Posts Tagged ‘Best practices’
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…
Read MoreMaster Data Management Improves Functionality
Data quality, standards and other critical aspects of data management are driving software solutions designed to meet increasingly complex data needs. The global enterprise data management market is expected to reach $142.67 billion by 2023, according to Research and Markets. DATAVERSITY brought this topic to our attention in their article, “Better Business Results Depend on Master…
Read MoreWebinar 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…
Read MoreMachine 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…
Read MoreCopyright 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…
Read MoreWebinar 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…
Read MoreFocus 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…
Read MoreScholarly 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…
Read MoreMetadata Taxonomist Opportunity
To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, semantic technology, ontology, etc., we are sharing career opportunities that we find with our readers. 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 fields are evolving.…
Read MoreData 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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