Posts Tagged ‘Reference’
Fact or Fiction or…
My oldest child is almost four years old. I love this age because his imaginative play is in full swing and he is becoming a great story teller. I can also give him nonsensical answers to questions that I don’t know the answer to, or when I don’t think he is capable of handling the…
Read MoreAcademic Journals Undergo Changes
Emerald Group Publishing has changed the names, broadened the scope and appointed new editors to some of its key Library & Information Science journals. Emerald Group Publishing brought this interesting news to us in their release, “Emerald re-envisions its Library & Information Science journals.” Eileen Breen, Publisher at Emerald, said: “Library Science is becoming more interdisciplinary and…
Read MoreArchives Provide Insight
Gale has launched several new digital archives that will expand their historical collections dramatically. Library Technology brought this interesting news to our attention in their article “Gale expands historical digital newspaper offerings and support for digital humanities research.” Newly available are The Telegraph Historical Archive, 1855-2000; China from Empire to Republic: Missionary, Sinology, and Literary Periodicals;…
Read MoreChanges in Publishing
Scholarly publishing as an industry has changed, dare we say evolved, over the last few decades. Some of this was by design and some was forced adaptation to a new reality. The Scholarly Kitchen brought this information to our attention in their article, “A Quick Tour Around the World of Scholarly Journal Publishing.” This reality consists of…
Read MoreWho Wrote It?
In a surprising turn of events, Oxford University Press announced that its new edition of the complete works of William Shakespeare will credit Christopher Marlowe as a co-author on the three Henry VI plays. This interesting news came to us from NPR in their story, “Christopher Marlowe Officially Credited As Co-Author Of 3 Shakespeare Plays.” This is…
Read MorePower Project Using Cellular Engineering
In the world of semantic technology and artificial intelligence, it may seem surprising that cellular engineering is poised to open up new and exciting avenues of exploration into ways to address issues like combating disease, enhancing food production, monitoring the environment for toxins and much more. Forbes brought this news to us in their article, “IBM,…
Read MoreNew President for Association of Research Libraries
Mary M. Case recently began a one-year term as president of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Prior to her election, Case served as the university librarian and dean of libraries at University of Illinois at Chicago. This news came to us from the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) in their release, “ARL Board of Directors 2016–2017 Elected by…
Read MoreNew Approach to Peer Review
The open access journal, BMC Psychology, will launch the first randomized controlled trial to find out if a ‘results free’ peer-review process can help reduce publication bias. STM Publishing News brought this to our attention in their article, “New ‘results free’ peer-review process to be piloted for academic publishing.” What is ‘results free’? That means reviewers…
Read MoreMachine Learning and Vocabulary
An audio mining product called OmniTraq is using machine learning driven capabilities to detect customer sentiment and monitor service quality across a range of verticals. Market Exclusive brought this particular news to our attention in their article, “Yactraq Takes Machine Learning and Business Intelligence To A Whole New Level.” Yactraq is a machine learning company that delivers business intelligence…
Read MoreFrankfurt Book Fair Coming Soon
The Frankfurt Book Fair is scheduled for October 19-23, 2016. Are you ready? With 275,000 visitors, 7,275 international exhibitors and 9,300 journalists and bloggers, Frankfurt is the platform for innovative business models. The international publishing world will gather for five days for the event of the year. Again this year, it is considered “One fair for…
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