Posts by Melody Smith
The Shift in Reading Behavior
National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) members may be interested in a report stemming from a survey of 19,000 individuals conducted by Tracy Gardner and Simon Inger. The report came from a 6-month research project and has the backing of leading publishers within International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM), Humanities and Social Science. It compares the changing reader behaviour between 2005 and 2012 and as a result looks at the impact on publisher and library web site design and function.
Read MoreSemantic Technology Used in the Campaigns
With the election now over, the yard signs and television advertisements can disappear and none too soon. However, Expert System did a linguistic and semantic analysis of the third and final presidential debate between President Barack Obama and challenger, former Governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney and have released the highlights. It is interesting to see semantic technology used in such a way.
Read MoreProper Information Architecture
There is a lot of discussion about proper information architecture going on out there. Experts believe an effective information architecture best reflects the most common vernacular of the organization — the most used or common words for describing things. This is key to a successful site as it provides a blueprint or map for navigating.
Read MoreA Different Type of Search Engine
What is a vertical search engine? It is technically defined as a search engine that focuses on a specific segment of content or topic. What is the advantage of this type of search engine? One of the most significant advantages is the ability to easily determine the intent of the user.
Read MoreMaking Thesaurus Terms Work for Indexing
We’ve already discussed indexing. We are going to assign those terms to the documents based on the concepts. A thesaurus is also known as an indexing language. We’re controlling the synonyms – different terms for the same concept. They are polythemes or homonyms, depending on if you are European or stateside. They are the same words with different meanings, like lead.
Read MoreAdditional Data Added to Databases
The Library & Information Science Source is now available from EBSCO Publishing and that should make some librarians and researchers very happy.
Read MoreThose Were The Days
Search engine optimization used to be fairly straightforward. You include the right keywords to your website and when someone conducted a search containing those same words, you showed up in the results. Not so much anymore.
Read MoreSharePoint Can Make A Difference
Many users complain that SharePoint, even with its great features, has just become another file share option. However, the primary difference is its potential. SharePoint adds many benefits that file shares just can’t provide, including retention policies, taxonomy and metadata, and much more.
Read MoreAccessing the Clouds
Even though the term “cloud” is thrown about frequently these days, to many, it is still not clear exactly what the cloud offers, where it, is and how to access it.
Read MoreWebinars To Help Prepare for Transition
The deadline for compliance with the ICD-10 coding classification may not be until October 2014, but healthcare providers are working hard on preparing for the change. Because of this, Dolbey is hosting a series of webinars focusing on computer-assisted coding (CAC).
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