Posts by Melody Smith
Working Together
Efficient records management systems are key for handling and locating your data. One county government in northwest England chose an electronic document and records management system (EDRMS) to deliver effective and efficient records management practices across all users.
Read MoreMaking Careful Decisions
Lexmark International’s Perceptive Software released their Interact 2.0 for Microsoft Dynamics AX, which allows users to locate content with ease and speed.
Read MoreSetting Up a Path
Digirati and the Semantic Web Company (SWC) are joining together in a new services initiative to deliver semantic publishing solutions for specialist online publishers. The new partnership will bring solutions to managing traditional content managed websites and portals by creating a higher level of content findability.
Read MoreAdditional Active Searching Techniques for Taxonomy Resources
To continue our theme from last time: “For every minute spent in organizing an hour is earned” (Unknown).
This quotation helps us remember the importance of developing online search techniques that will help you “save” time (or, at least allocate your time wisely!). Previously, we looked at keyword searching on the open web and in full-text search environments. Today, let’s consider another active search technique. This one takes advantage of online website directories.
Read MoreWord of Another Kind
If you are like me, words intrigue and inspire you. I could be called a thesaurus nerd, reading and researching words synonymous with one another to add impact to my writing and tell my stories with more emotion, detail, and energy.
Read MoreMetadata Retention Concerns
The proposed changes to telecommunications law in the Austrailian parliament has some worried and others concerned. Metadata retention, online privacy, and telecommunications industry worries are certainly hot topics, but how important are they to the average Australian? What is the impact on their privacy?
Read MoreMaking Digital Content Findable
A National Institutes of Health (NIH) program is planned to consolidate a massive amount of scattered biomedical research data. It was recently announced that the program will include the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine, which received a $9.2 million grant.
Read MoreLearn More About SharePoint
Do you struggle with finding items that have been stored in Sharepoint? If you are looking for assistance and how to improve access to your internal documents, this webinar might be just what you are looking for.
Read MoreFollowing the Lead
We have talked a lot lately about digital projects. In today’s increasingly digital world, it is important that the American public has access to all appropriate federal government communications to improve transparency and increase trust.
Read MoreCall for Papers for IASSIST
There is a call for papers for the next International Association for Social Science Information Services & Technology (IASSIST) conference in June of 2015. IASSIST is an international organization of professionals working in and with information technology and data services to support research and teaching in the social sciences.
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