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Time for Change
We have all heard it muttered and maybe some of us have done the muttering. The observation that many feel there is no innovation in scholarly publishing and that leaves the publishing word ripe for disruption. The Scholarly Kitchen brought this news to us in their article, “Ripe for Disruption – From Within?” With scholarly publishing, it seems that…
Read MoreThe Expectations of Academic Publishing
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers recently held their annual meeting in London and one of the highlighted sessions was “What Does Academic Engagement Mean Now?” moderated by Isabel Thompson of Oxford University Press. The panel was supposed to address, among other things, whether we are achieving everything we aim to in regards to academic engagement…
Read MoreNew Partnerships Build Language Bridge
Hindawi and Editage have announced a new partnership that will provide English-language editing to authors wishing to submit to Hindawi publications. The Society for Scholarly Publishing brought this news to us in their release, “Hindawi and Editage announce their partnership to provide English-language editing services.” Hindawi is a publisher of peer-reviewed open access journals covering a…
Read MoreFall Educational Series Looks Into Metrics
The Professional/Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Division of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) Committee for Digital Innovation (CDI) is once again offering a fall seminar series, this time on Metrics, New Metrics and Their Significance. The next part of the series is scheduled for October 19, 2016 at 12:00-1:30 p.m. The title of this webinar is “Altmetrics.”…
Read MoreSemantic Technology Partnerships
Celebros, provider of natural language search functionality, has been named a Premier Technology Partner by Magento. Moving forward, Celebros will be recognized as the premier provider of on-site search capabilities within the Magento platform. PR Web brought this interesting news to our attention in their article, “Celebros Recognized as a Magento Premier Technology Partner for Natural…
Read MoreNew President for Association of Research Libraries
Mary M. Case recently began a one-year term as president of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Prior to her election, Case served as the university librarian and dean of libraries at University of Illinois at Chicago. This news came to us from the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) in their release, “ARL Board of Directors 2016–2017 Elected by…
Read MoreLearning Opportunity Around Document Delivery
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) is bringing an interesting webinar titled, “Document Delivery in the Information Ecosystem” available on October 11, 2016. With scholarly output continuing to increase with new journals introduced each year and simultaneous shrinking of library acquisition budgets and increasing journal subscription prices, scholarly content buyers must learn to do more…
Read MoreData Analytics in the Bar
Beer and data analytics have paired up in an inventory system for bars and restaurants. DATAVERSITY brought this interesting information to us in their article,”Drink Up the Data Analytics: System Helps with On-Tap Inventory and Sales.” Retail establishments can use it to help them better understand and manage their on-tap inventory and improve their sales. It…
Read MoreGreater Freedom Provided in Data
Databases require flexible approaches. As size and content fluctuate, so should the response. Modern approaches to database management are becoming extremely popular, the latest being triplestores, which have the ability to ingest diverse data and provide flexibility with respect to schema changes and mappings. This interesting information came to us from Ontotext in their article, “The…
Read MoreThe Power of Technology
The Internet of Things (IoT) is the network of physical objects—devices, vehicles, buildings and other items—embedded with electronics, software, sensors, and network connectivity that enables these objects to collect and exchange data. New applications are constantly being created and one of the more recent ones came from a team of US researchers that has developed…
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