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Information Industry Association Addresses Indexing
CILIP is a library and information association that helps members develop their skills, build successful careers and deliver high quality information and library services. Believing that knowledge and skills are the building blocks of a successful economy, equal society and fulfilling life, CILIP works to run an effective professional association that improves library and information…
Read MoreKnowledge Graphs Don’t Encourage Consistency
A knowledge graph contains a wealth of information and data that Google uses to show users how facts, people and places are connected to each other and to deliver more focused and relevant search results. A superficial search will deliver information about a single product. The Google knowledge graph enhances the results of a Google search. Forbes brought this…
Read MoreBlockchain in Higher Education
Blockchain technology is the new kid on the block and is getting a lot of attention. Many industries are finding uses for this, and for the education sector there are a plethora of opportunities. This interesting information came to us from Blockonomi in their article, “Educators Turn to Blockchain with New Programs & Record-Keeping.” With a…
Read MoreAre You Prepared?
The fear of a data breach weighs heavy on the minds of many organizational leaders. In fact, a recent study revealed that close to half of all enterprise brands believe they have a probable or greater risk of a website data breach. This important information was brought to our attention by The Drum in their article,…
Read MoreMLIS Degree Means Different Things to Different People
ML(I)S traditionally stands for “Master of Library (and Information) Science”. However, Erica Leeman, Metadata Associate at the MIT Press (MITP) and Abigail Wickes, Discoverability Associate at Oxford University Press (OUP) offers a new meaning for this familiar acronym – Metadata Librarians In Scholarly publishing. This interesting topic came to us from The Scholarly Kitchen in their article, “MLIS: Metadata Librarians In Scholarly publishing.”…
Read MoreIs More Better?
In academia, the number of citations that an article receives is considered one of the most important measures of scientific impact and quality. The academic competition for grants and research positions places high value on such measures, in addition to the number of publications by any given researcher. Inside Higher Ed brought this interesting information to…
Read MoreChallenging Peer Review with Hoax Articles
Over the past year, three scholars have been engaged in a broad and massively secret academic project. Together, they submitted over a dozen papers to top academic journals in fields like gender studies, sexuality studies, race studies, and critical theory. While the majority of their submissions failed the peer review process and were ultimately rejected, a…
Read MoreFinding the Business Intelligence
Organizations rely on reports to understand information in their day-to-day operational and strategic decisions. Whether it is printed reports, virtual dashboards or score-cards, today’s data is sourced and distributed from disparate sources of data. DATAVERSITY brought this topic to us in their article, “Making the Best Use of Your Business Intelligence Solution.” In this disconnected…
Read MoreImage Synthesis Gets Help from AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies are reaching new levels of accomplishment each and every day, with no sign of plateauing in the near future. Venture Beat brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “DeepMind AI can generate convincing photos of burgers, dogs, and butterflies.” Now a system that can produce…
Read MoreThe Role of Food
Food is the center of seemingly everything we do. It’s a cultural nexus—when we celebrate religious things, food is at the middle of it. When we talk about the greatest environmental damage that we do, food is at the center of it. When we talk about our health, food is the most important thing. Even…
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