Adaptable Financial Data
Data anarchy sounds like a new television series, but in reality it has serious consequences for the information world. DATAVERSITY brought this interesting information to us in their article, “Boost Data Management to Stop Data Anarchy.” During the financial crisis a decade ago, important mortgage-related data was lost as it flowed through the process. This affected…
Read MoreDigital and Artificial Intelligence in Publishing
Flashbacks of Jetsons cartoons run through my mind when I hear about artificial intelligence (AI) becoming an everyday convenience; robot assistants guiding shoppers around stores, self-driving cars cruising the highways, and automated lawnmowers in the backyard. Is this 2017 or 2117? Talking New Media brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “AI and…
Read MoreWebinar Series Focuses on AI
The Professional/Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Committee for Digital Innovation (CDI) is introducing another Seminar Series on Selected Topics in Digital Publishing. This three-part seminar series will explore these topics and the practical aspects of the real applications of technologies that were once the stuff of science fiction. Mark your calendars for October 17, 2017 at 12:00-1:30 p.m. The second part…
Read MoreMetadata is Key to Security
The Australian government is taking steps beyond mandatory metadata retention with its newly-announced counter-encryption plans. This interesting information came to our attention from AD Net in their article, “Data retention’s value for money still not proven: Criminologist.” “It comes back to that very delicate debate about, well, if you’ve got nothing to hide then what’s your problem?…
Read MorePioneer Remembered for Significant Impact on Research
We spent last weekend remembering and celebrating the life of Eugene Garfield. He was the founder of the Institute for Scientific Information; creator of the “impact factor” now used so broadly to assess the value of a journal; and is considered the father of the field called bibliometrics. I met Gene in 1976 when I was…
Read MoreTrue Taxonomists
Within the world of taxonomy — the branch of science concerned with classification, especially of organisms — there are prolific people, and Raymond Hoser, an Australian researcher, is one of those. This interesting information came to us from the Smithsonian magazine in their article, “A Few Bad Scientists Are Threatening to Topple Taxonomy.” By volume, Hoser is…
Read MoreMetadata 2020 is About Community
Metadata is data about data and a very powerful tool in scholarly communications. Good metadata enables discoverability and access. What about the bad metadata? The Scholarly Kitchen brought this interesting information to us in their article, “Much Ado About Metadata 2020!” Metadata 2020 is a community-led initiative, organized by Crossref in collaboration with associations, publishers, universities, and…
Read MoreNKOS at DC-2017
DC-2017 in Washington D.C. is looking towards the changing role of metadata in the Second Machine Age. This year’s conference will focus on technologies and practices that are advancing how we can create and manage good metadata. Interoperability and openness have been guiding principles of the DCMI community for over twenty years, and these principles…
Read MoreMetadata Gold
Metadata is not new. When the origins of a document are at issue, you know to examine that document’s metadata. Mining for metadata is a completely different beast. It is the process of using software to systematically search through the metadata embedded in a collection of documents. Lexology brought us this interesting information in their article,…
Read MoreTelling a Story with Data
When people hear the term “storytelling,” they think of Winnie the Pooh or maybe Brahm’s Fairy Tales. However, a story can be told in various forms and mediums, like photos and even data. DATAVERSITY brought this interesting information to us in their article, “How to Tell a Great Story with Data.” The approach is simple. Get…
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