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Challenging Yourself, Literally
By now everyone has likely read or heard about the 4-year old girl from Gainesville, Georgia who has read more than 1,000 books already in her young life. This is outstanding, especially when you compare it to a typical American will read about four books in one year. Even more serious readers only make it to…
Read MoreIndustry Giants Are Going All In On Graphic Databases
Graph databases are no longer the new guy on the block. They continue to move into mainstream enterprise operations and some big name vendors are making their mark. This interesting news came to us from DATAVERSITY in their article, “Enterprises Move to Graph Databases.” Oracle and Teradata are both examples of major companies that have implemented…
Read MoreIllegal Metadata Program Revealed in Canada
According to the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), they don’t know the number of Canadians that were caught up in an illegal metadata program that operated for almost a decade. This interesting news came to us from The Star out of Toronto in their article, “CSIS doesn’t know how many Canadians were snared in unlawful data program.”…
Read MoreTaxonomist Needed in D.C.
To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, metadata, etc., we are sharing career opportunities that we find with our readers. Even if you are not in the market for a career move, it is always good to stay on top of what is available and how the fields are…
Read MorePublishing and Peer Review
Many articles have been written about the validity of published scientific papers, and not all are about Sci Hub. This problem affects many areas of science, such as medicine, psychology and global warming. It makes you wonder where peer review fits into the process. This interesting topic was brought to our attention by American Thinker in their article, “The…
Read MorePredicting Behavior
We have all experienced it. You are browsing a retail website but you don’t purchase anything. Later, the same day or after a week, you are on Facebook or another non-retail website and the ads that pop up in your feed or on the side are the exact items you were pondering to purchase. No,…
Read MoreThe Knowledge to Know
Cognition is the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and it is usually associated with rote memory. This is usually explained simply as knowing who, what, where, and when. But factual knowledge is not the only knowledge that is beneficial to know. The Manilla Times brought this news to us in their article “The taxonomy…
Read MoreWorking With Librarians
Library budgets continue to shrink but expectations remain the same, or even increase. Librarians and information professionals are forced to get creative. This interesting information came to us from Talking New Media in their article, “Cambridge University Press embarks on project to improve discoverability of library resources.” Cambridge University Press has embarked on a huge project to improve…
Read MoreWorking as a Team
A solid taxonomy is the foundation of content system that wants to make findability easy and thorough. Metadata and taxonomy work together for the best results. This information came to us from Video Ink in their article, “A Publisher’s Guide to the Best Video Taxonomy.” Metadata has become one of the most important components of content management. Working…
Read MoreWhat’s Ahead for 2017?
It is not really possible to say what will happen for everyone everywhere, but we can predict within our own spheres of influence. Semantic Cross Searching as a Service Employees are the most valuable assets in any organization. The 1994 Chen study determined that 24% of employee time was spent looking for information. In 2016…
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