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Educational Opportunity from AAP
The Professional and Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Journals Committee of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) is offering a free webinar on December 3, 2015 at 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. EST. The guest speaker is Barbara Gastel, Professor of Integrative Biosciences and of Medical Humanities at Texas A&M University. The presentation will provide an overview of AuthorAID, an INASP…
Read MoreA Taxonomy of Giving
Blackbaud is known for their applications that focus on financial and philanthropical endeavors. MicroEdge, one of Blackbaud’s products, recently unveiled its outcomes solution that helps funders and nonprofits move from traditional philanthropy to social investing. The Globe Newswire brought this news to our attention in their article, “Blackbaud’s MicroEdge Business Unveils Outcomes Solution for the Giving Community…
Read MorePlan Now for Learning Opportunity
Mark your calendars for an upcoming webinar titled, “The Growing Use of Research Information Management Systems.” The trends are shifting where institutions are taking advantage of researcher information management systems and current research information systems. There are many benefits to this. It improves collaboration across institutions or international boundaries and can track productivity or justify…
Read MoreUnder Fire
A well-known academic journal is undergoing a revolution among their editors. All six editors and the entire editorial board of the well-respected linguistics journal Lingua resigned. Fortune brought this news to us in their article, “Elsevier Mutiny: Cracks Are Widening in the Fortress of Academic Publishing.” There is quite a lot of angst in the world of…
Read MoreSearching History
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently announced a new data source available for search in their release, “New USPTO Tool Allows Exploration of 40 Years of Patent Data.” The USPTO launched PatentsView, a new patent data visualization platform. The PatentsView beta search tool allows users to explore technological, regional, and individual-level patent trends…
Read MoreSemantic Search In Today’s Technology
We speak often about semantic 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. But what is semantic search? Search Engine Watch brought this news to us in their article, “What is semantic search and why does it matter?” Semantic search…
Read MoreMore Like Watson Every Day
Artificial intelligence is in every part of our lives in some form or fashion. Eric Schmidt, chairman of Google, believes we’re closer than ever before to true artificial intelligence. This interesting information came from DATAVERSITY in their article, “Eric Schmidt Says Artificial Intelligence Making “Real Progress”.” The growth of artificial intelligence has been accelerated by the real-world problems…
Read MoreTaxonomies and Databases
EBSCO Information Services and the H.W. Wilson Foundation are taking their partnership to a new level. In 2014, the two organizations created American Doctoral Dissertations. Now the H.W. Wilson Foundation has agreed to support the expansion of the scope of the American Doctoral Dissertations database to include records for dissertations and theses from 1955 to…
Read MoreVisualizing the Data
Hitachi has acquired Pentaho, a specialist in the integration, visualization, and analysis of data. Mr. Web brought this news to us in their article, “Hitachi Buys Data Visualization and Analytics Firm.” The plan is for Pentaho to retain its existing brand and continue to be led by current management, who will now report to Hitachi’s Senior Vice President of Social…
Read MoreMetadata Learning Opportunity
Metadata has many roles. One is providing a path for a solid data management system. While much of the discussion around metadata focuses on understanding metadata itself along with its associated technologies, this perspective often represents a typical tool-and-technology focus, which has not achieved significant results to date. A more relevant question when considering pockets…
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