Students Choose Paper Over Digital
Digital books, e-readers and electronic data is prevalent in homes and schools. As more and more students use tablets and laptops for educational purposes, it is easy to assume that digital content is as good as paper, just more convenient. This interesting information came to us from WDRZ in North Dakota in their article, “Recent study…
Read MoreDigital Storage and Chaos
The growth explosion of content is not limited to one type of business or organization. It is the scale of content creation that makes a digital librarian necessary. This interesting information came to us from Martech Advisor in their article, “Digital Librarians: A Cure to the Content Hangover.” Even with a digital asset management (DAM) system, it’s…
Read MoreChanges in the Librarian Profession
A recent report on the aging demographics of academic librarians raises awareness of the need for more library professionals. The paper, “Delayed Retirements and Youth Movement among ARL Library Professions,” by Stanley Wilder, Dean of Libraries at Louisiana State University, provides key statistics on the graying profession. The Scholarly Kitchen brought this interesting topic to our…
Read MoreNew Technologies Every Day
The technology world is and has always been in a constant state of flux. As new technologies enter the arena, this means new ways to collect, store and use data. Many organizations are experimenting with machine learning and metadata as well. Silicon ANGLE brought this news to our attention in their article, “Are machine learning and…
Read MoreWhat the Machines Learn
Machine learning has transformed traditional computing by enabling machines to learn from data. DATAVERSITY brought this news to us in their article, “Machine Learning Use Cases for Data Management.” Algorithms that use machine learning have built-in smarts to use available data to answer questions. Apart from using data to learn, those algorithms can also detect patterns…
Read MoreTaxonomies – What Are They Good For?
To make the search and browse capabilities of content, document or records management systems truly functional, we need to develop taxonomies. Whether it is a taxonomy designed for storage and management or one that supports better search, without them all types of management systems are virtually useless, regardless of the platform. Because many organizations are not…
Read MoreLearning New Terms
For those who are managing an analytical solution implementation or trying to select a solution for business users, it is important to understand the terms and the features and function of these solutions so that you can select the appropriate solution. DATAVERSITY brought this news to our attention in their article, “What is Augmented Analytics…
Read MoreBack to School
Making content findable is our goal at Access Innovations. Of course, we are referring to technology and search queries in data that has been indexed with a strong taxonomy built according to standards. But if you think back, the Dewey Decimal System also had the same goal of making content findable. This interesting information came to…
Read MoreGoing Solo
Self-service analytics and data lakes have a little in common. Both are widely popular concepts that have been shaping the big data world and both offer a variety of approaches and tools. ZD Net brought this news to us in their article, “Data lakes going the way of the visual spreadsheet?” There is also a fair…
Read MoreSenior Taxonomist Consultant Needed
To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, metadata, 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. Stefanini…
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