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Building Trust in Science
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and publisher of the Science family of journals, has acquired “Peer Review Evaluation” (PRE), a web-based service that promotes public trust in science by making the review of original research more transparent and verifiable. We found this interesting news on Yahoo in their article, “AAAS, Publisher of…
Read MorePaying it Forward
The UC Davis University Library and the California Digital Library are leading a new project to help define the future of open access to scholarship. The Davis Enterprise brought this information to us in their article, “UCD gets grant to look at open access to published research.” “Pay It Forward: Investigating a Sustainable Model of Open…
Read MoreRules of Records Management
Records management has become easier and more difficult all because of recent advancements in technology. With the speed of indexing and retrieving comes more rules and more regulations, which are often applied inconsistently. This topic came from ZDNet in their article, “Best practices for corporate data retention.” There are legal ramifications involved in corporate data…
Read MoreNetworking Opportunity
The Information Governance Exchange is especially designed to provide an opportunity for those corporations that need to reposition their approach to information governance to benchmark. If that doesn’t convince you, they have offered up five reasons you should attend: This is the most senior and prestigious information governance event in North America. The content of the conference…
Read MoreFriends of Friends
Most online social and dating networks match users with each other based on common keywords and assumed shared interests based on their activity. However, there is a new and different approach with a greater likelihood of positive connections. This interesting information came from Phys.org in their article, “New approach to online compatibility.” Current algorithms work in…
Read MoreThe Alpha and Omega
The origins of words have long intrigued me. If you watched My Big Fat Greek Wedding, you already know that the origins of all words (at least to Gus Portokalos) began in Greek. This topic came from our favorite vocabulary nerd, the Word Lady, in her blog post, “All is well in my cosmos.” Etymology (in…
Read MoreAccess to the Data
A new report by the IBM Center for The Business of Government has looked at cities that have used innovation and technology to improve city services. Through a variety of methods, cities are leveraging information technology (IT) for better management, citizen engagement, and service. This interesting information came to our attention from GCN in their article, “4…
Read MoreSearch No More
No matter how hard you work on creating content. No matter how valuable and helpful it is to you and your users. If it cannot be found, it might as well not exist. Findability of information is critical to success. You can learn more about how people search and find information at Enterprise Search Europe…
Read MoreDigital Assets Have Changed the Landscape
Digital design has morphed over the past decade. The focus has shifted from the technological side to the human side ( which in and of itself seems oxymoronic). This is proved by the evertrusted Google search results for terms like “information architecture”, “user interface”, and “usability”, which are declining in number. In contrast, search results for…
Read MoreSeminar on Standards
The Association of Learned & Professional Society Publishers is hosting a timely seminar addressing standards. “Setting the Standard” is scheduled for November 11, 2015 in London. With standards playing an ever increasing role in journal publishing, this full day seminar addresses the issue from a publisher perspective. This is a unique opportunity to acquire broad and practical knowledge…
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