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Moving 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…
Read MoreErasing History
Digital archives exist to preserve data for infinitely long periods of time, so it is interesting that the Spanish Supreme Court recently ruled on what is now known as “the right to be forgotten” when it comes to digital media. This interesting news came to us from El Pais, a daily newspaper in Spain, in their article,…
Read MoreTrusting the Standards
Trust is not likely to be a word used by many users when it comes to search results and ranking. The algorithms used in secret by search engines do little to build trust. This interesting information came from DATAVERSITY in their article, “Trust and Semantic Search.” Trust is achieved through ascertaining the reliability of data sources…
Read MoreNew Partnership Applying Standards
Scope e-Knowledge Center (Scope) has announced a partnership with Springer Nature to build and maintain taxonomies and thesauri for the global publisher’s various online information products that cover nearly 14 subject domains. This interesting news came to us from Knowledge Speak in their article, “Scope in deal with Springer Nature to provide thesaurus development and maintenance services.” Like all…
Read MoreMachine Learning and Big Data
Machine learning is quickly becoming a mainstream presence thanks mainly to big data. The machine learning landscape is likely to keep changing over the coming year. DATAVERSITY brought this interesting topic to us in their article, “Machine Learning Has Entered the Mainstream.” Much like the cloud, technologists will continue to reinvent machine learning until it will likely…
Read MoreUnderstanding Data Security
Maybe it is because there is too much talk about data security? Maybe it is because users just don’t understand the risk or the terminology? Whatever the reason, how do we get people to engage with the topic? This interesting information came to us from IT Pro in their article, “We need a new language to…
Read MoreEnsuring Findability With the Correct Tools
The overwhelming amount of documents and data that we generate every day are not being safely stored and tracked. This is creating a problem that must be addressed with a strong records management program. Important files, customer records, financial statements, correspondence, social media content, and even cellphone records must be properly handled and archived. This information…
Read MoreDigging Deeper into Open Data
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) is offering a two-part virtual workshop on Thursday, June 16 and Monday, June 20, 2016. This virtual workshop is called Open Data Fostering Open Science. Open data initiatives continue to create new scholarly research opportunities through the development of transparent policies, practices and partnerships. A significant part of the momentum…
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