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Data of Tomorrow
Big data may be just another name for a new Space Age; one that gives students and teachers a chance to master the language not only of the final frontier, but the frontiers of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). DATAVERSITY brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “The Language of Data: The…
Read MoreAccessing Research
The Professional/Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Books Committee of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) will be hearing from guest speaker Ann Thornton, Vice Provost and University Librarian, Columbia University on Friday, October 20th from 12:30-1:30 p.m. (ET) at the McGraw-Hill/NY offices. As research libraries seek new ways to ensure preservation of the printed record and make research collections more…
Read MoreCollaboration Around Science Journals
ResearchGate and Springer Nature recently announced that they have been in discussions about finding solutions to sharing scientific journal articles online, while at the same time protecting intellectual property rights. ResearchGate brought this news to us in their release, “ResearchGate and Springer Nature plan cooperation.” Scholarly collaboration networks (SCNs) are top of mind these days for…
Read MoreTaxonomies and Content Management
The content management and storage side of the media business is not without its challenges, and one of the greatest is to prove their need to exist. This interesting information came from an unlikely source in Sports Video and their article, “SCMS Forum: Metadata, Taxonomy Strategies Critical to Proving Value of Content Management.” One way…
Read MoreData Quality Impacts Sales and Service
The importance of data quality has not waned. There are obvious costs of poor quality data and some subtle hidden costs as well. This news came from DATAVERSITY in their article, “Hidden Costs of Poor Data Quality.” A few of the obvious costs are the need to manually configure downloads of data from source systems for…
Read MoreAI, Natural Language Processing, and EHRs
Linguamatics is utilizing their artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning algorithms that fuel natural language processing technology for text mining to join forces with RealHealthData. Healthcare IT News brought this interesting information to us in their article, “Linguamatics, RealHealthData to mine patient data with natural language processing.” Linguamatics’s I2E technology is able to pore through a…
Read MoreWebinar Aimed at Combatting Fake News
In collaboration with the Charleston Conference, the Society for Scholarly Publishing is offering a webinar – Practical Measures: Combatting “Fake News” through Scholarly Integrity, Digital Literacy, and Workflow Tools. Mark your calendars for November 7, 2017 at 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Between stories of Russian hackers, twitter bots, and fake editorial boards, those who make…
Read MoreFinding Access
Open access (OA) refers to online research output that is free of all restrictions on access and free of many restrictions on use. Open access can be applied to all forms of published research output, including peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed academic journal articles, conference papers, theses, and monographs. The Scholarly Kitchen brings to light an interesting question in their article, “Revisiting: Is Access to…
Read MoreAccess Innovations, Inc. Develops Taxonomies for Leading Oncology Association; Automated Curation Saves Society’s Annual Meeting Attendees’ Time
Access Innovations, Inc. recently worked with the American Society for Clinical Oncology, Inc. (ASCO®) to help the Society enhance its search for more than 250,000 pieces of content stored across 20 different content management systems (CMS) platforms. To produce more targeted and accurate results for internal and external users and ultimately allow personalization and automated…
Read MoreWebinar Series on AI in Publishing
The Professional/Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Committee for Digital Innovation (CDI) is introducing another Seminar Series on Selected Topics in Digital Publishing. This three-part seminar series will explore these topics and the practical aspects of the real applications of technologies that were once the stuff of science fiction. Mark your calendars for Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at 12:00-1:30 p.m. The…
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