Posts Tagged ‘Findability’
Taxonomies and Big Data
Taxonomy is the science of classification – typically and most commonly, classifying organisms. The science of naming, describing and classifying organisms and includes all plants, animals and microorganisms of the world. Using morphological, behavioral, genetic and biochemical observations, taxonomists identify, describe and arrange species into classifications, including those that are new to science. Since the turn…
Read MoreFingerprinting Technology in Records Management
Experts in the field believe that automation is the best way to address the major challenges of records management today. Just how does automation look in the world of records management? Image & Data Manager brought this interesting information to us in their article, “Artificial Intelligence for Records Management.” One way is through fingerprinting technology. Sample documents…
Read MoreAccessing Metadata for Peer Review Content
Flexible registering of peer review content and associated discussions of published content is on many academic professionals wish list. To meet this request, Crossref has extended its infrastructure to not only support the registration of this content, but also the easy retrieval, use and reuse of it, through its public API. This interesting information came to…
Read MoreIndexing the Past
Officials of one small town are looking for some professional help to preserve records. These aren’t just your ordinary county clerk records; some of these date back to the 1700s before town government was formally established. Newsday brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “Historical documents a treasure trove for Town of…
Read MoreLearning Opportunity Tomorrow
Start your week out right and plan to join the webinar, “Noise to Signal: The Biggest Problem in Data“, tomorrow, June 26th at 2:00 p.m. EST. The ability to produce, ingest and store data has grown exponentially, but not enough. With the onset of self-service analytics, anyone can create a report and an insight. There…
Read MoreAustralia National Archives Facing Challenges
When it comes to archives, more and more focus is being put on digital data and cloud storage. This may leave some with the impression that less talent and staff is needed to maintain a thorough and retrievable archival system. This interesting information came to us from The Canberra Times in their article, “National Archives confirms…
Read MoreSearch Technology is Changing
Since 1998, search algorithms have been updated as needed and gradually. Instead of moving forward with any one new innovation, companies like Google work to refine the features they already have. Forbes brought this interesting subject to our attention in their article, “How Machine Learning Is Reshaping Online Search.” These logical, progressive improvements aren’t likely to change,…
Read MoreAccess Innovations Completes Thesaurus and Indexing Project for Hindawi Limited
Access Innovations, Inc. is pleased to announce that, using their award-winning Data Harmony semantic enrichment software, the recent completion of a thesaurus and indexing project with open-access publisher Hindawi Limited. Hindawi had put a program in place to add a semantic layer to their content. To achieve their goal, they engaged with Access Innovations, leaders…
Read MoreLearning Opportunities from AAP
There are a couple of educational opportunities in the works over the next few weeks from the Association of American Publishers (AAP) that might pique the interest of our followers. The Free Guest Speaker Talk: Metadata 2020 is scheduled for Friday, June 15th at 10:15 – 11:00 a.m. (EST) at the McGraw-Hill/NY offices or via webinar. Metadata 2020…
Read MoreCelebrating Milestones by Looking Back
The Scholarly Kitchen is always a source we learn from and enjoy reading. They are celebrating their 10 year anniversary by sharing their top 10 blog posts in their recent release. Some of those – to be exact, five – are all about PLOS ONE. It is a favorite topic for the writers as well as…
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