Posts Tagged ‘Findability’
Harsh Realities
Publishers have come to a realization – kicking and screaming – that they must participate in metadata. It is important to develop standards and improve the accuracy of inputting the data to reach companies outside of their traditional customer base. The Bookseller brought this news to us in their article, “Publishers need to focus on metadata.”…
Read MoreProof of the Need for Standards
Manually applying metadata to SharePoint deployments can be time-consuming and can also create inefficiencies. Tech Target brought this interesting information to us in their article, “SharePoint Managed Metadata Service creates efficiencies.” The ability to search for and easily retrieve content is a primary function of SharePoint. However, poor metadata and taxonomy practices can defeat those efforts.…
Read MoreSearching for Solutions
Expert System has been named a Google for Work Search Technology Premier Partner. The integration of Cogito in Google Search Appliance (GSA) is being given much of the credit. The scalable hardware and software solution combines Google search expertise with features that support enterprise business requirements. This information came from Business Wire in their article, “Expert System…
Read MoreFinding the Data
Text processing crosses many genres, fields and occupations. The need for data mining knows no borders. Maana recently announced a new patent on its semantic search technology that takes data mining into the future. Forbes brought this interesting information to us in their article, “Maana Reinvents Data Mining For The Digital Age.” Data mining is an established data…
Read MoreDigging Deep into Hierarchy
Understanding polyhierarchy within taxonomies can be a challenge, but not an insurmountable one. This interesting information came from Heather Hedden’s blog, The Accidental Taxonomist, in the post titled, “Polyhierarchy in the SharePoint Term Store.” Polyhierarchy means a taxonomy term has more than one broader term or parent term. In a traditional hierarchical taxonomy structure, a term…
Read MoreFinding the Data
TEMIS has launched Luxid 7, the seventh generation of its flagship semantic content enrichment platform. Luxid 7 promises a beefed-up scalable and robust semantic enrichment pipeline and includes a dedicated ontology management tool. Broadway World Geeks brought this to our attention in their article, “TEMIS Integrates Ontology Management and Semantic Enrichment in Luxid’ 7.” When building a…
Read MoreFinding Knowledge
Knowledge in medical research is quite possibly the most valuable part. As medical research becomes more and more specialized and the scientific community’s understanding of the human body has increased, it has become an information explosion. EurekAlert brought this interesting information to us in their article, “A cure for medical researchers’ big data headache.” However, it has…
Read MoreUsability and Findability
In November 2015, as part of the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Scientific and Technical Information’s (OSTI) efforts to continuously improve their scientific and technical information offerings, a team of OSTI librarians conducted a formal pilot usability study of DOE PAGESBeta to gauge user satisfaction. This interesting information came to us from the (OSTI) newsletter in…
Read MoreMore Access to Databases
The U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), in collaboration with Boston University School of Medicine has announced the launch of the Health Literacy Tool Shed. This interesting news came from the Library Journal in their article, “Reference: National Library of Medicine Releases New Health Literacy Tool Shed Website.” The Health Literacy Tool Shed is a free,…
Read MoreLearning Opportunity This Week
Many organizations have content dispersed across multiple independent repositories and often without any metadata consistency. The attention given to enterprise data is often not extended to unstructured content, widening the gap between the two worlds and making it near impossible to provide accurate business intelligence, good user experience, or even basic findability. This very timely…
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