Weeding Out the Frauds

The removal of a website flagging up journals with questionable publishing practices leave some wondering how this will impact credible publishers. Times Higher Education brought this to our attention in their article, “Beall’s list closure a ‘boon for predatory publishers’.” Yes, the list of “potential, possible or probably” predatory publishers was controversial, with some publishers threatening legal action…

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Educational Webinar on Semantic Web Technology

CIMdata, Inc. is offering a free educational webinar titled, “Why Connected Intelligent Products Need Semantic Web Technology.” The webinar will take place on February 9, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. (EST). PR.com brought this news to our attention in their article, “CIMdata to Host Free Webinar on Why Connected Intelligent Products Need Semantic Web Technology.” The development…

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Worldwide Business with kathy ireland® Interviews Access Innovations and Discusses Their Unique Solution for Finding Relevant Information Quickly and Easily

Tune in to Bloomberg International on Sunday, January 29, 2017.  Access Innovations President Marjorie M.K. Hlava and Vice President of Marketing and Communications Heather Kotula are featured on the award-winning, global TV show, Worldwide Business with kathy ireland®. The segment’s topic is how businesses can make their data more searchable and more easily found. Access Innovations is…

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Indexing Career Opportunity

To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, 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…

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DHUG 2017 Registration Closes February 2

Held each February in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the 2017 Data Harmony Users Group (DHUG) brings together current and prospective users of the Data Harmony software to present case studies, network, and share ideas. DHUG also includes a description of updates and new features in the latest version of the software, which is rolled out shortly…

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Year In Review

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It’s that time of year where we look back on the previous year sometimes with joy and laughter, other times with sorrow and angst. Then we follow it up with starting over, a renewal in the new year, with new excitement, hopes and dreams. Here are some of the top 2016 lists gathered from across…

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2017 NFAIS Conference – Early Bird Pricing Ends Today

The National Federation of Advanced Information Sciences (NFAIS) is once again hosting its annual conference, this year on February 26-28, 2017 in Alexandria, Virginia. Access Innovations is proud to be a sponsor this year. Join us,  your colleagues and other information professionals, at this year’s conference focusing on The Big Pivot: Re-Engineering Scholarly Communication. Today is the…

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Early Bird Pricing Ends Friday

This year’s Association of American Publishers Professional & Scholarly Publishing Division (PSP) conference is scheduled for February 1-3, 2017 in Washington D.C. The focus this year is “Adding Value in the Age of Open” and is loaded with great opportunities to learn, share and network. The early bird registration has been extended until Friday, January 6th.…

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Subject Matter Experts

There is a constant struggle in IT between vendors and users. They seek to find a common language outside technical speak to define what IT can offer and, on the flip side, what users actually need. This interesting topic came to us from diginomica in their article, “Tech talk – the taxonomy of yesterday.” Traditional…

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