Copyright Changes Might Affect Academics
Some copyright law changes taking place in Canada may impact how learning material can be used in classrooms. The Western Gazette out of Canada brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Potential changes to copyright law could threaten use of class material.” The Canadian Copyright Act (CCA) is up for statutory review this…
Read MoreMake the Most of Your Metadata
The Publishing & Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Books Committee of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) will be offering an educational opportunity live and via webinar titled, ‘Working with Partners to Improve the Impact & Reach of Your Metadata on Wednesday, March 29th from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. Two major forms of metadata have become industry standard for…
Read MoreThe Library of Today
Libraries continue to adapt to today’s mobile and socially-connected world. If they want to survive, it is critical to continue to move with the technology driven world. This interesting information came to us from USC News in their article, “Would you believe there are more libraries than Starbucks or McDonald’s?” Libraries are stereotyped as quiet, paper…
Read MorePacking Up
Records management is a tough job for any organization of any size, even governmental agencies. Federal News Radio brought this information to us from their article, “Proposed rule clarifies privileges for presidential records disclosure.” The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is at work making sure there are no questions around disclosure of presidential records, and…
Read MoreNew Trending Words Added to Oxford
Three hundred words were recently added to OxfordDictionaries.com, which monitors current trends in the use of modern English. There appeared to be some trends in the themes of words added this time, specifically fitness and well-being. This interesting news came to us from Independent in their article, “New words give food for thought to dictionary users.”…
Read MoreData, Data and More Data
The total amount of information stored by humanity doubles every two years. Let that sink in a little. This interesting information came from The Market Mogul in their article, “Harnessing The Power Of Big Data: Trends For 2017.” Big data, which is blocks of data that are too big to be processed through common software…
Read MoreBringing Smart Data Into Play
Smart data is hardly new to the information management world. However it just might have finally reached the point of acceptance. DATAVERSITY brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “The State of Smart Data in the Enterprise – 2017.” Every day brings more news articles about artificial intelligence (AI) powering applications that rely…
Read MoreMachine Learning Applications Grow
BreezoMeter has announced the addition of air quality forecasting and pollen dispersion data, based on its proprietary machine learning algorithm, to its API. The company is now able to provide air quality data up to four days in advance. This interesting information came from DATAVERSITY in their article, “BreezoMeter First to Offer Machine Learning Air Pollution Forecasting…
Read MoreNew Technology Takes Anonymity to a New Level
Blockchain has been known as the technology supporting the digital currency bitcoin, but now it is getting a new reputation in the world of distributed ledger technology. This interesting information came to us from Image & Data Manager in their article, “Why should records management professionals care about blockchain?” Bitcoin is the digital currency that makes it possible…
Read MoreProtecting Data Sources
As data sources continue to grow in number and diversity, there will continue to be challenges in getting the most from data. There will also be significant opportunities for organizations if they master how to acquire it and use it for the best consumption for new business insight. DATAVERSITY brought this information to us in their…
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