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The Power of a Good Book
For years people have pondered the importance of reading for pleasure, both as a student and as an adult. Especially in this day and age of technology, the value placed on reading a novel seems to have lessened. There are just so many other things to do with one’s time. I might be a little…
Read MoreFree Webinar Addresses Modern Data
There is a free learning opportunity this week in the form of a webinar on March 28th at 2:00 p.m. EST titled, “All the Difference – Rapid Discovery on Modern Data.” Bigger, faster, and far more diverse: modern data seriously challenges traditional methods and technologies for even the savviest information managers. In just a few…
Read MoreData in Healthcare
Ontologies and controlled vocabulary are being used to reduce deaths due to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Miltech brought this news to our attention in their article, “Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Therapeutics Market; Region Wise Analysis of Top Players inMarket by its Types and Application.” Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy s a genetically determined heart muscle disease most often caused by mutations in one…
Read MoreSecurity Issues with Health Data
A recent study revealed that only 6% of the typical IT budget allotted in hospitals is devoted to cybersecurity. This is one of the most common areas that is repeatedly being attacked with ransomware and affected by data breaches. Information Week brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Saving Lives Starts with Protecting Our…
Read MoreManaging Data and Space
The records management software organization, FileTrail, recently announced the completion of new connectors for firms looking to integrate their records management and document management platforms. This interesting information came to us from GlobeNewswire in their article, “FileTrail Leads Efforts to Integrate Retention Management and Document Management with Automated Connectors.” With the growing importance of compliance and…
Read MoreSpeed Learning
The world we live in is fast paced and all about instant gratification. Education is no exception. DATAVERSITY brought this interesting subject to our attention in their article, “Data Science in 90 Seconds: Unsupervised Machine Learning.” This is the first installment in the Data Science in 90 Seconds video blog series from host Laura Kahn. The series…
Read MoreIntelligent Data Management
Artificial intelligence (AI) techniques such as natural language processing, machine learning, text mining, information extraction, ontology development, and Web-based learning are used in a variety of industries and in a variety of applications. Digital knowledge management is a relatively new development in the maritime sector and one that is making smarter use of time and technology.…
Read MoreNew Online Access to Supreme Court History at Library of Congress
More than 225 years of Supreme Court decisions acquired by the Library of Congress are now publicly available online. The Library of Congress shared their latest news with us in the release, “Historical Supreme Court Cases Now Online.” The Library has made available more than 35,000 cases that were published in the printed bound editions…
Read MoreWebinar Series on Scholarly Publishing
The Association of Learned & Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) is offering a unique online webinar educational opportunity titled, “Trust, Truth and Scholarly Publishing: Publishing without perishing.” It is scheduled for April 26, 2018 at 10-11am EDT. Scholarly publishing can sometimes be challenging, but almost always has high publication rate and novel, newsworthy output. How can…
Read MoreSearching Styles
Search is a widely debated issue. Over the years, more interest and more science has been applied to the topic, making it even more dynamic. Search can be as simple or as complicated as you can imagine. An article is indexed with the terms appropriate to the content of that article. These terms are specific…
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