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Access is Key
ProQuest is teaming with a variety of other information providers to improve access to dissertations and theses. The company’s massive database of graduate works will be discoverable in context with other relevant content in such research tools as Ei Compendex, The Philosopher’s Index and others. Library Technology brought this information to us in their article, “ProQuest Collaborations…
Read MoreSearching with Style
Organizations continue to spend an increasing amount of financial, technological, and human resources on production of videos and multimedia. But what is the shelf life on these videos? This interesting topic came from AV Network in their article, “Smarter Searching & Managing Metadata to Optimize ROI.” Put those video libraries to good use. Presentations can be…
Read MoreGoogle Expands Data Centers
Google is planning to build another data center in Clarksville, Tennessee. This will make the eighth data center for the technological giant. This interesting information came to us in The Tennessean and their article, “Google to invest in new Clarksville data center.” With an investment of $600 million for this data center, Google will create about 70 full-time…
Read MoreComprehensive Search
Google search has made it possible to look for information not just based on text, but also including websites, images, videos, books, locations, etc., using the same Google search engine. Not everyone may find this information useful, but for those who work with images, graphics, and copyright infringements, it is a huge help. We found…
Read MoreLooking for the Data
The Perseus Book Group and R. R. Donnelley have partnered together to improve the management and distribution of the metadata of Perseus titles and those of its 600 publisher distribution clients. Publishers Weekly brought this news to us in their article, “Perseus, R.R. Donnelley Team Up to Create Global Metadata Platform.” The new joint metadata platform…
Read MoreIntelligent Technology
Remember when you could type metadata into a search field and not get results that included NSA? Linux Gizmos brought this information to our attention in their article, “Google releases Cloud Vision API with demo for Pi-based robot.” Recently Google released a preview of its Cloud Vision API for tasks like identifying objects and faces,…
Read MoreMaking Content Findable
Elsevier recently introduced its Chemical Resistance Database: Plastics and Elastomers. It characterizes the effect of thousands of reagents, the environment, and other exposure media. This database enables organizations to search for materials and substances properties data that includes information about both commercially available and “retired” plastics. The data is carefully curated from various sources, including commercial…
Read MoreNew and Old Search
Search is not new. Finding the data you seek is not a new challenge. How this happens and the tools used to accomplish it, has changed. Business 2 Community brought this interesting information to us in their article, “Brave New World: The Future of Search.” It’s important to understand the evolution that has happened in search…
Read MoreWhere are you searching?
Social media is no longer just for entertainment. It is an important source of information for many purposes. Creditors and potential employers are starting to rely on information found in social media to determine reliability and honesty. But few industries are using it as much as in legal cases. It can often yield the most…
Read MoreFuture Collections and Search
The future holds many secrets. As humans, we spend an inordinate amount of time pondering and wondering what it will mean to us. It will be different on many levels. What about libraries? They have seen and experienced so much change in the past few decades that one has to wonder what they will look like,…
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