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Public Reading Pays Off
The Romanian city of Cluj-Napoca embarked on a new initiative that promotes literacy while encouraging residents to take advantage of municipal public transportation. For one week, anyone reading on any of the city’s public transportation vehicles was allowed to ride entirely free of charge. This interesting information came from the online magazine, Good, in their article,…
Read MoreClassification Gone Awry
As technology continues to evolve, there will always be growing pains. A good example of this is Google’s new image-recognition program. When the app was first released, Google creators warned that it probably wouldn’t get everything right. Yahoo brought this news to us in their article, “Google’s new app blunders by calling black people ‘gorillas’.” A…
Read MoreNew Partnership Enhances Services
Handshake Software, Inc. and LexisNexis Legal & Professional recently announced the integration of the LexisNexis® Digital Library with Handshake Software’s Portal & Search for Microsoft SharePoint 2013 and Office 365. This interesting news came from PR Zoom in their article, “Handshake Software Integrates LexisNexis Digital Library with Microsoft SharePoint Portal & Search.” This integration enables firm attorneys…
Read MoreBeing Responsive
Amazon has changed its customer reviews system in the United States. A new machine-learning platform has been developed in-house to surface newer and more helpful reviews. DATAVERSITY brought this news to our attention in their article, “Amazon Is Improving Its Review System With Machine Learning.” This new system apparently can learn to predict which reviews are likely…
Read MoreAwards for the Best of the Best
The American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE) is preparing for their 40th anniversary. The PROSE Awards annually recognize the very best in professional and scholarly publishing by bringing attention to distinguished books, journals, and electronic content in over 40 categories. Judged by peer publishers, librarians, and medical professionals since 1976, the PROSE…
Read MoreLearning Opportunity Next Week
Powerful tools are needed to manage information, both digital and traditional. An integrated library system (ILS) can help with managing knowledge, content and digital assets, but there are so many options. It is critical to a library’s sustainability to keep up with changing needs. A powerful ILS offers a critical toolkit, and an ILS that’s a…
Read MoreCategorizing the Films
It is always interesting to me when I find taxonomies of interesting and unusual topics. Even if they aren’t true taxonomies, they are typically classifications of some form or another, and they provide information, which is after all, the goal. The latest find: Data Lab’s recently published “The Four Types Of Tom Cruise Movies.” This…
Read MoreGuarding the Data
Data security is important in any situation, but as the workplace becomes more and more mobile, the challenges in keeping resources secure continue to grow. This interesting information came from The Huffington Post’s Business Blog in their post, “Managing Security in a Changing Workforce.” According to the United States Census Bureau, 35% or 13.4 million workers…
Read MoreSocial Data Can Add Value
In an interesting use of social media, the United States Treasury Department announced the latest news about a woman being on the new $10 bill on Twitter. This information was brought to us by FCW in their article, “Treasury takes to Twitter to tout 10.” The Twittersphere responded vigorously and that energy was shared across other social…
Read MoreMark Your Calendars
It seems far off but it really isn’t. Save the date now for the National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) annual conference on February 21-23, 2016 in Philadelphia. NFAIS is returning to Philadelphia for the 58th NFAIS Annual Conference for content and technology providers from around the globe. Whether you’re from the government, academia, not-for-profit…
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