Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

Sophisticated hackers often appear to be legitimate ones. Hackers have a growing and constantly evolving arsenal of attack methods, putting everyone with a connection to the Internet at risk. This is because everyone has something that hackers are interested in, whether it is bank account information, personal identification or even healthcare information. DATAVERSITY brought this interesting information…

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The Big Deal in Publishing Webinar

The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) has released their 2018 webinar schedules and topics. On the roster is one scheduled for March 13, 2018 at 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. (EST). The topic is “The Scholarly Kitchen Webinar: The Future of the Big Deal.” The “Big Deal”, package purchasing of all of a publisher’s titles, continues to…

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Making All Content Findable

Searching for any type of information can be frustrating if you are unsure where to start or how to define your query. This is true in search engines and public databases. Medical Xpress brought this interesting news to our attention in their article, “RefEx, a web tool for a comfortable search of reference data for…

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Digitization’s Impact on Publishing

Scholarly publishing has been experiencing change over the past few years. There are many reasons why, but the move to digital has certainly had its reverberations throughout the industry. This interesting topic came to us from R&D magazine in their article, “The Augmented Researcher: What Does 2018 Hold for AI in Publishing?” Publishing and scientific research…

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Automation Everywhere

Even though the Internet of Things (IoT) has been around for awhile, it still feels sort of like a dystopian novel title. With minimal imagination you could easily be scared off of any automated home appliance. However, for some it is very new and confusing. It is easy to explain it as the devices that…

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Combining Powers

When it comes to trademarks, it has never been more important for professionals to work effectively in searching, clearing and registering strong marks to ensure clients have and maintain a competitive advantage. In this world of social media, it requires a new approach. One that acknowledges the experience of trademark experts and one that utilizes the…

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Indexing Folklore

Many of us have the “word of day” type emails that arrive in our in-box every morning. For readers and writers (and just plain ole’ word nerds), it is a way to broaden our vocabulary or to just give us a chuckle. With social media, this type of outreach has more avenues and applications for…

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Data Analysis on a Precipice

The creation and consumption of data continues to grow by ginormous amounts. Because money follows ingenuity, the investment in big data analytics hardware, software, and services and in data scientists and their continuing education is also growing. DATAVERSITY brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “The Evolution of Data Preparation and Data…

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