Posts Tagged ‘Findability’
More 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…
Read MoreFile Organization Assistance
Working with PDF files stored in the cloud can be a little challenging depending on their size. A new partnership with Dropbox connects Acrobat users with documents stored in the cloud storage icon. This interesting information came to us from Computer World in their article, “Adobe teams with Dropbox as part of Document Cloud upgrades.” Users…
Read MoreAccess is Key
ProQuest is teaming with a variety of other information providers to improve access to dissertations and theses. The company’s massive database of graduate works will be discoverable in context with other relevant content in such research tools as Ei Compendex, The Philosopher’s Index and others. Library Technology brought this information to us in their article, “ProQuest Collaborations…
Read MoreSearching with Style
Organizations continue to spend an increasing amount of financial, technological, and human resources on production of videos and multimedia. But what is the shelf life on these videos? This interesting topic came from AV Network in their article, “Smarter Searching & Managing Metadata to Optimize ROI.” Put those video libraries to good use. Presentations can be…
Read MoreGoogle Expands Data Centers
Google is planning to build another data center in Clarksville, Tennessee. This will make the eighth data center for the technological giant. This interesting information came to us in The Tennessean and their article, “Google to invest in new Clarksville data center.” With an investment of $600 million for this data center, Google will create about 70 full-time…
Read MoreBuilding Knowledge Management
Progressive Digital Media is in talks over the potential acquisition of a provider of healthcare business information. Proactive Investors brought this news to us in their article, “Progressive Digital Media in talks over potential transaction.” The company has stated that the deal would add ‘a third industry vertical’ to the group’s existing business information proposition and would be consistent with…
Read MoreFindable Data on Facebook
Facebook has unleashed a new function that will make everything you post publicly to the site searchable. This interesting information came from Tech Insider in their article, “Facebook is going to make everything you post publicly easily searchable.” This function is called Search FYI and will organize search results hierarchically. This way, users can see what news sources, friends…
Read MoreComprehensive Search
Google search has made it possible to look for information not just based on text, but also including websites, images, videos, books, locations, etc., using the same Google search engine. Not everyone may find this information useful, but for those who work with images, graphics, and copyright infringements, it is a huge help. We found…
Read MorePeace of Mind
The end of the year brings with it resolutions and regrets. On a personal level, many of both of those include fitness. What about your digital fitness? Any resolutions there? This interesting information came to us from Beta News in their article, “New Year’s resolutions for those in IT.” Some resolutions may include the cloud. It seems…
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