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.

Taxonomy Helps Community Access Services

By |February 10th, 2011|News, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Taxonomy Helps Community Access Services

Michigan residents can now access hard-to-find resources by using a new Central Michigan 211 Information Referral. Answering questions regarding area human services now requires less staff time because of the comprehensive taxonomy used to operate the call center.

Science.Gov Beefs Up Content

By |February 10th, 2011|indexing, News|3 Comments

February 10, 2011 – According to the USA.gov for Science site, “THOMAS Has Been Added to the Basic Search!”. This newest addition to the Science.gov database provides legislative information from the Library of Congress. Legislation from both the 112th Congress (2011-2012) and the 111th Congress (2009-2010) is available.

Data Harmony 3.8 Beta Released at Users Group Meeting

By |February 9th, 2011|Access Insights, News, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Data Harmony 3.8 Beta Released at Users Group Meeting

This week I am attending the Data Harmony Users Group Meeting in Albuquerque. Though the weather has been disappointing (snow in the desert?), the amount and quality of information has not been in the least. This meeting is serving as the launch of Data Harmony 3.8 Beta and there are many updated features to share.

eDiscovery Streamlines Data Access

By |February 9th, 2011|Autoindexing, indexing, News|1 Comment

Precise, Inc, provider of eDiscovery solutions and trial support services, has announced the launch of the eDiscovery Box. Collaborating with Digital Reef to change how eDiscovery services are accessed by the legal community, eDiscovery Box clients have flexibility to select the exact services they need in order to address specific project requirements.

Publishing Online Content Utilizing Semantic Technology

By |February 8th, 2011|News, semantic|Comments Off on Publishing Online Content Utilizing Semantic Technology

Publishing Technology continues eleven-year partnership with Dutch academic publisher BRILL. This will include an upgrade to its online hosting solution to the pub2web platform.

Expert System’s Semantic Approach Lands Framework Agreement

By |February 8th, 2011|News, reference, semantic|Comments Off on Expert System’s Semantic Approach Lands Framework Agreement

Semantic software provider, Expert System, has been awarded a framework agreement by Buying Solutions for Digital Continuity. The agreement has been developed and delivered in collaboration with The National Archives and consists of six Lots. Expert System will provide solutions for Lot 5, eDiscovery Solutions, for the mining of unstructured information.

Digiscribe Honored for Service

By |February 8th, 2011|indexing, News|Comments Off on Digiscribe Honored for Service

Digiscribe has been inducted into Digitech Systems’ prestigious Circle of Excellence for the second consecutive year. Circle of Excellence members are selected from Digitech Systems’ Value-added Reseller community and it was their consistent excellent service that brought them to the dance.

A New Page in Warfare

By |February 7th, 2011|Access Insights, Featured, Technology|Comments Off on A New Page in Warfare

When tanks first rolled onto the field of battle, the soldiers watched and knew that war would never be the same. When planes and submarines began to fly far above or lurk deep in the sea, people knew that the old ways were about to change. These paradigm shifts on the landscape of war trumpeted their arrival and everyone knew that another dog of war had entered the fight. But then, a new front appeared out of the blue.