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.

Stewarding Knowledge in the Age of AI

By |May 26th, 2026|News|Comments Off on Stewarding Knowledge in the Age of AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming how information is created, distributed and consumed. Research summaries can be generated in seconds. Articles can be drafted almost […]

The More Technology Changes, the More Findability Matters

By |May 25th, 2026|Access Insights, Featured|Comments Off on The More Technology Changes, the More Findability Matters

Over the past decade, emerging technologies have transformed nearly every aspect of how we create, manage and access information. Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, […]

The Security Playing Field Has Changed

By |May 22nd, 2026|News|Comments Off on The Security Playing Field Has Changed

Large Language Models (LLMs) and artificial intelligence (AI) are reshaping the cybersecurity landscape, for better and for worse. On the defensive side, AI is […]

Keeping AI Smart, Ethical and Accountable

By |May 21st, 2026|News|Comments Off on Keeping AI Smart, Ethical and Accountable

Artificial intelligence (AI) is moving fast. The problem is that a lot of organizations are still trying to manage AI with governance frameworks built […]

The Real Problem Behind Bad AI Results? Your Data Is a Mess

By |May 20th, 2026|News|Comments Off on The Real Problem Behind Bad AI Results? Your Data Is a Mess

Organizations are producing more data than ever before, but much of it is trapped in disconnected systems, duplicated across platforms or buried in formats […]

AI Is Only as Smart as the Data Behind It

By |May 19th, 2026|News|Comments Off on AI Is Only as Smart as the Data Behind It

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become the shiny new object in nearly every industry. Companies are racing to plug AI into workflows, automate decisions and […]

Data Governance and Change Management: The Twin Engines of a Data-Driven Organization

By |May 18th, 2026|Access Insights, Featured|Comments Off on Data Governance and Change Management: The Twin Engines of a Data-Driven Organization

Every organization wants to be data driven until it realizes that becoming data driven is not actually a technology project. It is a people […]

AI Among the Stars

By |May 15th, 2026|News|Comments Off on AI Among the Stars

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming one of the most important technologies in modern space exploration. From autonomous satellites and predictive maintenance to deep space […]

When Bad Data Starts Costing Real Money

By |May 14th, 2026|News|Comments Off on When Bad Data Starts Costing Real Money

Most organizations love to talk about being data driven. Fewer organizations want to talk about the spreadsheets held together with hope, duplicated records nobody […]