By Melody Smith|May 22nd, 2012|indexing, metadata, News|Comments Off on Discovery for Data Junkies
Users are excited that the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset is now available via EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). EBSCO Discovery Service users are now able to search millions of Harvard Library catalog records in the Base Index of EBSCO Discovery Service. These additional resources from Harvard Library adds to the rapidly growing content available to EDS users.
By Melody Smith|May 15th, 2012|metadata, News|Comments Off on Metadata Limitations
OpenSFS is a non-profit organization committed to maintaining the Lustre file system as a viable, open technology for the entire high performance computing (HPC) community. Three Lustre vendors were asked about the future of this open source file system.
By Melody Smith|May 11th, 2012|metadata, News|Comments Off on Metadata Learning Opportunity
If you have ever wondered how metadata relates to your work as an LIS professional, this course will give you a sound introduction to the concepts behind metadata, demonstrate ways in which it is used in the LIS field and provide a practical opportunity to try creating and using metadata. This course is interactive and gives a good grounding for a variety of situations including: academic libraries, research institutions, digital repositories, records centres, and public sector web sites.
By Melody Smith|May 11th, 2012|metadata, News, Standards|Comments Off on Standardizing Data Integration
There is a lot of talk about big data, what it is, how to manage it and where to store it. At its core, big data is metadata and integrating it requires an experienced professional.
By Melody Smith|May 10th, 2012|metadata, News|Comments Off on Data as Science
Scientists are more involved these days in discovering connections with the aid of data than traditional laboratory methods. However, large datasets can pose some difficulties, especially with integration. In scientific research circles, it can be a challenge to confirm the existence of data to correlate.
By Melody Smith|May 9th, 2012|metadata, News|Comments Off on Taxonomies Simplify Data
There were many articles and posts over the past year about search, semantic technology and the clouds. 2011 was a busy year in the world of technology. One topic caught the attention of some more than others – integration and what it means to users.
By Melody Smith|May 8th, 2012|metadata, News|Comments Off on Retail Social Media
Walmart has acquired a social start-up, OneRiot, for their Walmart Labs unit where they join another kindred spirit, Kosmix, Both of these acquisitions were done in an effort to analyze and understand the massive amounts of data coming in from social networks and sites.
By Melody Smith|May 1st, 2012|metadata, News|Comments Off on Big Data Analytics – The Popular Kid
Big data analytics is becoming more and more common. Quantivo now offers big-data analytics to corporations of all sizes using a cloud-based architecture. This patented technology will enable customers to harness information that has been buried in big data at a fraction of the cost of using other methods.
By Melody Smith|April 27th, 2012|metadata, News|1 Comment
Apixio has announced that it has provided funds for research to the Center for Biomedical Informatics Research (BMIR) at Stanford University for developing data driven methods to improve health care outcomes. Funds will support research to investigate and understand the impact of utilizing large scale clinical data in enhancing quality and improving health care enterprise. BusinessWire brought this news to our attention in their article, “Stanford University and Apixio Interpret Big Data for Healthcare.”
By Melody Smith|April 26th, 2012|metadata, News|Comments Off on Collective Intelligence
Big data continues to be a challenge for many. A large EU-funded project has filed for several patents for this sole reason. WeKnowIt is designed to convert large amounts of user-generated content into ‘a new, collective intelligence’.