Classifying the Storms
Data classification exists everywhere, even in the weather. This interesting take on classification came to us from NBC2 out of Florida, in their article, “Weather Blog: How hurricanes are classified.” The most recent hurricane (Matthew) provided a perfect example of a rapid amplification from a tropical storm to category 5 hurricane in less than 40…
Read MoreGetting to Know Your Libaries
Many believe academic libraries and publishers can work together more effectively to deliver on their shared core mission – to foster access to the world’s knowledge across disciplinary, institutional and national boundaries for researchers, students and academics alike. This interesting information came to us from USKG in their opinion piece, “Managing relationships between libraries and publishers for…
Read MoreVisit Us At Gilbane Digital Content Conference
The Gilbane Digital Content Conference was built around the belief that well-designed content is the core ingredient of competitive digital experiences. The conference brings together content strategists and managers, marketers, technologists, IT and business executives, as well as external service providers to learn and share how to put the pieces of the digital puzzle together. This…
Read MoreAI and the Internet
Machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) continue to advance on what seems like a daily basis. But has the web kept up with these technological advances? We have smart phones, why not smart web? CIO brought this information to us in their article, “Why hasn’t artificial intelligence made the Internet smarter?” The commercial Internet has now…
Read MoreWebinar Focusing on Search Experiences
An educational opportunity in the form of a webinar is available for November 29, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. The webinar is brought to you by KMWorld and is titled, “Expand Your Search Horizons: Next Generation Platforms Reset Assumptions and Results.” The gap is increasing daily between the search experience enjoyed on mobile devices and the search…
Read MoreScholarly Publishing Still Has Street Cred
Many critics believe that Facebook users have been influenced by “fake news” on Facebook in their election decisions. Whether you agree with them or with Mark Zuckerberg who adamantly contends this isn’t happening and that fake news is not very prevalent on Facebook, you have likely been a recipient of the trending news list fed by an algorithm. The…
Read MorePolitics and the Information Industry
The past few weeks in politics has been busy. One of the most improbable election results in modern America was the election of Donald Trump to the Office of the President of the United States. What has this meant to those in the information industry? Many companies have held off finalizing plans for 2017 until…
Read MoreFact or Fiction or…
My oldest child is almost four years old. I love this age because his imaginative play is in full swing and he is becoming a great story teller. I can also give him nonsensical answers to questions that I don’t know the answer to, or when I don’t think he is capable of handling the…
Read MoreUsing Digital Technology for Efficiency
Digital Science recently invested in a robotic cloud laboratory for life sciences. They brought this to our attention in their article, “Digital Science Invests in Transcriptic, the Robotic Laboratory in the Cloud.” Transcriptic utilizes its automated cellular and molecular biology platform to enable scalable life science research with flexibility and precision. The convenient and simple web interface…
Read MoreMaking the Most of Your Smart Data
“Data is not smart in its own right; rather, it’s only smart if it drives smart decisions,” says James Kobielus, of IBM. He delivered this prophetic wisdom in the keynote address at the DATAVERSITY® Smart Data Online 2016 Conference recently. DATAVERSITY brought this news to our attention in their article, “Big Data and Smart Data: Big…
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