Print Publishing Gets a Blessing
It is no secret that the publishing industry has faced many challenges over the past decade and even beyond. Digital media, e-readers and the rapid pace and consumption of online information has made a significant impact on their sales and bottom line. Crain’s New York Business brought this interesting topic to our attention in their…
Read MoreAll Part of the Family
The difference between taxonomies and ontologies is a topic that can confuse even the most seasoned data professionals. But it is important to remember that taxonomies and ontologies form the underpinnings of how machines learn and understand. DATAVERSITY brought this news to us in their article, “Taxonomy vs Ontology: Machine Learning Breakthroughs.” Cognitive computing technologies are responsible…
Read MoreNFAIS & NHA Annual Meeting and Humanities Advocacy Day
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) 2018 Humanities Roundtable is scheduled for Sunday, March 11, 2018 in Washington D.C. The theme this year will be “Meeting the Needs of Digital Humanities Librarians” The loaded program will start with the keynote speaker, Dr. Kimberley Bugg, Chief of the Humanities and Social Sciences Division at…
Read MoreEnterprise Content Management in the Future
A recent acquisition by OpenText of Documentum has spawned an interest in where enterprise content management (ECM) is today and where it may be headed in the coming years. This interesting topic came to us from CMS Wire in their article, “Enterprise Content Management at the Crossroads.” It’s not enough to just manage content. The…
Read MoreReading Books Get Easier Every Day
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) recently released their publisher revenues for January through August of 2017 and while e-books continue to struggle, audiobooks are experiencing an upsurge. Forbes brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “E-Books Down; Audiobooks Up.” This trend could be attributed to the increased ease of listening to audio thanks…
Read MoreWebinar Addresses Research Data Management
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) offers educational opportunities in various venues. One of them is their virtual Lunch & Learn with NFAIS sessions and the next one is scheduled for Tuesday, January 23, 2018. In recent years, research data management has assumed an increasingly prominent place in scholarly communication, funder requirements, codes of academic practice, university…
Read MoreSearch and Find
Search has many parts, pieces and players in both the software and the technology. A search engine is different from search software. The terms are used interchangeably by people, but they are not the same. Search software is an application and a search engine is a collection of servers with large amounts of data on it…
Read MoreSinkholes for Data
Sinkholing is a technique for manipulating data flow in a network. Redirecting malicious traffic into a sinkhole can protect your data and enterprise. Wired brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Hacker Lexicon: What Is Sinkholing?” If I may take a personal digression here, I have a phobia of sinkholes. Seriously. So…
Read MoreArtificial Intelligence is Changing Lifestyles
File sharing in the music world has a long and checkered past. Now musicians are looking to digital technology in a bid to recoup money they believe is theirs. This information came to us from The Globe and Mail in their article, “AI and data are music to recording industry’s ears for recouping song royalties.” SOCAN…
Read MoreSenior Taxonomist Consultant Needed
The new year is a good time for many to look at career changes. We want to be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, metadata, ontology, etc., so 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…
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