By Melody Smith|February 12th, 20152015-02-11T21:24:54-05:00
The Enterprise Data World Conference in Washington, DC March 29 - April 3, 2015 is around the corner and if you haven't made the decision to attend yet, maybe the list of keynote speakers will help you make up your mind. The speakers will change the way you make decisions in our data-driven world and hopefully inspire you to use your data skills in new ways.
By Melody Smith|February 11th, 20152016-03-16T16:23:08-04:00
In a series of papers studying the history of American innovation, Mikko Packalen at the University of Waterloo and Jay Bhattacharya of Stanford University, indexed every one-word, two-word, and three-word phrase that appeared in more than 4 million patent texts in the last 175 years. Why, you ask? They wanted to measure the significance of a new invention.
By Melody Smith|February 10th, 20152015-02-09T20:37:02-05:00
It is time to start thinking about taxonomies. Taxonomies are powerful tools used by a wide range of professionals, from marketers to data scientists, for solving diverse problems from navigation to product information management. At this year's Taxonomy Boot Camp in Washington D.C. on November 2-3, 2015, the theme is "Sharing Solutions: Taxonomy Across Boundaries."
By Melody Smith|February 10th, 20152015-02-09T20:34:46-05:00
Metadata and snail mail are working together. The United States Postal Service has reported that it approved nearly 50,000 requests last year from law enforcement agencies and its own internal inspection unit to secretly monitor the mail of Americans for use in criminal and national security investigations.
By Melody Smith|February 9th, 20152015-02-08T17:28:39-05:00
It’s hard to believe that the Data Harmony Users Group Meeting starts a week from today. If I thought things were buzzing in the office a couple of weeks ago, I didn’t know what was in store for me. And since there’s so much to do, it’s definitely at the front of my mind.
By Melody Smith|February 6th, 20152015-02-05T23:13:18-05:00
Many people stress over the changes that comes with technology. Advancements can mean training, additional budget requirements, and disruption to service. What few remember, however, is that as technology progresses, many items get less expensive.
By Melody Smith|February 5th, 20152015-02-04T21:57:18-05:00
The term corporate librarian isn't heard much these days. In the world of downsizing, redundancy, and streamlining, most organizational charts seem to be missing this very valuable position. There is a new resource out there addressing this very problem. "Corporate Libraries: Basic Principles in a Changing Landscape."
By Melody Smith|February 5th, 20152015-02-04T21:51:32-05:00
Data management and archiving are key factors for businesses, as you all know. However, because terms like backup, archiving, and records management get used interchangeably so frequently, it is easy to forget that they are not the same thing.
By Melody Smith|February 4th, 20152015-02-03T21:34:48-05:00
Semantic Web Company recently announced the launch of PoolParty Semantic Suite Version 5. This taxonomy management and knowledge graph management software platform includes support for ontology management, custom schema management, enhanced entity extraction, linked data harvesting, Web crawling, and auto-classification in enterprise systems such as SharePoint, Confluence, Drupal and more.
By Melody Smith|February 4th, 20152015-02-03T21:32:37-05:00
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) and Innovative Interfaces (Innovative) have expanded their partnership designed to improve access to library resources. This will incorporate catalog functionality within the EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) experience.
