The Librarian Pioneers
In this era of digital libraries, machine assisted indexing and technological advancements that seem to evolve on a daily basis, it is more than nostalgic to hear about the struggles of librarians before technology – even before motorized transportation; it is inspiring. This interesting story came from the Archive Project in their article, “The Amazing…
Read MoreLinguistic Challenges in Foreign Languages
Linguistic traps can be embarrassing and horrific, depending on the guffaw. It could result in more than embarrassment over using the wrong verb when using a language other than your first one. This interesting information came to us from JSTOR Daily in their article, “Friend or Faux? The Linguistic Trickery of False Friends.” Call it semantic…
Read MoreThieves Are Knocking at the Door
Theft is on the rise. A few months ago Yahoo revealed they had been hacked in 2014 and over 500 million accounts were the victims of username and password theft. This is not new news, though the identity of the nefarious characters behind the hacking might be a bit of a surprise. This interesting news came to…
Read MoreProtecting Your Passwords
When life embraced the Internet a few decades ago, passwords were a necessary evil. We chose our pet’s name or birth date or some easy to remember piece of information to grant us access to our destination. However, times have changed and the ease for hackers to decode your passwords continues to increase. This interesting…
Read MoreMachine Learning and Security
Machine learning contributes to many other technologies, e.g. fraud detection, search engines, etc. By automatically discovering patterns that lead to insights and creating predictive models that drive actions, the technology has proven its value many times, and to many industries. This interesting information came from DATAVERSITY in their article, “Why Cybersecurity Needs Machine Learning.” Machine learning is also…
Read MoreFinding Credibility
In November I wrote an article about deciphering fact from fiction but I didn’t cover the whole fake news craze. Perhaps in my naivety I hoped the issue would go away. That after the elections the whole craze would die down and everyone would be more diligent in what they post on social media. Unfortunately…
Read MorePLOS Looking for Associate Editors
To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, digital archiving, etc., we are sharing with our readers any career opportunities that we find. 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…
Read MoreAI 24/7
What does artificial intelligence (AI) have to do with content management? CMS Wire brought this news to us in their article, “12 Ways AI Has or Will Change Content Management.” Many professionals think 2017 could be the year of AI. With intelligent machines invading and affecting our lives on a daily basis, that is easy to believe.…
Read MoreGoing Deep on Social
Facebook has released what they are calling a deep-learning-based text understanding engine that is designed to leverage neural network architectures. The ultimate goal is to compete with the Google search engine by bringing the highest accuracy of humanness to the process of sorting through the daily flood of social media posts on its web site. This interesting information…
Read MoreResearch Data Analyst Career Opportunity
To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, digital archiving, etc., we are sharing with our readers any career opportunities that we find. 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…
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