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Back To School

By |October 31st, 2011|News, reference, semantic|Comments Off on Back To School

If you are one of those people who love to learn something new all the time or maybe someone who enjoys going to school as an adult professional, this might be right up your alley. Free university classes - yes, I said free. From Stanford School of Engineering, an experiment in distributed education that offers "Machine Learning" free and online to students worldwide during the fall of 2011.

The Evolving Librarian

By |October 31st, 2011|News|Comments Off on The Evolving Librarian

Those in the “biz” have been fully aware of the gradual demise of the traditional librarian in our industry. Traditional roles as reference clerks […]

Path to Innovation

By |October 28th, 2011|News, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Path to Innovation

What is innovation management? It is similar to content management or content sharing. Maybe it should be called content liberation software since sharing knowledge is the acceptable behavior. How should a company approach innovation since it rarely just happens?

Beat the Clock

By |October 28th, 2011|indexing, News|Comments Off on Beat the Clock

Two years out from the deadline, less than 10 percent of healthcare providers are more than halfway ready for the ICD-10 implementation. The deadline for the conversion is Oct. 1, 2013.

New Partnership Focusing on Semantic Enrichment

By |October 27th, 2011|News, semantic|Comments Off on New Partnership Focusing on Semantic Enrichment

HighWire Press has entered into a strategic partnershp with TEMIS. HighWire will integrate the full suite of Luxid® software within its ePublishing Platform to provide automated content annotation, enrichment and linking to its customers.

Long Established Ancestry Site Opens Doors to Non-Members

By |October 27th, 2011|indexing, News|1 Comment

The Church of the Latter-day Saints have long been the front runners in ancestry and family history. They were knee-deep in files before the […]

The Big C’s

By |October 26th, 2011|News, Taxonomy|Comments Off on The Big C’s

Combing content, commerce and community can be a trifecta of problems. Making two of these work well together is a challenge, three is, well, hard. The problem is that content, commerce and community are generally managed in different systems.

Using Technology for Food Sustainability

By |October 26th, 2011|News, Technology|Comments Off on Using Technology for Food Sustainability

Food+Tech Connect is highlighting 5 innovative ways technology is being used to improve access to fresh, local food. Among the selection of online marketplaces and management tools are examples of how user centered design, visualizing impact, and crowdsourcing techniques are being successfully used to help small producers distribute and market their products.

ICD-10 is Coming Our Way! Hooray! Hooray!

By |October 25th, 2011|Autoindexing, News|1 Comment

With all the talk of and worry about the impending shift to ICD-10 medical coding classifications in 2013, some people are looking for outlets in humor. This interesting and amusing topic was found on Government Health IT in their article, “What Dr. Seuss might have said about ICD-10.”

Compliance Challenges and Semantic Solutions

By |October 25th, 2011|News, semantic, Standards|1 Comment

One of the common challenges for data and tool integration is how complex biological data can be due to its inter-connectivity. With no standards or processes widely adopted, this left little hope for improvement in the situation. However, recent attempts have focused on the use of semantics to assist integration, and Semantic Web technologies are being welcomed by this community.