Access Insights
Taxonomy of a Taco
Tacos have been on my mind lately with Cinco de Mayo coming up (or rather, gone, since this will be posted afterwards). I love tacos. Who doesn’t? OK, I’m sure there are plenty of people who don’t like tacos, but I’m willing to guess that a majority of people like at least some form of…
Read MoreAnd They’re Off!
I live in Louisville, Kentucky. That means that, for the past week and all this coming week, everything, and I mean everything, is all about that two minute horse race known as the Kentucky Derby. Balloon races, parties, mint juleps, steam boat races, bourbon, parades; the list goes on and on. For corporate organizations, this…
Read MoreWords That Roll Off the Tongue
If someone asked you to name the most beautiful word or phrase in English, how would you begin to choose? Would your decision be based on the meaning of the word or how it is spelled, or maybe how it sounds? Phonaesthetics is the study of the euphony and cacophony of words without regard for…
Read MoreDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
While this is a title for Philip K. Dick’s 1968 novel, it is also a question on a lot of people’s minds as we begin to blur the lines of technology and man. Sentient artificial intelligence has always been a subject amongst science fiction writers and it seems that fantasy is slowly edging its way…
Read MoreThe Dystopian Genre
Presidential elections signal many changes ahead for a country but no one really knows what those changes may lead to. This can instill many emotions amongst people. Hope and joy for the winning party and a whole range of negative emotions like fear, anger, unease in the losing party. There was confusion in 2000 when…
Read MoreDon’t Get Tricked
This weekend we celebrated a day of pranks, jokes, and trickery. Some people go to outlandish and extravagant efforts to pull pranks on others, and some let it pass by unrecognized. But how did this quirky custom get started? Let’s go to the library of all libraries – the Library of Congress – to find some…
Read MoreAccess Innovations Completes Pilot Project for the George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida
Access Innovations, Inc. was recently engaged by the George A. Smathers Libraries to help them define processes that can be used to identify and organize content for the Portal of Florida History, including the development and application of enhanced metadata using controlled vocabulary. A set of 25,000 digital and digitized University of Florida theses and dissertations were selected as…
Read MoreAccess Innovations’ Bob Kasenchak to Present at IA Summit 2017
Access Innovations’ Director of Business Development Bob Kasenchak is speaking at the IA Summit next week, March 22-26, 2017, in Vancouver, British Columbia. His presentation is titled “Taxonomic Irony or: What I Think about When I Think about Taxonomies (Including a Meta-Taxonomy)” and is scheduled for Saturday, March 25, 2017, from 2:15pm – 3:00pm. “When…
Read MoreA Virus By Another Name
A new year, the holidays are over and by now most resolutions that have been made, have been forgotten. Routines are picked up and you’re getting back into the swing of things. Dreams of spring and warmer weather are in the air, despite what that Groundhog predicted. Also in the air? The flu. Just when…
Read MoreAccess Innovations Named in KMWorld’s 18th Annual “100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management”
Access Innovations, Inc., a leader in digital data organization, is proud to announce its inclusion on KMWorld’s 18th annual list of the “Top 100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management.” Access Innovations, Inc. is featured for its sixth year, after debuting on the list in 2005. “The banner of knowledge management spans a wealth of…
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