Melody Smith

About Melody Smith

Melody K. Smith has provided organizational, social media and digital communication services to a large non-profit for the past twenty years. Prior to that she championed employee engagement and communications in the healthcare field. She holds a Bachelors degree in Marketing. When not wrangling and writing TaxoDiary content for your reading pleasure, Melody writes fiction, rescues dogs and throws legendary dinner parties.

Professional Librarian Positions Available

By |February 12th, 2015|News|Comments Off on Professional Librarian Positions Available

As we strive to be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, ontology, etc., we are excited to share career opportunities that we find with our readers. Even if you aren’t in the market for a career move, it is always good to stay on top of what is available and how the fields are evolving.

Early Bird Discounts for Enterprise Data World Conference

By |February 12th, 2015|News|Comments Off on Early Bird Discounts for Enterprise Data World Conference

The Enterprise Data World Conference in Washington, DC March 29 - April 3, 2015 is around the corner and if you haven't made the decision to attend yet, maybe the list of keynote speakers will help you make up your mind. The speakers will change the way you make decisions in our data-driven world and hopefully inspire you to use your data skills in new ways.

Time for Camp

By |February 10th, 2015|News, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Time for Camp

It is time to start thinking about taxonomies. Taxonomies are powerful tools used by a wide range of professionals, from marketers to data scientists, for solving diverse problems from navigation to product information management. At this year's Taxonomy Boot Camp in Washington D.C. on November 2-3, 2015, the theme is "Sharing Solutions: Taxonomy Across Boundaries."

A Newbie’s Guide to DHUG, Part 2

By |February 9th, 2015|Access Insights, Featured|Comments Off on A Newbie’s Guide to DHUG, Part 2

It’s hard to believe that the Data Harmony Users Group Meeting starts a week from today. If I thought things were buzzing in the office a couple of weeks ago, I didn’t know what was in store for me. And since there’s so much to do, it’s definitely at the front of my mind.

New Resource Available

By |February 5th, 2015|News, search|Comments Off on New Resource Available

The term corporate librarian isn't heard much these days. In the world of downsizing, redundancy, and streamlining, most organizational charts seem to be missing this very valuable position. There is a new resource out there addressing this very problem. "Corporate Libraries: Basic Principles in a Changing Landscape."

Everybody in the Pool

By |February 4th, 2015|News, ontology, semantic|Comments Off on Everybody in the Pool

Semantic Web Company recently announced the launch of PoolParty Semantic Suite Version 5. This taxonomy management and knowledge graph management software platform includes support for ontology management, custom schema management, enhanced entity extraction, linked data harvesting, Web crawling, and auto-classification in enterprise systems such as SharePoint, Confluence, Drupal and more.