Libraries are Giving Open Lending
All emergency response should involve books. This interesting topic came to us from Publisher’s Lunch in their article, “Internet Archive Grants Itself Emergency Copyright Powers for Uncontrolled Digital Lending.” This week the Internet Archive opened the National Emergency Library—a digital collection of 1.4 million books that anyone, anywhere in the world, can check out for…
Read MoreAnalytics to the Rescue
Predictive analytics is the use of data, statistical algorithms, and machine learning techniques to identify the likelihood of future outcomes based on historical data. The goal is to go beyond knowing what has happened to providing a best assessment of what will happen in the future. Business 2 Community brought this topic to our attention in their…
Read MoreNew Wave of Data Breaches
Data breach takes on an entirely new meaning when it comes to the democracy of American elections. The New York Times brought us this news in their article, “Lawmakers Are Warned That Russia Is Meddling to Re-elect Trump.“ Intelligence officials has warned House lawmakers that Russia was interfering in the 2020 campaign with the end…
Read MoreSocial Media Under Scrutiny
Recently, Facebook published a whitepaper addressing the need for standardized content regulation. This interesting topic came to us from Social Media Today in their article, “Facebook Publishes New Whitepaper on Standardized Online Content Regulation.” After the Cambridge Analytica scandal and various other issues, media giants (Facebook among them) had increased their spending on lobbyists in order to…
Read MoreChallenging Times for Marketing
Ready to launch your next marketing campaign and a pandemic starts spreading across the globe. Not the best of circumstances, but never fear. The Scholarly Kitchen brought this topic to our attention in their article, “Marketing Amidst a Pandemic.” Marketing is vital even in this unprecedented time we are living in. The approach shouldn’t change…
Read MoreTaxonomy of the K-9 Persuasion
If you are a frequent reader of this blog you know I like unique taxonomies. You also should know that I love dogs. So this particular taxonomy is right up my alley. The Ringer brought us this unique taxonomy in their article, “A Taxonomy of Movie Dogs.” There are many types of dogs and many…
Read MoreDigitization and Data
Digitization is necessary if an organization wants to move to the next level of production and efficiency. Manual processes need to be converted into digital workflows and move them into the cloud. CDO Trends brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “Rebooting Data Management for the Digital Era.” Digitization helps your business grow at…
Read MoreSemantic Questions and Answers
Artificial intelligence (AI) includes intelligent devices that are capable of thought and also respond with human-like action and articulation. Semantic search is an information searching method that understands the customer’s intent as well as the contextual definition of a search question, and it is powered by AI. This interesting topic came to us from Customer Think in their…
Read MoreAccess Innovations, Inc. and Data Conversion Laboratory Align Technology Solutions to Support Taxonomy Development and Content Structure
Access Innovations, Inc., a leader in digital data organization, and Data Conversion Laboratory (DCL), an industry leader in structured data and content transformations, today announce a new partnership for content-centric organizations. Together, DCL and Access Innovations provide a complete solution to improve the organization, delivery, and retrieval of content across the content supply chain. “This…
Read MoreHow AI Impacts the Workforce
Artificial intelligence (AI) has incorporated itself into our workplaces and our homes. Our daily lives have fundamentally changed. This interesting topic came to us from Harvard Business Review in their article, “AI Is Changing Work — and Leaders Need to Adapt.” This causes concern among some. AI is an entirely new kind of technology, one that has…
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