The news that rocked the world this past week was not one from the Russia and Ukraine battlefields, nor was it from the promised peace agreement in the much needed Gaza occupation and conflict. It was in fact, the realization that a brand that has been around for over 40 years has been misrepresented and misunderstood by generations. The wide however one-dimensional eyed, pink bow adorned cartoon character stamped on every product from backpacks to toasters is not the feline its name led us to believe. Hello Kitty is a third grade little girl from London.
In her 1996 paper, The Rage to Master: The Decisive Role of Talent in the Visual Arts, Ellen Winner presents a concept she calls, well, the “rage to master.” The idea is that intellectually gifted children have a natural inclination to focus on a subject and immerse themselves in it until they reach mastery.
Maybe you are a pro at taxonomies or maybe it is time for a refresher. This year's Taxonomy Boot Camp offers something for everyone. The theme at the November 4-5 event in Washington D.C. is "Organizing the Future: Taxonomies Leading the Way?" Register by October 3, 2014 and receive an early bird discount.
You can get the skills you need to make your content searchable, discoverable, and delivered in an actionable format at the upcoming Enterprise Search & Discovery conference. Mark your calendars for this event in November in Washington D.C.
We already know that metadata and metatagging enable findability in search-based applications, but what happens when there are diverse formats?
We’ve written before about how taxonomies can provide the material for metadata (especially subject matter terms) describing information resources. One taxonomy currently under development has the potential to standardize how authors and other contributors are described in a resource’s metadata. The development group is led by Amy Brand (VP Academic & Research Relations and VP North America for Digital Science) and Liz Allen (Head of Evaluation for the Wellcome Trust).
Regardless of discipline, there’s one thing that connects most academics I’ve encountered: the desire to keep practicing their respective fields. They’ve spent years cultivating their expertise and want to make a difference in their field. But in order for that to happen, they all share the same obstacle: tenure.
Search tools are a researcher’s best technological tool to help them analyze, evaluate, and discover, since making content findable is key to progress.