Analytics and Their Benefits
IBM recently introduced new data discovery and question-and-answer capabilities for Watson Analytics to make it even easier for users to extract insights from their data. DATAVERSITY brought this interesting information to us in their article, “IBM Expands Data Discovery and Q&A Power of Watson Analytics.” A half million users registered for this service since its introduction…
Read MoreAccess to Digital Data
What is information governance? Basically, it bridges the gap between those who manage data and those who use it. This interesting explanation came from Baseline in their article, “Information Governance Is Key to Big Data’s Value.” The records and information management role has transformed from organizing paper records to managing digital records, which contain much more…
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The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) has opened up the Early Bird Registration for their annual conference scheduled for February 21-23, 2016 in Philadelphia. Acknowledging the changes that have taken place in the world of publishing, data, and information sciences, this event will celebrate the scholarly content that reflects emphasis on collaborative work, global…
Read MoreManaging the Content
ContentWorX is a content and records management service specifically configured for use by New Zealand government agencies adhering to government requirements concerning information management, security, and records management. TEAM Asparona was formed following the award of the Common Capability Enterprise Content Management-as-a-Service panel contract. They have now successfully deployed ContentWorX to the Department of Conservation’s (DOC) 2000 staff members. This…
Read MoreSemantics in the Clouds
Expert System has announced that their Cogito API is now available on Google Cloud Launcher. This means developers and organizations will be able to launch selected software packages on Google Compute Engine with just a few clicks. Business Wire brought this information to us in their post, “Capturing Knowledge at Any Scale with Expert System Semantic Intelligence…
Read MoreIntelligent Content
Semantic technology is all the rage these days. Machine learning is a well-established subfield of computer science and the machine learner i.e. the computer is like a student. DATAVERSITY brought this news to our attention in their article, “Machine Teaching: A New Twist on Machine Learning.” The goal of machine learning is to develop models that…
Read MoreNew Resources for Students
EBSCO Information Services has released an online learning platform to help students build skills. This new product is called PrepSTEP. This news came to us in their release, “EBSCO Information Services’ PrepSTEP™ Helps Students Prepare for the Future.” This unique collection of academic and career-related resources offers skill-building in reading, writing, math, science, basic computing, and workforce…
Read MoreManaging Multiple Assets
As digital assets continue to grow, a significant percentage of those assets are videos. All too often, users have a hard time finding the content they need and in the proper format. Searching for an asset efficiently and with the assurance that you have the most recent version, can be a challenge. What is the solution?…
Read MoreIn Defense of Taxonomies: In Response to the Recent Scholarly Kitchen Posts about Google Scholar, Indexing, and Content Findability
Several interesting points were raised over the course of the two posts — and, notably, in the resulting comments featuring Anurag Acharya — by John Sack about Google Scholar. Google Scholar is a wonderful tool and resource, and it is not the goal here to disparage or otherwise belittle its importance or contribution to research.…
Read MoreFlexible Data
At KMWorld 2015, they know the importance of being able to respond quickly to changing trends and business challenges. This year’s theme is “Agile Knowledge Sharing and Innovation are in the Spotlight at KMWorld 2015.” Being agile can mean applying an incremental and iterative approach, or evolving through collaboration between self-organizing and cross-functional teams to…
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