Webinar on Future Publisher Independence

The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) is offering a webinar titled, “The Future of Publisher Independence in a Consolidated Scholarly Ecosystem”, facilitated by The Scholarly Kitchen. This event is scheduled for November 6, 2018 at 12 Noon to 1:00 p.m. (EST). Scale and consolidation are the driving forces in today’s scholarly publishing ecosystem. Mergers and…

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Webinar Addresses Publishing Challenges

As the end of the year approaches, there are still educational opportunities to take advantage of for your professional growth. The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) is hosting the webinar Being Author Friendly on October 16, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. (EST). Attracting authors is a competitive business for publishers, so what do they need to do…

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Machine Learning and Ontologies

To better understand the complexities of life science data, one company is transforming unstructured text into rich, contextualized machine-readable content with ontologies. Bio-IT World brought this news to us in their article, “A New Machine Learning Approach To Document Classification – A Pfizer/SciBite Collaboration.” SciBite leverages ontologies to enable computers to understand millions of concepts relevant…

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Copyright Issues Should Be Consistent

In copyright law there is a common misconception that fair use is relied upon solely by consumers. The reality is that everyone – movie studios, publishers, etc. – uses fair use. This interesting information on copyright came to us from Above the Law in their article, “Fair Use For Me, But Not For Thee.” Advocates for strong intellectual…

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Webinar Addresses Linked Databases

Begin planning your fall educational events now. This one will be a good anchor. The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) is hosting the webinar Linked Databases: Publishing Research Data on September 18, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. (EST). As reproducibility is an important concern in scientific research, many publishers are starting to require authors to link their data…

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Focus on Standards

IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) is the largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for humanity. The IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA),and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab have launched the global Council on Extended Intelligence (CXI). The IEEE Standards Association brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “IEEE and the…

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Scholarly Communication Webinar

The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) is offering a webinar as part of their 2018 series titled, “Scholarly Information Applications for Blockchain,” scheduled for August 27, 2018 1:00 p.m. (EST). Stakeholders in the scholarly communications ecosystem are beginning to think about how blockchain might be integrated into their existing workflows but might still be asking if…

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Data Architecture Summit 2018 – Early Bird Savings

Did you know that an effective data governance program will benefit a data architecture? Learn from industry experts about why it’s important to align your data architecture and data governance at the the 2018 Data Architecture Summit (DAS) in Chicago on October 8-11, 2018. Reserve your seat by August 24th to take advantage of our Early Bird discounts, and…

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