Register Today for the Data Harmony Users Group Meeting

It is not too late to register for the twelfth annual Data Harmony Users Group (DHUG) meeting, scheduled for February 9-10, 2016 at the Access Innovations, Inc. offices located at 4725 Indian School Road NE, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Access Innovations, the company behind the Data Harmony product line, hosts the annual meeting. Case studies…

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Our Top Information Industry Trends of 2015

The Demise of the “Physical Book” has been exaggerated The Information Industry has no single central meeting Taxonomies are used in websites but not in search Analytics are booming. Changing information landscape Google Scholar Semantics, Linked Data, and the cloud Boomers are not retiring The weather in Albuquerque is cold and overcast with a chance…

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The Ghosts of Concepts Future

The bell struck twelve. The Phantom slowly, gravely, silently, approached. … It was shrouded in a deep black garment, which concealed its head, its face, its form, and left nothing of it visible save one outstretched hand. But for this it would have been difficult to detach its figure from the night, and separate it from…

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Using Taxonomies to Organize Associations

as·so·ci·a·tion  (ə-sō′sē-ā′shən) We use taxonomies and ontologies to organize document collections. But controlled vocabularies (of a sort) are also used to organize the aisles in a grocery or hardware store, clothes in the closet, and your kitchen. In the last two cases, the subject matter expert (SME) is definitely you! If you are more comfortable…

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Talk About the Weather

The weather professionals have been puffed up and posturing with graphs, maps and all their Doppler mechanisms for several weeks now trying to predict what the winter of 2015-16 will be like. Will there be blizzards like we’ve never seen? Will there be ice storms that shut down cities, airports and interstates? Or will it…

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Access Innovations, Inc. Divests NICEM Information Assets

Access Innovations is proud to announce the sale of its publishing arm, the National Information Center for Educational Media (NICEM) to Graham Carter-Dimmock.  Graham’s expertise and experience includes audio and video production, localization and marketing, database design and electronic publishing.  He has been involved in NICEM project development on several occasions over the years. NICEM…

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Are You a Traditionalist?

When I say Thanksgiving, do you immediately think of a basted, golden brown bird on a large platter adorned with oranges, cranberries and sage? Maybe you think of a juicy oven-roasted ham bearing the traditional clove and pineapple scored design baked into its caramelized goodness? Traditional Thanksgiving Food – https://pixabay.com/en/celebration-christmas-cuisine-315079/ Thanksgiving seems a holiday that’s as…

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National Association of Government Web Professionals (NAGW) 2015 Annual Conference held in Albuquerque, NM, September 23-25, 2015

Conveniently held in our hometown of Albuquerque, the program for the National Association of Government Web Professionals (NAGW) 2015 Annual Conference was sufficiently compelling to warrant our participation. Two of us attended sessions, receptions, and networked with an enthusiastic group of professionals. A first observation is in the name. NAGW members prefer “Web Professionals” over…

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