Posts Tagged ‘Best practices’
Educational Opportunity in Philly
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) is offering an educational opportunity at their regional event on May 2, 2018. The title of the workshop is “The Publishing Ecosystem: An Open Conversation with Researchers and Editors.” It will be held at the American College of Physicians in Philadelphia. The feature will be a panel of STEM,…
Read MoreNew Moniker for Data Information Leader
The term CDO has long referred to Chief Data Officer, but there are some industry professionals would like to see this changed to Chief Digital Officer. This interesting information came to us from DATAVERSITY in their article, “Dawn of the Chief Digital Officer.” Lobbying for the change, Langley Eide, Chief Strategy Officer at Data Science and…
Read MoreSemantic Enrichment Manager Position Available
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 MoreIBM’s Latest Release Comes with Many Promises
IBM has unveiled a new data science and machine learning platform with the promise from one executive stating it was “the most significant announcement we’ve made about data in years.” Silicon ANGLE brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “IBM calls its new machine learning platform ‘the reinvention of the database’.” Featuring an in-memory…
Read MoreEducational Focus on Data Analysis
Data analytics are becoming more important and significant to the decision-making process of most organizations. With the increased emphasis, there should be no surprise that more attention is being given to the training and education around data analysis. Hendrix College out of Arkansas recently announced their foray into data analytics in their press release titled,…
Read MoreLibrary of Congress Assigns Marc Classification Code To Access Innovations’ Geothes
Access Innovations, Inc., provider of Data Harmony software solutions, is proud to announce that the Library of Congress has assigned a Classification Scheme Source Code to Access Innovations’ GEOTHES. This code assignment adds GEOTHES to the Machine-Readable Cataloging (MARC) standard. MARC was developed in thttp://www.log.gov/he 1960s by Henriette Avram, working with the U.S. Library of…
Read MoreNew Platform for Academic Publishing
Cambridge University Press recently announced the expansion of Author Hub into a new, integrated online platform for book authors. This news came to us from STM Publishing in their article, “Cambridge University Press Announces New Home for Authors.” Author Hub originally launched in 2013 and offers services for current and prospective authors spanning all three of the…
Read MoreUnderstanding Data Management
Data management includes the organization of data, the steps used to achieve efficiency, and gather intelligence from that data. DATAVERSITY brought this interesting information to us in their article, “A Brief History of Data Management.” Do not confuse data management with data governance. Data governance is a set of practices and concepts which prioritize and organize…
Read MoreKeynotes for SSP Annual Meeting Named
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) has released the names of the keynote speakers for their 40th annual meeting to be held May 30-June 1, in Chicago. This came to us from KnowledgeSpeak in their article, “Society for Scholarly Publishing announces keynote speakers for SSP 40th Annual Meeting.” Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble and Steve Mirsky…
Read MoreFree Webinar Addresses Modern Data
There is a free learning opportunity this week in the form of a webinar on March 28th at 2:00 p.m. EST titled, “All the Difference – Rapid Discovery on Modern Data.” Bigger, faster, and far more diverse: modern data seriously challenges traditional methods and technologies for even the savviest information managers. In just a few…
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