Sad Songs Say So Much

It is not just teenage girls who like to listen to sad songs once in awhile. Sometimes it is that certain emotional quality that comes across in songs that fits the mood you are in or feeds the need for emotion in your life at a particular time. Similar to the thumping, dance-inspiring music that…

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Webinar About the Role of Taxonomies and Ontologies

This exciting learning opportunity is titled “Organizing Data and Knowledge – The Role of Taxonomies and Ontologies”. This free webinar is scheduled for August 10, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. (EST) and is sponsored by Expert System Semantic Intelligence. The science and engineering of data management for computational efficiency is well-understood. We have algorithms and heuristics…

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Taxonomy Consultant Needed

To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, digital archiving, etc., we are sharing with our readers any career opportunities that we find. Even if you are not in the market for a career move, it is always good to stay on top of what is available and how the fields…

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Changing Priorities in Academic Research

Publishers are experiencing a shift in priorities when it comes to the structure of academic research. This is not a local issue, but a global one. Research Information brought this information to our attention in their article, “A changing landscape.” Every stakeholder in the scholarly information supply chain has an interest in understanding the research landscape.…

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Organization is Key

Information professionals are learning that having a data classification process in place can make your data smart enough to know what to do with itself. This is exceptionally helpful when it comes to storage. Tech Target brought us this interesting information in their article, “Classification of data can solve your data storage problems.” Data classification is…

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Looking for a New Career?

To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, ontology, etc., we are sharing career opportunities that we find with our readers. Even if you are not in the market for a career move, it is always good to stay on top of what is available and how the fields are evolving. Edgenet…

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Taxonomist Position Available

To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, digital archiving, etc., we are sharing with our readers any career opportunities that we find. Even if you are not in the market for a career move, it is always good to stay on top of what is available and how the fields…

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Taxonomies Assisting in Crime Solving

Researchers have created a taxonomy to assist forensic research on data stored in cloud apps on Android-based mobile devices. This interesting information came to us from The Stack in their article, “Data forensics for cloud storage applications.” The importance of data retrieval from phones and tablets is become increasing relevant to law enforcement officials, who must follow…

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What Do You Think About Taxonomies?

At the recent 2017 Information Architecture Summit in Chicago, Illinois, our own Bob Kasenchak shared his presentation titled Taxonomic Irony Or: What I Think About When I Think About Taxonomies (Including A Meta-Taxonomy).” Bob discussed different types of taxonomies and how information professionals go about tackling organizing data. It turns out that organizing pages on a website for…

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