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LIFE Imagines Indexed
LIFE magazine is using machine learning to organize over 4 million images from the LIFE magazine archives into an interactive encyclopedia. LIFE magazine was published weekly between 1936 and 1972 and monthly from 1978 to 2000, safely making it the most popular photojournalism magazine in the United States. This iconic magazine was brought back to…
Read MoreVector Language Modeling Used to Search Books
Google’s new Semantic Experiences uses word vectors to search over 100,000 books for contextually related statements and points out passages that provide answers. Tech Republic brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Google’s new AI service will search books for answers to your burning business questions.” This new services uses vector-based language…
Read MoreDigital or Retail: Selecting Books Have Changed
Bookstores’ footprints, business concepts and strategies have morphed over the past few decades in very drastic ways. Founder Jeff Bezos first launched Amazon as an online bookstore in 1995. The impact of an online bookstore providing not just discounts on the books, but speed and ease in having them show up at your door –…
Read MoreNew Online Access to Supreme Court History at Library of Congress
More than 225 years of Supreme Court decisions acquired by the Library of Congress are now publicly available online. The Library of Congress shared their latest news with us in the release, “Historical Supreme Court Cases Now Online.” The Library has made available more than 35,000 cases that were published in the printed bound editions…
Read MoreSearching Styles
Search is a widely debated issue. Over the years, more interest and more science has been applied to the topic, making it even more dynamic. Search can be as simple or as complicated as you can imagine. An article is indexed with the terms appropriate to the content of that article. These terms are specific…
Read MoreIndexing History
In the information science world, “indexing” denotes various methods for organizing data so that it is easily searchable. To a student, however, the word might evoke images of 3×5 lined cards with every bit of potentially useful information crammed into the available space. The Atlantic brought this interesting topic to us in the article, “How…
Read MorePreserving History From Your Barca Lounger
Small town history, big city archives. The love and passion for preserving historical information never fades. Home News Here out of Massachusetts brought this interesting information to us in their article, “Citizen archivist program.” The National Archives in Washington, D.C. is offering a unique opportunity to contribute to preserving our history and our legacy. Citizens…
Read MoreMaking All Content Findable
Searching for any type of information can be frustrating if you are unsure where to start or how to define your query. This is true in search engines and public databases. Medical Xpress brought this interesting news to our attention in their article, “RefEx, a web tool for a comfortable search of reference data for…
Read MoreDigitization’s Impact on Publishing
Scholarly publishing has been experiencing change over the past few years. There are many reasons why, but the move to digital has certainly had its reverberations throughout the industry. This interesting topic came to us from R&D magazine in their article, “The Augmented Researcher: What Does 2018 Hold for AI in Publishing?” Publishing and scientific research…
Read MoreIndexing Folklore
Many of us have the “word of day” type emails that arrive in our in-box every morning. For readers and writers (and just plain ole’ word nerds), it is a way to broaden our vocabulary or to just give us a chuckle. With social media, this type of outreach has more avenues and applications for…
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