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Search Behaviors Analyzed
Understanding why is as important as how when it comes to many things in business. Search is no different. CMS Wire brought this news to us in their article, “Why People Search: 3 Use Cases.” A great deal of research has been done looking at information seeking behavior. It revealed that expectations change according to the…
Read MoreNew Artificial Intelligence Technology in Search
With new developments happening in the field of artificial intelligence and search engines, scholars may find it challenging to keep up. Nature World News brought this information to our attention in their article, “Researchers Predict AI-based Search Engines Will Change the Face of Scientific Inquiry.” The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2)’s Semantic Scholar has released the…
Read MoreDrowning in Data
It is predicted that by 2020 there will be three times as many connected devices in the world as people; thus the growth of the Internet of Things (IoT). This interesting information came to us from MeriTalk in their article, “Metadata Separates Data Lakes From Data Swamps.” Information from all of those devices will feed into…
Read MoreThe Oxymoron of Fake News
Much focus is on the validity of news these days and even more questions as to why it’s so prevalent. This interesting information came to us from Information Today Europe in their article, “Fake news – the awful truth.” There are several reasons why people produce fake news stories or entirely fake news sites. Follow…
Read MoreUsing Metadata Appropriately
Metadata is used for many things, even in addition to the ones the NSA uses. In publishing, one of the simplest ways online to get more hits for your book is to have good descriptive metadata. Digital Book World brought this news to us in their article, “An Introduction to Effective and Descriptive Metadata.” Descriptive metadata is…
Read More#Hashtag
Think about the many ways in which we can search the web. First, there are various browsers to choose from: Chrome, FireFox, or Internet Explorer, for example. Then, you have search engine such as Google, Yahoo, and Bing. Then, after you choose those, you can search using Booleans or keywords. The rise in social media,…
Read MoreWebinar Focusing on Search Experiences
An educational opportunity in the form of a webinar is available for November 29, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. The webinar is brought to you by KMWorld and is titled, “Expand Your Search Horizons: Next Generation Platforms Reset Assumptions and Results.” The gap is increasing daily between the search experience enjoyed on mobile devices and the search…
Read MoreNew Partnership Improves Findability
ScienceOpen has announced a new partnership with the Open Library of Humanities (OLH). STM Publishing News brought this information to us in their article, “ScienceOpen partners with the Open Library of Humanities to open up the context of HSS research.” ScienceOpen is a next-generation research discovery platform, and the OLH is a charitable organization dedicated to supporting…
Read MoreFinding Digital
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) and Boopsie, Inc. have extended their partnership to integrate Flipster®, EBSCO’s digital magazine solution, into the Boopsie mobile platform. EBSCO Information Services brought this news to us in their release, “Flipster® and Boopsie Integration Helps Libraries Provide More Options to Access Digital Magazines.” This integration enables libraries to provide library users with…
Read MoreNew Concept for Search
Concept Searching recently announced the availability of conceptClassifier for Hybrid Search. This particular utility can auto-classify content in both SharePoint Online and SharePoint on-premises when it is being indexed by Microsoft Online Search. Benzinga brought this news to our attention in their article, “Concept Searching Announces Hybrid Search Capabilities.” The resulting metadata is stored directly in the Microsoft Search…
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