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The Same and Not
Semantic technology and machine learning have many possibilities as the technologies continue to grow and evolve. This interesting topic came to us from Blasting News in their article, “Flickr presents visual ‘similarities’ in search results.” The online photo sharing app, Flickr, has been experimenting with many new features over the years and the most recent involves…
Read MoreMaking Science Open
Similar to open source, open science is the movement to make scientific research and data accessible to all. This includes amateurs and professionals. This interesting information came to us from Phys.org in their article, “The value of the open science movement.” One of the first steps includes open access: ensuring all scientific publications are accessible free of charge.…
Read MoreUp Close with Taxonomies
Recently, our own Bob Kasenchak, Director of Product Development at Access Innovations, was interviewed by PLOS Staff Researcher, Elizabeth Seiver, on her podcast in the episode titled, Building Taxonomies: An interview featuring Bob Kasenchak. In today’s digital age, it’s important to be able to sift through a lot of content and find what you’re looking for. With…
Read MoreSearch Landscape Educational Opportunity
The Professional/Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Division of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) Journals Committee will be offering a two-part educational opportunity live and via webinar titled, The Changing Discovery Landscape – Part 1: Librarians and Researchers, with the first part scheduled for Wednesday, July 26th from 12:30 – 2:30 p.m. There seems to be new technology and…
Read MoreChanging Semantic Search
The public beta release of spot.my by RowAnalytics Ltd could change the landscape of search platforms for open access life science literature. PR Newswire brought this information to our attention in their article, “RowAnalytics Launches Public Beta of spot.my, its New Deep Semantic Search Tool for Life Science Research.” spot.my is intuitive, and its deep semantic search engine…
Read MoreInformation Architecture Brings Order
We have all had experiences where we couldn’t find information on a website or in an application. Most blame that on poor search optimization, but maybe it was poor information architecture (IA). A great experience with a site or application is only possible with solid IA under the hood. CMS Wire brought this news to us…
Read MoreUntapped Potential
Interestingly enough, enterprises are using only about 25 percent of their unstructured data for insights and decision-making. A recent survey revealed this, as well as the fact that they are using 35 percent of their structured data for the same purposes. One reason for the lag is that unstructured data is not as straightforward to analyze…
Read MoreProgress in Digital Records
The Australian Public Service (APS) switched to digital-by-default records management, but the project isn’t over quite yet. There is still a lot of ground to cover in digital maturity, including in some major departments. This interesting information came to us from The Mandarin in their article, “APS progress towards digital records deadline shows room for…
Read MoreMetadata’s Value Continues to Grow
Metadata is everywhere; it is part of almost everything you do online whether it is searching, shopping or listening to music. But what is it? DataInformed brought this news to us in their article, “What Is Metadata? A Simple Guide to What Everyone Should Know.” Metadata is data that describes other data. In information technology, the prefix meta…
Read MoreFindability in Images
Automated image recognition capabilities leveraging Google Cloud Vision were recently released by NetX, bringing new efficiency to digital asset management (DAM) workflows. YAHOO! Finance brought this interesting news to our attention in their article, “NetX Digital Asset Management Announces Image Recognition AI via Google Vision.” NetX can automatically understand the content of an image and associate relevant…
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