Libraries 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…
Read MoreCan the Computer See More Than You?
If you have ever been a photo editor or journalist needing to write captions over and over that not only describe the photo but engage the readers, you can understand how challenging it can be. It is a matter of prioritizing between what is in an image (center or background) and what thoughts or feelings…
Read MoreTaxonomies Really Are Everywhere
Taxonomy or classification exists in the fields of economics, nature, society, etc. This is not news to any of us. We may not call it taxonomy, but we see it when we walk through the grocery store in aisle signs, or when you fill out your income taxes and find yourself, much to your dismay, in…
Read MoreEnterprise Data World Conference Approaching
The 20th annual Enterprise Data World (EDW) Conference is recognized as the most comprehensive educational conference on data management in the world. The event is being held Sunday, April 17, 2016 – Friday, April 22, 2016 at the Sheraton Hotel & Marina in San Diego, California. The conference is jam packed with speakers, workshops and topics that cover management, analytics,…
Read MoreDatabase Learning Opportunity
“Domain-Driven Data” is the title of the latest webinar offered by DATAVERSITY and sponsored by Cloudant. This particular webinar is scheduled for Thursday, March 31, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. EST. There are many types of databases and data analysis tools out there. Should you use a relational database? How about a key-value store? Maybe a…
Read MoreDigital Publishing 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…
Read MoreNew Archive Addition Provides Diversity
Gale is a leading provider of library resources and part of Cengage Learning. Recently they released the first part of Archives of Human Sexuality and Identity, a milestone digital program that brings together the largest collection of primary source content on gender, sexuality and identity. PR Newswire brought this interesting news to us in their article,…
Read MoreSearching with Confidence
Search engine optimization (SEO) is possibly one of the most talked about subjects in the online marketing world. A huge aspect of this is tags. Whether it’s title tags, header tags, meta tags or blog post tags, they have proven to increase traffic and boost engagement. This information came from the Search Engine Journal in their article,…
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