From PCMag.com: Just two years after the launch of the original iPad, tablets have reached a “critical mass” in the U.S., according to a new report from comScore. The data measurement company found that smartphone adoption has exploded, with nearly one in four smartphone owners (or 23.6 percent) also using tablets during the three-month period […]
New Preprint: The Conundrum of Sharing Research Data
Filed by on June 9, 2012
Title The Conundrum of Sharing Research Data (Preprint) Author Christine Borgman University of California, Los Angeles Source Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 63(6): 1059-1078, 2012 via SSRN Abstract New methods and instrumentation are producing an unprecedented deluge of research data. The volume of data, combined with new means of distribution […]
U. of Arkansas Researcher Helping to Develop Web Annotation Technology
Filed by on May 16, 2012
From a University of Arkansas News Release: With little more than basic information about Web users’ behavior – that is, the hyperlinks they click on daily and the content at those sites – Susan Gauch can build a better search engine. In information systems research, this work is known as “implicit” user profiling, meaning there […]
New from IMLS: "Building Digital Communities: New Resource to Help Communities Bridge the Digital Divide"
Filed by on March 22, 2012
New from the Institute of Museum and Library Services: There are still 100 million Americans who do not have a broadband connection to the Internet. This sobering statistic has profound implications for economic success, educational achievement, and civic life. Communities face difficult challenges in their efforts to provide digital opportunity for all their residents. The […]
Google's Usability Chief On Ideas Having to Be Discoverable and Use "Control F"
Filed by on November 29, 2011
In a New Scientist article, Google’s Dan Russell talks about his job, discoverability of ideas, and more. Dan also mentions a super interesting fact that we’ve heard from him before (it’s worth repeating) and something that many of us have shared during presentations for years, the POWER of the Control+F (find) feature. It’s one of […]
Article: "Open University Research Explodes Myth of ‘Digital Native’"
Filed by on August 22, 2011
From Merlin John Online: A new research project by the Open University explores the much-debated concept of “the digital native”. The university does this by making full use of the rich resource which is its own highly diverse student body. It concludes that while there are clear differences between older people and younger in their […]
"Korean Teens Top Tests of Digital Literacy Skills"
Filed by on June 29, 2011
Direct to OECD Report News Release PISA 2009 Results: Students On Line tasked students with evaluating information on the Internet, assessing its credibility and navigating webpages to test their digital reading performance. Students from 16 OECD countries took part – Australia, Austria, Belgium, Chile, Denmark, France, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, […]
"Hacktivists Scorch PBS in Retaliation for WikiLeaks Documentary"
Filed by on May 30, 2011
From Wired News: A hacker group unhappy with PBS Frontline’s hour-long documentary on WikiLeaks has hit back at the Public Broadcasting System by cracking its servers, posting thousands of stolen passwords, and adding a fake news story to a blog belonging to the august PBS Newshour. On Sunday night, visitors to the Newshour website read […]
