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Going Solo
Self-service analytics and data lakes have a little in common. Both are widely popular concepts that have been shaping the big data world and both offer a variety of approaches and tools. ZD Net brought this news to us in their article, “Data lakes going the way of the visual spreadsheet?” There is also a fair…
Read MoreSenior Taxonomist Consultant Needed
To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, metadata, ontology, etc., 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 always good to stay on top of what is available and how the fields are evolving. Stefanini…
Read MoreOn the Go Again
Data mobility is important to help enterprises move beyond the struggles of storage migration and automatically align data to the storage that best meets changing business needs. Network World brought this news to us in their article, “Data migrations without the migraines.” Few are oblivious to the challenges of migrating data from one system to another.…
Read MoreeBooks Get a Pilot Test
The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) has unveiled a pilot program to test a new model for a library-owned and library-centered ebook marketplace for popular ebooks, together with free public domain and openly-licensed ebooks. This interesting news came to us from their release, “DPLA Exchange Offers Library-Centered Ebook Marketplace.” The DPLA Exchange will allow staff at six…
Read MoreSocial Media Going Forward
Social media may look back on 2017 as the year when everything changed. The Scholarly Kitchen brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “About Face — Scholarly Publishing and Social Media Regulation.” Facebook’s platform used to be full of self-managed algorithms, content, and advertisements, without anybody in the regulatory sphere paying much attention…
Read MoreDigital Learning
The Internet in classrooms is not new. However, unfettered access during the entire class, every class, every day is. This interesting information came to us from EdSurge in their article, “North Carolina’s Digital Success Story.” North Carolina has been the site of one of the most sustained, successful initiatives in education: giving all students in…
Read MoreOpen Source and Diversity
Have you ever played that game about brands? Who owns whom? We live in an age of corporate consolidation. Big companies continue to acquire or merge with smaller firms at a rapid pace. All the biggest product brands in the world are owned by a handful of corporations. This interesting information came to us from The…
Read MoreTechnology Terms and Their History
Dongles have become a pervasive aspect of our existence. Dongles are everywhere. But why are they called dongles? Mashable brought us this interesting, yet humorous, topic in their article, “Why is your dongle called a ‘dongle?‘” The idea of such a silly word being used to describe a device with a purely technical purpose intrigues me. Simply…
Read MoreInternet of Interoperability
The IPSO Alliance is a group of individuals and organizations who are passionate about Internet of Things (IoT) interoperability. They have analyzed IoT interoperability, published white papers based on findings and produced data model specifications that define the most comprehensive set of interoperable IP-based smart objects. This interesting topic came to us from the EE Times in…
Read MoreWebinar Addresses Research and Scientific Publishing
The Professional/Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Journals Committee will be hearing from guest speaker David Lovinger, Editor-in-Chief, Alcohol on Tuesday, October 24 from 12:00-1:00 p.m. (ET) at the Wolters Kluwer/NY offices. David will be discussing the impact of present circumstances and policies in the biomedical research field on research and scientific publishing. This will include consideration of the present funding climate…
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