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Community Online Space Addresses Big Data
The academic publisher SAGE Publishing has relaunched its popular MethodSpace website, a free-entry online community with over 20,000 registered social and behavioural science researchers. Knowledge Speak brought this interesting information to us in their article, “SAGE Publishing relaunches MethodSpace with new Big Data Hub.” Among the many different topics, MethodSpace includes a hub focused on how…
Read MoreNew Vision for Data
The Center for Data-Driven Discovery (C3D) at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory welcomed Line Pouchard, a computational science information specialist, who joins C3D as a senior researcher. Newswise brought this interesting information to us in their article, “Turning Research Data Into Scientific Discoveries.” Pouchard had been an assistant professor at Purdue University…
Read MoreCopyright Changes Might Affect Academics
Some copyright law changes taking place in Canada may impact how learning material can be used in classrooms. The Western Gazette out of Canada brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Potential changes to copyright law could threaten use of class material.” The Canadian Copyright Act (CCA) is up for statutory review this…
Read MoreThe Library of Today
Libraries continue to adapt to today’s mobile and socially-connected world. If they want to survive, it is critical to continue to move with the technology driven world. This interesting information came to us from USC News in their article, “Would you believe there are more libraries than Starbucks or McDonald’s?” Libraries are stereotyped as quiet, paper…
Read MoreNew Trending Words Added to Oxford
Three hundred words were recently added to OxfordDictionaries.com, which monitors current trends in the use of modern English. There appeared to be some trends in the themes of words added this time, specifically fitness and well-being. This interesting news came to us from Independent in their article, “New words give food for thought to dictionary users.”…
Read MoreA Virus By Another Name
A new year, the holidays are over and by now most resolutions that have been made, have been forgotten. Routines are picked up and you’re getting back into the swing of things. Dreams of spring and warmer weather are in the air, despite what that Groundhog predicted. Also in the air? The flu. Just when…
Read MoreFighting Back against Fake News
After months of people pointing fingers and declaring what is and what isn’t “fake news“, Facebook has a starting place for identifying less-than-accurate news articles shared on the social media site. Fortune magazine brought this news to our attention in their article, “Facebook ‘Disputed News’ Tag Goes Live.” Facebook’s new ‘Disputed’ tag will appear beneath…
Read MoreAn Elite Group
The term “Copy editors” conjures up images of wire-framed bespectacled people hunched over their desks furiously scratching and swiping with their pencils (always pencils, never pens). Columbia Journalism Review brought this interesting and humorous news to us in their article, “Revenge of the copy editors: Grammar pros find internet stardom.” Copy editors of today will likely…
Read MoreDatabases Are Not Basic
Data analytics change on a daily basis. Organizations fight to stay abreast of the technological demands, especially when transitioning from relational databases to graph databases. Smart Data Collective brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “Understanding the Evolution from Relationship Databases to Semantic Graph Databases.” The real challenge seems to involve big data…
Read MoreMetadata in Space
NASA’s Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) provides full and open access to more than 17.5 petabytes of Earth observation data. These data are managed by NASA’s Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS) Project. This interesting information came to us from Earth Data in their article, “The Common Metadata Repository: The Foundation of NASA’s…
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