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Data Management Opportunity Down Under
To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, digital archiving, etc., we are sharing with our readers any career opportunities that we find. Even if you are not in the market for a career move, it is always good to stay on top of what is available and how the…
Read MoreNew Year Brings Educational Opportunities
The Association of American Publishers’ (AAP) Professional & Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Division is offering two educational opportunities (in person or via webinar) to start the new year off. The PSP Books Committee will be hearing from guest speakers Matt Cooper & Emma Brink (Wiley) to speak about early publishing careers on Friday, January 13, 2017 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. at the AAP New York…
Read MoreGraph Analytics Event
Mark your calendars and add this conference to your “must attend” list for 2017. At Graphorum you will learn how property and semantic graphs work individually and together to save you money and time. Graphorum is the perfect place to connect with chief scientists, software engineers, data scientists, data architects, and technology strategists. This conference…
Read MoreThe Original Source
Over the centuries, library services and collections have been mediated by humans, and therefore the content has been tailored to and by people who used libraries and the space they provide. I know you are wondering where I am going with this. Hang in there with me. Libraries are about more than just the content they…
Read MoreNew Science Journal Focuses on Robotics
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) recently debuted a new journal. Science Robotics has been launched to cover the most important advances in robots and their applications. As the newest journal to join the Science family of journals and it is now open to accept submissions. The journal’s goals have been identified as to select the most groundbreaking…
Read MorePortable Peer Review
The process of peer review is a cornerstone of scientific integrity. It guarantees the quality in a scientific research paper. When a researcher accomplishes something, the concluding step is to publish the results in the scientific literature. To get there, the paper must undergo peer review. The Scholarly Kitchen brought this information to us in their…
Read MoreInformation Vulnerability Career Opportunity
To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, information management, etc., we are sharing career opportunities that we find with our readers. Even if you are not in the market for a career move, it is always good to stay on top of what is available and how the fields…
Read MoreTraditions
Tradition. Every time I hear this word, the scene from Fiddler on the Roof pops into my head. “You may ask how did these traditions start? I’ll tell you, I don’t know, but it’s tradition!” There are so many traditions and yet many don’t know where they come from. Some start out as one thing,…
Read MoreThe Oxymoron of Fake News
Much focus is on the validity of news these days and even more questions as to why it’s so prevalent. This interesting information came to us from Information Today Europe in their article, “Fake news – the awful truth.” There are several reasons why people produce fake news stories or entirely fake news sites. Follow…
Read MoreNew Partnership Enhances Learning
Credo has a reputation as the industry leader for information literacy, critical thinking, and research solutions. Recently they announced it is contributing features and enhancements to the open edX initiative, the leading nonprofit online learning destination founded by Harvard and MIT. Library Technology Guides brought this to our attention in their release, “Credo Commits to Learning…
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