Posts Tagged ‘Best practices’
Managing Data Requires Flexibility
Flexibility in business is key to success. This is true for financial decisions as well as strategic. The ability to quickly adapt to fast-changing circumstances in order to achieve long-term success is often held back by traditional processes not designed for agile course adjustments. Inside Big Data brought this news to us in their article, “The CFO…
Read MorePeer Review Receives Recognition
Open Researcher and Contributor ID, or as most people know it, ORCID, is celebrating Peer Review Week (September 19-25). Before it began, they invited 20+ organizations on the steering group to share how they recognize review and what plans they have for the future with regard to peer review. Their responses show a clear understanding of the…
Read MoreNew Librarian of Congress is First in Many Ways
The 14th Librarian of Congress was sworn in this week. As the first woman and first African-American to hold the post, Carla Hayden will lead the national library. This exciting information came from ABC News in their article, “Carla Hayden Breaks New Ground as 14th Librarian of Congress.” Hayden grew up in Chicago and has been the…
Read MoreDigital Learning Information Management Specialist Wanted
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…
Read MoreFall Seminar Series in Digital Publishing
The Professional/Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Division of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) Committee for Digital Innovation (CDI) is once again offering a fall seminar series, this time on Metrics, New Metrics and Their Significance. The first part of the series starts September 22, 2016 at 12:00-1:30 p.m. The title of this webinar is “The Evolution of Standard…
Read MoreDigital’s Role in Strategy
OpenText has been named a leader in digital asset management (DAM) for customer experience in a Forrester report that highlighted OpenText Media Management’s strengths around metadata, taxonomy and business process workflow. Yahoo Finance brought this news to us in their article, “New report names OpenText as a Leader in Digital Asset Management for Customer Experience.” The Forrester Wave…
Read MoreGender in Science
The biannual Women in Technology Leadership Round Table was recently held at UC Berkeley and one of the main topics of discussion was the report, Women In Tech: Addressing the Root Causes of Attrition. DATAVERSITY brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “Women in Technology: More Diversity Needed in Computer Science Studies.” Virginia Smith and…
Read MoreDegree in Information Management Now Offered
Since we are on the topic of technology careers today, it seems appropriate to share the news that the University of Illinois School of Information Sciences is launching a new master’s degree program, the master of science in information management. This interesting information came to us from the Illinois Business Daily in their article, “Illinois…
Read MoreData Virtualization Architect Wanted
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…
Read MoreFree Webinar Addresses the Chief Data Officer Role
DATAVERSITY is bringing an interesting webinar opportunity to you. The “A Chief Data Officer Interview” webinar is scheduled for Thursday, September 1st at 2:00 p.m. (EDT). This free webinar explores why organizations hire Chief Data Officers (CDO) and how the CDO role is still evolving. They will examine some of the critical success factors and challenges of the…
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