Investing in IT Careers at Home
Collaboration across party lines is working towards creating information technology jobs and careers for the residents of middle America. This interesting information came to us from The New York Times in their article, “The Coders of Kentucky.” Instead of outsourcing technical jobs to other countries, one organization invested in the people of Appalachia with training…
Read MoreLooking Behind the Curtain
Sometimes in research, you don’t always see the benefits right away, and often times research even gets tossed before it gets started. JAXenter brought this interesting information to us in their article, “GitHub Experiments provides a sneak peak into software development.” To shine a little more light on the work in progress, GitHub has launched Experiments: giving insight…
Read MoreSenior Data Architect 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.…
Read MoreInformation Industry Association Addresses Indexing
CILIP is a library and information association that helps members develop their skills, build successful careers and deliver high quality information and library services. Believing that knowledge and skills are the building blocks of a successful economy, equal society and fulfilling life, CILIP works to run an effective professional association that improves library and information…
Read MoreKnowledge Graphs Don’t Encourage Consistency
A knowledge graph contains a wealth of information and data that Google uses to show users how facts, people and places are connected to each other and to deliver more focused and relevant search results. A superficial search will deliver information about a single product. The Google knowledge graph enhances the results of a Google search. Forbes brought this…
Read MoreBlockchain in Higher Education
Blockchain technology is the new kid on the block and is getting a lot of attention. Many industries are finding uses for this, and for the education sector there are a plethora of opportunities. This interesting information came to us from Blockonomi in their article, “Educators Turn to Blockchain with New Programs & Record-Keeping.” With a…
Read MoreAre You Prepared?
The fear of a data breach weighs heavy on the minds of many organizational leaders. In fact, a recent study revealed that close to half of all enterprise brands believe they have a probable or greater risk of a website data breach. This important information was brought to our attention by The Drum in their article,…
Read MoreMLIS Degree Means Different Things to Different People
ML(I)S traditionally stands for “Master of Library (and Information) Science”. However, Erica Leeman, Metadata Associate at the MIT Press (MITP) and Abigail Wickes, Discoverability Associate at Oxford University Press (OUP) offers a new meaning for this familiar acronym – Metadata Librarians In Scholarly publishing. This interesting topic came to us from The Scholarly Kitchen in their article, “MLIS: Metadata Librarians In Scholarly publishing.”…
Read MoreIs More Better?
In academia, the number of citations that an article receives is considered one of the most important measures of scientific impact and quality. The academic competition for grants and research positions places high value on such measures, in addition to the number of publications by any given researcher. Inside Higher Ed brought this interesting information to…
Read MoreChallenging Peer Review with Hoax Articles
Over the past year, three scholars have been engaged in a broad and massively secret academic project. Together, they submitted over a dozen papers to top academic journals in fields like gender studies, sexuality studies, race studies, and critical theory. While the majority of their submissions failed the peer review process and were ultimately rejected, a…
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