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Finding Where Creativity and Data Meet
When you think of data, the concept of creativity is likely not part of the word association game. However, data and creativity need each other. To come up with an idea that people will discuss, debate, like and share with their friends, it takes many things and creativity is at the top of that list.…
Read MoreThe Difference in Attitudes Towards Technology
Protecting your personal data has never been more important. However, not everyone understands the threats in the same way and others ignore their role and responsibility in their own protection. A recent survey shows that baby boomers (birthdates early-to-mid 1940s to early 1960s) and millennials (1980s to early 2000s) unsurprisingly disagree in their attitudes toward…
Read MoreTaxonomy 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; even the malls host their very own haunted houses (generally not advised for children). Many of these attractions are partly or fully inspired by horror films that over the generations have become staples every October.
Read MoreAccess Innovations, Inc. Opens DHUG 2018 Registration
Access Innovations, Inc. is pleased to announce that the agenda for the 13th annual Data Harmony Users Group (DHUG) meeting is posted and meeting registration is now open. DHUG brings together current and prospective users of the Data Harmony software to present case studies, network, and share ideas. DHUG also includes a software features update…
Read MoreText Analytics in Peer Review
The volume of submissions for inclusion in scholarly journals offers new challenges for scholarly publishers. Even with recent advances in peer review and editorial management platforms, new solutions are emerging. Access Innovations’ Director of Business Development, Bob Kasenchak, recently wrote an article addressing the situation. It was published in Information Systems and Use and can be viewed…
Read MoreTaxonomies – What Are They Good For?
To make the search and browse capabilities of content, document or records management systems truly functional, we need to develop taxonomies. Whether it is a taxonomy designed for storage and management or one that supports better search, without them all types of management systems are virtually useless, regardless of the platform. Because many organizations are not…
Read MoreMeta What?
Meta tags are snippets of text that describe a page’s content. They won’t appear on the page itself, but only in the page’s code. Think about them as little content descriptors that help tell search engines what a web page is about. Meta tags or metadata has been around almost since the beginning of search engine…
Read MoreAccess Innovations, Inc. Develops Taxonomies for Leading Oncology Association; Automated Curation Saves Society’s Annual Meeting Attendees’ Time
Access Innovations, Inc. recently worked with the American Society for Clinical Oncology, Inc. (ASCO®) to help the Society enhance its search for more than 250,000 pieces of content stored across 20 different content management systems (CMS) platforms. To produce more targeted and accurate results for internal and external users and ultimately allow personalization and automated…
Read MoreClassifying Taxonomies
“Classification” and “taxonomy” are two closely related words that some people find confusing. Both terms reflect the fact that we encounter large amounts of information in everyday life and our brains need some way to synthesize and contextualize that information. Concepts like classification and taxonomy help us make sense of the world by improving our…
Read MorePioneer Remembered for Significant Impact on Research
We spent last weekend remembering and celebrating the life of Eugene Garfield. He was the founder of the Institute for Scientific Information; creator of the “impact factor” now used so broadly to assess the value of a journal; and is considered the father of the field called bibliometrics. I met Gene in 1976 when I was…
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