Posts by Melody Smith
Inside the Name
Tax day has come and gone to our personal relief, at least for most of us. Paperwork is the one thing that could easily drive me to living off the grid and hiding away from civilized society. This may have also been what prompted one author to ask “How does nature file its taxas?” National Geographic brought this…
Read MoreThinking Outside the Words
With necessity being the mother of invention, this particular blogger/developer created a tool to serve the purpose of a thesaurus construction application. You may know it as www.thesauri.co.uk. Further developments more recently attempted to bring it into line with the International Standard (BS ISO 25964-1). There are challenges and the journey isn’t complete but there are lessons…
Read MoreEvery Day Semantic Technology
Artificial intelligence (AI) is headline news almost every day. New advancements are made more personal with the advantages of semantic understanding and natural language technology. IT ProPortal brought this information to our attention in their article, “How semantic technology is making sense of our big data.” One of the latest is AlphaGo – a computer program developed by…
Read MoreCommas, Hyphens, and Rules – Oh my!
Word nerds might unite or divide around this topic, but the Associated Press (AP) Stylebook is always good for a hearty conversation. The Baltimore Sun brought this topic to us in their article, “A challenge to the AP Stylebook editors.” Whether it is the serial comma issue or the apostrophe debate, writers and editors are…
Read MoreMaking the Best of a Relationship
Business intelligence and enterprise search are friends; maybe besties. Enterprise business intelligence is useless without the ability to index and search it. Computer Weekly brought this news to our attention in their article, “Beyond keywords: bringing initiative to enterprise search.” While we’ve moved past the team of librarians scouring through a basement full of card catalogs to…
Read MoreStandards are Critical for Success
Standards are not just beneficial, they are important, and to every type of organization or business. This interesting information came from Thomas Net in the release, “ANSI President and CEO Joe Bhatia Shares Insights on Corporate Engagement in Standardization.” ANSI is committed to educating companies about their impact in standardization through Standards Boost Business—an outreach initiative…
Read MoreRecording History for Future Searchers
Recording history is just one use of indexing data, but it is a pretty important one. Seventy years after World War II and the Holocaust, contributors around the globe are indexing victims’ names through an online memorial that recently hit the 1 million mark in number of names. This interesting information came to us from USA Today…
Read MoreDigital Library Re-Launch
SAE International has announced the re-launch of the SAE Digital Library as SAE MOBILUS™. The results will improve users’ discovery and will offer more features and capabilities. The release is expected in June of 2016. This interesting news came to us from My San Antonio in their article, “SAE Digital Library Re-launches as SAE MOBILUS™ – The Destination for…
Read MoreCensorship, Intellectual Freedom, and Books
The American Library Association recently released the State of America’s Libraries Report 2016. One small part of that report includes the most challenged books of 2015. This interesting information came to our attention from The Washington Post in their article, “The books Americans want removed from libraries.” There does seem to be some common objections to the…
Read MoreNew Journal Acquisition Broadens Research
SAGE Publishing has purchased the full journal portfolio of academic journals publisher, IP Publishing Ltd. SAGE Publishing brought this news to us in their release, “SAGE Publishing acquires journal portfolio from prominent humanities and social science publisher, IP Publishing.” Effective April 1, 2016, SAGE will be publishing the following five titles: Industry and Higher Education – a bi-monthly…
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