Posts by Melody Smith
Standards in Textbooks
Book lovers everywhere understand how difficult it was for us to give up the feel and smell of real books in our hands after the release of e-readers drew us to the dark side. I resisted for a while, but the ability to take ten times my normal 5-7 books on a vacation or work…
Read MoreCall for Presenters
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) is launching a new virtual education series called Lunch & Learn. This series will feature knowledgeable and articulate experts sharing their insights and expertise with others in the information services community. This new program is free for NFAIS members and available to non-members for a nominal fee. NFAIS is looking…
Read MoreMaking Content Findable
Linguamatics is expanding its natural language processing-based text mining platform to accommodate easier access to full-text articles. PR Newswire brought this latest news to our attention in their article, “Linguamatics Expands Cloud Text Mining Platform to Include Full-Text Articles.” Researchers can now create sets of full-text XML articles from more than 4,000 peer-reviewed journals produced by…
Read MoreFinding Critical Information
There is a lot going on in health care on the national level these days. Between the Affordable Care Act and the ICD-10 coding classification transition alone, the federal government’s chief health information officer, Michael McCoy, M.D., is a busy guy. But what is on his mind? What are his concerns? Health Leader’s Media brought this…
Read MoreProtecting the Data
Data security is a concern for everyone, including the federal government. A recent survey of 150 federal workers involved with records management indicated that the majority of respondents were “confident” that their agency’s records weren’t at risk, and an even larger portion of records management professionals were “very confident”. This interesting news came from Fierce Content…
Read MoreAdding Dimensions to Your Customer Engagement
Networked Insights has launched a new analytics capability called Pinpoint that allows marketers to determine why a metric is up or down within seconds. Business Wire brought this news to our attention in their article, “Real-Time Technology from Networked Insights Makes Big Data Actionable for Brands.” This new technology is available through their platform known as…
Read MoreUrban Myths
It isn’t quite as bad as looking for a needle in a haystack, but close. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has launched a search to find the first recorded use in English of the word ‘numpty’, which means a foolish or stupid person. This odd but interesting information came from The Times of Oman in their article,…
Read MorePolish Up Your Resume
To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, ontology, 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 MoreCataloging the World
A new initiative of the Ancient World Mapping Center (AWMC) called Benthos aims to catalog and map the waters of the ancient Mediterranean basin. This information came from The Ancient World Online blog in their post, “Benthos: Digital Atlas of Ancient Waters beta version.” The project will incorporate physical landscape data for the ocean floor, coastlines, and…
Read MoreGeeks Rule
Anyone remotely related to the world of information technology has heard it. The term, the label, the veiled and sometimes not so veiled insult. Geek. This interesting and slightly humorous observation came from the Times Colonist out of British Columbia in their article, “Don’t be ashamed of your inner geek.” In the irony of all ironies,…
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