The Nostalgia of Paper
We have discussed the ebook conundrum for book lovers and fans of the actual printed word and paper. The temptation is stronger every day for these diminishing holdouts to cross over to the “electronic” side.
Read MoreThe Delay Can Be Costly
The ICD-10 debate rages on. Will it remain a one-year delay or will the AMA win with the two-year delay argument? One healthcare veteran believes this controversy places perspective on the situation, as well as some validity.
Read MoreOntology Intelligent 360 Released
Ontology Systems has released Ontology Intelligent 360, a suite of apps that deliver enterprise views, dashboards and fully featured operational solutions using Ontology 3 semantic search technology.
Read MoreAMA Wants to Wait Two Years, At a Minimum
The American Medical Association believes that a minimum of a two-year delay is necessary to conduct a cost-benefit analysis on physician practices and evaluate whether an alternative code set is more appropriate.
Read MoreFinding You
It is a constant challenge for any website to maintain their position in search engines. We know that first hand. Google’s newest algorithm update is named the Penguin update and many SEO companies are starting to learn what the search engine now expects.
Read MoreInnovation Awards Announced
Pipeline Publishing have announced the winners of its prestigious 2012 Innovation Awards. These awards are considered one of the most credible and objective endorsement of innovation and thought-leadership in the communications technology industry.
Read MoreAuthor Contributions – A Confusing and Imprecise Science
In Boston on May 16 at Harvard University, The Wellcome Trust hosted the International Workshop on Contributorship and Scholarly Attribution. Several presenters outlined other roles we should probably begin to acknowledge and what those roles are. Over the last two weeks I reported on some of the talks made at the workshop. This is the final summary from that meeting.
Ginny Barbour is the chief editor of PLOS Medicine for the well-known Public Library of Science (PLoS). Her talk was on “PLOS: Big science and medicine and the attribution of authorship.” She pointed out that past solutions for author attribution do not work. Big science and the accompanying data sets create new attribution problems. “We have been trying to solve the wrong problem” she said.
Read MoreConference on Ethics This Month
Time is almost running out to register for the 2nd Milwaukee Conference on the Ethics of Information Organization. If you are interested in “a different view on taxonomies” this might be the educational event you should attend.
Read MoreTechnology and Its Impact On Our Lives
Mary Meeker, partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and former financial analyst, describes what she calls “the re-imagination of nearly everything” powered by mobile and social. Speaking to what she considers the biggest weakness in today’s Internet industry, she gives some context to the state of the global economy.
Read MoreAltmetrics Becoming More Popular
A not-so-common term is quickly becoming part of the everyday vernacular. Altmetrics has spurred many articles and now a new start-up company seeking to capitalize on the rising fame. This topic was inspired by the article, “Two Architects of Library Discovery Tools Launch an Altmetrics Venture” found on The Digital Shift.
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