Staying on Track with Performance Metrics

Performance metrics are frequently used for employees in their annual reviews to establish mutual expectations and performance evaluations. But what about organizations? Who sets those expectations? And more importantly, how are the performances measured? A business metric is a quantifiable measure that is used to track and assess the status of a specific business process. Every…

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The Role of Food

Food is the center of seemingly everything we do. It’s a cultural nexus—when we celebrate religious things, food is at the middle of it. When we talk about the greatest environmental damage that we do, food is at the center of it. When we talk about our health, food is the most important thing. Even…

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Access Innovations Taxonomist Takes on Classification

Is a hot dog a sandwich? Who gets to decide? And why does it matter? As part of their Professional Development member benefits, the Taxonomy Division of the Special Libraries Assocation hosts webinars on taxonomy and related topics. These webinars and recordings are Free to all Taxonomy Division Members. Non-members register for individual webinars for…

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Access Innovations, Inc. Included in the 2018 KMWorld Trend Setting Products List

Access Innovations, Inc., provider of Data Harmony software solutions, is proud to announce that they have been listed on the KMWorld Trend Setting Products list for 2018. This is Access Innovations’ seventh appearance on the list. “In designating products to KMWorld’s 2018 list of Trend-Setting Products, we looked for solutions that are inventive as well as…

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Social Nomenclature in Music Monikers

“That would be a great band name” is almost as common of a response as “That’s what she said…” in our current culture. But seriously, we have all paused at one time or another to wondered where musical groups get the inspiration for their band names. One aspect of the music world that has always…

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The Power of Analytics

The power of data is realized in what it is used to reveal, and this is accomplished with analytics. For the most part, we still have little understanding of the role played by the emerging industry of data analytics in the interpretation and use of big data. It is argued that to understand the spread…

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The Next Generation of Search

Despite the incredible progress in the underlying search algorithms and approaches to determining relevant results, the way searches have been conducted and consumed by searchers has remained largely unchanged — until now. Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) is on a trajectory to quickly replace more traditional means of search. Today’s users ask questions,…

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Taxonomies in Information Science

Taxonomists are often asked about the work they do. For those outside the world of information science and management, it can be hard to get their head around classification and the science of taxonomy. To put it at its simplest — taxonomy is a knowledge organization system, usually for a specific subject area. This interesting…

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Data Governance At Play

There is a lot of discussion happening about data governance these days. Data governance is the overall management of the availability, usability, integrity, and security of data used in an enterprise. A sound data governance program includes a governing body or council, a defined set of procedures and a plan to execute those procedures. In order to get…

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