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Metadata’s Role
The word “metadata” has been spoken so many times in news reports over the past few years that it is surely now part of the collective public consciousness. But how well does the average American understand what metadata is and how it is used? This interesting question came to us from EdSurge in their article, “Making Sense of…
Read MoreEducational Opportunity on Dealing with Big Data
Sometimes great learning opportunities pass us by because it didn’t fit with our schedule to attend a seminar or even a webinar. This time you can attend anytime it is convenient for you. This free recorded webcast titled, “Data Transformation, Processing & Analytics” addresses the variety of data processing systems, and industry experts share their…
Read MoreUtilizing Metadata for Content Recognition
Metadata is useful for many things. We rely on properly applied metadata to search at the speed we need to find the data we seek. But metadata can serve other purposes as well, even trivia. Catch brought this interesting information to us in their article, “Remember a movie but not its name? This website will solve…
Read MoreLibraries Under Attack
Scholarly publishing has been a narrative involving crisis, lack of funding, academic egos, and self-preservation. As part of that story, there are victims, villains, and heroes. The Scholarly Kitchen brought us this interesting news in their article, “Library Expenditures, Salaries Outstrip Inflation.” This doesn’t completely capture the complexity of the scholarly publishing market. Each year, libraries receive a smaller slice of their…
Read MoreDigital Records Require Consistency
Madhyamik (secondary) and Uchhya-Madhyamik (higher secondary) text books are being uploaded to the National Digital Library (NDL) archives in India. This interesting information came to us from The Times of India in their article, “Board textbooks to be archived in digital library.” All the books that have been published by the government for the West Bengal…
Read MoreUsing Semantic Technology to Identify Nature
Identifying any part of nature is not easy. The discipline of classification and taxonomy involves the grouping of organisms into categories based on different properties including size, shape and gene sequences. Classification can help to identify evolutionary relationships among organisms, but it takes time; a lot of time. This interesting information came from Wired in their…
Read MoreCan the Computer See More Than You?
If you have ever been a photo editor or journalist needing to write captions over and over that not only describe the photo but engage the readers, you can understand how challenging it can be. It is a matter of prioritizing between what is in an image (center or background) and what thoughts or feelings…
Read MoreEnterprise Data World Conference Approaching
The 20th annual Enterprise Data World (EDW) Conference is recognized as the most comprehensive educational conference on data management in the world. The event is being held Sunday, April 17, 2016 – Friday, April 22, 2016 at the Sheraton Hotel & Marina in San Diego, California. The conference is jam packed with speakers, workshops and topics that cover management, analytics,…
Read MoreDatabase Learning Opportunity
“Domain-Driven Data” is the title of the latest webinar offered by DATAVERSITY and sponsored by Cloudant. This particular webinar is scheduled for Thursday, March 31, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. EST. There are many types of databases and data analysis tools out there. Should you use a relational database? How about a key-value store? Maybe a…
Read MoreDigital Publishing Career Opportunity
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…
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