SAGE Campus Begins Offering Data Science Courses

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NewsBreaks

by Marydee Ojala

SAGE launched a new educational endeavor in September 2017, offering online data science courses aimed at social science researchers. Called SAGE Campus, it will kick off with five courses. ... The courses run for 4 weeks, and students have access to them for an additional 2 months. They are interactive and practical, offering more than a series of video lectures and readings.

Weekly News Digests

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The American Geophysical Union (AGU) and Atypon will join forces to create the Earth and Space Science Open Archive (ESSOAr), an open community server for preprints and conference presentations, including posters and related multimedia.

JoVE Science Education Adds Laboratory Videos

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Accessible Archives Joins COUNTER

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Climbing Into the Future at Muncie Public Library

by Brandi Scardilli

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Bookshelf

The Accidental Taxonomist, 3rd edition
by Heather Hedden
Foreword by Stephanie Lemieux

The Accidental Taxonomist is the most comprehensive guide available to the art and science of building information taxonomies. Heather Hedden—a leading taxonomy expert and instructor—walks readers through the process, displaying her trademark ability to present highly technical information in straightforward, comprehensive English.

In this fully revised third edition, Hedden adds an entirely new chapter on ontologies, emphasizes the SKOS model of concepts over the traditional thesaurus model of terms, and provides new insights into taxonomy development techniques. She presents fresh survey data; new screenshots and examples; and updated information on software, career opportunities, and resources for taxonomists.

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