LPT: Librarians aren’t just random people who work at libraries they are professional researchers there to help you find a place to start researching on any topic. from LifeProTips
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WordPress for Libraries: , edited by Haefele, Chad
My review of “WordPress for Libraries” is available here:
(2016). WordPress for Libraries. Journal of Access Services: Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 213-214. doi: 10.1080/15367967.2016.1208021
The US government is removing scientific data from the Internet | Ars Technica
At Ars Technica Live, we talked to Lindsey Dillon, who decided to do something about it.
Source: The US government is removing scientific data from the Internet | Ars Technica
earth :: a global map of wind, weather, and ocean conditions
See current wind, weather, ocean, and pollution conditions, as forecast by supercomputers, on an interactive animated map. Updated every three hours.
Source: earth :: a global map of wind, weather, and ocean conditions
Digital Archaeology Project to Use Big Data
“This is not just a database,” said Ram, professor of management information systems and director of the INSITE: Center for Business Intelligence and Analytics in the UA’s Eller College of Management. “We’re building a knowledge discovery system that integrates multiple archaeological databases and various artifacts and objects, and we’re trying to figure out relationships that aren’t already known. People can query the website and it’ll show them various data and how they’re related to each other, and they’ll be able to run large-scale network analysis and statistical analysis that will support various stakeholders, including researchers and students, as well as the public.”
OSF | Mission Possible: the Making of a Shared Digital Library
Hosted on the Open Science Framework – here is our presentation from the 2016 Digital Library Federation conference in Milwaukee.
Source: OSF | Mission Possible: the Making of a Shared Digital Library
Endangered Data Week – April 17-21, 2017
raising awareness of threats to publicly available data; exploring the power dynamics of data creation, sharing, and retention; and teaching ways to make endangered data more accessible and secure
All 700 computers in St. Louis library system down after hack
Every computer in city’s 16 branches has been shut down as the library looks into a hack that hit the whole system.
Source: All 700 computers in St. Louis library system down after hack
With Rule 41, Little-Known Committee Proposes to Grant New Hacking Powers to the Government | EFF
The government hacking into phones and seizing computers remotely? It’s not the plot of a dystopian blockbuster summer movie. It’s a proposal from an obscure committee that proposes changes to court procedures—and if we do nothing, it will go into effect in December.
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