By Melody Smith|March 27th, 2015|metadata, News, storage|Comments Off on Managing the Email Chaos
There is much chatter about email since the latest Washington brouhaha involving Hillary Clinton’s use of private email at the State Department. Of course this comes on the coat tails of Lois Lerner’s missing emails at the IRS last year and puts extra pressure on the upcoming deadlines for the implementation of electronic email recordkeeping from the Office of Management and Budget.
By Melody Smith|March 27th, 2015|metadata, News, storage|Comments Off on Sharing the Knowledge
Information professionals are often the last people brought onto projects involving digital asset management (DAM) teams and other project teams. Why is this? They bring a perspective that connects everyone’s interest and investment in the final outcome.
By Melody Smith|March 24th, 2015|metadata, News, storage|Comments Off on Keeping Your Personal Information Secure
Australians fear that their government isn't capable of handling their personal information despite a new law not yet implemented that is intended to stop terrorism.
By Melody Smith|March 20th, 2015|News, storage|Comments Off on Smart Storage
If your data is growing like everyone else’s, you are having a space issues. Maybe it is time to look to the clouds for unlimited space and other benefits.
By Melody Smith|March 20th, 2015|metadata, News|Comments Off on Data, Data, Data
Data is important, but just how important if it has no structure? After all, without structure, how can it be indexed and recovered when needed down the road? In real-world applications, there have to be patterns and structures that allow content to be findable.
By Melody Smith|March 19th, 2015|indexing, metadata, News, search|Comments Off on Learn More About Making Content Usable
The "Making Content Portable, Making It Usable" webinar is scheduled for March 27th. Early bird registration discount ends on Friday, March 20th.
By Melody Smith|March 17th, 2015|indexing, metadata, News, search|Comments Off on Finding the Lost
Technology continues to advance on a daily basis. What was wondrously new yesterday will seem archaic in just a few months. This “advancement” of technology has brought information to our fingertips at a faster speed than ever before and in unbelievable quantities.
By Melody Smith|March 16th, 2015|metadata, News, Standards|Comments Off on Protecting the Source
The Australian federal government’s data retention package is close to its end. If this particular bill is passed, many believe journalists and their sources will face an even more difficult reporting environment in Australia.
By Melody Smith|March 13th, 2015|News, reference|Comments Off on Libraries Revisited
Libraries seem to belong to a past generation who did not have access to the internet or to other data sources where mega masses of information could be accessed quickly and easily. Of course there have been changes, but we in the business of information science know that the value of libraries hasn’t diminished, just changed. The latest research findings indicate that the future of libraries falls into three categories: The library as a place, the library as a connector of people, and the library as a platform for getting patrons the information and the contacts they seek.
By Melody Smith|March 11th, 2015|metadata, News|Comments Off on Wasted Metadata
Mandatory metadata retention needs to go ahead, the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) told Senate Estimates recently, even though almost all of the collected data will never be accessed by law-enforcement or intelligence agencies. ASIO director-general Duncan Lewis said, "We will not, and never will, use the majority of this data, but unless the data set is complete, then it would be an incomplete exercise when we are going in on a lead.