Security Issues with Health Data

A recent study revealed that only 6% of the typical IT budget allotted in hospitals is devoted to cybersecurity. This is one of the most common areas that is repeatedly being attacked with ransomware and affected by data breaches. Information Week brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Saving Lives Starts with Protecting Our…

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Speed Learning

The world we live in is fast paced and all about instant gratification. Education is no exception. DATAVERSITY brought this interesting subject to our attention in their article, “Data Science in 90 Seconds: Unsupervised Machine Learning.” This is the first installment in the Data Science in 90 Seconds video blog series from host Laura Kahn. The series…

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Intelligent Data Management

Artificial intelligence (AI) techniques such as natural language processing, machine learning, text mining, information extraction, ontology development, and Web-based learning are used in a variety of industries and in a variety of applications. Digital knowledge management is a relatively new development in the maritime sector and one that is making smarter use of time and technology.…

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New Online Access to Supreme Court History at Library of Congress

More than 225 years of Supreme Court decisions acquired by the Library of Congress are now publicly available online. The Library of Congress shared their latest news with us in the release, “Historical Supreme Court Cases Now Online.” The Library has made available more than 35,000 cases that were published in the printed bound editions…

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Webinar Series on Scholarly Publishing

The Association of Learned & Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) is offering a unique online webinar educational opportunity titled, “Trust, Truth and Scholarly Publishing: Publishing without perishing.” It is scheduled for April 26, 2018 at 10-11am EDT. Scholarly publishing can sometimes be challenging, but almost always has high publication rate and novel, newsworthy output. How can…

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Searching Styles

Search is a widely debated issue. Over the years, more interest and more science has been applied to the topic, making it even more dynamic. Search can be as simple or as complicated as you can imagine. An article is indexed with the terms appropriate to the content of that article. These terms are specific…

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Annual Conference of American Society for Indexing

Cleveland is hosting the American Society for Indexing (ASI) for their annual conference on April 26-28, 2018. With the theme, “Indexer’s Rock“, Cleveland, the home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, seems the appropriate locale for the gathering of those dedicated to promoting excellence in indexing and increasing awareness of the value…

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Learning from AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) activity has been accelerating and the world’s top technology companies are leading the way. From self-driving vehicles to home devices controlling the HVAC systems, AI is now making inroads into the business enterprise. Information Week brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “AI Begins to Infiltrate the Enterprise.” Many business leaders…

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All in On Security

Cybersecurity was a popular topic in 2017 and the new year shows no signs of that changing. The American Enterprise Institute brought this information to our attention in their article, “Cybersecurity and digital trade in 2018: Preliminary predictions.” Ransomware was a big topic over the last few years. With abundance of the Internet of Things…

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