Educational Opportunity on PIDs
The Professional/Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Committee for Digital Innovation (CDI) will be hearing from guest speaker Christine Orr, Sales Director – North America at RINGGOLD on Wednesday, July 19 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. at the HarperCollins/NY offices. Christine will address Persistent Identifiers – The 5 things you need to know. The use of persistent identifiers (PIDs) has become much more widespread in our industry,…
Read MoreDigital Storytelling
At the Digital Public Library of America’s DPLAfest2017, networking and conversations about outreach, collection development, and issues central to the DPLA community were expected, and no one was disappointed. The speakers placed a special emphasis on details that are frequently overlooked. American Libraries brought this interesting information to us in their blog post, “The Devil Is in the…
Read MoreAccess Innovations Adds Custom Search to American Water Works Association’s In-house Document Repository
Albuquerque, NM – Access Innovations, Inc., a leader in digital data organization, has recently completed a new project with one of their longest standing clients, the American Water Works Association (AWWA). AWWA has used Access Innovations’ XML Intranet System (XIS) application since 2004 and recently contracted for a major update. AWWA upgraded to the newest…
Read MoreCommon Sense Rules
Call it gallows humor, but I found this particular taxonomy ironic. It came to us from Boing Boing in their article, “A taxonomy of algorithmic accountability.” Computer scientist, Ed Felten, shared a short taxonomy of four ways that an algorithm can fail to be accountable to the people whose lives it affects. It can be…
Read MoreTech Leaders Gather in D.C.
Recently, the leaders of tech gathered in Washington D.C. for a series of working sessions to discuss cyber security, updates to the government’s computer systems and future tech trends. This interesting news came from CNet in their article, “Apple’s Cook, Amazon’s Bezos converge on White House.” The meeting was hosted by the new White House Office of…
Read MoreAnalytics Provide Insight
Predictive analytics has opened up new possibilities for predicting future events by studying past performance. Predictive analytics is the use of data, statistical algorithms and machine learning techniques to identify the likelihood of future outcomes based on historical data. The goal is to go beyond knowing what has happened to providing a best assessment of what…
Read MoreProviding Access
Open source documentation has been around for a long time. Over time there have been changes in both technology and perspectives regarding authoring and publishing. Open Source brought this information to our attention in their article, “5 trends in open source documentation.” The latest trends move documentation closer to code, and within those are some larger themes.…
Read MoreStanding Up in Support of Libraries
One of the largest providers of educational materials and technology solutions recently announced it is intensifying its support of K-12 school libraries and librarians by partnering with EveryLibrary, a Chicago-based political action committee dedicated to advocating for libraries and librarians at the state level. The Follett-EveryLibrary partnership will initially focus its work with school library…
Read MoreCloud Computing Provides Solutions
Since the dawn of cloud storage and computing, security concerns have been the biggest impediments. Now that cloud computing is more common, almost normal, do the concerns still exist? CSO Online brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Will the cloud be a safe haven for data in 2017?” Some professionals believe that the majority…
Read MoreThe Power of Machine Learning
Machine learning is, as my father would say, akin to artificial intelligence. It is a sub-field that specializes in algorithms which can learn and improve themselves by studying high volumes of available data. This interesting information came to us from DATAVERSITY in their article, “The Value of Machine Learning: Benefits and Best Practices.” The real power of…
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