Posts Tagged ‘Technology’
Learning Opportunities This Week
The Association of American Publishers is making available some very interesting and applicable speakers and topics during their Professional & Scholarly Publishing (PSP) webinars this week. The first one is today, July 21, 2015 at 12:30-1:30 p.m. with Dee Magnoni, Research Library Director at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Dee will discuss Scholarly Communications at a National…
Read MoreThe Future of Machine Learning
Machine Learning-as-a-Service (MLaaS) is one of the latest terms identifying the “sweet spot” for promising technologies and applications of big data analytics. This interesting information came to us from DATAVERSITY in their article, “Improving Big Data Analytics with Machine Learning-as-a-Service.” Machine learning algorithms on demand via the Cloud have great potential for many areas of work.…
Read MoreAward Winners
Content Analyst® Company’s CAAT 3.16 engine won the 2015 CODiE Award for Best Semantic Technology Platform, Tools and Applications from the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA). We found this interesting information on PRWeb in their article, “Content Analyst Company Wins 2015 Best Semantic Technology Platform, Tools and Applications CODiE Award from SIIA.” As their flagship…
Read MoreCollaboration Brings Automation
Elsevier is known for being a provider of scientific, technical, and medical information products and services. They recently announced an expanded collaboration with Ex Libris, who is known for their library automation services. This interesting news came from Library Technology Guides in their article, “Elsevier Collaborates with Ex Libris to offer automated updates to subscribed e-content.”…
Read MoreThe Old Meets New
Online chat rooms and bulletin boards started in the 1980s and 1990s. As the internet evolved, social media sites became a prominent figure in the world of collaboration and digital community. However, the subjects aren’t always about food, news, entertainment, or politics. There is now an online collaboration happening around ancient text. This interesting information came…
Read MoreBack by Popular Demand
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) is once again offering the webinar, “Webinar: Fast Times for Information: Re-Calibrating Roles and Responsibilities.” This event is scheduled for Thursday, June 4th at 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. EDT. Several important shifts in technology, user expectations, and evolving roles are having a profound impact on the information…
Read MoreFighting Over Data
Wearable technology continues to grow in leaps and bounds. Whether wearable digital devices are monitoring your heart rate, your activity, or your actual location with GPS, this new trend is on its way to changing how we collect and analyze data. Of course, like all emerging technologies, it is rife with turf wars. This interesting information…
Read MoreEasy Learning
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) is offering an interesting webinar with the title, “Webinar: Fast Times for Information: Re-Calibrating Roles and Responsibilities.” This event is scheduled for Thursday, May 21st at 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. EST.
Read MoreThe Process of Change
If someone says they like change, they are lying. I realize that is harsh, but the change they like is a vacation, new car, or new love. Most change is not a choice and therefore rarely enjoyed. The end result may be better, the process of getting there can be painful.
Read MoreFrom Skyscrapers to Cell Phones
In the National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) quarterly e-blast, Enotes, a one-directional commentary on form and function caught our attention. Enotes is only available to members of NFAIS so if you aren’t already a member, that can be resolved here.
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