Libraries Become More Valuable
A new agreement between OCLC and EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) will create more value for libraries that subscribe to services from OCLC and EBSCO. Among other benefits that this partnership brings, libraries will be able to use EBSCO Discovery Service to facilitate interlibrary loan (ILL) via OCLC.
Read MoreContract Management Software Depends on Metadata Library
Dolphin Software has launched the latest version of its contract management software, Dolphin Contract Manager 2.0 for Microsoft SharePoint. This new version enables legacy contracts to be captured and integrated into the current contract management system and also makes contract management more ‘plug and play’ for large organizations.
Read MoreBigTent Acquired by Federated Media
Federated Media Publishing has acquired BigTent, the leading platform for trusted parenting groups. Millions rely on BigTent to stay connected with local school, community and shared-interest groups.
Read MoreSlipBox Thinks Outside of the Box
Intentionally avoiding the use of a keyword ontology, SlipBox is based on traditional slip boxes and manages the notes in a similar manner as the human memory.When taking notes, SlipBox actively discourages the use of categories like they are required by most note-taking applications and just focuses on tags.
Read MoreGoogle of Audio Digitizing
One-half million audio recordings have been digitized by Memnon Archiving Systems relying on NOA systems. NOA systems support multiple Memnon projects, including migration of 250,000 digital audio tapes for Danish Radio and 350,000 CDs for BnF.
Read MorePatent Awarded to Guid
The United States Patent and Trademark Office awarded Guid with a patent for its method of helping organizations quickly and efficiently search for data within the corporate universe. This system is better known as EnCase(R) Enterprise.
Read MoreTripbase Takes Travel Planning to Another Level
A new travel database, Tripbase, has taken artificial intelligence into the world of travel planning and beyond. Travel planning isn’t like shopping where you can download a product catalog. People want to know more details about their location, whether it be the color of the sand on the beaches or the local etiquette de jour.
Read MoreDigital Storage Streamlines Museum Data
London’s Imperial War Museum is renovating its technology infrastructure to take advantage of the benefits of digital storage. As part of the process, they implemented a Front Porch Digital SAMMAsolo. The SAMMAsolo system, which incorporates a SAMMAcleaner, is a compact, single-stream appliance that automatically migrates content from videotape to digital files in multiple formats while also monitoring and quality-controlling the process. The migration preserves source time code and links indexing and technical metadata.
Read MoreMetaViewer Automation Produces ROI
Metafile Information Systems launched its Microsoft Dynamics Partner Program at the Dynamics GP User Group (GPUG) Summit in October. Metafile is a leading paperless accounts payable, accounts receivable and human resources document management and workflow solution provider.
Read MoreIt’s All in the Facts
AdSense creator, Gil Elbaz, scores big with another software tool called Factual. Beginning service to the public in October, Factual organizes bits of useful data strewn across the Internet. Every day, names, numbers, dates, addresses, and other unstructured data are added to the Web. Since it doesn’t follow any standard formatting, this data is useless to most computers. Machines can’t readily grasp concepts such as “middle school” or “junior high,” let alone distinguish how they’re related…at least until now.
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