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Solid Records Management
Gathering and archiving records is changing as the digital age progresses. By storing records in a permanent electronic format, they are more accessible to federal workers and the general public as well. This interesting information came from Fierce Government IT in their article, “Organization, culture and resources: Making it work for records management.” However, the road…
Read MoreTackling the Structures
Objectivity is another Silicon Valley firm working with databases and the like. Recently they debuted a new Hadoop-based product that addresses one of the looming challenges in the Internet of Things (IoT), that is “how to handle metadata management of big and fast streaming data.” One of the challenges in tackling big streaming data is…
Read MoreUsing Semantic Technology to Locate Data Fast
The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) has launched its free Semantic Scholar service, which will allow scientific researchers to quickly search the millions of scientific papers published each year to find those most relevant to their work. PRNewswire brought this information our way in their article, “Semantic Scholar Utilizes Artificial Intelligence Methods to Transform Scientific…
Read MoreEnterprise Content Management
Many organizations are looking at enterprise content management (ECM) as a solution for their seek and find challenges. If you are considering purchasing ECM tools, there are a few things to consider. Search Content Management brought this news to our attention in their article, “Using ECM tools to solve business problems.” ECM software can be costly,…
Read MoreDigital Automation
The HARVEST digital asset distribution platform was developed by LibreDigital to deliver hundreds of thousands of ebook titles and their metadata to markets around the globe. This system has evolved to be more than the simple file services of days old. The smart automation underpinning HARVEST allows publishers to be more proactive than ever before…
Read MoreDigitizing the Past
In Tom’s River, New Jersey they are recognizing an anniversary. One year ago the Township began relocating its records to their new Records Center. Over the course of several weeks, over 6,000 containers of municipal records were re-located from 18 separate locations to one, centralized location organized in a computer database, by department or subject, for…
Read MoreSearch Enhancements
West Point Underwriters has chosen some new technology to manage metadata to address the specific needs of the insurance selling process. KMWorld brought this news to our attention in their article, “Addressing the challenges of metadata.” Concept Searching’s conceptClassifier for SharePoint and conceptTaxonomyWorkflow are the catalyst of Web technologies designed to help reduce unnecessary costs and…
Read MorePartnership Brings Value to Historical Documents
EBSCO Information Services has partnered with Portico in an effort to preserve digital collections from its Digital Archives products, mostly historical source materials used by scholars and students. PRWeb brought this news to us in their article, EBSCO Partners with Portico to Ensure Long-Term Availability of Digital Archives.” EBSCO first launched the Digital Archives in 2009 and…
Read MoreA Taxonomy of Giving
Blackbaud is known for their applications that focus on financial and philanthropical endeavors. MicroEdge, one of Blackbaud’s products, recently unveiled its outcomes solution that helps funders and nonprofits move from traditional philanthropy to social investing. The Globe Newswire brought this news to our attention in their article, “Blackbaud’s MicroEdge Business Unveils Outcomes Solution for the Giving Community…
Read MorePlan Now for Learning Opportunity
Mark your calendars for an upcoming webinar titled, “The Growing Use of Research Information Management Systems.” The trends are shifting where institutions are taking advantage of researcher information management systems and current research information systems. There are many benefits to this. It improves collaboration across institutions or international boundaries and can track productivity or justify…
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