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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 …
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!]
Unger, Wayne, How Disinformation Campaigns Exploit the Poor Data Privacy Regime to Erode Democracy (December 14, 2020). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3762609 “The U.S. is under attack. It is an information war, and disinformation is the weapon. Foreign and domestic actors have launched information operations and coordinated campaigns against western democracies using dis/misinformation. While the U.S. …
The Guardian – “Librarians at UK universities say students’ reading lists for this term are being torn up because of publishers’ “eye-watering” increases to ebook prices, and some students are now reading what is available or affordable, rather than what their tutors think is best for their course. With thousands of students studying in their …
In Custodia Legis – The following is a guest post by Alice Pérez Ververa, an intern with the Digital Resources Division of the Law Library of Congress. She is a current student of the Information School at the University of Washington. “This document was a mandate with 24 instructions written by Spanish government and health …
Archives Foundation / YouTube – Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt: America’s First Power Couple. “Join FDR Presidential Library Director Paul Sparrow for a discussion of the 20th century’s most influential power couple. We’ll explore the impact of Franklin and Eleanor together and apart, delving into Eleanor’s role in redefining what it means to be First Lady …
Ditto Press – “The past year frayed the fabric of American life. Our civil society fractured, as citizens living side by side consumed vastly different information streams. Patent untruths and conspiracy theories flourished in the mainstream. Our civic dialogue broke down more than at any time since Reconstruction. In the midst of ongoing turmoil, libraries …
Picture This – LC Blog, January 28, 2021 – The following is a guest post by Eric Peich, Archivist, Prints & Photographs Division. The Angel of New York: “Candid views of people and formal views of buildings abound in the Anthony Angel Collection, which offers a diverse and lively representation of one of the most …
Copyright Clearance Center – “A year ago, the COVID-19 pandemic was an “known unknown”—a potentially life-changing event we knew could happen someday but didn’t foresee on the near horizon. As we discussed the pandemic, we became increasingly curious to learn whether our anecdotal observations were backed up by facts. We started researching. The pandemic is …
Nature – “In the table in this photograph are the remains of more than 130 wedge-tailed eagles (Aquila audax) — Australia’s largest bird of prey. The birds had been poisoned, and I needed to confirm the species for a criminal case. As collection manager of ornithology at the Australian Museum in Sydney, I not only …
“Welcome to the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction. This work-in-progress is a comprehensive quotation-based dictionary of the language of science fiction. The HD/SF is an offshoot of a project begun by the Oxford English Dictionary (though it is no longer formally affiliated with it). It is edited by Jesse Sheidlower. Please explore the menu links to learn more.”
Perspectives on History: “Various disciplinary “archival turns” over the course of the past few decades have resulted in a tendency towards the over-casual use of the word “archive” as a shorthand to refer to, well, just about anything. While historians are not the most egregious of offenders, this exasperating tendency has led to an increasing …
