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Fighting for Copyrights
Earlier this week a multitude of authors, publishers, rights organizations, and copyright experts from around the world filed briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the Authors Guild’s petition asking the Court to hear its case that Google must be held accountable for digitally copying millions of copyrighted books without permission or payment. This interesting news came…
Read MoreFinding Knowledge
Knowledge in medical research is quite possibly the most valuable part. As medical research becomes more and more specialized and the scientific community’s understanding of the human body has increased, it has become an information explosion. EurekAlert brought this interesting information to us in their article, “A cure for medical researchers’ big data headache.” However, it has…
Read MoreName of the Game
For the average reader, details like hyphens may seem irrelevant to the content and overall message. But those in the taxonomy field understand all too well how important details can be in classifying data and retrieving it easily. Making content findable is the name of the game. This interesting information came from jboyd.net the post, “Aves—A…
Read MoreUsability and Findability
In November 2015, as part of the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Scientific and Technical Information’s (OSTI) efforts to continuously improve their scientific and technical information offerings, a team of OSTI librarians conducted a formal pilot usability study of DOE PAGESBeta to gauge user satisfaction. This interesting information came to us from the (OSTI) newsletter in…
Read MoreGathering the Big Data
Data lakes have become more common and unfortunately as data – unstructured, semi-structured, and structured – continues to multiply at a phenomenally rapid pace, they will continue to be more frequent. This interesting information came to us from DataInformed in their article, “Avoiding Three Common Pitfalls of Data Lakes.” A single repository for integration, access, and…
Read MoreUsing Semantic Technology In New Ways
The finance industry is no stranger to data-intensive processes. Hopefully the goal of most of those technologies is to improve and increase the data processing power. At least one technology firm is making the case that the answer to these challenges is in smarter data processing. Fierce Finance IT brought this news to our attention in…
Read MoreExpanding the Clouds
Oracle has expanded its cloud services portfolio in a number of ways recently. One of those is the Oracle Integration Cloud Service – an integration platform that helps users make connections between on-premises and software as a service (SaaS) applications, and then monitor those connections through visual dashboards and other tools. Tech Target brought this news to…
Read MoreThe Changes in Technology
Machine learning or semantic technology is the basis for most commercial artificial-intelligence systems, and it is about to do things a little differently. This interesting information came from MIT News in their article, “More-flexible machine learning.” Currently using an object-recognition algorithm to classify a particular image, MIT researchers are presenting a new way that enables semantically…
Read MoreConference Early Bird Discount Ends Friday
The Enterprise Data World Conference in San Diego, CA on April 17-22, 2016 is just around the corner, and if you haven’t made the decision to attend yet, maybe the list of speakers and topics will help you make up your mind. The speakers can change the way you make decisions in our data-driven world and…
Read MoreMore Access to Databases
The U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), in collaboration with Boston University School of Medicine has announced the launch of the Health Literacy Tool Shed. This interesting news came from the Library Journal in their article, “Reference: National Library of Medicine Releases New Health Literacy Tool Shed Website.” The Health Literacy Tool Shed is a free,…
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