An Irish Learning Opportunity
Okay, it is Irish only in that it is being held on St. Patrick’s Day, but it will be a learning opportunity. Heather Hedden, senior vocabulary editor at Cengage Learning, will be facilitating the webinar “An Introduction to Taxonomies” on Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. A teacher at Simmons School of Library and Information…
Read MoreOntologies Are Part of the United Nation’s Environment Project
An ontology is a formal description of classes, which describe concepts in a domain. Classes are the focus of most ontologies, which then leads to subclasses, etc. Making determinations about what goes into a class, what dictates a subclass, and attributes that aren’t unique enough to break a group are all part of building an ontology. An…
Read MorePreserving the Native Tongue
Language is an art and many would say a dying art. Scientists estimate that at least 3,000 of the 6,900 languages currently spoken around the world will be lost by the end of this century. This interesting information came to us from Quartz in their article, “Anyone can contribute to this dictionary of the world’s dying languages.”…
Read MoreChina’s Technology Contributions
TechTarget has released two significant developments lately and they both focus on China. Their online lead visualization tool, the Activity Intelligence™ Dashboard for China marketing campaigns, and a Simplified Chinese version of the dashboard that will give technology vendors who are focused on generating demand in China a rich view of relevant content consumption behavior at both…
Read MoreDid You Ask Permission?
What is piracy? Simply put, it is copyright infringement, infringing certain exclusive rights granted to the copyright holder, such as the right to reproduce, distribute, display or perform the protected work, or to make derivative work. Besides being illegal, it is unnecessary. There are many legitimate and legal ways to obtain various versions of research…
Read MoreLearning Opportunity in Metadata and Book Sales
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) is offering an in-person or webinar learning opportunity on Wednesday, March 16th at 1:00-4:00 p.m. (EST). The topic will be “Increasing Discoverability and Sales Through Metadata: Enhancing Reach of Scholarly Books.” This seminar will address questions like “How exactly do researchers find books these days?” and “What role do librarians…
Read MoreRunning Out of Room
Unnecessary data is a fact of life. The enterprise platform as well as personal computers are likely clogged with unnecessary data and the cloud is filling up fast. This interesting news came to us from BetaNews in their article, “Your business is likely storing useless data.” A recent survey of IT decision makers in companies with more…
Read MoreNew Concern for Data Security
Security is always an issue and the parameters change daily. The latest concern and risk involves ransomware. Int his new and scary scenario, hackers often destroy corporate data or encryp it for ransom instead of merely stealing it. Fortune magazine brought this topic to us in their article, “A Top Cybersecurity Firm Says Ransomware Attacks Are…
Read MoreThe Value of History
In Ireland 1922, Free State forces led the occupation of the Public Records Office of the Four Courts as part of the Battle of Dublin. As a result of the battle, there were explosions in the building and historical documents were lost to the fires. Ernie O’Malley, deemed the leader of the group, was quoted as saying…
Read MoreAdvancing Technology
IEEE is the world’s largest professional organization dedicated to advancing technology. So it isn’t surprising that they are working with publishing organizations to create recommendations regarding best practices to help ensure technical conference content quality. This interesting news came to us from Knowledge Speak in their article, “IEEE, Elsevier and the Institution of Engineering and Technology join together to…
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