MORE POSTS FROM DECEMBER 2016
New VIDEO: “Saving the Web: Ethics & Challenges of Preserving the Internet” Symposium (Incl. Keynotes by Cerf and Kahn)
Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Libraries, News, Preservation
|“Saving the Web: Ethics & Challenges of Preserving the Internet” symposium, featuring a keynote by Vint Cerf and Robert Kahn, took place at the The John W. Kluge Center located inside the Library of Congress on June 16, 2016. Video of the event was made available by LC today and is embedded below. Symposium Description […]
From the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Webpage Updated: Easy Checks – A First Review of Web Accessibility WAI’s Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG) has updated Easy Checks – A First Review of Web Accessibility. This resource helps you start to assess the accessibility of a web page. With these simple steps, you can get […]
The following preprint was recently shared on arXiv. Title How Many Scientific Papers Are Mentioned In Policy-Related Documents? An Empirical Investigation Using Web Of Science and Altmetric Data Authors Robin Haunschild Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research Lutz Bornmann Division for Science and Innovation Studies, Administrative Headquarters of the Max Planck Society Source via […]
From the DC Public Library: This year, more than 3 million items have been borrowed or downloaded from the DC Public Library. These are the most popular titles by type and format. FICTION Book The Girl on the Train; Paula Hawkins All the Light We Cannot See; Anthony Doerr The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar […]
New Research Tools: Registry of U.S. Federal Scientific Collections (USFSC) Offers One-Stop Shopping
|From the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA): Federal agencies act as custodians of hundreds of diverse scientific collections that contain everything from plant and animal specimens, tissues, and DNA to microbes, minerals, and moonrocks. These collections are part of the country’s science infrastructure, and support work in fields that include public health and safety, agriculture, […]
From the Europeana Blog: Since January, we’ve seen millions of searches in Europeana Collections from all over the world. There are now more than 54 million artworks, objects, books, sounds and videos to be found, from one of more than 3,500 European cultural institutions. Top 20 Search Terms on Europeana Collections, 2016: 16-20 16 – […]
Interview: A 100 Day Q&A with Dr. Patricia Flatley Brennan, Director, National Library of Medicine
Data Files, Interviews, Libraries, National Libraries, News, Profiles, Public Libraries
|A new interview with Dr. Patricia Flatley Brennan is now available online on the NLM In Focus website. Here are two exchanges from the interview. The complete Q&A runs approx. 21oo words. Another woman, Carla D. Hayden, was sworn in as the 14thLibrarian of Congress on September 14, just two days after you were sworn in. […]
From the Wikimedia Blog: Regardless of how you feel about this year, Wikipedia editors were there to help you understand what happened in 2016 and then some. Without further ado, here is 2016 as seen through the most-edited articles on the English Wikipedia, both for the full year and by month. Top 20 Most Edited […]
From West Virginia University: Policymakers, researchers and journalists alike will soon have access to roughly 4.2 million state government decisions in a single database. West Virginia University political science researcher, William Franko, a professor in the Rockefeller School of Politics and Policy, is part of a research team collecting every legislative bill, executive rule and […]
From the Open Knowledge International Blog: PersonalData.IO is a free and open platform for citizens to track their personal data and understand how it is used by companies. It is part of the MyData movement, promoting a human-centric approach to personal data management. [Clip] Why should you care? Holding personal data often translates into power over […]