The Value of Social Data
Social media is no longer just about entertainment or visiting with friends. Gone are the days (mostly) when employers blocked or discouraged social media […]
Records Management on a Grand Scale
By Melody Smith|June 2nd, 2015|metadata, News|Comments Off on Records Management on a Grand Scale
Records management is a challenging job for any organization, regardless of its size and business. However, just imagine the government’s monumental task of managing […]
Fighting Over Data
By Melody Smith|June 1st, 2015|metadata, News, Technology|Comments Off on Fighting Over Data
Wearable technology continues to grow in leaps and bounds. Whether wearable digital devices are monitoring your heart rate, your activity, or your actual location […]
Smart Data Reveals Value
By Melody Smith|May 29th, 2015|metadata, News, semantic|Comments Off on Smart Data Reveals Value
Data’s future lies in just how smart it is. The properties of smart data are necessary for the massive quantities of big data and […]
Getting It Under Control
By Melody Smith|May 28th, 2015|metadata, News|Comments Off on Getting It Under Control
BooksoniX is all about getting your data under control. Sounds like a huge undertaking, but in the world of publishing, managing your web-based book list can […]
Watch Out for Karma
By Melody Smith|May 27th, 2015|metadata, News, ontology|Comments Off on Watch Out for Karma
Karma is a free, open source data integration tool that makes it easier to convert data from a variety of formats into linked data. Appropriately, […]
Bringing the Past to the Future
By Melody Smith|May 26th, 2015|indexing, metadata, News, search|Comments Off on Bringing the Past to the Future
Going digital has many meanings, depending on the genre of data and on the type of business involved. For the Library of Congress, this […]
The Face of Metadata
By Melody Smith|May 26th, 2015|metadata, News|Comments Off on The Face of Metadata
The trials and tribulations of metadata continue. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has considered the question of whether the federal government may […]
Webinar on Digital Preservation
By Melody Smith|May 25th, 2015|metadata, News|Comments Off on Webinar on Digital Preservation
The PREMIS Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata is the international standard for metadata to support the preservation of digital objects and ensure their long-term […]
The Darker Side of Words
By Melody Smith|May 20th, 2015|metadata, News, reference|Comments Off on The Darker Side of Words
I am a word person. I think you know that about me already. I like origins of words, different meanings, and especially the emotions […]