood-Affected Areas in South Carolina

“The Census Bureau produces timely local data critical to emergency planning, preparedness and recovery efforts. To that end, a wide variety of statistics profiling the flood-affected areas of South Carolina are now available. These include demographic and socio-economic profiles of the population, housing characteristics and a portrait of businesses. An 11-county area is profiled, including Berkeley, …

Subjects: Environmental Law, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research