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The End of an Era
The future of the more than 130-year old Oxford English Dictionary (OED) may be moving to cyberspace. The sheer number of English words put into use since the 20-volume, second edition was published in 1989 could make version 3.0 too big and too expensive to print. The next edition is expected to be at least twice the size of the last. Because of this, it may be published digitally only.
Read MoreAll Resources Are Not Created Equal
Companies manage content through enterprise content management (ECM) tools to communicate and collaborate more easily, share information, and make it easier to locate because information is saved in a central location. However, not all ECM tools meet all of an organization’s needs. It is important to identify what those needs are and evaluate the components of each tool to find the best match. A recent report outlined the target strengths and evaluated various technological offerings.
Read MoreTaxonomy for Academic Publishers
The School of Library and Information Science at San José State University (SJSU) is partnering with RedLink, a Silicon Valley startup, to develop a new taxonomy for academic publishers.
Read MoreThe Other Side of Metadata
The first three days of public hearings on the latest revisions of the Telecommunications Act seemed to focus on the collection of telecommunications metadata without a warrant by government agencies. There were many questioning government intelligence and law enforcement agencies over their warrantless collection of telecommunications metadata under the current legislation.
Read MoreDigital Preservation Requires Structure
India’s Ministry of Communications and IT has announced the Standard for Preservation Information Documentation of Electronic Records. This move to standardize the preservation of digital records across government agencies will ensure that electronic records are produced in a preservable manner.
Read MoreExpanding Databases
EBSCO Information Services recently released Communication Source as a resource for communication research. Communication Source was developed from a merger of EBSCO databases, Communication and Mass Media Complete and Communication Abstracts (formerly published by SAGE).
Read MoreIdentifying the Contributors
Collaboration is a key component of research. Original research papers with a single author are — particularly in the life sciences — a vanishing breed. This makes it difficult to identify author contributions and acknowledgements, as well as to mine any data from the unstructured information.
Read MoreThinking Outside the Data
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has released a preview of ScholarOne Web Services, a holistic approach to integration that will enable publishers to discover connections between shared research and ultimately streamline the publishing process.
Read MoreDocument Management is Key
Infolinx System Solutions has partnered with Bizquip Business Solutions and in turn expanded its global presence. Now integrated with ECM products like Microsoft SharePoint® and Laserfiche, the Infolinx application provides clients with a contemporary technology platform, a browser agnostic application interface, expanded records request capability, and improved reporting functionality.
Read MoreSemantic Content Position Available
We are always excited to share with our readers career opportunities in the world of taxonomy, metadata and semantic technology. Even if you aren’t in the market for a career move, it is always good to stay on top of what is available and how the fields are evolving.
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