Posts by Melody Smith
Innovation Awards Announced
Pipeline Publishing have announced the winners of its prestigious 2012 Innovation Awards. These awards are considered one of the most credible and objective endorsement of innovation and thought-leadership in the communications technology industry.
Read MoreAuthor Contributions – A Confusing and Imprecise Science
In Boston on May 16 at Harvard University, The Wellcome Trust hosted the International Workshop on Contributorship and Scholarly Attribution. Several presenters outlined other roles we should probably begin to acknowledge and what those roles are. Over the last two weeks I reported on some of the talks made at the workshop. This is the final summary from that meeting.
Ginny Barbour is the chief editor of PLOS Medicine for the well-known Public Library of Science (PLoS). Her talk was on “PLOS: Big science and medicine and the attribution of authorship.” She pointed out that past solutions for author attribution do not work. Big science and the accompanying data sets create new attribution problems. “We have been trying to solve the wrong problem” she said.
Read MoreConference on Ethics This Month
Time is almost running out to register for the 2nd Milwaukee Conference on the Ethics of Information Organization. If you are interested in “a different view on taxonomies” this might be the educational event you should attend.
Read MoreTechnology and Its Impact On Our Lives
Mary Meeker, partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and former financial analyst, describes what she calls “the re-imagination of nearly everything” powered by mobile and social. Speaking to what she considers the biggest weakness in today’s Internet industry, she gives some context to the state of the global economy.
Read MoreAltmetrics Becoming More Popular
A not-so-common term is quickly becoming part of the everyday vernacular. Altmetrics has spurred many articles and now a new start-up company seeking to capitalize on the rising fame. This topic was inspired by the article, “Two Architects of Library Discovery Tools Launch an Altmetrics Venture” found on The Digital Shift.
Read MoreMore Opinions on the Delay
Medical Group Management stated their position once again in a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. They believe the transition process to ICD-10 coding classification is incomplete.
Read MoreSemantic Search and What the Future Holds
Google’s latest leg of their journey is the unveiling of the Knowledge Graph. This 500 million plus fact-filled database was developed from its own research and its acquisition of MetaWeb Technologies. The graph is set to make searching faster and more comprehensive.
Read MoreAnother Dog in the Fight
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) has gone on record approving the postponement of the ICD 10 transition until 2014.
Read MoreOpenText Recognized by Forrester Wave
The Forrester Wave report classified OpenText and Autonomy as leaders for their strong, enterprise-class solutions.
Read MoreHealthline’s Consumer Engagement Platform Released
Healthline Networks has released their Healthline Consumer Engagement Platform. This suite of technology and content services offers rich personalization capabilities.
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