Information Services and Use

This paper provides an overview of the highlights of the 2016 NFAIS Annual Conference, Data Sparks Discovery of Tomorrow’s Global Knowledge, that was held in Philadelphia, PA from February 21–23, 2016. The goal of the conference was to examine how data ...

After decades of data scarcity, we are finally arriving in the era of data abundance. Cognitive systems such as IBM’s Watson, a cloud-based cognition service platform, can help us utilize all the data available to make better decisions in business, ...

This paper offers a high-level, non-scientific assessment regarding the impact of research library based data management services, particularly related to predictive data analytics – an area where the corporate sector has arguably made more tangible ...

In the age of “big data,” scientific researchers are increasingly struggling with how to manage, organize, and make sense of the vast amount of data that often characterizes scientific research in the 21st century. With their expertise in knowledge ...

This paper presents a brief overview of emerging policies to open up access to research data in the United States. It provides a summary of the drivers behind policy development, outlines some key precedents that serve as a foundation for an emerging ...

Sharing research data has the potential to make research more reproducible and efficient. Scientific research is a complex process and it is crucial that at the different stages of this process, researchers handle data in a way that will allow sharing and ...

Information is only valuable when it can be found. It is relatively easy to find information that we know exists; you just need to know what you want to find, where to look for it, and how to express yourself. It might require a little effort to find it, ...

Despite the many technological advances that the information industry has witnessed over the past decades, barriers to the full use of information remain. Part of this problem is due to the volume of content and data that is available today. But the ...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Library meets the needs of the diverse NIH research community through a range of innovative services, resources, and knowledge. Based upon an understanding of the information industry and the mission and goals of ...

Scholarly journal publishers have concerned themselves for many years with their delivery platforms and their feature sets, but have spent rather less time on considering how their content will be discovered. Traditionally there has been an over-reliance ...

Scholarly communication is truly global. While in the past, articles based upon scientific research were primarily from the United States and Europe, today countries such as China, South Korea, and Brazil – along with others that were minor contributors a ...

The library profession has achieved remarkable accomplishments over my nearly-50-year career. Now we are fully into the digital environment. The leadership that is required in the digital era requires a different kind of leadership.

In today’s networked age, managing access to expertise is becoming a strategic issue for innovative companies. The digital economy and Big Data are changing the shape of accessing global expertise. Global competition means that large firms can no longer ...

How do you curate your data today to ensure you can capitalize on it to build a successful information business of tomorrow? Can artificial intelligence support and enhance human intelligence? What activities might help us build information services that ...

The current generation of Operating Systems (OSes) and apps are all about translating the interaction vocabulary to a smaller device and a touch screen. The next generation of OSes that will dominate the next twenty years of computing will be all about ...