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File Design: Those Important First Steps
By Marjorie M.K. Hlava First published in Information Today In my first column, we discussed general editorial and file size considerations. This column discusses the file design questions and opportunities. The next issue will cover vocabulary control, indexing, and abstracting. Once you’ve set your editorial policy and fleshed out those basic questions on size and…
Read MoreInhouse Database Marketing
by Marjorie M.K. Hlava Marketing an inhouse file is similar to marketing any database. Whether the file is commercial or inhouse, there are two main parts to the marketing. First is marketing the idea of a database to upper management. Second is marketing the completed file to raise revenue for maintaining the database. The first…
Read MoreDatabase Production: Determining the Cost
by Marjorie M.K. Hlava Fiirst published as part of Information Today’s Private Files Series, Volume 1, Issue 7. The costs of database production are extremely variable depending on what kind of data you are dealing with and what you want to do with it. So let’s consider the variables from beginning to end and then…
Read MoreDatabase Building Options and Costs
by Marjorie M.K. Hlava Note: This white paper was first published as part of Information Today‘s Private Files Series, Volume 1, Issue 7. People often comment that the cost estimates for database construction seem exceedingly high. In response to those surprised voices, this paper will explore various options available to those who are building a…
Read MoreWhat Can You Do with XML Today?
by Jay Ven Eman Interest in Extensible Markup Language (XML) rivals the press coverage the World Wide Web received at the turn of the Millennium. Is it justified? Rather than answer directly, let us take a brief survey of what XML is and why it was developed, and then we can highlight some current XML…
Read MoreFacets Help Move from Search to Found
by Alice Redmond-Neal, Chief Taxonomist, Access Innovations, Inc. In the “everything old is new again” department, facets are all the rage in the taxonomy world! What are facets, where did they come from, and how do they relate to familiar taxonomies and other search support strategies? What are facets? Facets are terms that describe some…
Read MoreSemantics, Wisdom and Standards – The Triple Crown?
Semantic technology is again in the news. Web 3.0, the Semantic Web, is bringing information together. We hear about it more and more and that won’t be changing anytime soon.
Read MoreData Integration Tools Increasing in Value
Many factors are forcing organizations to change business processes and models and to manage their data assets differently. Simplification of processes and the IT infrastructure is necessary to achieve transparency. Data integration is a critical component of an overall enterprise information management (EIM) strategy and information infrastructure.
Read MorePublic Digital Library by Google?
By controlling access to information, Google may represent the ultimate in business plans and is now investing in the control of the information itself. Robert Darnton is Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor at Harvard and director of the Harvard University Library and his insights into what began as Google Book Search and is fast becoming the largest library and book business in the world is very interesting.
Read MoreOpen Source Used to Advance Science
Glencoe Software was chosen by PerkinElmer as the foundation of its newly released Columbus Scope cellular imaging software solution for microscopy. Columbus Scope allows researchers to read, visualize and re-analyze a number of different vendor-specific research imaging file formats, save and use their experimental metadata parameters, and share images with their colleagues and collaborators.
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