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New Grant Funds Digital Research Center
Emory University is soon to have a coffeehouse-like environment in which students can work in cross-discipline collaboration and allow researcher access to the library’s vast experts on all things library. This will differ from other digital research centers because of the cross-discipline collaboration potential.
Read MoreWhat Does the Future Hold for Libraries?
A table of powerhouses gathered to discussion a slew of topics from the impact of cloud computing and open source ILSs to issues surrounding user engagement, the digital divide, and declining library budgets.
Read MoreLocation Development Tackles Huge Hurdles
Fwix founder speaks about the challenges they have faced in location development and their solutions.
Read MoreWeb 3.0 Taking Us To New Levels
Everyone is trying to define Web 3.0. Is that because there are many definitions – data, semantic, etc.? And therefore, much potential?
Read MoreMore Semantic Technology News
LexisNexis has debuted their new semantic search “brain”. The next-generation semantic search technology identifies the meaning of multiple concepts within a single search query to help users zero in on core concepts faster and make fewer revisions to their search queries.
Read MoreAccess Innovations Announces Integration of Data Harmony® With Microsoft® SharePoint 2010
Access Innovations, a leader in the data and content management industry, has announced that its Data Harmony suite of content enrichment and thesaurus management tools can now be fully integrated with Microsoft SharePoint 2010. Data Harmony fills semantic gaps in SharePoint to help users take full advantage of their metadata through auto classification, enterprise taxonomy management, entity extraction, and search enhancements. The end result is information assets that are more searchable and more accessible.
Read MoreNew SharePoint Blog Launched
A news service that covers news and information about SharePoint content processing and semantic technology for Microsoft SharePoint has been launched.
Read MoreLexalytics Evolves to Semantic Technology
Lexalytics, Inc. has announced a major upgrade to its Salience product, bringing semantic features to the forefront.
Read MorePureDiscovery Powers First Glance
PureDiscovery Corporation has announced its semantic search technology now serves as the engine powering First Glance, the only early case assessment (ECA) solution on the market today that combines transparent concept search, visual clustering and near duplication technology.
Read MoreEDS and World Book Team Up
A recent agreement between EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) and World Book will bring twelve popular reference tools into EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS). Metadata, including full-text searching, will be added to the EDS Base Index allowing the World Book content to better impact searching through the EDS single search interface. The twelve World Book resources that will be searchable in EDS include popular English language titles as well as French and Spanish language reference tools.
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