Released today by the SiliconValley.com/Bay Area News Group. Top salaries by Silicon Valley CEO’s in 2014. Search using company name and gender. Data fields (Sortable) include: Rank Name Company Salary Stock Awards Total Pay Change Direct to Silicon Valley’s Highest-Paid CEOs for 2015 Background Article: “What the Boss Makes: GoPro CEO Nick Woodman is Silicon […]
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New Interactive Database: Silicon Valley’s Highest-Paid CEOs for 2015
Filed by Gary Price on August 2, 2015
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The Global Language Monitor Releases “Top Trending Words of 2012 Mid-Year Update”
Filed by Gary Price on July 10, 2012
From the Intro: Trending 2012 Update: Obesogenic, Derecho (and the gender neutral ‘hen’) are taking on the Mayan Apocalypse, Kate, and Debt as candidates for the Top Word of the Year according to a mid-year update by the Global Language Monitor. Each year, GLM produces the top trending words for the following year just before the new year […]
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Reference: Fast Facts: Fastest Growing U.S. Cities Since 2010 Census
Filed by Gary Price on June 29, 2012
From the U.S. Census: Texas had eight of the 15 most rapidly growing large cities between Census Day (April 1, 2010) and July 1, 2011, according to population estimates for all of the nation’s incorporated cities and towns and minor civil divisions released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. “These estimates provide our first look […]
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Reference: Who Owns the News Media (Interactive Database)
Filed by Gary Price on June 27, 2012
From the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism: Who Owns the News Media was developed to enhance the information available in the State of the News Media report, the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism’s annual report on the health of American journalism. The tool uses a tab format to house […]
Reference: U.S. Department of Education Releases New and Updated College Cost Data
Filed by Gary Price on June 12, 2012
From the U.S. Department of Education: The U.S. Department of Education continued to increase transparency around the cost of college by updating several lists on its College Affordability and Transparency Center today, highlighting institutions with the highest and lowest tuition and net price, and those schools where prices are rising the fastest. In addition, this […]
Filed Under: Academic Libraries, Resources, School Libraries
List: Top 10 Hot Articles in Library and Information Science, June 2012
Filed by Gary Price on June 7, 2012
Powered by bX Hot Articles from Ex Libris. Hot Articles is based on usage data from millions of researchers across journals, publishers and platforms. It helps the users to discover articles that other users found interesting – in general and for a specific topic. bx Hot Article Lists for Other Disciplines
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Amazon.com Releases Annual “Most Well-Read Cities in America” List
Filed by Gary Price on May 15, 2012
Of course the rankings are only based on Amazon.com sales and there are plenty of other places to purchase and borrow reading material. Nevertheless, it’s always fun to review lists like this one when you understand the caveats and purpose. Amazon.com releases this list to help promote the summer reading season. Below the list are […]
Filed Under: Publishing, Resources
Revised Report: How Much Money Does the U.S. Federal Government Spend on Info Products and Services?
Filed by Gary Price on May 14, 2012
Many answers (with actual numbers) in the recently revised report embedded below. Title: Federal Government Strategic Sourcing Of Information Products And Services A Report Prepared by the Federal Research Division, Library of Congress Under an Agreement with the Federal Library and Information Network (FEDLINK), Library of Congress Revised: April 2012 From the Preface: This report […]
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New: The Kindle Index (Top Cities for E-Reader Purchases)
Filed by Gary Price on April 20, 2012
From the team at the Priceonomics (online price guide database). Direct to Complete Blog Post Along with the rankings and analysis (Lexington, Ann Arbor, and Anchorage) top the list, you’ll also find: Kindle Popularity vs. Avg. Temperature of City Kindle Popularity vs. % of Population With College Education Kindle v. XBox (Sample Number of Units […]
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Citation Analysis: Thomson Reuters Releases Rankings of the Hottest Research Papers of 2011
Filed by Gary Price on April 12, 2012
Thomson Reuters is the publisher of the Web of Knowledge/Web of Science database. From Highlights/News Release (via TR News Release) This year’s group of 15 Hottest Researchers each contributed to at least 10 Hot Papers, covering key areas such as genetics, cardiology, epidemiology and cancer research. Eric S. Lander of The Eli and Edythe L. […]
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