Posts by Melody Smith
Future Collections and Search
The future holds many secrets. As humans, we spend an inordinate amount of time pondering and wondering what it will mean to us. It will be different on many levels. What about libraries? They have seen and experienced so much change in the past few decades that one has to wonder what they will look like,…
Read MoreTaxonomies and Databases
EBSCO Information Services and the H.W. Wilson Foundation are taking their partnership to a new level. In 2014, the two organizations created American Doctoral Dissertations. Now the H.W. Wilson Foundation has agreed to support the expansion of the scope of the American Doctoral Dissertations database to include records for dissertations and theses from 1955 to…
Read MoreVisualizing the Data
Hitachi has acquired Pentaho, a specialist in the integration, visualization, and analysis of data. Mr. Web brought this news to us in their article, “Hitachi Buys Data Visualization and Analytics Firm.” The plan is for Pentaho to retain its existing brand and continue to be led by current management, who will now report to Hitachi’s Senior Vice President of Social…
Read MoreMetadata Learning Opportunity
Metadata has many roles. One is providing a path for a solid data management system. While much of the discussion around metadata focuses on understanding metadata itself along with its associated technologies, this perspective often represents a typical tool-and-technology focus, which has not achieved significant results to date. A more relevant question when considering pockets…
Read MoreUsing Semantic Technology with Taxonomies
TEMIS recently announced the launch of Luxid® 7.1, a new milestone release of its flagship semantic content enrichment platform. This interesting information came from Ulitzer in their article, “TEMIS Launches Luxid® Content Enrichment Platform 7.1.” Luxid 7.1 now extends its ontology management features and includes a complete design workflow for Content Recommendation Engines. While Content Recommendation Engines have become…
Read MoreChanges in the Clouds
The three largest users of cloud computing report huge growth in the demand for their services. Amazon Web Services, Google and Microsoft will be quick to tell you how they are different from one another, but at the end of the day they are representing a huge percent of growth and revenues in the technological…
Read MoreMedical Ontologies
There is a lot going on in healthcare technology these days. Between the Affordable Care Act, ICD-10 coding classification transition, and electronic health records (EHRs), it is even more apparent that medical information systems need to be able to communicate with each other and in complex data with security and efficiency. DATAVERSITY brought this interesting information…
Read MorePlan Ahead
It may seem far away, but the 2016 Enterprise Data World Conference is on April 17-22, 2016 in San Diego, California and you should mark your calendar today. Enterprise Data World is a gathering of the world’s top data professionals at the largest vendor-neutral data management conference. Enterprise Data World brings case studies, workshops, panel discussions,…
Read MoreMaking the Content Findable
Orchestrating the installation and implementation of a new or upgraded records management system anywhere is a large undertaking. When it involves jail management and effective law enforcement, it is more than a comprehensive job. Automated information systems are an absolute necessity for effective law enforcement. This unique and interesting information came to us from Corrections One…
Read MorePartnering in Technology
Concept Searching has announced that they have entered into a partnership agreement with Spera Digital. This partnership positions Spera Digital as the key partner specializing in the digital space for Concept Searching. The combination of the technology of Concept Searching and domain expertise of Spera Digital enables the creation of solutions for content classification in a…
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