Traditional Reading Options Win Out

A recent study showed 92% of college students would rather do their reading the old-fashioned way, you know, with paper. This interesting piece of information came to us from the Los Angeles Times in their article, “92% of college students prefer print books to e-books, study finds.” The finding comes from American University linguistics professor Naomi S. Baron, author…

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Mark Your Calendars Now

With February falling past the half point, April is not that far away. So make your plans now for the 20th annual Enterprise Data World (EDW) Conference . This conference is recognized as the most comprehensive educational conference on data management in the world. The event is scheduled for Sunday, April 17, 2016 – Friday, April 22, 2016…

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Data Harmony Users Group in the Rear View Mirror

The 12th annual Data Harmony Users Group (DHUG) has come and gone. Twenty-five attendees joined the Access Innovations staff last week to hear case studies presented by users and presentations by Access Innovations and Data Harmony staff. The agenda was well planned with diverse approaches to managing data and being responsive to the unique needs…

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Learning Opportunity This Week

Mark your calendars for a unique webinar this week that introduces you to the Linked Data Fragments family of technologies, which take a much more pragmatic view on the Web of Data. The webinar title is Linked Data Fragments: Querying Multiple Linked Data Sources on the Web and is scheduled for Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at 10:00…

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Taxonomies That Work

Ian Matzen from America’s Test Kitchen – home of the well known television show and foodie paradise – spoke to the Data Harmony Users Group (#DHUG2016) about their experience working with Access Innovations on consultation and refinement of their thesaurus. America’s Test Kitchen is a real 2,500 square foot test kitchen located just outside of Boston that…

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