Posts by Melody Smith
Options for Library Students
One blogger lifts up the opportunities for college students to benefit from both the fields of Library Science and Information Studies and Archives and Special Collections. These classes, which are often cross-listed with classes in English and History departments, proliferate in library and information schools, but they have not resulted in many joint degrees that coordinate studies in the humanities with the information fields.
Read MoreThe Cost Are Still Climbing
ICD-10 implementation costs continue to be a concern for healthcare organizations and a common topic of conversations throughout conferences, networking, and probably across a few bar stools. The extended deadline to October 2014 didn’t diminish that concern. In fact, in some cases, it probably added to the pressure. The costs associated with the transition can easily reach a quarter to half a billion dollars for the information technology, training, and other upgrades.
Read MoreNew Form of Social Media
A new, but different Q&A site where topics follow you, rather than you following them, is the vision of Beepl. Recently launched and using semantic technology, Beepl analyzes users’ connected LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook accounts to determine what they’re interested in. Then it presents them with questions that fit those interests.
Read MoreSelecting Terms for Your Taxonomy
When you select the terms, you can select them from all those standard sources that might be available to you, like these: Existing taxonomies, thesauri, and classification schemes; Encyclopedias, lexicons, dictionaries, and glossaries; Books and journals, and their indexes; Databases; and Annual reviews and surveys. Also scan the literature in general; not just your literature but the literature of other publishers. I would encourage you to watch the international literature. A tremendous amount of what is happening these days is happening outside the United States. We tend to take a rather parochial view of what is happening in our own field and knowledge organization systems. I would say that there is more happening in Europe than in the United States at the moment. They are way ahead of us in actually getting taxonomic implementations done and pushing the envelopes for thinking. So, those of us in non-European countries need to need to pay attention to what is happening in Europe.
Read MoreBuzz in the Clouds
Since Microsoft released their new cloud computing Office 365 last year, companies of all sizes have been using the power of tools such as SharePoint, Exchange, Lync and Office with the benefits of cloud computing.
Read MoreKeeping Data Secure
Affarei has recently launched its information privacy services to businesses. Their services include advanced technical solutions that prevent search engines from indexing certain types of information posted online. The information being collected remains consistent with the context of the transaction being completed and designs and institutes additional information privacy protections.
Read MoreGo to Harvard, For Free
Want to go back to school? Okay, maybe not. How about taking one course on Artificial Intelligence offered by edX — for free?
Read MoreStupid Computer
Everyone of us has heard and quite possibly been guilty of saying, “stupid computer” at one time or another. It might have been standing in line at the DMV arguing with someone who has zero personality or sitting in the privacy of our own living room fighting our laptop’s repetitive urge to lock up, always at the most inopportune time. We know but often have to be reminded that computers are really only as smart as the programmer and user combined.
Read MoreManaging Data in Government
The federal government is not much different from other organizations as they are trying for even more efficiency and essentially, more productivity out of IT investments. This is a challenge in any organization, but when you consider the size of government agencies, the volume of data they create and store, and the existing systems that have to conform – it almost seems impossible. This is a perfect opportunity for data virtualization
Read MoreLearning About SharePoint
For some, metadata in SharePoint is easy to understand. However, for others it can be complicated. If you don’t deal with it on a daily basis, it gets murky.
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