Making Content Findable

A strong taxonomy is critical to the success a digital asset management (DAM) system and it requires hands-on care and updates regardless of its age. CMS Wire brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “5 Signs Your Taxonomy Needs a DAM Update.” Whether you constructed your taxonomy six months ago or six years…

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Indexing the Past

Officials of one small town are looking for some professional help to preserve records. These aren’t just your ordinary county clerk records; some of these date back to the 1700s before town government was formally established. Newsday brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “Historical documents a treasure trove for Town of…

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Take Advantage of Taxonomy 101, a Full Day Workshop Taught by Experts at the SLA 2018 Annual Conference

Taxonomies organize a collection of information – structured or unstructured – and they underpin search in many applications. Taxonomy 101 provides the basics for knowledge organization, outlining “nuts and bolts” of building a taxonomy, where to start, and where to implement it to realize the most benefit to an organization. Bring your questions and join…

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Peer Review in Practice

Establishing transparency for each author’s role in a research study is one of the recommendations that recently appeared in a report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). This interesting information came to us from The Official PLOS Blog in their article, “PLOS Collaborates on Recommendations to Improve Transparency for Author Contributions.” A group led by Marcia…

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Access Innovations to hold DHUGE 2018 at AAAS Headquarters

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has invited Access Innovations to hold the second Data Harmony Users Group East (DHUGE) meeting at their Washington, DC headquarters. AAAS hopes to highlight the synergy between the two organizations and showcase how this collaboration is furthering the mission of AAAS. DHUGE 2018 will take place…

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Digital Preservation for Scholarly Publishing

Scientific print-publishing has never been a speedy process. It has long been a slow and cumbersome one. However, one associate editor at one of the very first electronic peer-reviewed journal was determined to help bring scientists into the new digital age. This interesting topic came to us from Wired in their article, “What Happens When Science Just Disappears?” Kay…

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LIFE Imagines Indexed

LIFE magazine is using machine learning to organize over 4 million images from the LIFE magazine archives into an interactive encyclopedia. LIFE magazine was published weekly between 1936 and 1972 and monthly from 1978 to 2000, safely making it the most popular photojournalism magazine in the United States. This iconic magazine was brought back to…

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