Week 10: Additional Resources
The page following this one goes to Google's deep dive into the how and why of their search. (Optional)
Podcast: Facts Aren't Enough: The Psychology of False Beliefs (NPR: Hidden Brain) This is an excellent example of how you can believe something when you live in a social media echo chamber. (Suggestion: Listen to it at the gym?)
Data & Infographics: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #8 Links to an external site. (Video)
Boost Your Teams' Data Literacy (PDF) - by Josh Bersin and Marc Zao-Sanders Harvard Business Review
from EBSCO Business: Bersin, Josh, and Marc Zao-Sanders. “Boost Your Team’s Data Literacy.” Harvard Business Review Digital Articles, Feb. 2020, pp. 1–6. EBSCOhost, https://search-ebscohost-com.libwin2k.glendale.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bsh&AN=142018341&site=ehost-live.
How [Google] Search works for site owners Links to an external site. A deep dive from Google
Trillions of Questions, No Easy Answers Links to an external site. : A (home) movie about how Google Search works (58:10)
Like any typical home movie, this one started in a dusty basement with boxes of old footage. Some conversations in 2019, a field trip to a data center, and an unexpected stop at a hardware store later, it came together into a story–our story. Like all home movies, there’s a good chance that the only people who will swoon over it are the people who are in it. But, if you’ve ever wondered how Search works, or are curious to see what goes on behind the scenes, there may be something here for you too.
Paywall: The Business of Scholarship (CC BY 4.0) Links to an external site.
Paywall: The Business of Scholarship (1:04), produced by Jason Schmitt, provides focus on the need for open access to research and science, questions the rationale behind the $25.2 billion a year that flows into for-profit academic publishers, examines the 35-40% profit margin associated with the top academic publisher Elsevier and looks at how that profit margin is often greater than some of the most profitable tech companies like Apple, Facebook and Google. This film is free to view both in personal and public venues.
UC Berkeley Open Access Policy Links to an external site.
March 16, 2021:
- UC announces breakthrough open access deal with publishing giant Elsevier
Links to an external site.
UC’s deal with Elsevier: What it took, what it means, why it matters Links to an external site.