Posts Tagged ‘Indexing’
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 MoreSupervisory Librarian Needed at the National Institute of Health
To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, library science, semantic technology, ontology, etc., we are sharing career opportunities that we find with our readers. Even if you are not in the market for a career move, it is always good to stay on top of what is available and how the fields are…
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 Newsday brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “Historical documents a treasure trove for Town of…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 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 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 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 MorePeer Review in Practice
Establishing transparency for each author’s role in a research study is one of the recommendations that recently appeared in a report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). This interesting information came to us from The Official PLOS Blog in their article, “PLOS Collaborates on Recommendations to Improve Transparency for Author Contributions.” A group led by Marcia…
Read MoreAccess Innovations to hold DHUGE 2018 at AAAS Headquarters
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has invited Access Innovations to hold the second Data Harmony Users Group East (DHUGE) meeting at their Washington, DC headquarters. AAAS hopes to highlight the synergy between the two organizations and showcase how this collaboration is furthering the mission of AAAS. DHUGE 2018 will take place…
Read MoreLIFE Imagines Indexed
LIFE magazine is using machine learning to organize over 4 million images from the LIFE magazine archives into an interactive encyclopedia. LIFE magazine was published weekly between 1936 and 1972 and monthly from 1978 to 2000, safely making it the most popular photojournalism magazine in the United States. This iconic magazine was brought back to…
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