Posts Tagged ‘Best practices’
Meeting the Professional Needs
The enterprise information management (EIM) industry is full of professional associations, yet there are voids that remain. Education is one and advanced networking would be another. These gaps make networking with knowledgeable peers even more important. Tech Target brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Information management industry faces identity crisis. Associations are supposed…
Read MoreWhat Time Is It?
This past weekend clocks moved forward one hour in the United States, with the exception of Hawaii and almost all of Arizona, and in most of Canada. The rest of the world changes at other intervals for varying reasons. This is called Daylight Saving Time (DST), which started in 1895 in Germany and Hungary. The practice…
Read MoreThe Human Side of Risk
“The most dangerous and risky thing organizations do is hire people—it is a corporate gamble,” says Margie Hlava, president of Access Innovations. “Finding excellent employees is both an art and a science, as is retaining them.” Information Outlook recently posted an article by Hlava and the Special Libraries Association has also shared it with their…
Read MoreMetadata Training Opportunity
A pair of webinars offered by the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) and in partnership with the Agricultural Information Management Standards (AIMS) are planned to further DCMI’s goal of education and training in the design of languages of description and in best practices in the daily use of those languages. The first webinar is titled, “SKOS in…
Read MoreIntelligent Data
Data continues to grow at an exponential rate. Structured or unstructured, it is a challenge to manage for every organization. If you don’t already have an information governance strategy in place, it is a must. Tech Target brought this news to our attention in their article, “Why information governance strategy equals information access.” Information governance (IG)…
Read MoreCall for Papers
The 10th International Conference on Metadata and Semantics Research (MTSR’16) is scheduled for November 22-25, 2016 in Rome, Italy. The call for papers has been issued for this event with a paper submission deadline of May 15, 2016. MTSR’16 celebrates the conference’s 10th anniversary with the theme of bridging the past, present and future of…
Read MoreLearning Opportunity in Metadata and Book Sales
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) is offering an in-person or webinar learning opportunity on Wednesday, March 16th at 1:00-4:00 p.m. (EST). The topic will be “Increasing Discoverability and Sales Through Metadata: Enhancing Reach of Scholarly Books.” This seminar will address questions like “How exactly do researchers find books these days?” and “What role do librarians…
Read MoreRecognition Among Peers
Franz Inc. was an early innovator in artificial intelligence (AI) and has been recognized as “Best in Semantic Web Technology – USA & Leader in Graph Database Products” by Corporate America Magazine. Press Release Rocket brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “AllegroGraph Recognized by Corporate America Magazine as Best in Semantic Web Technology…
Read MoreMark Your Calendars Now
With February falling past the half point, April is not that far away. So make your plans now for the 20th annual Enterprise Data World (EDW) Conference . This conference is recognized as the most comprehensive educational conference on data management in the world. The event is scheduled for Sunday, April 17, 2016 – Friday, April 22, 2016…
Read MoreData Harmony Users Group in the Rear View Mirror
The 12th annual Data Harmony Users Group (DHUG) has come and gone. Twenty-five attendees joined the Access Innovations staff last week to hear case studies presented by users and presentations by Access Innovations and Data Harmony staff. The agenda was well planned with diverse approaches to managing data and being responsive to the unique needs…
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