What Diversity Looks Like
Lack of diversity in any industry is troubling. Within the book publishing industry, both in terms of the composition of the workforce and the types of books being produced, diversity is a trending topic. Publisher’s Weekly brought this subject to our attention in their article, “‘People of Color in Publishing’: Striving for More Industry Diversity.” Publishing…
Read MoreStrategy with Data Assets
It is important to approach your data management process with some strategy. It is those organizations that capitalize on their organizational data assets that end up with true findability, and really, isn’t that the ultimate goal? DATAVERSITY brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “Data Management vs. Data Governance: Improving Organizational Data Strategy.” Applying…
Read MoreScholarly Publishing in Europe and China Conference
The International Publishing Symposium – Scholarly Publishing in Europe and China takes place at St Catherine’s College, Oxford, UK on April 12-13, 2018. The symposium is aimed at those interested in international publishing relations and the scholarly publishing environment in China. This is a first of its kind event in Europe that focuses on building…
Read MoreMachine Learning Detects Change
Machine learning scientists at Disney Research have developed an innovative new model that uncovers how the meanings of words change over time. This interesting information came to us from EurekAlert! in their article, “Machines just revealed the evolution of language.” By integrating neural networks and statistics used in rocket control systems, Dr. Robert Bamler and Dr.…
Read MoreOpen Access Publishing is Not a Fair Playing Field
The shift towards open-access publishing continues and in the process some new types of inequality within academia have been revealed. This interesting information came to us from the Times Higher Education and their article, “Open-access charges ‘create new inequalities’ in publishing A class division between universities, whereby researchers from lower-ranking institutions with fewer resources are often…
Read MoreA New Drug
Social media and its impact on politics, religion, social policies and current affairs has been under the microscope for some time now. Many believe the voyeuristic use of social media and the armchair critic syndrome is unhealthy and addictive. The Scholarly Kitchen brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “Technology as the…
Read MoreThe Rest of the Story
Last week we discussed the valuable information and story that data, specifically DNA data, can reveal. I shared our experience with canine DNA and what story our dogs’ DNA told us. We did the canine experiments several years ago and valued the information provided to us by the company about breed specific diseases, behaviors, etc.…
Read MoreLibrary Services Coordinator Position Available
To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, information sciences, 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 MoreBig Data is Making Waves
The amount of data that’s being created and stored on a global level is almost inconceivable, and it just keeps growing. Big data is often referred to as large amounts of information, but it is more than that. Big data is a term that describes the large volume of data – both structured and unstructured –…
Read MoreNew Words Added to the Oxford English Dictionary
Most of us have heard of hangry and some of us have experienced it. Now, it is in the dictionary. This interesting and humorous information came to us from NPR in their article, “‘Oxford English Dictionary’ Adds New Entries Including ‘Hangry‘.” Hangry is one of the newest entries and it is defined as “bad tempered…
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