By Melody Smith|April 30th, 20132013-04-29T23:43:48-04:00
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have always been ahead of the curve when it comes to family history and genealogy. Indexing massive amounts of data provides FamilySearch.org the advantage when it comes to searching genealogical records online by name, date and location. Currently there are 2.4 million rolls of microfilm in their vault undergoing digital conversation, and that doesn't include new digital images that are being collected online.
By Melody Smith|April 29th, 20132013-04-29T22:15:19-04:00
In the 19th century, the study of the nature of knowledge came to be known as epistemology. The term was introduced by Scottish metaphysic James Frederick Ferrier (1808-1864). Epistemological writers explored how knowledge relates to connected notions, such as belief and truth. They also considered the means of production of knowledge. And to a large extent, they embraced skepticism. a mode of thinking that required information to be well supported by evidence before it could be accepted as fact, i.e., knowledge.
By Melody Smith|April 29th, 20132013-05-01T16:35:08-04:00
Orchestration of metadata is similar to that of a symphony. The ability to see and control the entire production makes a talented maestro very […]
By Melody Smith|April 29th, 20132013-04-29T22:12:49-04:00
An educational opportunity exists this week at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) campus in Gaithersburg, Maryland. This symposium on how to develop and evaluate ontologies is scheduled for May 2-3, 2013.
By Melody Smith|April 26th, 20132013-04-24T23:07:50-04:00
The 9th International IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing) Workshop on Semantic Web & Web Semantics (SWWS 2013) is being held in conjunction with OnTheMove Federated Conferences (OTM 2013) between September 9–13, 2013 in Graz, Austria.
By Melody Smith|April 26th, 20132013-04-24T23:06:56-04:00
ProQuest has entered into an expanded agreement with publisher Schattauer GmbH to add to the German-language resources discoverable through the Summon service.
By Melody Smith|April 25th, 20132013-04-25T23:37:47-04:00
Neil Stanley, regional president of corporate partnerships at Harrison College in Indiana, recently discussed in a podcast their comprehensive International Classification of Disease Tenth Revision (ICD-10) training curriculum. It is designed to equip physicians, coders and other medical staff with the tools necessary to make the transition to ICD-1o as smooth and successful as possible. The deadline for the transition is October 1, 2014 and there is much work left to do to be prepared.
By Melody Smith|April 25th, 20132013-04-25T23:38:47-04:00
Monster has long been associated with recruiting, job search applications and connecting people with job opportunities. They are expanding that reach with the launch of SeeMore in France. SeeMore is a semantic search and workforce analytics recruitment platform. This will be the first of its kind in France.
By Melody Smith|April 24th, 20132013-04-23T23:10:59-04:00
WAND has launched their WAND Within taxonomy partnership initiative and it comes with a roster of nine top search and information management vendors who each will be offering the WAND Taxonomies to customers as a part of its respective technology solution.
By Melody Smith|April 24th, 20132013-04-23T23:09:33-04:00
Ixxus is contributing a new tool that integrates the faceted search capabilities of Apache Solr into Alfresco 4. CMS Critic brought this news to our attention in their article, “New Alfresco Faceted Search by Ixxus Delivers Enhanced Enterprise Content Search.” This new addition will assist Alfresco in fulfilling the ‘Smart Search’ requirements of its 2012 Product Road Map. Other benefits will include enhanced functionality and discoverability using metadata-driven, faceted searching. The new faceted search will greatly improve the discoverability of content and search results.
