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September 30, 2015 / Last updated : September 30, 2015 ResearchBuzz New Resources

Vatican Launches Digital Library

The Vatican has launched a new digital library. “At a press conference in the Vatican on Wednesday, a new online digital library was launched, offering access to over a thousand papal documents on communications from the first to the twenty-first century. The initiative, known as the Baragli Project, features papal teachings on communication, translated into […]

September 29, 2015 / Last updated : September 29, 2015 ResearchBuzz New Resources

Putting a Digital Archive on the Moon

Two companies are teaming up to put a digital archive on the moon. And they want your contributions. “Astrobotic Technology Inc. and Lunar Missions Ltd, the company behind the global, inclusive, not-for-profit crowd-funded Lunar Mission One, have signed a deal to send the first digital storage payload to the Moon. The payload will support Lunar […]

September 29, 2015 / Last updated : September 29, 2015 ResearchBuzz Around the Search & Social Media World

Bing Making TV Show Predictions

Bing is predicting the most popular TV shows this fall. “Using popular search terms from our users and historical data regarding what makes a TV show successful, Bing Predicts these ten shows will lead the season in popularity: The Walking Dead, The Bing Bang Theory, Empire, NCIS, Dancing with the Stars, Grey’s Anatomy, The Flash, […]

September 29, 2015 / Last updated : September 29, 2015 ResearchBuzz Tweaks & Updates

Library of Congress Upgrades Global Legal Monitor

The Library of Congress has launched an upgraded Global Legal Monitor. “The Global Legal Monitor is managed by editors Connie Johnson and Wendy Zeldin. They are also prolific authors who have each published more than 800 GLM articles. They are two of the 40 authors who have contributed almost 4,500 articles to the Global Legal […]

September 29, 2015 / Last updated : September 29, 2015 ResearchBuzz Uncategorized

TNW On the New Chromecast Audio

The Next Web (already) has a review of the new Google Chromecast Audio.

September 29, 2015 / Last updated : September 29, 2015 ResearchBuzz Around the Search & Social Media World

Facebook Has 2.5+ M Advertisers

Zow: Facebook has over 2.5 million advertisers. “In June of 2013, Facebook formally announced that it had 1 million advertisers. Then, in February of this year, the company announced 2 million advertisers. And last night, it said it now had 2.5 million. Advertiser growth is clearly accelerating.” And some of them need to learn about […]

September 29, 2015 / Last updated : September 29, 2015 ResearchBuzz New Resources

The Internet Is Full of Sh – Nah, Too Easy

New-to-me: today I learned there is an online museum of coprolites. (Coprolite is fossilized excrement, and I remember first learning that word from the Rona Jaffe book Mazes and Monsters, and I just admitted to reading Mazes and Monsters. Anyway.) It’s called the Poozeum. OF COURSE IT’S CALLED THE POOZEUM.

September 29, 2015 / Last updated : September 29, 2015 ResearchBuzz Useful Stuff

Making Better Webinars

Aimed at marketers, but good for anybody: 13 Tips for Producing an Incredible Webinar.

September 29, 2015 / Last updated : September 29, 2015 ResearchBuzz New Resources

UCLA Researchers Launch LA Energy Atlas

UCLA researchers have launched the LA Energy Atlas. “UCLA researchers launched their new L.A. Energy Atlas today, a free searchable database that combines never-before-released data from energy utilities with public records to reveal previously undetectable patterns about how people, buildings and cities use energy. Researchers from the California Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLA have […]

September 29, 2015 / Last updated : September 29, 2015 ResearchBuzz Useful Stuff

Finding What You’re Looking for in IA Books

Ancestry Insider looks at a “bug” in the Internet Archive’s book viewer and shows how to work around it. I quoted “bug” because it’s less a bug and more a sub-optimal user interface.

September 29, 2015 / Last updated : September 30, 2015 ResearchBuzz New Resources

Items From Duke-Peacock Records Digitized

The University of Houston has digitized a number of photos and other items from Duke-Peacock Records. “Almost 100 rare publicity photos and other items that once belonged to Duke-Peacock Records were put online recently by the University of Houston’s digital library, offering an invaluable glimpse into the innermost workings of the most important U.S. record […]

September 29, 2015 / Last updated : September 29, 2015 ResearchBuzz New Resources

Open Library of Humanities Has Launched

The Open Library of Humanities has launched. Here’s how it’s described on its About page: “The Open Library of Humanities (OLH) is a charitable organisation dedicated to publishing open access scholarship with no author-facing article processing charges (APCs). We are funded by an international consortium of libraries who have joined us in our mission to […]

September 29, 2015 / Last updated : September 29, 2015 ResearchBuzz New Resources

Crowdsourcing Data to Research Pediatric Asthma

In development: a database that aggregates information on air quality and pediatric asthma. “A team of University of Utah researchers has received a $5.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering to develop an informatics platform that will make it possible to crowdsource scientific data and, eventually, […]

September 28, 2015 / Last updated : September 28, 2015 ResearchBuzz Around the Search & Social Media World

Electronic Records Day is October 10

I had no idea. Apparently Electronic Records Day is October 10. “Electronic Records Day is an opportunity to raise awareness among government agencies, related professional organizations, the general public and other stakeholders about the crucial role electronic records play in our world. Now in its fourth year, E-Records Day was created by the Council of […]

September 28, 2015 / Last updated : September 28, 2015 ResearchBuzz New Resources

US Government Now Has Web Design Standards

HEY! This is post #1000. The US Government now has a set of Web design standards. “The design of every component follows data-informed best practices, found both inside (DigitalGov) and outside (Nielsen Norman group articles) of government. Many components were derived from other agency and style guide patterns; more complex patterns were further tested with […]

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