metadata
Is More Data Better?
While having more big data can lead to more accurate analysis of a problem, more isn’t always better when it comes to data. This information came from the University of Delaware in their article, “Big data, big answers.” We talk a lot about big data. We talk about its continued increase in quantity and need for…
Read MoreChallenging Day for Healthcare
One of the biggest challenges facing the healthcare industry, in addition to the ICD-10 transition, is coordination among their many business partners. Providers, payers, and vendors all need to be on the same page at the same point, and that point is today. October 1st is the day when all providers must start using a much…
Read MoreYoung Indexers Learn Valuable Skills
Building skills at a young age has long been proven successful. Somewhat different from learning to play the piano, young members of the the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are indexing historical records of more than 20,000 individuals, making them accessible to genealogists and hobbyists. The Orange County Register brought this interesting information to…
Read MoreCommon Data Learning Opportunity
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) is offering a unique learning opportunity on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 titled, “The Future of the Commons: Data, Software and Beyond . . .” Hosted by the Board on Research Data and Information at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Washington D.C., attendees will have the…
Read MoreManaging the Data
ZL Unified Archive is being used by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) for records and information management of government unstructured data as part of a solution provided by Unisys Corp. to transition NARA to a cloud-based email and collaboration solution. Market Wired brought this news to our attention in their article, “National Archives and…
Read MoreMilestones in Data
As we celebrate the 57th birthday of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), it is essential to remember the important and powerful data they collect, organize, manage and share. This is done primarily through the NASA Scientific and Technical Information (STI) Program to preserve NASA’s research and development published results. The primary part of that daunting task is…
Read MoreNatural Language Data
Large quantities of data are being produced at a rapid pace. This is no different in the world of biomedical data. With ontologies proliferating, data is increasingly being stored using the RDF data model and queried using RDF based querying languages. This interesting information came to us by 7th Space Interactive in their article, “A framework…
Read MoreNew Resources in New People
New employees offer a unique insight that they will lose in about six months. They offer the perspective of not knowing what came before and therefore they do not choose to do something because “that is how we have always done it.” Taking advantage of this time in onboarding can help them better understand what…
Read MoreNew Digital Library of News
Libraries are now able to provide their communities with a collection of newspapers ranging from well-known state and regional titles to small local newspapers in the United States and even other countries. This interesting information came from Ulitzer in their article, “ProQuest Launches Library Edition of Newspapers.com.” The Newspapers.com Library Edition comes from ProQuest and is…
Read MoreManaging Massive Content
JSTOR Labs projects have begun utilizing more article-specific terms, or keywords. For example, in both Understanding Shakespeare and Classroom Readings, you’ll find keywords underneath article titles, separated by vertical pipes. This interesting topic came from the JSTOR blog post, “Labs’ No-Longer-Secret Ingredient: the JSTOR Thesaurus.” JSTOR has content across virtually all of the academic disciplines from hundreds…
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