Taxodiary – indexing

Thesaurus from – and for – the Farm

By Melody Smith|February 1st, 2011|indexing, News, reference, Technology, Term lists|1 Comment

The USDA has announced release of the 2011 edition of the on-line NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (NALT). This release adds 3,441 new terms and 321 definitions to these vocabulary tools.

Are we ready for semantic integration?

By Melody Smith|January 24th, 2011|Access Insights, Featured, indexing, metadata, search, Taxonomy|1 Comment

As a user, wouldn’t it be fabulous to start typing in a search box and have the topic you’re looking for appear in a list of suggestions? Actually, we’ve already seen that enhancement and it’s pretty great – well at least when what you’re looking for is there. Avoids the dreaded typo or misspelling. What if those suggestions not only returned a comprehensive and relevant set of articles, but also offered other tools to assist in your research?

New Library Management Solution Released

By Melody Smith|January 19th, 2011|indexing, metadata, News|Comments Off on New Library Management Solution Released

Ex Libris Alma, the next-generation library management solution by ex Libris Group has been released.

EBSCO Discovery Service Goes Down Under

By Melody Smith|January 18th, 2011|indexing, metadata, News|Comments Off on EBSCO Discovery Service Goes Down Under

Australian University, Deakin, has selected EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) to improve the student experience and provide innovative access to scholarly information.

Establishing a Usable Metadata Model

By Melody Smith|January 17th, 2011|indexing, metadata, News, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Establishing a Usable Metadata Model

We all know that one of the biggest hurdles in implementing an effective content management application is to establish a usable metadata model. It is a waste of time to have a repository of data that users cannot search and access information. Building a strong foundation – taxonomy -- to index against makes your data truly findable and useable.

Massive Database Reaches Milestone

By Melody Smith|January 14th, 2011|indexing, News|Comments Off on Massive Database Reaches Milestone

The American Psychological Association recently announced the indexing of the 3 millionth record in their PsycINFO database.

New Document Management Product Integrates Business Processes Into Machines

By Melody Smith|January 13th, 2011|indexing, News, Taxonomy|Comments Off on New Document Management Product Integrates Business Processes Into Machines

Webiplex has released the DocuPeak Connector for Sharp OSA-enabled MFPs. The DocuPeak Connector allows for the scanning and indexing of documents right from the Sharp OSA-enabled MFP panel, and sent directly to a DocuPeak application portal.

New Partnership Enhances Document Management

By Melody Smith|January 12th, 2011|indexing, News|Comments Off on New Partnership Enhances Document Management

Svoboda Capital Partners has made an investment in Databank, a provider of outsourced imaging and information solutions, alongside executive management and lower mid-market mezzanine capital fund Merion Investment Partners.

New Recipe Site Uses Semantic Technology For a Healthy Result

By Melody Smith|January 6th, 2011|indexing, News, semantic|1 Comment

Yummly, the world's first semantic recipe search engine, brings together and understands recipes from all over the web. This new tool is designed to help people meet their nutritional and weight loss goals by making it easy to adopt and maintain healthy eating habits in 2011 and beyond.

Dell Is Buying Clouds

By Melody Smith|January 6th, 2011|indexing, News, semantic|Comments Off on Dell Is Buying Clouds

Dell has agreed to buy medical archive services company, InSite One Inc. The company offers cloud-based health-care applications that archive medical records and share images.