Posts by Melody Smith
Geeks 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,…
Read MoreTaxoDiary Blog Achieves Milestones in Sharing Information
The TaxoDiary blog, which can be read at www.taxodiary.com and adds new posts on a daily basis every Monday through Friday, recently published its 3,000th blog post. TaxoDiary was started in August 2010 and is sponsored and maintained by Access Innovations, Inc., under the leadership of Access Innovations President Marjorie Hlava and Chief Executive Officer Jay…
Read MoreWinner Among Winners
The KMWorld awards are designed to celebrate success stories of knowledge management, highlighting the best of the best. The awards recognize excellence in organizations who have proven that they deliver their promise. The winners are chosen by a panel of judges and will be announced at KMWorld 2015. The 2015 KMWorld Awards are accepting nominations through August…
Read MoreCollaboration Brings Automation
Elsevier is known for being a provider of scientific, technical, and medical information products and services. They recently announced an expanded collaboration with Ex Libris, who is known for their library automation services. This interesting news came from Library Technology Guides in their article, “Elsevier Collaborates with Ex Libris to offer automated updates to subscribed e-content.”…
Read MoreAspirations for the Future
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is the world’s largest biomedical library. There are those that believe it should become an “epicenter for data science” across the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The American Association for the Advancement of Science brought this to our attention in their article, “National Library of Medicine urged to take on broader…
Read MoreHomemade Taxonomies
Expert System is offering a learning opportunity next week titled, “Enriching Google Search Appliance: Cogito Connected for GSA.” This webinar focuses on helping you find, tag, and create your own custom taxonomies for all the metadata available in your content. You can register for the June 24th event here. Having a defined taxonomy can help promote collaboration and…
Read MorePlan to Learn
The Smart Data Conference is coming to San Jose in August. This particular conference is designed to accommodate all levels of technical understanding, bringing together emerging disciplines that are focused on more intelligent information gathering and analysis. There are a variety of workshops to learn from, beginning with “Ontology 101– An Introduction to Knowledge Representation and…
Read MoreMy Dear Watson
Jeopardy and artificial intelligence fans alike might find a recent report from Outsell interesting. “IBM Watson – A Hammer in Search of Nails” addresses the progress that IBM Watson has made since its commercial launch; the market strategy and its impact in the health, financial, legal, and other sectors; and how publishers and information businesses…
Read MoreOld and New
An example of old meets new: Merriam-Webster has developed an app for the Apple Watch. For more than 150 years, Merriam-Webster has been keeping up with innovations in the dictionary business. This interesting news came from Mass Live in their article, “Merriam-Webster dictionary app available for Apple Watch.” App users can also enjoy a Word of the Day…
Read MorePrivacy Among Metadata
Australia recently passed data retention laws that force telecommunications companies to retain some types of phone and web metadata. This data can be requested by government agencies and, in fact, has been used to investigate leaks of government information to journalists. Even though it takes a warrant to access a journalist’s metadata to identify a source,…
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