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The article focuses on the Panama Papers case managed by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), a global collaboration of journalists and media properties committed to revealing crimes, especially financial misconduct, on a worldwide scale. The scandal has been analyzed by hundreds of journalists in dozens of countries in a vast trove of data using the latest technologies of data journalism.

The article focuses on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on records management, highlighting the challenges faced by records managers in maintaining control, security, and accessibility of records, particularly with the shift to remote work. It discusses the need for adapting records management practices for remote workers, including rules for managing work records created at home and guidance for digital storage.

The article discusses the role of big data in contemporary global society and natural conversion of daily life into a data stream. It is noted that experts from the Thematic Research Network on Data and Statistics reveal that process of digital colonialism monopolizes the digital technology supply to develop their own digital economies, manufacturing capabilities and other domestic industries.

In the article, the author discusses about data management discrimination in data-collection systems and predictive maintenance. It mentions the term Big Data and how it leaves out categories of critical datasets. It cites the release of GE white paper "The Value of Interconnectedness." The author also suggests the rethinking of standards for data architecture.

Information about several papers discussed at THETA (The Higher Education Technology Agenda) 2017 conference held on May 7–10, 2017, in Auckland, New Zealand, are presented. The topics included Information Technology, Library and Knowledge Management in tertiary education and research with subthemes including Digital Transformation and The Research Ecosystem. The conference features several speakers including beekeeper Nick Wallingford.

The article reports that the state of California is introducing new laws to protect the data privacy rights of employees, employment applicants, and independent contractors. It mentions that the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) extends the rights established by the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) to cover the collection, use and sale of personal information for employees and contractors.

The article offers the author's insights on the rise of open data movement. The author discusses the impact of open data in terms of handling medical records, adapting technological innovations, and job creation. Information regarding changes in the standard format of scholarly publications, validity of information, and access to the libraries of research, are mentioned.

The article focuses on minimization of the challenges associated with Big Data maximizes the value of data by applying analytics to drive smart decisions. Topics discussed include need for assessing data using data-mapping process as it helps to diagnose flaws in underlying data and highlight opportunities to improve data quality; difference between structured and unstructured data; and positive impact of Big Data in making business decisions.

The article looks at developments in the open access movement and open data issues. Topics discussed include the U.S. Senate to decide on the approval of the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research (FASTR) Act of 2015, Open Data Day events on March 5, 2016 like Open Inspiration Data Day, Open Data for Agriculture application testing and the Open Data Day coffee meet-up, and the launch of the Open Access Button.

The article discusses the biannual Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) conference held in Zadar, Croatia from June 13-17, 2016 with the theme "Making Digital Library Content Available Now and in the Future." Topics discussed include the presentation on the importance of digital curation and preservation in library science, the panel discussion on digitized data collection, and the aspects of digital library education.

The article offers suggestions for leveraging technology to drive exponential business growth across several industries. It highlights the major role of chief information officers (CIOs) to encourage corporate growth and determine mission-critical technologies. Also mentioned is the significant contribution of modern technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) for a successful business.

The article discusses the involvement of astrophysicists with data science for librarians and how the librarians will benefit in multiple ways by adopting the DST4L. It cites the DST4L training course in Copenhagen, Denmark which was dedicated to an intense, get-your-hands dirty process of playing with data archiving, sharing and analytics. It refers to data science as a means for libraries to identify the community's keys to prosperity.

The article offers digital information news briefs as of August 2018 on topics like an Enterprise Data Management Council report on compliance with General Data Protection Regulation; launch of Ex Libris Trust Center by Ex Libris; and Thomson Reuters' chief financial officer (CFO) Brexit survey.

The article discusses innovations in the digital conversion of printed material to electronic content. Topics explored include the development and use of the optical character recognition (OCR) process in digital conversion, the automatic data conversion being provided by Data Conversion Laboratory (DCL) to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and the partnership formed by DCL with academic publisher Elsevier to improve searchability in its Scopus bibliographic database.

The article reviews the website figshare, a digital storage of academic studies developed by Mark Hahnel that has a Pinterest-like feature, Collections, for setting up collections of research files.

The article reviews the figshare for institutions data management portal and data dissemination service from online digital repository firm figshare.

The article discusses ways to harness big data across the research ecosystem. Topics include information explosion, which presents both opportunities and challenges for information professionals, as well as the Big Data paradox. Also mentioned are research professionals having the need to harness more information with less time, research funding spurring exploration of new fields, and the challenge for research professionals to find new ways to discover and commercialize breakthrough ideas.