NKOS Workshop Call for Presentations
The Networked Knowledge Organization Systems (NKOS) is planning a knowledge organization workshop at the Korean National Library on September 25, 2019 as part of the International Conference on […]
Recognizing Your Library
When your hear the subject is about libraries, branding isn’t something that comes to your mind, at least not mine. This very interesting topic came […]
Pros and Cons of Open Access
The rush towards further adoption of open access models might require some pause and thought. While questions around access to scientific research are important […]
More Support Comes for Open Access
Open access publishing is an ongoing effort to secure the intellectual and creative output of a community and to avoid what many see as profiting and fraud. […]
NISO and NFAIS Merger Announced
Recently plans were released to merge NISO (National Information Standards Organization) and NFAIS (National Federation of Advanced Information Services) this summer. This interesting news came to us from […]
SLA Webinar on Controlled Vocabularies
The Special Libraries Association (SLA) Taxonomy Division’s Professional Development Series is offering a February webinar featuring a familiar taxonomist – their own Heather Hedden – […]
Ontologies and Standards
Standards. Expectations to live up to or guidebooks to live by? In the world of technology, the answer is yes – to both. Forbes […]
Art Used in Science Classification
This exciting information may not be interesting to everyone but those in the classification and taxonomy world understand its significance, or they should. Forbes […]
ALPSP Webinar Series
The Association of Learned & Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) started a new educational webinar series for 2019 titled, “What is Hype and What Has […]
Push Back on the Open Library
The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) joined with partner organizations, the U.S. Authors Guild (AG), the U.K.’s Society of Authors (SoA), and the International […]