Access To Asian Research Increases
EBSCO Publishing has partnered with Oriprobe Information Services to allow content from China/Asia On Demand (CAOD) to be accessible within EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS).
Data Without Boundaries Project Launches
By Melody Smith|March 2nd, 2012|Access Insights, metadata, News|Comments Off on Data Without Boundaries Project Launches
Metadata Technology is partnering with the Data Without Boundaries project where they will help design and implement a portal for the search and discovery of datasets held within national archives, statistical offices, and research centers across Europe.
Publishers Face Another Hurdle in the Digital World
By Melody Smith|March 1st, 2012|metadata, News|Comments Off on Publishers Face Another Hurdle in the Digital World
The publishing industry is undergoing many changes as they enter the world of digital media. eBooks, online material and the paperless world has made a huge dent in their process and pocket books. With these changes, it has never been more important for good public relations and easily accessed reviews of their products, i.e. books, to be part of that digital media. So the move by Goodreads to no longer use Amazon’s book information for their readers, could have some massive impact on Amazon’s retail business.
Managing Data and Science
By Melody Smith|February 28th, 2012|metadata, News, semantic|Comments Off on Managing Data and Science
Thermo Fisher Scientific releases an updated version of their ProteinCenter software. This product includes more than 223 million protein-protein interactions in its database and direct support for the Cytoscape open source platform. This new version of ProteinCenter includes plug-ins for bioinformatics, social network analysis, and the semantic web.
Standards Can Help Manage Big Data
Between buzzwords like “cloud” and “big data”, it is hard to see through the mirage of mobile devices and social networks let alone analyze or store the data it produces.
Smart Content Framework Announced
By Melody Smith|February 22nd, 2012|metadata, News, semantic, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Smart Content Framework Announced
Concept Searching announces formation of the Smart Content Framework, a toolset that provides an enterprise framework to mitigate risk, manage information and address compliancy. This player in semantic metadata generation, auto-classification, and taxonomy management software claims the framework has proven to be a flexible solution to address recurring problems in organizations of any size or in any industry.
Publishing Metadata Becomes More Valuable
By Melody Smith|February 21st, 2012|metadata, News, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Publishing Metadata Becomes More Valuable
Bowker has been selected by book retailer Books-A-Million to supply metadata related to the print, e- and audio books. Bowker metadata will be used to feed both internal and external systems supporting the firm’s purchasing needs and providing bibliographic and identifier information in stores and on the website.
Technology vs. Humans
By Melody Smith|February 17th, 2012|metadata, News, Technology|Comments Off on Technology vs. Humans
Many articles have been written about the progress or avalanche (depending on your perspective) of technology and the resulting amount of data that has occurred from that growth. With the move into the clouds, the borders or walls have been removed on the boundaries of data created and accessed. From social media to medical applications, metadata is growing by astronomical numbers. So what new markets or new products are to come to handle this data volume?
Discovery Process Sees Many Changes
By Melody Smith|February 15th, 2012|metadata, News|Comments Off on Discovery Process Sees Many Changes
The latest version of Recommind’s Axcelerate(R) eDiscovery (4.3) has been released. This is the latest update for its unified eDiscovery suite.
Crowning the King of Data
By Melody Smith|February 14th, 2012|metadata, News|Comments Off on Crowning the King of Data
With a term like “Big Data” you almost expect to see a buff surfer dude as their icon. But Big Data isn’t an organization, it is a term that is used to describe advanced data storage and technologies designed to handle high volume or fast moving data.