Archive for 2011
The Importance of Linked Data
In its purest form, linked data can be found at the research desk in any library. Access to sources and pertinent information connected to but beyond your initial inquiry, can make your results more inclusive and dynamic.
Read MoreTaiwan’s Think Tank Working in the Clouds
Taiwan GIS Centre — the country’s “think tank” — is developing a web-based spatial decision support system on the Government Cloud, which would enable the central and local government, private industries, and the general public to access spatial information through various medium.
Read MoreOMG and EDM Council Addressing Interoperability Issues
OMG and EDM Council are working together to help organizations transform their data into “actionable intelligence” in an effort to support systemic risk assessment and analytics.
Read MoreIndexing with Related Terms
A Taxonomy is an organization system. It is a controlled vocabulary, containing a parent-child or hierarchical relationship, the specificity happens at the lower levels, at the branches, at the leaflets – or at the end of the list. They are very common on websites. They are also commonly supported as pick lists — a drop down menu of ten or twelve items. Sometimes they are browsable directories. There are many different ways to put them in play. There are not many standards as yet for taxonomies but there are many standards for thesauri.
Read MoreInk vs. Bytes
As Kindle and iPad sales continue to soar, where does that leave “real” books and more importantly the unique experiences in reading a book that cannot be captured on an e-reader?
Read MoreFrom Paper to Digital – Some Government Agencies Aren’t There Yet
ZL Technologies presented at the Digital Government Institute (DGI) E-Discovery, Records & Information Management Conference in D.C. recently. Their experience in archiving, E-Discovery, and records management software brings them to talk about the failure of government agencies to adopt a compliant electronic recordkeeping system.
Read MorePlant Biology Journals Brought to Digital Life with H20
The two premier plant biology journals published by the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) — Plant Physiology and The Plant Cell – have been completely migrated to HighWire Press’s new electronic publishing platform, H2O.
Read MoreProQuest Reports Huge Gains in New Release
After two years of development, ProQuest launched their new platform for the Dialog subsidiary in August 2010 with 14 pharmaceutical and biomedical databases included. The combination of web search and power search features is what ProQuest was banking on for user satisfaction.
Read MoreNew Merger Takes Learning to the Social Level
SaaS social learning company, Jambok is being acquired by SuccessFactors, whose ultimate goal is to make employees productive.
Read MoreLibrarians Have Come A Long Way Baby
Regardless of when you went to school, the image that comes to your mind when hearing the term librarian is very similar to mine and everyone else’s. Gray hair, bun, wire framed glasses on a lanyard sitting on the end of her nose and tight pursed lips that you are sure hasn’t smiled in years, if ever. Was I really that far off?
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