WMATA enhances website translations
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (DC) has translated key pages of its website into Spanish, French, Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese. Original post
Miscellaneous
All Australian Parliamentary Speeches Online
All 110 years of transcripts of parliamentary proceedings are now available for the Australian Parliament. The Parliamentary Library claims that Hansard for the Senate and House of Representatives has been converted to XML for easy online access under a Creative Commons licence.While it is good that Hansard is available online, the interface could be improved.Read… Read more »
Assessment beyond the degree factory
Greetings from day two of the Faculty Board Meeting of ACS Education, the part of the Australian Computer Society which provides education to computer professionals. There are about 30 people around a table in the ACS South Australia Branch office.AssessmentWe started with a presentation on the role of assessment in academic integrity. What I foundRead… Read more »
Paul McCartney to marry MTA board member
Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney is engaged to Nancy Shevell, who is a member of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (NY) board of directors. Original post
EU Council Invites EU Members to Use European Case Law Identifier and Standard Metadata for Court and Tribunal Decisions
The Council of the European Union (EU), on 29 April 2011, issued conclusions inviting EU member states to begin using “the European Case Law Identifier (ECLI) and a minimum set of uniform metadata for case law.” In particular, the Council invites member states to apply ECLI to “all decisions rendered by all of their courtsRead… Read more »
Learning in the Adelaide North Terrace Cultural Precinct
Dr Diana Quinn, from the University of South Australia Learning and Teaching Unit (LTU) gave me a quick tour of their City West Campus, at the western end of the Adelaide North Terrace Cultural Precinct. This nicely bookends the terrace, which has the state library, museum and art gallery in the middle and the UnviersityRead… Read more »
Architecture Education in South Australia
Yesterday I stepped into the City West Library of the Unviersity of South Australia, where I found the staff setting up the display for “Louis Laybourne Smith and Gavin Walkley : Architecture Educators”, as part of the SA History Festival. Louis Laybourne Smith was an architect and on display are his drawing instruments, blueprints andRead… Read more »
A New Online Source for Treaty Information: The Electronic World Treaty Index
The Electronic World Treaty Index is a new post by Paul Poast of the University of Michigan Department of Political Science, Daniel Martin Katz of the University of Michigan’s Center for the Study of Complex Systems and Computational Legal Studies, and Michael J. Bommarito II of Systematic Global Macro and Computational Legal Studies, on theRead… Read more »
A Sampling of Principles for Public Engagement
Here are some sets of principles we collected to help inform the creation of the Core Principles for Public Engagement (2009)… Effective Deliberative Public Engagement: Nine Principles (from the National Consumer Council & Involve.org) Nine Principles: The process makes a difference. The process is transparent. The process has integrity. The process is tailored to theRead… Read more »
Connect with MEP at SOFIC 2011 – May 17-19 in Tampa, FL
As the US Department of Defense’s leading language services provider, MEP is looking for business partners to help us serve our soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines worldwide. Whether you’re a small business, large business, or minority institution, please stop by our booth (#1421). We value your interest in partnering with us. To learn more please,Read… Read more »