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Findability During Discovery
Preservica has recently announced a series of new connectors that make it easy for records managers to securely preserve Microsoft SharePoint content and Microsoft Outlook email and attachments for the long term.
Read MoreIn Style
Fashions and fads are influential by nature. They have also been used recently as a source of data to test models of cultural dynamics. By looking at the impact of mass media on popular culture, one study considers how much of an influence it has had in the popularity of dog breeds for family pets as well as marketing tools.
Read MoreThe Value of Taxonomies
The release of SemantiCz™ v2.0 with new features can help generate relationships with precise, subject-specific contextual accuracy. Users will be able to manage multiple versions of domain-specific ontologies and vocabularies in various languages, as well as extract relationships from content using advanced text mining algorithms.
Read MoreSpeaking of Standards
EBSCO Information Services fully supports the final recommendations of the Open Discovery Initiative (ODI) working group for best practices for discovery services. In the ODI, several objectives are identified as follows: metadata sharing, fair or unbiased linking from discovery services to publisher content, and the provision of usage statistics.
Read MoreBook on Classification and Data Mining an Interesting Read
Every once in awhile we discover an interesting read that we think you might find interesting.
Read MoreTeam Approach
TEAM Asparona announced recently that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Syl Semantics. This new partnership will enable TEAM Asparona to provide Syl Search to their customers. This includes government agencies and commercial organizations with a requirement for advanced search capabilities.
Read MoreBringing Art Out Into the Open
The first Smithsonian museum to digitize their collections calls the project Digital Zero. They have photographed and uploaded the entire collection into a digital asset management (DAM) system. That is more than 40,000 objects and almost double that number in images. This is a great opportunity for scholars and researchers as well as everyday virtual visitors to have 24/7 access to this collection of art.
Read MoreControl the Chaos
Mark your calendars today to plan on attending the Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM) conference on March 18-20, 2015 in sunny San Diego, California. This unique moment in time when the acceleration of technology change is forcing organizations to reinvent themselves, new approaches are needed. You can find those at the AIIM Conference 2015 and help your organization embrace the chaos.
Read MoreCharitable Search
A new search engine is being developed that will help make charities’ research easier to find and more useful The new product is being developed by Giving Evidence and is due to be launched early next year.
Read MoreLet the Geeks Celebrate
Those of us in the world of taxonomies understand the importance of consistency and standards. So when the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) recently published a Recommendation of HTML5, the fifth major revision of the format used to build Web pages and applications, and the cornerstone of the Open Web Platform, we got a little excited.
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