Access Insights
R.I.P. Donald Ward King
We at Access Innovations are sad to share that Dr. Don King passed away on Sunday, November 17, 2019. Those of us who are long time information industry professionals and those who have read the information literature in depth especially when statistics on the profession are so hard to obtain, will greatly miss his continued…
Read MoreHindawi Ltd Licenses Cloud Version of MAIstro® from Access Innovations, Inc.
Access Innovations, Inc., provider of Data Harmony software solutions, is proud to announce that Hindawi Ltd has officially licensed a cloud version of MAIstro®, Access Innovations’ advanced text analysis tool. As Hindawi work to revamp their systems to use open source infrastructure, quick and easy access to their taxonomy was deemed a highly important aspect…
Read MoreThe Father of Taxonomy
The Linnean Society of London is the world’s oldest active biological society. Founded in 1788 by Sir James Edward Smith (1759–1828), who was its first President. The Society takes its name from the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) whose botanical, zoological, and library collections have been in its keeping since 1829. These unique collections are…
Read MoreHalloween Taxonomy of Horrors
One of the biggest questions floating around every year in October is this: “What movies will you watch this month?”—or some derivative of that. All the major networks play their own hand-picked list of 25-50 “horror” movies all month long. Farms open their doors to a public that can roam around haunted barns and mazes;…
Read MoreAccess Innovations Delivers Indexing System for PLI
Access Innovations, Inc., provider of Data Harmony software solutions, is proud to announce the release of a new document indexing and repository system for the Practising Law Institute (PLI). PLI contracted Access Innovations, Inc. to create an Indexing Platform and Taxonomy Term Management system as an integrated solution. In addition, PLI sought to enhance its…
Read MoreAccess Innovations Completes Mapping Engagement with EDO
Access Innovations, Inc., provider of Data Harmony software solutions, is proud to announce the successful completion of a data taxonomy project with leading data analytics company EDO Inc., who contracted with Access Innovations to build a proprietary taxonomy to enable marketers to easily search, view, and compare TV advertisements. The project required Access Innovations, Inc.…
Read MoreBlockchain Might Be the Answer to Open Access
Consumers utilize and accumulate massive amounts of personal data in their everyday lives. From financial records to purchasing history to geographic location data; they depend on this data to deliver personalized online services and experiences. This interesting topic came to us from Open Access Government in their article, “The future of public services means giving citizens control…
Read MoreAccess Innovations, Inc. and the American Psychological Association announce the deployment of a New MAI System
Access Innovations, Inc., the provider of Data Harmony software solutions, is proud to announce the deployment of a new Machine Aided Indexing (M.A.I.®) system for the American Psychological Association (APA). The goal of this new system is to provide more consistent and efficient indexing of the content of the PsycINFO database, which currently comprises more…
Read MoreAccess Innovations Will Be In Oslo
The 19th European Networked Knowledge Organization Systems (NKOS) Workshop is scheduled for Thursday, September 12, 2019, to be held as part of the Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries (TPDL) 2019 in Oslo, Norway. The agenda is full of interesting, engaging topics and speakers. This includes Access Innovations’ own Marjorie Hlava whose workshop is KOS Mappings. Although…
Read MoreClassifying the Bards and the Bangles?
Taxonomies do not belong to one science or interest. They can be applied anywhere from a grocery store to plant anatomy to hip hop music? A music fan (err geek) decided to compare the vocabulary of the literary world’s giant, Shakespeare, to those of famous hip hop artists. Shakespeare’s vocabulary across his entire corpus is said…
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