Posts Tagged ‘Findability’
Learning 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…
Read MoreTake Advantage of Taxonomy 101, a Full Day Workshop Taught by Experts at the SLA 2018 Annual Conference
Taxonomies organize a collection of information – structured or unstructured – and they underpin search in many applications. Taxonomy 101 provides the basics for knowledge organization, outlining “nuts and bolts” of building a taxonomy, where to start, and where to implement it to realize the most benefit to an organization. Bring your questions and join…
Read MoreWhat to Expect from SharePoint 2019
SharePoint 2019 is on the horizon and there are many expectations around Microsoft’s promises for the future. CMS Wire brought this interesting information to us in their article, “ICYMI: Sharepoint 2019 Hopes, Machine Learning Needs and More.” Microsoft has already told us that when the product is released in the last half of 2018 it will…
Read MoreCapturing Ancient Medical Knowledge with Taxonomies
A collaboration between a Chinese university and Elsevier is undertaking the momentous task of cataloguing traditional Chinese medical knowledge as global clinical practice increasingly seeks to combine conventional and Eastern techniques. Healthcare IT News brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Elsevier to collaborate in cataloguing traditional Chinese medicine as global interest…
Read MoreDigital Preservation for Scholarly Publishing
Scientific print-publishing has never been a speedy process. It has long been a slow and cumbersome one. However, one associate editor at one of the very first electronic peer-reviewed journal was determined to help bring scientists into the new digital age. This interesting topic came to us from Wired in their article, “What Happens When Science Just Disappears?” Kay…
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