May 25, 2013

New Report: "Assessing Community Information Needs: A Practical Guide"

New from the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy: Free flowing news and information is essential to the health of democratic communities, but not all information environments are equally effective at meeting community information needs. What can a community do to measure the quality of its information environment, identify its [...]

WorldCat Local adds availability on brief results, more local, more mobile and more content

From OCLC: The latest enhancements for WorldCat Local includes availability on brief results, Local Holdings Record searching, article links and branch information for mobile views and more. The latest additions to the popular discovery and delivery service include the following new member-requested features: Availability views on brief results Now users can see if an item [...]

Twitter Data Used to Track Vaccination Rates and Attitudes

Twitter Data Used to Track Vaccination Rates and Attitudes A unique and innovative analysis of how social media can affect the spread of a disease has been designed and implemented by a scientist at Penn State University studying attitudes toward the H1N1 vaccine. Marcel Salathé, an assistant professor of biology, studied how users of Twitter [...]