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Predicting Behavior
We have all experienced it. You are browsing a retail website but you don’t purchase anything. Later, the same day or after a week, you are on Facebook or another non-retail website and the ads that pop up in your feed or on the side are the exact items you were pondering to purchase. No,…
Read MoreThe Knowledge to Know
Cognition is the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and it is usually associated with rote memory. This is usually explained simply as knowing who, what, where, and when. But factual knowledge is not the only knowledge that is beneficial to know. The Manilla Times brought this news to us in their article “The taxonomy…
Read MoreWorking With Librarians
Library budgets continue to shrink but expectations remain the same, or even increase. Librarians and information professionals are forced to get creative. This interesting information came to us from Talking New Media in their article, “Cambridge University Press embarks on project to improve discoverability of library resources.” Cambridge University Press has embarked on a huge project to improve…
Read MoreWorking as a Team
A solid taxonomy is the foundation of content system that wants to make findability easy and thorough. Metadata and taxonomy work together for the best results. This information came to us from Video Ink in their article, “A Publisher’s Guide to the Best Video Taxonomy.” Metadata has become one of the most important components of content management. Working…
Read MoreLearning Differently
Just what is personalized learning? It is a set of strategies that teachers can implement. The terminology sometimes changes to adaptive learning, but the distinction is like that of a tool and a teaching technique. The difference is necessary to the basic logic of how the various parts of any teaching intervention work together to…
Read MoreWeeding Out the Frauds
The removal of a website flagging up journals with questionable publishing practices leave some wondering how this will impact credible publishers. Times Higher Education brought this to our attention in their article, “Beall’s list closure a ‘boon for predatory publishers’.” Yes, the list of “potential, possible or probably” predatory publishers was controversial, with some publishers threatening legal action…
Read MoreDigging Deep
We live in a data-rich world where organizations, governments and individuals can analyze anything and everything. At present, the most easily indexed material from the web is text. Unfortunately, anywhere from 89 to 96 percent of the content on the internet is actually something else, like images, video, audio, etc. and in every file type imaginable. This interesting information…
Read MoreEducational Webinar on Semantic Web Technology
CIMdata, Inc. is offering a free educational webinar titled, “Why Connected Intelligent Products Need Semantic Web Technology.” The webinar will take place on February 9, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. (EST). PR.com brought this news to our attention in their article, “CIMdata to Host Free Webinar on Why Connected Intelligent Products Need Semantic Web Technology.” The development…
Read MoreNew Digitization Project Increases Access
Northern Illinois University recently announced a new digitization project in their release,”University Libraries awarded more than $448,000 for digitization project.” The Council on Library and Information Resources has awarded the University Libraries, in collaboration with the Falvey Memorial Library at Villanova University, with a Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives grant for $448,893 to digitize…
Read MoreHealth IT Content Strategies Gets Some Help
HIMSS Media recently launched the Media Lab to deliver content strategies for healthcare technology audiences. The Media Lab applies a scientific approach to better align clients’ content needs with distinct, data-supported Health IT buyer personas. This interesting information came to us from My San Antonio in their article, “HIMSS Media Lab is Launched to Lift Audience…
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