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In E-Books, Publishers Have Rivals: News Sites
| Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), News, Publishing
In E-Books, Publishers Have Rivals: News Sites Book publishers are surrounded by hungry new competitors: Amazon, with its steadily growing imprints; authors who publish their own e-books; online start-ups like The Atavist and Byliner. Now they have to contend with another group elbowing into their territory: news organizations. Swiftly and at little cost, newspapers, magazines […]
Secretary Napolitano Announces the Launch of Study in the States Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton today announced a new initiative to streamline the international student visa process for foreign students seeking to study in the United States. The Study in the States initiative is a […]
Online Game – Counties Work NACo, together with iCivics, has created an online game, “Counties Work,” to educate students, grades 6 through 12, about the important role and functions of county government by letting them run their own county. A curriculum and web quest has also been developed to assist teachers with preparing lessons on […]
What’s a Presidential Library to Do? When Republicans gathered at the Ronald Reagan Library and Museum here for the presidential debate last week, the backdrop was an overhauled exhibition on the Reagan presidency, done under the watchful eye of Nancy Reagan. It is intended, in part, to be a more complete depiction of the Reagan […]
Gender Bias in Wikipedia and Britannica Is there a bias in the against women’s representation in Wikipedia biographies? Thousands of biographical subjects, from six sources, are compared against the English-language Wikipedia and the online Encyclopædia Britannica with respect to coverage, gender representation, and article length. We conclude that Wikipedia provides better coverage and longer articles, […]
Common Export Documents This Section covers documents that are commonly used in exporting, but specific requirements vary by destination and product. It is divided in the following sections: common export-related documents, certificates of origin, other certificates for shipments of specific goods, Export licenses and Temporary shipment documents. For assistance with country-specific documentation requirements, please contact […]
Economics Professors’ Favorite Economic Thinkers, Journals, and Blogs (along with Party and Policy Views)
| Academic Libraries, Journal Articles, Resources, School Libraries
Economics Professors’ Favorite Economic Thinkers, Journals, and Blogs (along with Party and Policy Views) (PDF) We sent a survey to economics professors through out the United States, and 299 returned a completed survey. The survey asked about favorites in the following areas: economic thinkers who wrote prior to the twentieth century of the twentieth century, […]
Nonprofit Startup Resources by State The Nonprofit Startup Map provides links to helpful state resources such as nonprofit associations, legal support organizations and government agencies. Source: Foundation Center
Your Guide to Reporting Problems to FDA Consumers play an important public health role by reporting to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) any adverse events (unexpected side effects) after using a medical product, or other problems with any products that the agency regulates. Timely reporting allows the agency to take prompt action. There are […]
Content Disputes in Wikipedia Reflect Geopolitical Instability Indicators that rank countries according socioeconomic measurements are important tools for regional development and political reform. Those currently in widespread use are sometimes criticized for a lack of reproducibility or the inability to compare values over time, necessitating simple, fast and systematic measures. Here, we applied the ‘guilt […]
