Posts by Melody Smith
You want tools with that?
There have been many changes with the advent of digital formats. For the publishing world, the most significant is possibly the changed perception of time. You know, the time gap between writing and actual publishing, as well as the time between publishing your works to readers and seeing how they receive them. Analytics are now practically real-time. But has technology caught up with that? Are there proper analytical software tools available to gather and interpret this very valuable information?
Read MoreDigital Assets Becoming More Important
It’s that time of year when we look back and forward simultaneously. Looking back at what we have accomplished while looking forward with anticipation as to what opportunities and yes, challenges, the new year will bring to each of us and the industries we work in.
Read MoreLearn. More.
Learning is not just an action or a verb. Learning can be an urge, desire, and passion for many. Information seeking is not something taught in grade school; it is something ingrained in our DNA.
Read MoreA Newbie’s Guide to DHUG Meetings
The biggest week of the year at Access Innovations is almost upon us. Every year, we present Data Harmony Users Group (DHUG) meeting, where our esteemed clients come from all over the nation to meet and learn from the people who built the software and use it on a daily basis. Right about now, there starts to be a lot of buzz around the office. There are a lot of people coming to Albuquerque for this, and everyone here is pretty excited to swap ideas with them, because they’ve come up with some interesting uses of our software, things that have made us better in the process.
Read MoreNFAIS Conference Coming Soon
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) Conference is coming soon to Maryland. Check your calendars for the February 22-24, 2015 event. Information services are essential in everyday decision-making. The demand is growing to create relationships among linked data sources and formats has raised expectations for improved discoverability and accessibility.
Read MoreRock, Paper, Digital?
As another example of digital replacing paper, the Oneida County District Attorney’s Office, the first in New York state, is very close to going paperless.
Read MoreIs it Real or is it Memorex?
Sometimes life does imitate art and vice versa. On a recent episode of the CBS Series, The Good Wife, it was part of the plot to fake metadata on an email. It is interesting that metadata has become so common to our vernacular that it is fiction television and without the typical NSA, Big Brother, Government references attached.
Read MorePartner With the Best
Data management technologies continue to evolve and offer new possibilities. Some are outstanding at offering new features and services, and some are less than satisfactory. There are many things to consider when previewing new data management technology.
Read MoreCollaboration Fosters Quality
2014 was and 2015 appears to be following in suit, the year of mergers and acquisitions. We have shared a few of those, always emphasizing that collaboration almost always results in better anything – products, results, and even people. But in the world of non-profits how does mergers prove beneficial?
Read MoreOpen Access to Scholarly Work
Open access to the publications of the Max Planck Research Library for the History and Development of Knowledge, in accordance with the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to knowledge in the sciences and humanities, was launched by the Max Planck Society in 2003. Their aim is to disseminate the results of scholarly work to a broad audience expediently and with little to no cost.
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