Digital Data Growing in the White House
Based on the priorities that President-elect Donald Trump has laid out for his first days in office, one could reasonably expect that government operations will be subject to increased scrutiny as he looks to eliminate wasteful practices and run the government more like a business. Federal Times brought this news to us in their article, “Making…
Read MoreStandards in Data
Creating open standards to ensure data center hardware is equipped to cope with the amounts of information data centers are required to process in real time is the worthy goal of many. Computer Weekly brought this news to our attention in their article, “Using cross-industry collaboration on open standards to address big data in the…
Read MoreLearning Opportunity That Addresses Indexing
The Association of American Publishers’ (AAP) Professional & Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Division is offering another exciting educational opportunity (in person or via webinar). This time the PSP Books Committee will be hearing from guest speaker Pat Carlson, VP Metadata Standards & Bibliographic Control at Alexander Street, a ProQuest Company, to speak about metadata and indexing data for multimedia collections…
Read MorePublishing Journal Has One Decade in Their Belt
PLOS ONE published its first papers ten years ago. Since that time they have honored their mission to be an open, public venue for all rigorous scientific research from every discipline. The journal that promotes open science and access to the peer-reviewed literature for all has published more than 165,000 articles in its first decade. This interesting topic came…
Read MoreYear In Review
It’s that time of year where we look back on the previous year sometimes with joy and laughter, other times with sorrow and angst. Then we follow it up with starting over, a renewal in the new year, with new excitement, hopes and dreams. Here are some of the top 2016 lists gathered from across…
Read More2017 NFAIS Conference – Early Bird Pricing Ends Today
The National Federation of Advanced Information Sciences (NFAIS) is once again hosting its annual conference, this year on February 26-28, 2017 in Alexandria, Virginia. Access Innovations is proud to be a sponsor this year. Join us, your colleagues and other information professionals, at this year’s conference focusing on The Big Pivot: Re-Engineering Scholarly Communication. Today is the…
Read MoreUnlocking Data with Graph Databases
Ontotext has released GraphDB 8 – the latest version of their semantic graph database. It features a new data transformation functionality that makes it easier to leverage legacy data, establish interlinked enterprise master data and ultimately build a 360-degree data view. Yahoo Finance brought this news to us in their article, “GraphDB 8 Builds 360-degree Enterprise Data…
Read MoreHistorical Archive Digitized
Gale has launched Making of Modern Law: American Civil Liberties Union Papers, 1912-1990 in what seems like a very timely digital archive. The collection includes records from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and focuses on civil rights, race, gender, and issues relating to the U.S. Supreme Court. Cengage brought this interesting information to our attention in…
Read MoreDigital vs. Paper Feud Continues
As digital devices and publications continue to be more popular at home and in school, some experts expected that print books would soon become relics—or at least fall out of favor with a generation growing up in an electronic world. However, that has not transpired yet. Education Week brought this news to us in their article, “Do…
Read MoreWorldwide Business with kathy ireland® Interviews Access Innovations and Discusses Their Unique Solution for Finding Relevant Information Quickly and Easily
Access Innovations President Marjorie M.K. Hlava and Vice President of Marketing and Communications Heather Kotula are featured on the award-winning, global TV show, Worldwide Business with kathy ireland®. The segment’s topic is how businesses can make their data more searchable and more easily found. Access Innovations is a thought leader dedicated to enriching information assets. The company…
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