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Webinar Focuses on Research Skills
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) is offering a unique educational opportunity next week for all those interested in honing their research skills. In this 90-minute webinar, EBSCO’s Kate Lawrence, Ithaka S+R’s Christine Wolff and the University of Illinois’ Lisa Hinchliffe will share the latest trends and insights on information literacy within academia. Christine Wolff will report…
Read MoreImproving Data
Data lakes can transform enterprise decision making by putting far more data in the hands of far more users far more quickly than ever before. This interesting information came to us from Inside Big Data in their article, “Creating a Virtuous Quality Cycle in Your Data Lake.” Data lakes can also improve the quality of…
Read MoreDigital Insights
Digital asset management (DAM) is more than just a product. It is a strategy, and courses are actually taught on its application. There is also a DAM Foundation, which among other things works to bring standards to the DAM field. CMS Wire brought this interesting information to us in their article, “DX Leaders: People and Process First, Then…
Read MoreData Management Opportunity Down Under
To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, digital archiving, etc., we are sharing with our readers any career opportunities that we find. 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…
Read MoreRecords Management is a Mainstay
Records management hasn’t always been a priority. It isn’t sexy like semantic technology or machine-assisted indexing. However it is a necessity and one that needs to be considered more often than just when there is a disaster. FedSmith brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “How to Get Records Management Right.” Proactive planning is…
Read MoreNew Year Brings Educational Opportunities
The Association of American Publishers’ (AAP) Professional & Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Division is offering two educational opportunities (in person or via webinar) to start the new year off. The PSP Books Committee will be hearing from guest speakers Matt Cooper & Emma Brink (Wiley) to speak about early publishing careers on Friday, January 13, 2017 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. at the AAP New York…
Read MoreLearning from the Data
Obtaining valuable insights faster from large, diverse data sets seems to be the primary goal in business. Unfortunately, the current options don’t work all that well — the data warehouse and conventional data lake, as well as Hadoop-based point solutions, all have their challenges. This interesting information came to us from the Smart Data Collective in…
Read MoreTeaching Computers
One company is working with software that can identify historical figures from centuries before the word artificial intelligence was even in our vocabulary. This interesting information came to us from Digital Trends in their article, “New beta software automatically tags and captions historic images.” Project Gado first began as a way to develop new technology for quickly…
Read MoreGraph Analytics Event
Mark your calendars and add this conference to your “must attend” list for 2017. At Graphorum you will learn how property and semantic graphs work individually and together to save you money and time. Graphorum is the perfect place to connect with chief scientists, software engineers, data scientists, data architects, and technology strategists. This conference…
Read MoreThe Original Source
Over the centuries, library services and collections have been mediated by humans, and therefore the content has been tailored to and by people who used libraries and the space they provide. I know you are wondering where I am going with this. Hang in there with me. Libraries are about more than just the content they…
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