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HR Innovation: Mentirement

ASPA National Weblog

Take my retirement in 2014. After 36 years within state and local government (and in many roles) I filed retirement documents about 90 days in advance of my final date. I put in my retirement documents, a replacement is hired, and then for most of those final, 90 days, I train that replacement. But those 90 days came and went.

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ScannX achieves success at the 2024 LibraryWorks Awards

Open Access Government - Technology News

They’ve been at the forefront of the industry since their company entered the market in 2014.” ScannX’s achievement at the MLAs reinforces its position as a document and book-scanning solutions leader.

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Uber: criminal?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Hailo didn't last long (" Hailo Shuts Down: How Taxi Drivers Sabotaged a Golden Opportunity and Handed Uber and Lyft the Keys ," Frommers, 2014). Guardian has many stories based on the leaked documents. -- " The Uber Files ".

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Why is smartphone addiction on the rise, and are you being affected?

Open Access Government - Technology News

In a 2014 review of internet addiction, the authors considered how internet addiction affects our daily lives. The authors commented that this was probably the first study that has documented physical changes in brain structure in relation to mobile phone use. © DGLimages| iStock How does smartphone addiction affect us?

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Celebrating 20 Years of Land Banks in Michigan

Center for Community Progress

Positive impacts of land banks in Michigan All across the country, land banks have documented positive benefits for the communities they serve. Of the more than 15,000 homes sold by the Detroit Land Bank since 2014, about 70% were bought by Detroit residents. and the mortgage rate increased 5.6% What’s next for Michigan land banks?

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How to Keep the Local Grocery Store Open: A Challenge for NC CED Professionals

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

The quote from Mayor Douglas Shere below comes from an award-winning short documentary, They Came From All Over, documenting the impact of potentially losing a local grocery store in a rural Iowa community. This past April, National Public Radio featured a story on how small towns are trying to save their hometown grocery.

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CFP: New “ITAL &” column in Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL)

A Library Writer's Blog

General technology review : Looking back at the ten-year range, what are the major changes or improvements in library technologies that have occurred since 2014? Examples: comics, zines, videos, autoethnography, case studies, white papers, policy documents, interviews, reports, or other things commonly referred to as "grey literature.")