Posts Tagged ‘Findability’
Managing Data with Taxonomies
Most organizations today face challenges as they accumulate volumes of data everywhere – on the premises and in the cloud. How do they begin to identify and locate what’s valuable, sensitive or relevant when the time comes, and in an expedited manner? A custom taxonomy could be the answer. Taxonomies provide consistency in terms and categories to enable findability in…
Read MoreAppreciating Data Quality
Organizations are learning that they can reap great benefits from data, but do they understand how important it is to trust the data that drives their decision making? Tech Target brought this interesting information to us in their article, “Why businesses should know the importance of data quality.“ At a fundamental level, data trust is…
Read MoreMetadata and Digital in Publishing
If you were unable to attend the recent event from Highwire Press – Best Practices Webinar Series – The Growing Importance of Video in Scholarly Publishing – don’t worry, it was recorded and is available for viewing here. Videos are now being used in research content to a much greater extent and for a wider range of purposes…
Read MoreMetadata and Publishing
If you were unable to attend the recent event – CHORUS Forum: Improving Scholarly Publishing Metadata – never fear, it was recorded and is available for viewing here. This educational event looked at publishing metadata and addressed how funders, research administrators, librarians and publishers can work together to improve scholarly publishing metadata. Metadata that is…
Read MoreMaking Content Findable
A clear taxonomy keeps your content organized and allows your audience to easily find your content through either the navigation structure on your website or through onsite search. Digital taxonomists and metadata or cataloging librarians employ knowledge management and organization based on the same information sciences theories, but the applications and environments in which they…
Read MoreMetadata Management and Governing Data
In very practical ways, metadata has different implications for different roles within information science and like so many topics close to us, it can be hard to sift through the available information to find out what it means to you. Regardless of experience, understanding or enthusiasm, metadata is important to us all. Good metadata management is the…
Read MoreFindability and Classification
The need to classify and categorize corporate information has never been greater. The proliferation of information channels, sources and delivery platforms make managing information a complex business challenge. This interesting information came to us from The Knowledge Management Depot in their article, “Taxonomies, Ontologies, and Content Models Oh My!“ The key to managing information is…
Read MoreMaintaining Findability with Data Deluges
When the amount of new data generated surpasses the limit of institutions to manage it, and makes it difficult for analysts to analyze it and researchers to deduce any useful conclusions from it, this is known as a data deluge. This interesting topic came to us from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) in…
Read MoreKeeping the Data Secure and Still Findable
Data is a critical enterprise asset that underpins operations, drives decision-making, makes personalized end-to-end service delivery possible, unlocks competitive advantage and so much more. Unfortunately, all this data represents a rich prize for cyber criminals looking to steal, hijack or hold data to ransom. This interesting news came to us from Benzinga in their article,…
Read MoreFinding Efficiently
Findability for users (whether internal or external) is important. Google Cloud has released a new fully managed search tool, called Retail Search, which is aimed at retailers who are concerned about product discovery on their digital platforms. This interesting information came to us from CIO in their article, “Google Cloud brings its search smarts to…
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