Taxodiary – News

Findability Is Easier With Taxonomies

By Melody Smith|February 27th, 2013|News, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Findability Is Easier With Taxonomies

KnowledgeSpeak brought this news to our attention in their article, “ASTM International selects Scope eKnowledge Center to provide enhanced smart content and MARC cataloging services.” Scope is known for developing facets with a taxonomic structure to enable robust cross-domain search. This project will broaden these 'smart content' services to include a Portuguese language version of the taxonomy, facets, and keywords to enhance the discoverability of its content by its Brazilian end users.

Integrating the Best Part of Data

By Melody Smith|February 27th, 2013|metadata, News|Comments Off on Integrating the Best Part of Data

Everyone talks about data - the growth of data, the importance of data, and so on. So how does data integrate into our business and actually become products? The process is referred to as "informationalization." The premise is simple: Make existing products and services increasingly important and valuable to customers by building in more data.

It Is Not All Bad

By Melody Smith|February 26th, 2013|Autoindexing, indexing, News|Comments Off on It Is Not All Bad

With computer-assisted coding technology increasing with technology processes, but more because of the ICD-10 transition, there is an immediate need for coding professionals to begin redefining coding roles and functions to meet emerging and future coding opportunities. Medical coding is something that requires specialized expertise and systems tailored to regulatory requirements.

The Quality of Your Data Matters

By Melody Smith|February 26th, 2013|metadata, News|Comments Off on The Quality of Your Data Matters

Data quality is a continuing conversation topic among professionals and users. What is its role? How does one use it? And always, how does one manage the ever-growing amount of data?

Taxonomies Are Everywhere

By Melody Smith|February 25th, 2013|Access Insights, News, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Taxonomies Are Everywhere

here are taxonomies everywhere. Walk into Home Depot or your nearest grocery store and look up. The aisle markers tell you where to find what you are looking for -- in broad terms and hopefully, related terms.

Best Practices Shared at DHUG

By Melody Smith|February 22nd, 2013|Access Insights, News|Comments Off on Best Practices Shared at DHUG

Building a thesaurus for a digital library of more than 1,500 academic journals, 15,000 scholarly books and other sources, is no easy task. Currently there is no one single thesaurus that holds the terms to cover all the subjects included in these collections. Nancy Murray, Associate Director, Metadata for JSTOR is taking on that challenge with the assistance of Access Innovations and Data Harmony.

Visualize Your Results

By Melody Smith|February 22nd, 2013|Access Insights, News|Comments Off on Visualize Your Results

Many users of Data Harmony are intimidated by data visualization. Maybe intimidated is the wrong word, but they certainly have anxiety around seeing their analysis in images vs. lists of tens of thousands words.

The Future is Unknown

By Melody Smith|February 21st, 2013|Access Insights, News, Technology|Comments Off on The Future is Unknown

Once the world was slow moving and you could anticipate the next year to be much like the current. This world is no longer slow moving, in fact it is on warp speed as technology drives more connectivity in the moment. The Internet provides access to all. Librarians are no longer the gatekeepers of information. The entire business model of information has changed. "We are doing business at the speed of thoughts," says Margie Hlava, President and CEO of Access Innovations. During her keynote presentation at the 9th Annual Data Harmony Users Group this week, Hlava looked back at where we've been while looking forward at how Access Innovations is responding to the new industries and challenges technology has brought us.

The Perfect Storm

By Melody Smith|February 21st, 2013|Access Insights, Autoindexing, indexing, News|Comments Off on The Perfect Storm

In what appears to be a timely presentation, John Kuranz, CEO of Access Integrity, walked the group gathered at the 9th Annual Data Harmony Users Group through the major events that are taking place in healthcare. We talked extensively about the ICD-10 coding classification that will be implemented on October 1, 2014. Many are facing the challenges that implementation poses, and then not far behind that is ICD-11 going live in 2014.

Opening Ceremonies

By Melody Smith|February 20th, 2013|Access Insights, News|Comments Off on Opening Ceremonies

Tuesday was the opening day for the 9th Annual Data Harmony Users Group. Unlike the Olympics, there were no industrial revolution references, Harry Potter's nemisis nor James Bond made an appearance, and Danny Boyle's nod to his childhood did not make the agenda. However, this small group of 60+ was globally represented with attendees and presenters from Holland, Bristol, Spain, India, and New Jersey.