Open Access to Musical Compositions

Open access has extended to music and that makes many people happy, especially during this time of isolation in the COVID-19 pandemic. This news came to us from UCLA Newsroom in their article, “UCLA Library’s online publishing of music scores makes history.” Composers from 86 countries have submitted more than 7,800 musical compositions as part…

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American Library Association and Digital Scholarship

The concept of openness in scholarship is shared by many in the academic, library science and publishing worlds. A newly released book takes a look at the transformation that is leading to more research, more discovery, and more solutions to small and big problems. The American Library Association (ALA) brought this interesting news to our attention…

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Can AI Help with the Pandemic?

Executives from major technical giants Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Apple and Facebook have been meeting to discuss their role in the coronavirus crisis. One of the many topics was their role in modeling and tracking data. Artificial intelligence (AI) and big data were a key part of China’s response to the virus. Why should that be any…

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Information Science During a Pandemic

In the pursuit of effective treatments for COVID-19, many technologies are being explored, including machine learning algorithms. This interesting news came to us from Health IT Analytics in their article, “Data Scientists Use Machine Learning to Discover COVID-19 Treatments.” Algorithms are a big part of machine learning. Two data scientists of the Data Science Institute at…

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Data Analytics Forever Changed

The global pandemic has disrupted many things: healthcare, education, home life and the hospitality industry, to name a few. This topic came to us from MIT Sloan Management Review in their article, “Data Science, Quarantined.” Companies are just now beginning to baby step back to normal with regards to workforce and technology. As they reboot their…

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Taxonomist & Browse Developer Opportunity

To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, semantic technology, ontology, 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 are evolving.…

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Investing in Cloud Computing

Cloud computing offers many benefits. A strategic investment in enterprise cloud applications can help your organization adapt to change, reduce time to market and reduce costs. KM World brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “The best cloud KM combines cutting-edge technology with smart oversight.” Cloud computing is one of the hottest trends…

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Knowledge Graph and Data Management

Conventional data management capabilities are ill-equipped to handle the increasingly challenging data demands given the volume and speed at which data is created. And that is only going to get more challenging. This interesting topic came to our attention from Database Trends and Applications in their article, “Knowledge Graphs and AI: The Future of Enterprise Data.”…

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Technology at Home

Terms like “artificial intelligence” (AI), “machine learning” and “natural language processing” (NLP) are more common than ever before. But how many people actually know what they are and more importantly, what they are not? The Enterpriser’s Project brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “Artificial intelligence (AI) vs. natural language processing (NLP):…

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Science and Race

Earlier this year a task force organized by the American Institute of Physics released the results of a study into why African American students are persistently under-represented in receiving undergraduate degrees in physics and astronomy. This interesting topic came to our attention from The Scholarly Kitchen in their article, “We Step Aside: Why Are There So Few Black…

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