Posts by Melody Smith
Making Australian Government Information Findable
The final version of data.australia.gov dataset repository is soon to be released and the result could be streamlined information. The new repository will replace the beta version first released by the Gov 2.0 Taskforce in September 2009 to centrally host datasets from federal, state and territory governments where applicable.
Read MoreBook Publishing – What About the Standards?
The world of books is getting bigger and more complicated. The promise of digital is ultimate flexibility and portability, but unlike magazine or newspaper publishers, book publishers do not own their content outright. So where does that leave the pursuit of standards?
Read MoreDell’s Latest Acquisition Will Help Manage the Clouds
Dell has agreed to purchase Boomi and says this acquisition will help it address what it terms “one of the top barriers to cloud adoption” – managing and integrating cloud-based applications with existing applications and databases.
Read MoreCelebrating 15 Years of Dublin Core
In Pittsburgh, in conjunction with ASIS&T’s recent annual meeting, the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) celebrated the 15th anniversary of the Dublin Core metadata standards. DCMI describes itself as “an open organization engaged in the development of interoperable metadata standards that support a broad range of purposes and business models. DCMI’s activities include work on architecture and modeling, discussions and collaborative work in DCMI Communities and DCMI Task Groups, annual conferences and workshops, standards liaison, and educational efforts to promote widespread acceptance of metadata standards and practices.”
Read MoreLibraries Become More Valuable
A new agreement between OCLC and EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) will create more value for libraries that subscribe to services from OCLC and EBSCO. Among other benefits that this partnership brings, libraries will be able to use EBSCO Discovery Service to facilitate interlibrary loan (ILL) via OCLC.
Read MoreContract Management Software Depends on Metadata Library
Dolphin Software has launched the latest version of its contract management software, Dolphin Contract Manager 2.0 for Microsoft SharePoint. This new version enables legacy contracts to be captured and integrated into the current contract management system and also makes contract management more ‘plug and play’ for large organizations.
Read MoreBigTent Acquired by Federated Media
Federated Media Publishing has acquired BigTent, the leading platform for trusted parenting groups. Millions rely on BigTent to stay connected with local school, community and shared-interest groups.
Read MoreSlipBox Thinks Outside of the Box
Intentionally avoiding the use of a keyword ontology, SlipBox is based on traditional slip boxes and manages the notes in a similar manner as the human memory.When taking notes, SlipBox actively discourages the use of categories like they are required by most note-taking applications and just focuses on tags.
Read MoreGoogle of Audio Digitizing
One-half million audio recordings have been digitized by Memnon Archiving Systems relying on NOA systems. NOA systems support multiple Memnon projects, including migration of 250,000 digital audio tapes for Danish Radio and 350,000 CDs for BnF.
Read MorePatent Awarded to Guid
The United States Patent and Trademark Office awarded Guid with a patent for its method of helping organizations quickly and efficiently search for data within the corporate universe. This system is better known as EnCase(R) Enterprise.
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