Posts by Melody Smith
Taxonomy Workshop Available
Before you sign off for the holidays, consider starting your new year out with some educational learning. Our own Margie Hlava will be the instructor for a workshop titled, Taxonomy Essentials. This will be held on January 21, 2014 in Denver, Colorado.
Read MoreCleaning up the Data
Data tends to pile up on file servers, creating backlogs, slow service, and poor search results. Continuing to expand storage footprints is simply not sustainable or productive. But what are the options? Information Management brought this interesting quandary to our attention in their article, “Data Cleanup: Big Data Can Pose Big Risk.”
Read MoreCareer Opportunities in the Field
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 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.
Read MoreNew TEMIS Purchase
TEMIS has acquired U.S.-based advanced analytics and visualization technology firm i3 Analytics. The latter provides a software-as-a-service (SaaS) ‘Biopharma Navigator’ platform that charts the biopharma landscape based on open life sciences data. We found this article on Mr. Web in their article, “TEMIS Buys i3 Analytics.”
Read MoreManaging Large Data
Republic Polytechnic has implemented a new records management system in order to capture and allow easy retrieval of institutional knowledge. This interesting information was found on FutureGov.com in their article, “Polytechnic in Singapore rolls out records management system.” The records management system, called eDocs, was released in November last year and has accumulated close to 300,000 records.
Read MoreSemantic Search Fosters Findability
The latest version of Eikon from Thomson Reuters offers semantic search capabilities. Eikon 3.0 applies free text search capabilities to financial data. Wall Street Technology brought this news to our attention in their article, “Semantic Search Takes Thomson Reuters Eikon to New Levels.”
Read MoreBob Kasenchak selected to be new Production Coordinator at Access Innovations, Inc.
Bob Kasenchak, formerly a Project Manager at Access Innovations, Inc., has recently been promoted to Production Coordinator within the company. Bob is a great representation of the fresh talent at Access Innovations. His extraordinary people skills, organizational skills, and leadership qualities make him an excellent fit to oversee editorial endeavors.
Read MoreNew Records Management System Reduces Operational Costs
A new online system for the Eugene Police Department records recently went live. This was a huge milestone for the City of Eugene as they worked to change the mainframe-based records system that had been in use since the late 60’s. Partnering with their sister-city Springfield, Eugene chose SunGard, a multinational IT software and services company, to take them through this journey with their Records Management System/ Computer Aided Dispatch System (RMS/CAD).
Read MoreIndexing History, One Year at a Time
The North Central Iowa Genealogical Society is embarking on a new project this coming year that includes copying obituaries from the Mason City Globe Gazette and many smaller newspapers in North Central Iowa, and adding them to the society’s website. Indexing of the 2013 obituaries from the Globe Gazette will be ongoing and the index will be available at the genealogy room at the Mason City Public Library.
Read MoreNatural Language Processing Can Determine Sentiment
Lymba Corporation has partnered with CRM Evangelist to launch PowerAgent for Salesforce. PowerAgent uses artificial intelligence algorithms that learn and improve with use over time.
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