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Data Management

By Melody Smith | July 7, 2015

Information governance (IG) has been discussed for several years now. Unfortunately, implementation has proven difficult, due to the scale of the domain. Datamation brought this situation to our attention in their article, “Trends in Information Governance: eDiscovery and Big Data.” Given this, organizations have the best chance for success by concentrating on the highest risk and…

Cataloging the World

By Melody Smith | June 23, 2015

A new initiative of the Ancient World Mapping Center (AWMC) called Benthos aims to catalog and map the waters of the ancient Mediterranean basin. This information came from The Ancient World Online blog in their post, “Benthos: Digital Atlas of Ancient Waters beta version.” The project will incorporate physical landscape data for the ocean floor, coastlines, and…

Aspirations for the Future

By Melody Smith | June 19, 2015

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is the world’s largest biomedical library. There are those that believe it should become an “epicenter for data science” across the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The American Association for the Advancement of Science brought this to our attention in their article, “National Library of Medicine urged to take on broader…

Webinar on Digital Preservation

By Melody Smith | May 25, 2015

The PREMIS Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata is the international standard for metadata to support the preservation of digital objects and ensure their long-term usability. This is developed by an international team of experts and implemented in digital preservation projects around the world. Dublin Core is sponsoring a webinar to give a brief overview over why…

The Darker Side of Words

By Melody Smith | May 20, 2015

I am a word person. I think you know that about me already. I like origins of words, different meanings, and especially the emotions that are tied with particular words. Some interesting information along those lines recently came from Quartz in their article, “Dictionary.com’s newest words reveal our fascination with the internet’s dark side.” Dictionary.com…

Managing Your Assets

By Melody Smith | April 29, 2015

Extensis has released their modular digital asset management (DAM) system, Extensis Portfolio, with promises of transforming the user experience.

Giving Back

By Melody Smith | April 8, 2015

Student and former teacher, Elizabeth Charlton, who completed her Diploma in Records and Information Management with the Open Polytechnic last year, has been awarded the Ian McLean Wards Scholarship and plans to put it to good use.

Sharing the Knowledge

By Melody Smith | March 27, 2015

Information professionals are often the last people brought onto projects involving digital asset management (DAM) teams and other project teams. Why is this? They bring a perspective that connects everyone’s interest and investment in the final outcome.

Real-Time Service

By Melody Smith | March 18, 2015

WibiData has released Experiments as the first commercial experiment framework to capitalize on the processing power enabled by machine learning in Hadoop. The intended result is to reduce the time to modify and implement personalization models from months to minutes, creating unique and contextual customer experiences.

Recreating History

By Melody Smith | March 13, 2015

There has been much destruction and devastation at the hands of ISIS fighters. Lives have been lost and worlds upturned. There has also been destruction brought down on history. Horrific destruction of the Mosul Museum in northern Iraq by ISIS fighters was broadcast in a video, and this wasn’t the first time for this museum. The destruction is nearly absolute.