The Future of Scholarly Communications
There are changes taking place in scholarly communications. What is the end goal? Is it worth the journey? The Scholarly Kitchen brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Ask The Chefs: The Future Form Of Scholarly Communication.” The article author asked some information science professionals, “What form might scholarly communications take in the…
Read MoreTaxonomy Design and Creation Workshop at SLA 2019
We recently shared with you some taxonomy educational opportunities available at this year’s Special Libraries Association (SLA) 2019 Conference in Cleveland. There is one more and it is a full day CE workshop – Taxonomy Design & Creation. Taxonomies are becoming increasingly important and common for organizing and retrieving information. Through this CE course, information professionals can…
Read MoreRecords Management Project Still on Track
Each year, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) releases its Federal Agency Records Management (FARM) report. The 2017 version was released in August 2018 and it shows that agencies are mostly on track for meeting upcoming records management deadlines that will shift the government towards a more modernized, digitally inclusive state. This interesting news came…
Read MoreMobile Digital News
Digital healthcare may be getting a new player. Nest recently purchased Senosis Health, despite the assumptions that it was Google. This interesting news came to us from Engadget in their article, “Nest is secretly planning a move into digital health for elders.” Of course, Nest is Google’s smart home brand that turns smartphones into health-tracking tools using…
Read MoreThe Flexibility of AI
Most organizations don’t have the time, expertise or resources to custom build artificial intelligence (AI), regardless of important and helpful they may believe it to be to their success. How will companies will be able to differentiate themselves in the industry if they are limited to using only canned AI? Forbes brought this interesting information…
Read MoreMachine Learning Used to Optimize Data
Bloomberg is harnessing the power of an emerging technology to develop new products and services. This interesting news came to us from Diginomica in their article, “How Bloomberg uses machine learning to create a competitive advantage.” Using machine-learning technology to utilize its vast data sets of financial information to its utmost, their results are new and…
Read MoreManaging Data in All Sizes
Managing data can be a challenge for any size of organization. At the rate that data is generated these days, it will only become a larger problem. Inside Big Data brought this topic to our attention in their article, “Overwhelmed by Data? Here’s How to Get Control of It.” In 2017 there were nearly 9 billion…
Read MoreThe Relationship of IoT and Blockchain
The Internet of Things (IoT) is creating new opportunities and providing a competitive advantage for businesses in both current and new markets. Recent computer industry developments set the stage for demonstrations of how blockchain can help to turn IoT networks into trusted environments. Information Week brought this interesting news to our attention in their article, “Using Blockchain…
Read MoreFacebook Cleans House
Facebook has reported that they removed hundreds of Russia-initiated accounts, which it judged to be involved in coordinated inauthentic behavior on its platforms, including some linked to state-owned news agency Sputnik. Reuters brought this interesting news to our attention in their article, “Facebook blocks accounts linked to Russian state-owned Sputnik.” This comes after much outrage and…
Read MoreTaxonomy Educational Opportunities at SLA 2019
The Special Libraries Association (SLA) Taxonomy Division is pleased to present several educational sessions at the SLA 2019 Annual Conference in Cleveland, Ohio this summer. Addressing taxonomies from many different angles, workshop titles like Big Data and Controlled Vocabularies, Ensuring Semantic Interoperability and Creating Interoperable Taxonomies, Keeping Your Taxonomy Fresh and Relevant, Taxonomy Governance IRL, and Taxonomy Tools and…
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