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Dealing in the Dark

By |July 21st, 2016|News, reference|Comments Off on Dealing in the Dark

We have all heard about the darknet, the Web content that exists on overlay networks which use the public Internet but which require specific […]

Augmented Reality Provides Perks to Reality

By |July 21st, 2016|News, Technology|Comments Off on Augmented Reality Provides Perks to Reality

Let’s face it: book stores are having a tough time of it. With e-books and the generation of digital content, those still interested in perusing […]

New Librarian of Congress Appointed

By |July 20th, 2016|News|Comments Off on New Librarian of Congress Appointed

To quote a colleague, “They finally picked a librarian to do a librarian’s job!” She was referring to the recent appointment of a new […]

Open is Not Free

By |July 20th, 2016|News, reference|Comments Off on Open is Not Free

The proponents of open access argue that the taxpayers have paid the invoice and therefore deserve the product. They are referring to the scientific research […]

Look Up

By |July 19th, 2016|News, Technology|Comments Off on Look Up

It should come as no surprise that Americans are obsessed with their smartphones. We don’t need a study to tell us; just look around. Network […]

New Words Added to the Oxford

By |July 19th, 2016|News, reference|Comments Off on New Words Added to the Oxford

The Oxford English Dictionary recently released their list of added words as part of their June update to the more than 150-year old publication. This […]

KMWorld 2016 Registration Opens

By |July 18th, 2016|Access Insights, Business strategy, News|Comments Off on KMWorld 2016 Registration Opens

KMWorld 2016 is coming soon and it is time to register. On November 14-17, 2016 in Washington, D.C., you can join your peers to explore […]

Ontology & Taxonomy Specialist Position Available

By |July 15th, 2016|News|Comments Off on Ontology & Taxonomy Specialist Position Available

To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, ontology, etc., we are sharing career opportunities that we find with […]

History is Repeating Itself

By |July 15th, 2016|News, Technology|Comments Off on History is Repeating Itself

Nintendo went retro in a new technology kind of way when they released the runaway success Pokemon GO. This is one of Nintendo’s first […]

Indexing History One Record at a Time

By |July 14th, 2016|indexing, News, reference, search|Comments Off on Indexing History One Record at a Time

Genealogy projects have long been a great example of proper indexing against a solid database that produces great findability. One such project that was […]