Taxodiary – indexing

The Strategy Behind Records Management

By Melody Smith|August 19th, 2014|indexing, metadata, News|Comments Off on The Strategy Behind Records Management

If experience teaches us anything, then Jill Singer’s recommended recipe for a successful federal records management process is worth the read. Her 27 years of federal service should make her recommendations worthwhile for any records management process, not just federal service project records management.

Consuming Data is Big Business

By Melody Smith|August 14th, 2014|indexing, metadata, News|Comments Off on Consuming Data is Big Business

Informatica Corporation has been chosen by Forrester Research as a leader in The Forrester Wave™: Data Governance Tools, Q2 2014.

Making Content Findable is Key

By Melody Smith|August 7th, 2014|indexing, News, search, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Making Content Findable is Key

Search tools are a researcher’s best technological tool to help them analyze, evaluate, and discover, since making content findable is key to progress.

The Size of the Data is the Challenge

By Melody Smith|August 5th, 2014|indexing, metadata, News|Comments Off on The Size of the Data is the Challenge

Federal agencies manage on average 209 million records, or approximately 8.4 billion records for the entire federal government.

History Just Got Bigger

By Melody Smith|August 4th, 2014|indexing, metadata, News|Comments Off on History Just Got Bigger

EBSCO has increased the number of databases that are included in its policy for metadata sharing and technology collaboration partnerships with discovery vendors. A new total of 179 EBSCO full-text databases, as well as all 74 EBSCO full-text historical digital archives and all 550,000+ EBSCO eBooks will be available.

Indexing Challenge Accepted and Bested

By Melody Smith|July 24th, 2014|indexing, metadata, News|Comments Off on Indexing Challenge Accepted and Bested

FamilySearch International recently announced a worldwide crowdsourcing challenge aimed at establishing a new record for the most volunteer indexing participants online in a single day.

Managing the Chaos

By Melody Smith|July 24th, 2014|indexing, metadata, News|Comments Off on Managing the Chaos

The Dallas police department recently switched from its decades-old mainframe system to a new, $4 million records management system. The department also launched a new field-based report system. The roll-out wasn't considered a success.

Reducing Redundancy

By Melody Smith|July 23rd, 2014|indexing, News|Comments Off on Reducing Redundancy

The United States Navy plans to deploy a prototype enterprise-wide records and task management software system designed to replace redundant systems.

A Marriage of the Past and the Future

By Melody Smith|July 22nd, 2014|Autoindexing, indexing, News|Comments Off on A Marriage of the Past and the Future

Katy Klettlinger became Licking County’s first records center coordinator in November 2008 to store and preserve public records. The position was one of solitude at first but now oversees three other full-time employees: one reference archivist and two imaging technicians. They preserve public records on paper, in electronic form and on microfilm.

Digitizing Preserves Valuable Data

By Melody Smith|July 16th, 2014|indexing, metadata, News|Comments Off on Digitizing Preserves Valuable Data

The volume and rapid growth of data, which can be overwhelming for information managers, have completely changed the approach and risk to records management. Mistakes can result in financial implications.