Posts by Melody Smith
New Webinar Series Address Analytics
DATAVERSITY will be hosting a monthly webinar series in 2017 called Data Insights & Analytics. The free webinars will be facilitated by Kelle O’Neal and John Ladley and held on the first Thursday of every month at 2:00 p.m. (EST) beginning January 5, 2017. Each of the webinars will provide educational resources and insights into the strategy,…
Read MorePortable Peer Review
The process of peer review is a cornerstone of scientific integrity. It guarantees the quality in a scientific research paper. When a researcher accomplishes something, the concluding step is to publish the results in the scientific literature. To get there, the paper must undergo peer review. The Scholarly Kitchen brought this information to us in their…
Read MoreDigital Data Changes Things
As more and more organizations are shifting to digital publications, Yahoo recently announced they will close four of their digital magazines. Information Today brought this information to our attention in their article, “Yahoo to close digital magazines.” The decision to close publications including Yahoo Food, Health, Autos and Parenting came just after the news content…
Read MoreSearch Behaviors Analyzed
Understanding why is as important as how when it comes to many things in business. Search is no different. CMS Wire brought this news to us in their article, “Why People Search: 3 Use Cases.” A great deal of research has been done looking at information seeking behavior. It revealed that expectations change according to the…
Read MoreManaging Data in an Everchanging Environment
Data is becoming increasingly valuable, regardless of the industry. Information Management brought this news to us in their article, “Getting Started With a Data Governance Program.” Interestingly, data has always been valuable, but we are just learning new ways of realizing that value. It doesn’t help that executives are getting antsy and feel like they need…
Read MoreLearning Opportunity Around Open Access
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) is offering a unique learning opportunity before the year’s end. On Monday, December 19th at 11:00 a.m. (EST), they will offer the webinar titled, “Document Delivery in the Information Ecosystem.” The webinar will address issues in the world of scholarly publishing and open access. Scholarly output continues…
Read MoreMaking Your Data Smarter
You can increase your data value by using big data with neural networks combined with ontologies to make your big data smarter. This interesting information came to us from CIO in their article, “Big data – a road map for smarter data.” Big data is a term that is used in the information technology industry to mean…
Read MoreLearning Opportunities in the New Year
The Professional & Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Division of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) are offering two unique learning opportunities in January. The PSP Books Committee will be hearing from guest speakers Matt Cooper & Emma Brink (Wiley) to speak about early publishing careers on Friday, January 13, 2017 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. (EST) at the AAP/NY offices or via webinar. Did you…
Read MoreSubject Matter Experts
There is a constant struggle in IT between vendors and users. They seek to find a common language outside technical speak to define what IT can offer and, on the flip side, what users actually need. This interesting topic came to us from diginomica in their article, “Tech talk – the taxonomy of yesterday.” Traditional…
Read MoreStart Your Own Learning Plan
The Data Stewardship Learning Plan is a complete guide to data stewardship and the role the steward plays in a data governance organization. This eight course program introduces the roles and responsibilities of data stewards, their training, and the implementation processes along with an overview of data governance tools, important enterprise initiatives, metrics, and the Stewardship Maturity Model. The…
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