Posts Tagged ‘Library’
Ghost of Taxonomies Present
Much they saw, and far they went, and many homes they visited, but always with a happy end. The Spirit stood beside sick beds, and they were cheerful; on foreign lands, and they were close at home; by struggling men, and they were patient in their greater hope; by poverty, and it was rich. (From…
Read MoreMetadata in Search
Users can now digitally access some of the most important scientific texts in history. The United Kingdom’s national academy of sciences, known formally as The Royal Society, is making over 330 years’ worth of high-quality, full color images from its journals available online. Their journal archive offers free online access. This very interesting information came…
Read MoreWords Are Important
For more than a decade, Merriam-Webster has been issuing annual lists with the top ten words of that year. For 2017 the word is feminism. This interesting news came to us from CNN in their article, “Merriam-Webster’s word of the year for 2017 is ‘feminism’.” At first, Merriam-Webster determined its contents by analyzing page hits and popular…
Read MoreNet Neutrality and Its Importance to Academia
The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) has voted to repeal net neutrality rules enacted in 2015 to stop Internet service providers (ISPs) from blocking and tightening control on content. So what does this mean for academics in the digital world? This topic came to us from EdSurge in their article, “Will Net Neutrality Reversal Hurt Digital Learning? As Vote…
Read MoreLos Alamos Looking for Librarian
To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, information sciences, 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 MoreTechnology and Health
A new web-based, searchable directory of health applications is being released to the 800+ general practitioners in Tasmania that will allow them to prescribe digital health solutions for patients electronically. This interesting information came to us from Pulse +IT in their article, “Prescription for digital health: guide to health apps for general practices.” Digital health solutions…
Read MoreDigital Culture and Community
A new Executive Director for the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) has been announced. John S. Bracken will begin on December 4, 2017. Bracken is a demonstrated leader in the field of digital innovation with nearly two decades of experience at philanthropic foundations. Most recently, Bracken comes from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation,…
Read MoreChanges in the Librarian Profession
A recent report on the aging demographics of academic librarians raises awareness of the need for more library professionals. The paper, “Delayed Retirements and Youth Movement among ARL Library Professions,” by Stanley Wilder, Dean of Libraries at Louisiana State University, provides key statistics on the graying profession. The Scholarly Kitchen brought this interesting topic to our…
Read MoreeBooks Get a Pilot Test
The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) has unveiled a pilot program to test a new model for a library-owned and library-centered ebook marketplace for popular ebooks, together with free public domain and openly-licensed ebooks. This interesting news came to us from their release, “DPLA Exchange Offers Library-Centered Ebook Marketplace.” The DPLA Exchange will allow staff at six…
Read MoreMeta What?
Meta tags are snippets of text that describe a page’s content. They won’t appear on the page itself, but only in the page’s code. Think about them as little content descriptors that help tell search engines what a web page is about. Meta tags or metadata has been around almost since the beginning of search engine…
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