MORE POSTS FROM JUNE 2018
Statement From ARL on United States’ Ratification of Marrakesh Treaty
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|From Krista Cox at the the Association of Research Libraries (ARL): On June 28, 2018, the United States Senate ratified the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled and passed the Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Act (S. 2559) by unanimous consent. As an organization […]
From Pew Research: In the midst of an ongoing debate over the power of digital technology companies and the way they do business, sizable shares of Americans believe these companies privilege the views of certain groups over others. Some 43% of Americans think major technology firms support the views of liberals over conservatives, while 33% […]
Impressive! The Biodiversity Heritage Library and Eleven Partners Digitize 517,000 Pages of Fields Notes and Make Them Available Online
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|From the BHL Blog: In February 2016, the Biodiversity Heritage Library set out to digitize over 450,000 pages of field notes. While the BHL had already added some archival material to its collection before this project, the Field Notes Project is BHL’s largest undertaking of digitizing field notes to date. [Clip] Funded by the Council […]
From Bloomberg: Twitter said it will show detailed information about advertisers on the social-media service, addressing concerns from lawmakers that the company let foreign meddlers run rampant during the U.S. presidential election. Starting on Thursday, anyone will be able to search for a Twitter account and see all the ads it has run in the […]
From OECD: High-speed mobile Internet subscriptions grew by 80 million, or 6.1%, in the year to December 2017, taking mobile broadband penetration to over 102% in the OECD area, according to an update to the OECD’s broadband portal, now covering 37 countries including Colombia* and Lithuania*. The OECD’s broadband statistics cover 37 countries. As of December […]
From a NSA Statement (Full Text): Consistent with NSA’s core values of respect for the law, accountability, integrity, and transparency we are making public notice that on May 23, 2018, NSA began deleting all call detail records (CDRs) acquired since 2015 under Title V of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) The Government relies on […]
From the Bureau of Labor Statistics: In 2017, 82 percent of employed persons worked on an average weekday, compared with 33 percent on an average weekend day, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Multiple jobholders were more likely to work on an average weekend day than were single jobholders—57 percent, compared with 30 […]
National Archives Updates Progress on ICE Records Disposition
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|From the National Archivist of the United States (via AOTUS Blog): The proposed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) records schedule for records related to detainees held in ICE detention facilities (DAA-0567-2015-0013) has received significant attention in the media and by concerned individuals. Because of the ongoing interest in this schedule, NARA is providing this update […]
New today, a report from the Association of European Research Libraries (LIBER). From the Publication Announcement: Open Science — which is at the heart of LIBER’s 2018-2022 Strategy — requires some brave transformations in this field. This includes an emphasis on next-generation metrics based on transparency, openness and collaboration: both for traditional and emerging scientific areas. [Clip] To […]
Conference Paper: Developing Video Games with Cultural Value at National Library of Lithuania
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|The following paper will be presented at the IFLA WLIC 2018 taking place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at the end of August. Title Developing Video Games with Cultural Value at National Library of Lithuania Authors Eugenijus Stratilatovas National Library of Lithuania Source Library.IFLA.org Abstract The role of technology and the Internet has significantly influenced learning […]