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ECONIS and EBSCO – Working Together
Metadata from ECONIS will soon be searchable through EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) from EBSCO Publishing. The German National Library of Economics—Leibniz Information Centre for Economics is the world’s largest library for economics and ECONIS is one of the world’s largest databases dedicated to economics.
Read MoreSemantic Technology is Hot
In the new trend projections for 2011, mobile and semantic web top the list. Content strategists can expect project what the changing mobile market will look like, and how they can align their content strategy to their mobile business strategy.
Read MoreSearching Extreme Amounts of e-Data a Challenge
How many electronic records does it take before it becomes unsearchable? During a hearing last December, defense lawyers argued that the extreme amount of electronic data provided — the equivalent of 8,000 to 10,000 boxes of paper — was so mammoth and disorganized that it couldn’t be effectively searched for information that might help the defendants. In a ruling afterward, the judge agreed, ordering the prosecution to “re-disclose” any relevant material in a more organized fashion.
Read MoreMaster Data Management
There’s a lot of discussion lately about Master Data Management; what it is and isn’t. Why is this of interest to the taxonomy practitioner? To a large extent a controlled vocabulary is trying to accomplish the same thing at the conceptual level as MDM is at the data level. MDM removes ambiguity at the data level through a variety of means as described in the item referenced in the above link. The how and why of MDM can provide valuable insight into the data workings of an organization. This can lead to a much more powerful enterprise taxonomy – one that can truly span the vast store of enterprise content. An MDM initiative is an ideal place to insert a taxonomic strategy and implementation. Making the business case for a taxonomy initiative, getting it funded, approved, and implemented will be easier if you can align yourself with an MDM initiative. An MDM deployment to succeed must analyze and potentially process all of an organizations data stores. Resolving data and structural ambiguities is also a great time to resolve conceptual ambiguities.
Read MoreBusiness Intelligence Focuses on Data Integration
Business intelligence and analytics are moving to the big time with new support features for Apache Hadoop. Pentaho’s Business Intelligence support for Hadoop includes tools and wizards for Business Intelligence design, deployment, staging and management.
Read MoreCollaborative Content Is Popular
Virtify, Inc. has released its new structured content management software product, Virtify for Submissions a collaborative, component-based platform for regulatory submission document creation and management.
Read MoreEBSCO Chosen by US Government Printing Office
The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) is making its metadata searchable through EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). This leap into the metatagging realm will enable EDS subscribers to search for federal records from the GPO’s Catalog of U.S. Government Publications. This includes the Congressional Serial Set Catalog, GPO Access Publications, and Internet Publications.
Read MoreOffshore Keyboarding — How to Choose, What to Look For
As more and more people look into the computerization of their database, whether the internal files are bibliographic or full text, they quickly realize that building a database is highly labor-intensive.
Read MoreData Entry: The File Becomes a Reality
In previous columns, we have discussed many of the basics of preparing the data for a computerized file. We have stressed being sure that the editorial policy and individual rules are set consistently so that the data may be easily retrieved once it is entered into that big black box called the computer. The next and very important step is computerization of the data, or converting already-computerized data to match the specifications of the hardware and software system you are going to run your file on–an exciting but exacting task. The data can be made to match your machine by using photocomposition tapes, MARC tapes, floppies, hard disks, paper, forms, catalog cards, brochures, and any number of other information sources.
Read MoreSelecting Hardware and Software
by Marjorie M.K. Hlava First published in Information Today, Vol. 1, Issue 4 (April 1984). People are talking endlessly these days about the selection of hardware and software for your business, your library, your home, your children, your education, your games, your home security system, etc. The articles on the topic are numerous, and here’s yet…
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