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New Collaboration Enhances Medical Imaging with Semantic Technology
Mirada Medical, MAASTRO clinic, the Netherlands and SOHARD Software GmbH have won a European Eurostars grant to develop the next generation of automatic contouring and semantic database driven treatment planning support software. Health Care Business brought this interesting information to us in their article, “Mirada collaborates on machine learning and big data driven radiotherapy planning.” This…
Read MoreUnique Indexing Project Carried Out by Eagle Scout
Recently, one 14-year-old boy has been photographing tombstones and recording their inscriptions into a national grave-collection genealogy database as his Eagle Scout project. This interesting news came to us from The Southern Illinoisan in their article, “Eagle Scout candidate indexing graves at local cemeteries.” This unique indexing project is being carried out by Tanner Burke in…
Read MoreSave the Dates
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) is offering some educational and networking opportunities this summer, so before you are all booked up take a look and register for one or two, or all. Consider it your summer school. Open Data Fostering Open Science: Meeting Researchers’ Needs Thursday, June 16 (9:00 am – 10:45 am…
Read MoreSenior Taxonomist Position Available
To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, 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…
Read MoreCopyright Issue on the Table
The California Assembly Committee on Judiciary recently approved a bill to grant local and state governments copyright authority along with other intellectual property rights. AB 2880 will give state and local governments the power to limit speech and open government. The Electronic Frontier Foundation brought this news to our attention in their article, “California’s Legislature Wants to Copyright…
Read MoreNew Acquisition Makes Content Findable
Elsevier has acquired Hivebench, the flagship product of researcher application developer Shazino. This tool will be integrated into Elsevier’s existing Research Data Management portfolio, resulting in the further enhancement of the researcher experience. PR Newswire brought this news to us in their article, “Elsevier Acquires Laboratory Data Management Tool Hivebench.” Hivebench is a digital laboratory notebook…
Read MoreBook Signings at SLA 2016
This year’s Special Libraries Association (SLA) annual conference takes place June 12-14, 2016 in Philadelphia. There are unique opportunities and events being offered in addition to fabulous keynote speakers, interesting workshops and enjoyable networking opportunities. Some of those opportunities this year are book signings, and our own Marjorie (Margie) M.K. Hlava will be there with her book,…
Read MoreMoving Forward on the Right Path
The need for standards across any line of work or process is undeniable. In this particular case, there is a need to identify a committed community and mechanisms needed to develop environmental health sciences (EHS) semantic standards in order to advance understanding about the impacts of environmental exposure on human disease. This interesting information came to…
Read MoreFree, But Fair
Sci-Hub has been in the news a lot lately, but few people truly understand what it is and how it affects academic journals and their authors. American Libraries Magazine brought this interesting information to us in their article, “Sci-Hub: What It Is and Why It Matters.“ Sci-Hub is a website that makes more than 48 million…
Read MoreTracking the Data
Late in 2014, Scholarly Kitchen shared with us a project with Ithaka S+R to research Amazon’s book sales to academic libraries. Some early results are in and they can be viewed on the Ithaka Web site. The Scholarly Kitchen brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Update on a Library Research Project.” The project began at the…
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