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Learning More About the Power of Metadata
DATAVERSITY is offering another learning opportunity in the form of a webinar. This time you will learn how to use metadata to not just follow paths, but also patterns, including more efficient shipping routes, recommendation engines, or ways to catch money laundering and other types of financial fraud. On May 24, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. EST, Leon Guzenda, Chief…
Read MoreFinding the Benefits of Unstructured Data
Financial technology has been venturing into foreign territory with new technology and applications to send and receive payments. The challenge is unique on both ends of the transaction. Predictive Analysis World brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Hey FinTech, What’s Your Strategy for Leveraging Unstructured Data?” Customer experience is more important than…
Read MoreRecords Management in an Ever-Changing Data World
Records management (RM) is a well-established discipline. However, the massive growth of data is presenting new challenges about how RM should be carried out. KM World brought this news to us in their article, “Evolving data issues challenge RM approaches.” With big data, master data management (MDM) and the challenges that come with unstructured data, the list…
Read MoreFighting Cybersecurity with Metadata
Metadata, the information that describes data, can provide a lot of context to the content itself, without knowing the content. This interesting information came to us from the Harvard Political Review in their article, “Going Dark: Who is Our Enemy?” American government agencies were ranked the worst in cybersecurity in the past year. This is compared…
Read MoreAn Experience in Connections
Last year, the Public Library of Science (PLOS) shared their experience in exploring how they might link PLOS Subject Area terms to related concepts outside the PLOS publishing platform. In subsequent conversations, they realized some obvious next steps with regard to linked data. This interesting information came to us from the PLOS blog in their article, “PLOS…
Read MoreExpanded Digital Library Enhances Findings
HathiTrust Research Center has expanded its services to now support computational research of the world’s largest digital library collection housed by HathiTrust. This interesting news came to us from their press release, “One of the world’s largest digital libraries opens doors to text mining scholars.” Previously scholars could only data mine the open-source part of…
Read MoreFinding the Data
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has acquired GlobalSpec, a leading source of news, data and analytics for the global engineering and technical community, including the widely known brand name Engineering360. PR Newswire brought this news to our attention in their article, “IEEE Acquires GlobalSpec and the Engineering360 Platform from IHS to Create Powerful…
Read MoreNew Additions to EBSCO’s Digital Archives
Digital magazine archives from EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) are now available for five Time Inc. brands, including the complete, extensive and searchable digital versions of the Fortune, Life, People, Sports Illustrated and Time Magazine. Library Technology Guides brought this news to our attention in their article, “EBSCO Information Services introduces Five Time Inc. Titles to Digital…
Read MoreFinding the Benefits of Big Data
With each passing day there are more benefits found when utilizing big data technology. This came to us from Computer Weekly in their article, “Big data analytics a useful security tool, says analyst.” Big data analytics can be useful for helping organizations to achieve more resiliency when it comes to cybersecurity. A recent survey found that 53%…
Read MoreNew eLibrary from the United Nations
The United Nations has launched an electronic library – the first comprehensive global search, discovery, and dissemination platform for digital content created by the United Nations. To begin with, the United Nations iLibrary, launched by United Nations Publications, includes publications, journals and series comprising facts and expertise on international peace and security, human rights, economic…
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