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Reading Books Get Easier Every Day
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) recently released their publisher revenues for January through August of 2017 and while e-books continue to struggle, audiobooks are experiencing an upsurge. Forbes brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “E-Books Down; Audiobooks Up.” This trend could be attributed to the increased ease of listening to audio thanks…
Read MoreWebinar Addresses Research Data Management
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) offers educational opportunities in various venues. One of them is their virtual Lunch & Learn with NFAIS sessions and the next one is scheduled for Tuesday, January 23, 2018. In recent years, research data management has assumed an increasingly prominent place in scholarly communication, funder requirements, codes of academic practice, university…
Read MoreSinkholes for Data
Sinkholing is a technique for manipulating data flow in a network. Redirecting malicious traffic into a sinkhole can protect your data and enterprise. Wired brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Hacker Lexicon: What Is Sinkholing?” If I may take a personal digression here, I have a phobia of sinkholes. Seriously. So…
Read MoreArtificial Intelligence is Changing Lifestyles
File sharing in the music world has a long and checkered past. Now musicians are looking to digital technology in a bid to recoup money they believe is theirs. This information came to us from The Globe and Mail in their article, “AI and data are music to recording industry’s ears for recouping song royalties.” SOCAN…
Read MoreSenior Taxonomist Consultant Needed
The new year is a good time for many to look at career changes. We want to be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, metadata, ontology, etc., so we are sharing career opportunities that we find with our readers. Even if you are not in the market for a career move, it is…
Read MoreNFAIS 2018 Webinar Series Kicks Off
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) is offering webinar-based educational opportunities for 2018. The first one is titled, “Content Integration: Bridging Knowledge through Technology and Partnerships” and is scheduled for Tuesday, January 16, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. (EST). Working across multiple databases, rather than within just one, is the desired approach these days. To meet…
Read MoreScience Journal Increases Access
A new authoritative journal has joined the family of open access titles. Launched in 1884 and 1912, respectively, University of Hamburg’s journal Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut and Entomologische Mitteilungen are now resurrected under the name of Evolutionary Systematics. KnowledgeSpeak brought this news to our attention in their article, “Evolutionary Systematics joins Pensoft’s OA portfolio.” Evolutionary Systematics is…
Read MoreOpen Access to Powerful Tools
Data sets are key for artificial intelligence (AI). This point was driven home at the recent Global AI 2017 award ceremony by Kai-Fu Lee, founder and CEO of venture capital firm Sinovation Ventures. This interesting information came to us from CCTV in their article, “Open access to datasets crucial for nurturing AI talents.” The Global AI…
Read MoreHuman Technology in 2018
Being the first of the year, there are many professionals sharing their views and opinions on what 2018 has in store for the world of technology. This particular one is looking at the relationship between tech and human touch and how it has changed the nature of marketing and what the next steps are likely…
Read MoreDigging Around in the Data of the Past
Data mining is the process of finding anomalies, patterns and correlations within large data sets to predict outcomes. Using a broad range of techniques, this information can be used in a variety of processes. Applying data mining techniques to history often uncovers interesting data and trends in the archives. IT Technology Review brought this very…
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