The Strategy Around Data

The Enterprise DATAVERSITY: Data Strategy and Analytics Forum is scheduled for September 19-22, 2016 in Chicago. If you haven’t already registered, there is a savings of $300 if you do so by July 8th. This is a unique opportunity to elevate your professional skills, learn more about the latest analytics tools, and get inspired by the some…

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Tapping Data Lakes

Semantic computing continues to evolve and especially in the healthcare industry as big data analytics leaders looks to move beyond the basics of population health management, predictive analytics, and risk stratification. Health IT Analytics brought this information to us in their article, “Montefiore Semantic Data Lake Tackles Predictive Analytics.” In contrast to the traditional relational database, this…

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Access Innovations Announces DHUG East

Access Innovations is pleased to announce the date and location of their upcoming Data Harmony Users Group East (DHUGE) Meeting. DHUGE will take place on September 26, 2016 at the ASCE Bechtel Conference Center, the event center for the American Society of Civil Engineers, in Reston, VA. DHUGE is an extension of Access Innovations’ three-day…

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New Collaboration Enhances Medical Imaging with Semantic Technology

Mirada Medical, MAASTRO clinic, the Netherlands and SOHARD Software GmbH have won a European Eurostars grant to develop the next generation of automatic contouring and semantic database driven treatment planning support software. Health Care Business brought this interesting information to us in their article, “Mirada collaborates on machine learning and big data driven radiotherapy planning.” This…

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Unique Indexing Project Carried Out by Eagle Scout

Recently, one 14-year-old boy has been photographing tombstones and recording their inscriptions into a national grave-collection genealogy database as his Eagle Scout project. This interesting news came to us from The Southern Illinoisan in their article, “Eagle Scout candidate indexing graves at local cemeteries.” This unique indexing project is being carried out by Tanner Burke in…

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Copyright Issue on the Table

The California Assembly Committee on Judiciary recently approved a bill to grant local and state governments copyright authority along with other intellectual property rights. AB 2880 will give state and local governments the power to limit speech and open government. The Electronic Frontier Foundation brought this news to our attention in their article, “California’s Legislature Wants to Copyright…

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Book Signings at SLA 2016

This year’s Special Libraries Association (SLA) annual conference takes place June 12-14, 2016 in Philadelphia. There are unique opportunities and events being offered in addition to fabulous keynote speakers, interesting workshops and enjoyable networking opportunities. Some of those opportunities this year are book signings, and our own Marjorie (Margie) M.K. Hlava will be there with her book,…

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Moving Forward on the Right Path

The need for standards across any line of work or process is undeniable. In this particular case, there is a need to identify a committed community and mechanisms needed to develop environmental health sciences (EHS) semantic standards in order to advance understanding about the impacts of environmental exposure on human disease. This interesting information came to…

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Free, But Fair

Sci-Hub has been in the news a lot lately, but few people truly understand what it is and how it affects academic journals and their authors. American Libraries Magazine brought this interesting information to us in their article, “Sci-Hub: What It Is and Why It Matters.“ Sci-Hub is a website that makes more than 48 million…

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