Thumbing Through Thesauri
The International Labour Organization (ILO) makes available a number of excellent resources in the field of Occupational Safety and Health.
April 2015
A Short Roundup of Recent Taxonomy Books
By Melody Smith|April 13th, 20152015-04-12T17:19:14-04:00
Over the past couple of decades, the field of knowledge organization systems (such as taxonomies and thesauri) has matured. This maturation has led KOS experts to write books that consolidate and share the theories, insights, and techniques that have emerged. Below is a roundup of some of the more recent books in the area of taxonomies and related knowledge organization systems.
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Tools for the Trade
By Melody Smith|April 13th, 20152015-04-12T17:08:14-04:00
I am a writer. I write a variety of content. Writing for TaxoDiary is just one avenue where my words take shape. I also write about employee engagement, communications, healthcare billing, medical coding, human resources, and when time allows, I splurge with some good ole fiction writing to spur the creative juices. I say all this to provide context as to why having a new variety of theasauri truly excites me.
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More Open Access Journals
By Melody Smith|April 10th, 20152015-04-09T21:17:13-04:00
The Journal of Conservation and Museum Studies (JCMS) has an overall focus on the care and exhibition of collection items. The scope thus includes conservation science, artefact studies, restoration, museum studies, environment studies, collection management and curation.
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Is Data Value Based on Size?
By Melody Smith|April 10th, 20152015-04-09T21:14:32-04:00
Does the size of data really make a difference? Some definitions of small data involve the specific end-user relevance of big data applications. Some consider it the opposite of big data, i.e. transactional data. All data is valuable and contains the same potential for analytics.
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Taking Stock
By Melody Smith|April 9th, 20152015-04-08T21:49:35-04:00
Secretary of State John Kerry recently requested a review of all efforts underway to improve records management within the State Department.
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Giving Back
By Melody Smith|April 8th, 20152015-04-07T22:10:43-04:00
Student and former teacher, Elizabeth Charlton, who completed her Diploma in Records and Information Management with the Open Polytechnic last year, has been awarded the Ian McLean Wards Scholarship and plans to put it to good use.
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Grammar Violations
By Melody Smith|April 8th, 20152015-04-07T22:07:03-04:00
We all know them. They are the grammar police. The person in your circle of friends or maybe on your Facebook feed that can't ignore mix-ups like irregardless and regardless or vica versa and vice versa. For that matter, maybe you are that friend. The misuse of words whether it be accidental or a true misunderstanding of the meaning makes the hairs on your neck stand alert and ready to proclaim a guilty sentence and subsequent punishment on any offender.
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Classifying the Themes in Parks
By Melody Smith|April 7th, 20152015-04-06T21:17:42-04:00
It is always interesting to find so-called taxonomies of interesting and unusual topics. Even if they aren't true taxonomies, they are typically classifications of some form or another and they provide information, which is after all, the goal.
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Changing Data
By Melody Smith|April 7th, 20152015-04-06T21:12:26-04:00
As fast as technology is changing and morphing, I suspect that in twenty years we will look back on today as “the good ole’ days”. When it comes to data (or as it is affectionately referred to now, big data), organizations are still having difficulty assessing the value of what they have, because they have so much.
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