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Digital Wordsmithing
With a passion for language, Erin McKean founded a nonprofit corporation and the world’s largest online dictionary. Wordnik is how the language guru and wordsmith is pursuing her goal of describing all the words in English, especially those that don’t make an appearance in traditional dictionaries. Forbes brought this interesting topic to our attention in their…
Read MoreWords Can Be a Lifelong Career
A 76-year old lexicographer continues working with his passion of the English language and all the intricacies that come along with it. He compiles dictionaries on a variety of topics and updates them as new words come into use. This very interesting news came to us from the Poughkeepsie Journal in their article, “Local wordsmith’s…
Read MoreThe Dictionary to the Rescue
Who knew in this day and age of digital, semantic and virtual technologies that the dictionary would turn out to the hero of the day? Digital Spy brought this news to us in their article, “Dictionary shuts down Doctor Who fans outraged over Jodie Whittaker cast as female Doctor.” With the recent announcement that the…
Read MoreWomen Aviators: Then & Now
A newly discovered photograph suggests aviator Amelia Earhart, who vanished 80 years ago on a round-the-world flight, survived a crash-landing in the Marshall Islands. The photo, found in a long-forgotten file in the National Archives, shows a woman who resembles Earhart and a man who appears to be her navigator, Fred Noonan. The discovery was recently featured…
Read MoreALPSP Conference Promises Rich Content
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers’s (ALPSP) 10th annual conference is coming up soon. The big question is “what does artificial intelligence (AI) mean for scholarly and professional publishing?” There are experts ready to explain what AI is, how it’s impacting other industries and the potential it holds for publishing. You just have to…
Read MoreClearing the Fog
We have all been there. It might be in the middle of a professional conversation or social gathering and someone uses a word you think you know, but you aren’t totally sure what it means, so you refrain from making any comments that might reveal your doubt (or ignorance). It is understandable that no one…
Read MoreNaming Conventions
Taxonomy is the science of defining and naming groups of biological organisms on the basis of shared characteristics, and the practice and science of classification of things or concepts, including the principles that underlie such classification. It is also one of the few chances scientists get to actually inject humor into the published literature, and it’s a…
Read MoreThere is No Hiding
Are all journals vulnerable to harm from piracy? Are open access (OA) journals immune to the threat? The Scholarly Kitchen brought this news to us in their article, “Are Open Access Journals Immune from Piracy?” Authors choose to pay to publish in OA journals because of the increased visibility/citations and fund requirements. It is normal for an…
Read MoreAccess Innovations Adds Custom Search to American Water Works Association’s In-house Document Repository
Albuquerque, NM – Access Innovations, Inc., a leader in digital data organization, has recently completed a new project with one of their longest standing clients, the American Water Works Association (AWWA). AWWA has used Access Innovations’ XML Intranet System (XIS) application since 2004 and recently contracted for a major update. AWWA upgraded to the newest…
Read MoreStanding Up in Support of Libraries
One of the largest providers of educational materials and technology solutions recently announced it is intensifying its support of K-12 school libraries and librarians by partnering with EveryLibrary, a Chicago-based political action committee dedicated to advocating for libraries and librarians at the state level. The Follett-EveryLibrary partnership will initially focus its work with school library…
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