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.

Findability Sought with Indexing

By |September 26th, 2012|indexing, News, Standards, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Findability Sought with Indexing

Actuate has released their document indexing, storage, and multi-channel delivery system, Xenos Repository. Content has changed. It has become comprehensive and varied right along with the technology that created it. Actuate Xenos Group technology seeks to address that complexity with business intelligence driven solutions.

The Web’s Impact on Genealogy

By |September 25th, 2012|indexing, News|Comments Off on The Web’s Impact on Genealogy

The Internet gets a bad rap sometimes. We blame it for the child predators, the identity thefts, and ease of access to pornography. But this isn't really fair. For those who are passionate about geneology, the Internet has changed their world.

Semantic Technology’s Journey

By |September 25th, 2012|News, semantic, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Semantic Technology’s Journey

Discussions around the Semantic Web are always interesting and intense. Progress on this evolving technology happens each and every day. So understanding what semantic […]

Taxonomies, Databases, and the Internet

By |September 24th, 2012|Access Insights, Featured, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Taxonomies, Databases, and the Internet

The Internet has allowed us a lot of website builders and a lot of contributors. Basically, they are all equal as far as opportunity to participate is concerned. Largely because of this openness to website builders and contributors, the Internet is growing rapidly. It has become too big for people to find what they want reliably, so it needs us. It needs knowledge management.

Survey Held Regarding ICD-10 Preparation

By |September 24th, 2012|Autoindexing, indexing, News|Comments Off on Survey Held Regarding ICD-10 Preparation

A recent survey revealed 96% of respondents are concerned about the impact of the ICD-10 coding classification transition. Seventy-three percent anticipate an impact on their practice, either financially or operationally, from the transition. The Nuesoft Technologies survey revealed that healthcare professionals are preparing themselves for what many perceive to be a less than smooth transition, come October 2014.

Oxford Goes Digital

By |September 24th, 2012|indexing, News|Comments Off on Oxford Goes Digital

Oxford University Press has launched a digital version of the oxford Handbooks Online and Oxford Reference in a new resource called Oxford Scholarly Editions Online. This new initiative launches with 171 editions of works written by authors primarily active between 1485 and 1660, the original texts of about 12,000 works, which include 200 plays, some 7000 poems, and over 5000 letters. Famous works by Shakespeare are also included in this new online resource.

Webinar Addresses Google Products

By |September 21st, 2012|News, search|Comments Off on Webinar Addresses Google Products

A webinar is scheduled to provide an update on Google's products and services, including what is on the horizon. This webinar is scheduled for September 26, 2012 and is being offered by National Federation for Advanced Information Services (NFAIS).

SharePoint Workarounds Addressed

By |September 21st, 2012|News|Comments Off on SharePoint Workarounds Addressed

SharePoint is often the center of conversation in the world of taxonomy and content management systems. They offer features that users find timesaving and beneficial. When it comes to importing terms into the Term Store taxonomy management feature using the .csv template, it came be cumbersome.

Digital Technology Embraces Social Media

By |September 20th, 2012|News|Comments Off on Digital Technology Embraces Social Media

ANT Galio Move now enables viewers to watch TV and interact with social media on the same screen. This interactive process continues by providing links to additional associated online content.