Posts by Melody Smith
Digital Libraries Present New Challenges
Bibliographic data seems like it would be a fairly simple and straightforward thing. However, it is really just the beginning of the sorts of data tracked in library catalogs. What about metadata standards and information classification systems?
Read MoreNuxeo Releases DM 5.4.2
Nuxeo has released a new version of Nuxeo Document Management and Nuxeo Enterprise Platform. Nuxeo DM 5.4.2 offers a host of usability and social features in an effort to make the user experience even smoother and more streamlined.
Read MoreWorkshop on Very Large Digital Libraries
With more and more information being accessible via digital libraries, it seems appropriate that The Fourth Workshop on Very Large Digital Libraries will take place on September 29, 2011 in Berlin, Germany.
Read MoreDigitally Indexing Midwifery
ProQuest has acquired British Nursing Index (BNI), a database for nursing and midwifery in the UK, that has been compiled through a partnership of the libraries at Bournemouth University, Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, the Royal College of Nursing and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust.
Read MoreCaringo and Perfect Search Form Partnerships for Mutual Customers
Caringo, known for providing object storage software for digital content, has announced a partnership with Perfect Search to provide mutual customers with a solution for the precise search of objects stored in Caringo object storage software (CAStor).
Read MoreOxford Medicine Online Launches New Resource
Oxford Medicine Online has launched Oxford Medical Libraries Online, a new resource that offers a collection of subject-based libraries containing over 50 invaluable short guides.
Read MoreFindability is a Worthy Goal
VirtualWorks Group was just launched by Citrix co-founder, along with a team of techie executives. Their product is an innovative enterprise framework, the Virtual Index Architecture (VIA). This indexes all types of data and virtualizes the content.
Read MoreSemantic Technology Continues to Move Forward
I am the first to admit my handwriting is worse than ever, I can’t remember the last time I hand wrote a letter, and I swore I’d never text. Generations have clashed as those who mourn the loss of the pen and paper and those who use an abbreviated version of the English language attempt to co-exist in this techno-advanced world.
Read MoreTSMC and Atrenta Working Together
Atrenta has announced the deployment of a comprehensive soft IP qualification program using Atrenta’s SpyGlass platform.
Read MoreGoogle and Social Media – Not Best Friends
Social media is like the popular kids in school, but no matter how hard Google tries to fit in, they just can’t become part of the cool gang. It seems Google has failed at delivering a social product, again.
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