Records Management Position Available

To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, information management, etc., we are sharing career opportunities that we find with our readers. Even if you are not in the market for a career move, it is always good to stay on top of what is available and how the fields are…

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Combined Forces Improves Record Management

GE Aviation has acquired Critical Technologies, Inc., branded as AirVault®. They possess the expertise to digitally manage mission-critical records across an industrial supply chain network, which can strengthen GE’s ability to focus on asset lifecycle management and maintenance optimization for the aviation industry. Business Wire brought this information to our attention in their article, “GE Aviation Acquires…

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Maintaining Access

Most readers have no idea of the long-term and collaborative efforts that are made by committed industry players to provide us access to literature, science publications, etc. from various sources and libraries. The good news is that access is increasing by the day. The Scholarly Kitchen brought this interesting news to us in their article, “Monographs, Transparency…

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Taxonomist Needed in D.C.

To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, metadata, etc., we are sharing career opportunities that we find with our readers. Even if you are not in the market for a career move, it is always good to stay on top of what is available and how the fields are…

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Digging Deep

We live in a data-rich world where organizations, governments and individuals can analyze anything and everything. At present, the most easily indexed material from the web is text. Unfortunately, anywhere from 89 to 96 percent of the content on the internet is actually something else, like images, video, audio, etc. and in every file type imaginable. This interesting information…

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New Digitization Project Increases Access

Northern Illinois University recently announced a new digitization project in their release,”University Libraries awarded more than $448,000 for digitization project.” The Council on Library and Information Resources has awarded the University Libraries, in collaboration with the Falvey Memorial Library at Villanova University, with a Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives grant for $448,893 to digitize…

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Indexing Career Opportunity

To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, ontology, etc., we are sharing career opportunities that we find with our readers. Even if you are not in the market for a career move, it is always good to stay on top of what is available and how the fields are…

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Archiving the Past for the Future

1.2 million volunteers worldwide contribute to the FamilySearch indexing program, which brings billions of historical records to life. NewsOK out of Oklahoma brought this information to our attention in their article, “Indexing projects make family records more accessible.” FamilySearch is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its web-based, volunteer-driven indexing initiative. Every week, FamilySearch publishes millions of…

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Digital Data Growing in the White House

Based on the priorities that President-elect Donald Trump has laid out for his first days in office, one could reasonably expect that government operations will be subject to increased scrutiny as he looks to eliminate wasteful practices and run the government more like a business. Federal Times brought this news to us in their article, “Making…

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