Museo Virtual Search Engine

“Museo is a visual search engine that connects you with the Art Institute of Chicago, the Rijksmuseum, the Harvard Art Museums, the Minneapolis Institute of Art and the New York Public Library Digital Collectionmore to come! Every image you find here is in the public domain and completely free to use, although crediting the source …

Subjects: Education, Knowledge Management, Libraries

How hospitals hide pricing data from web search results

Becker’s Health IT (no paywall): “HCA Healthcare and Universal Health Services are among hundreds of hospitals that have embedded special coding within their websites to block previously confidential pricing information from appearing in web searches, according to a March 22 Wall Street Journal report. Seven things to know…”

Subjects: E-Records, Economy, Financial System, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries, Search Engines

The Next Great Disruption Is Hybrid Work—Are We Ready?

Microsoft – “Exclusive research and expert insights into a year of work like no other reveal urgent trends leaders should consider as hybrid work unfolds. We’re on the brink of a disruption as great as last year’s sudden shift to remote work: the move to hybrid work — a blended model where some employees return …

Subjects: Economy, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Microsoft, Social Media

A New Portal for the Decentralized Web and its Guiding Principles

Internet Archives Blog – “For a long time, we’ve felt that the growing, diverse, global community interested in building the decentralized Web needed an entry point. A portal into the events, concepts, voices, and resources critical to moving the Decentralized Web forward. This is why we created, getdweb.net, to serve as a portal, a welcoming …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management

In ‘Landmark’ Ruling, Court Raises Threshold for Firing Feds

Agencies must do more to prove feds were actually performing poorly, court says in precedent-setting decision. “Federal agencies are now facing new requirements to fire employees thanks to a court ruling that reversed a decades old precedent.  In Santos v. NASA, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit found the space agency failed …

Subjects: Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research

It’s not just a social media problem – how search engines spread misinformation

It’s not just a social media problem – how search engines spread misinformation – Chirag Shah, Associate Professor in the Information School, University of Washington and Founding Director of InfoSeeking Lab, which focuses on issues related to information seeking, human-computer interaction (HCI), and social media. Shah’s research describes how search engines are not just one …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Search Engines, Social Media

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, March 21, 2021

Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, March 21, 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 …

Subjects: AI, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Records, Internet, Privacy, Search Engines, Transportation

How Crying on TikTok Sells Books

The New York Times – ” ‘BookTok’ videos are starting to influence publishers and best-seller lists, and the verklempt readers behind them are just as surprised as everyone else…An app known for serving up short videos on everything from dance moves to fashion tips, cooking tutorials and funny skits, TikTok is not an obvious destination …

Subjects: Economy, Libraries, Social Media

How to change your signature in Gmail

Mashable: “Your email signature — that text you choose to use as your name and sign-off at the end of a message — is an important part of your personal digital branding. It provides the email recipient with vital information about you, like your job title and further contact information, or whatever else you choose …

Subjects: E-Mail

Frick – 175,000 New Photoarchive Records Available Digitally

Explore the Frick Collection: “In February 2021, the Frick Art Reference Library announced the completion of a massive, three-year project to digitize the library’s historic Photoarchive collection. Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, this initiative has made records and images for more than 175,000 works of art available in the Frick Digital Collections, NYARC Discovery(link …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries

Working Conditions Survey – Goldman Sachs

FinTechFutures – “A leaked internal presentation by Goldman Sachs titled “Working Conditions Survey” was posted on Twitter on Thursday. The slides showed answers to the survey detailing dissatisfaction among 13 first year analysts in its investment bank division, revealing long hours and a stressful working environment…” Working Conditions Survey Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC February …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Legal Research