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Scholarly Publishing Still Has Street Cred

By |November 22nd, 2016|News, reference|Comments Off on Scholarly Publishing Still Has Street Cred

Many critics believe that Facebook users have been influenced by “fake news” on Facebook in their election decisions. Whether you agree with them or with Mark […]

Politics and the Information Industry

By |November 22nd, 2016|News|Comments Off on Politics and the Information Industry

The past few weeks in politics has been busy. One of the most improbable election results in modern America was the election of Donald […]

Using Digital Technology for Efficiency

By |November 21st, 2016|News, reference, Technology|Comments Off on Using Digital Technology for Efficiency

Digital Science recently invested in a robotic cloud laboratory for life sciences. They brought this to our attention in their article, “Digital Science Invests in Transcriptic, […]

Technology On The Go

By |November 18th, 2016|News, Technology|Comments Off on Technology On The Go

Mobile devices have become the primary computing platform in business. Smartphones and tablets generate and store more electronic records than ever before. This presents a […]

Semantic Technology in Healthcare

By |November 18th, 2016|News, semantic|Comments Off on Semantic Technology in Healthcare

3M announced recently purchased Semfinder, a medical coding technology company from Switzerland. Embracing semantic coding technology could help push its electronic health record (EHR) […]

Academic Journals Undergo Changes

By |November 17th, 2016|News, reference|Comments Off on Academic Journals Undergo Changes

Emerald Group Publishing has changed the names, broadened the scope and appointed new editors to some of its key Library & Information Science journals. Emerald Group […]

Protecting Data

By |November 17th, 2016|News|Comments Off on Protecting Data

Yahoo announced last week that a massive data breach had taken place in 2014 when at least 500 million Yahoo accounts were stolen from […]

Open Processes Build Community

By |November 17th, 2016|News|Comments Off on Open Processes Build Community

EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) continues to provide support in advocating open source and open access by providing additional financial support to Koha, the world’s first full-featured, […]

Quality of Life Improved with Artificial Intelligence

By |November 16th, 2016|News|Comments Off on Quality of Life Improved with Artificial Intelligence

Researchers at a Houston medical facility have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system that reliably interprets mammograms. This technology has the potential to assist doctors […]