Accessing 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…

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Collaboration 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…

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Data 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…

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AI, 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…

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Webinar 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…

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Access 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…

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Webinar 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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