Search Enhancements
West Point Underwriters has chosen some new technology to manage metadata to address the specific needs of the insurance selling process. KMWorld brought this news to our attention in their article, “Addressing the challenges of metadata.” Concept Searching’s conceptClassifier for SharePoint and conceptTaxonomyWorkflow are the catalyst of Web technologies designed to help reduce unnecessary costs and…
Read MoreBecoming a Learning Organization
Knowledge management has often been used to solve organizational knowledge issues, even before social media tools have arrived adding additional power. This interesting information came from IHS Engineering in their article, “Making Knowledge Management a Part of Your Organization’s Culture.” In organizations concerned with innovation and knowledge-based products and services—often referred to as knowledge organizations—much of…
Read MorePartnership Brings Value to Historical Documents
EBSCO Information Services has partnered with Portico in an effort to preserve digital collections from its Digital Archives products, mostly historical source materials used by scholars and students. PRWeb brought this news to us in their article, EBSCO Partners with Portico to Ensure Long-Term Availability of Digital Archives.” EBSCO first launched the Digital Archives in 2009 and…
Read MoreDigital Library Services Leader Needed
As we strive to be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, ontology, etc., we are excited to share career opportunities that we find with our readers. Even if you aren’t in the market for a career move, it is always good to stay on top of what is available and…
Read MoreKicking It Up A Notch
Ontology´s Intelligent 360 for Network Operators has now released the second project phase. Ontology Systems has enhanced the network operations of Telekom Malaysia Berhad with its Intelligent 360 solution. The deployment of the solution enables them to have a singular, reconciled view of the entire network. This interesting topic was brought to us by Financial News in…
Read MoreEducational Opportunity from AAP
The Professional and Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Journals Committee of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) is offering a free webinar on December 3, 2015 at 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. EST. The guest speaker is Barbara Gastel, Professor of Integrative Biosciences and of Medical Humanities at Texas A&M University. The presentation will provide an overview of AuthorAID, an INASP…
Read MoreA Taxonomy of Giving
Blackbaud is known for their applications that focus on financial and philanthropical endeavors. MicroEdge, one of Blackbaud’s products, recently unveiled its outcomes solution that helps funders and nonprofits move from traditional philanthropy to social investing. The Globe Newswire brought this news to our attention in their article, “Blackbaud’s MicroEdge Business Unveils Outcomes Solution for the Giving Community…
Read MoreAccess Innovations Calls for Beta Testers for Ontology Master
Access Innovations is proud to announce that it has reached the testing phase on its latest product, Ontology Master (OM). This adds to their current lineup of Data Harmony software offerings, including Thesaurus Master, MAIstro, and the Data Harmony Suite. Ontologies are a growing trend in the information science industry. They are intended to provide…
Read MorePlan Now for Learning Opportunity
Mark your calendars for an upcoming webinar titled, “The Growing Use of Research Information Management Systems.” The trends are shifting where institutions are taking advantage of researcher information management systems and current research information systems. There are many benefits to this. It improves collaboration across institutions or international boundaries and can track productivity or justify…
Read MoreUnder Fire
A well-known academic journal is undergoing a revolution among their editors. All six editors and the entire editorial board of the well-respected linguistics journal Lingua resigned. Fortune brought this news to us in their article, “Elsevier Mutiny: Cracks Are Widening in the Fortress of Academic Publishing.” There is quite a lot of angst in the world of…
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