Just Another Day
April Fools’ Day brings memories of prank calls to your neighbors, short sheeting the beds of your siblings, and fake blood to scare your mother. What is often called All Fools’ Day is celebrated every year on April 1st by playing practical jokes and spreading hoaxes. Although popular since the 19th century, the day is not a public…
Read MoreCognitive Computing is Changing the Game
The power of cognitive computing is in its ability to illuminate what was previously invisible. This could be traits from the unstructured data of sound, pictures and movement that allow more-informed decisions. This interesting information came to us from DATAVERSITY in their article, “Making Your Business More Resilient with Cognitive Computing.” Cognitive computing represents progress in…
Read MoreThe Fight Over Data
Data is in the news again and now it is in the middle of a tug-o-war. Wired brought this news to us in their article, “The Apple-FBI Battle Is Over, But the New Crypto Wars Have Just Begun.” Apple and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have been in a standoff for weeks over the…
Read MoreNew Business Tool Available
A new newsletter has been launched by Business Management Daily. Records Management Today is designed to help professionals achieve the goals of efficiency, security and compliance. Business Management brought this news to our attention in their article, “Business Management Daily launches new newsletter, Records Management Today.” With a four-page monthly newsletter, a mid-month e-letter and a quarterly…
Read MoreMetadata’s Role
The word “metadata” has been spoken so many times in news reports over the past few years that it is surely now part of the collective public consciousness. But how well does the average American understand what metadata is and how it is used? This interesting question came to us from EdSurge in their article, “Making Sense of…
Read MoreEducational Opportunity on Dealing with Big Data
Sometimes great learning opportunities pass us by because it didn’t fit with our schedule to attend a seminar or even a webinar. This time you can attend anytime it is convenient for you. This free recorded webcast titled, “Data Transformation, Processing & Analytics” addresses the variety of data processing systems, and industry experts share their…
Read MoreUtilizing Metadata for Content Recognition
Metadata is useful for many things. We rely on properly applied metadata to search at the speed we need to find the data we seek. But metadata can serve other purposes as well, even trivia. Catch brought this interesting information to us in their article, “Remember a movie but not its name? This website will solve…
Read MoreLibraries Under Attack
Scholarly publishing has been a narrative involving crisis, lack of funding, academic egos, and self-preservation. As part of that story, there are victims, villains, and heroes. The Scholarly Kitchen brought us this interesting news in their article, “Library Expenditures, Salaries Outstrip Inflation.” This doesn’t completely capture the complexity of the scholarly publishing market. Each year, libraries receive a smaller slice of their…
Read MoreDigital Records Require Consistency
Madhyamik (secondary) and Uchhya-Madhyamik (higher secondary) text books are being uploaded to the National Digital Library (NDL) archives in India. This interesting information came to us from The Times of India in their article, “Board textbooks to be archived in digital library.” All the books that have been published by the government for the West Bengal…
Read MoreUsing Semantic Technology to Identify Nature
Identifying any part of nature is not easy. The discipline of classification and taxonomy involves the grouping of organisms into categories based on different properties including size, shape and gene sequences. Classification can help to identify evolutionary relationships among organisms, but it takes time; a lot of time. This interesting information came from Wired in their…
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