Posts Tagged ‘Findability’
Expanding the Library
The British Library and Publishing Technology have announced a new partnership, which will make 5,400 new journal and book titles available via the ingentaconnect online platform. This interesting information came from Publishing Technology in their post, “British Library and Publishing Technology collaborate to make Document Supply Service content available via ingentaconnect.” Journal content from an assortment…
Read MoreData Harmony® v.3.10 Named 2015 Trend Setting Product by KMWorld
Access Innovations, Inc., the industry leader in data organization and innovators of the Data Harmony® software suite, is pleased to announce that KMWorld has named Data Harmony Version 3.10 on their list of Trend Setting Products for 2015. “It is vital to stay at the forefront of knowledge management and, with Data Harmony v.3.10, we…
Read MoreLearning Opportunity Next Week
Powerful tools are needed to manage information, both digital and traditional. An integrated library system (ILS) can help with managing knowledge, content and digital assets, but there are so many options. It is critical to a library’s sustainability to keep up with changing needs. A powerful ILS offers a critical toolkit, and an ILS that’s a…
Read MoreLet’s Talk Semantics
The rapid growth of digital information has been discussed here many times. It has spawned many interesting and creative approaches to information analyzing, indexing, retrieval, and findability. Access Innovations has been acutely aware of the needs for quite some time and works to provide comprehensive solutions for its clients. This interesting topic came from Research Information in their…
Read MoreThe Value of a Taxonomy in Archiving
Archiving and storing historical records for the future is an admirable task. The North Vancouver Museum and Archives (NVMA) has been doing that since 1971. This interesting news came from the Eloquent blog in their post, “Online Archives promote Community Heritage. The NVMA acquires the records of organizations and individuals whose activities document the historical, social,…
Read MoreLearn How to Increase Findability
Enterprise Search & Discovery is holding their annual summit in Washington D.C. on November 3-5, 2015. This year’s theme is “Delivering on the Promise of Search.” This event is a good opportunity to learn about new technologies, next generation information access, and interesting approaches to search and discovery. Who should attend the Enterprise Search &…
Read MoreNew Agreement Takes Communications to the Next Level
CHORUS recently announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with ORCID to support discoverability in scholarly communications. This type of collaboration among organizations like CHORUS and ORCID is key to continuing to meet the changing needs of the scholarly community. ORCID Executive Director Laurel Haak said, “Creating and supporting authoritative connections between researchers and…
Read MoreNew and Better Access
Emerald Group Publishing has launched the Green Open Access, Zero Embargo trial applicable for all mandated articles submitted to the company’s library and information science (LIS) journals and to selected information and knowledge management journals. This interesting information came from Info Docket in their article, “Emerald Group Publishing Announces Library and Information Science Journals Green Open Access Trial.”…
Read MoreMetadata and Findability
When introduced, metadata was basic and easy. It was breadcrumbs that led you to the real data or file. Once you understood the right information to put into it, the concept itself was simple. What was clear has become murky. This interesting topic came from KMWorld in their article, “Dissolution of metadata.” If you think of metadata…
Read MoreBuilding Trust in Science
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and publisher of the Science family of journals, has acquired “Peer Review Evaluation” (PRE), a web-based service that promotes public trust in science by making the review of original research more transparent and verifiable. We found this interesting news on Yahoo in their article, “AAAS, Publisher of…
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