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Strong Data Needs Strong Management

By Melody Smith | October 3, 2014

Docassist Desktop has been released for easy transition to the cloud for mail or print documents to Docassist.

The Ins and Outs of Researcher and Contributor Data

By Melody Smith | October 1, 2014

Making content findable to users, researchers, professionals, academics, etc., is a common goal. The Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) launched its registry in October 2012 for this exact reason. Now they are on track to reach 1 million registrations at their 2-year anniversary this month. With over 150 members, almost half from academic or government research institutes, and one-quarter from the publishing sector, they are enabling research data exchange interoperability through integration of identifiers into research data systems and workflows.

Data Discovery

By Melody Smith | September 24, 2014

Infolinx System Solutions has announced the release of Infolinx WEB version 3.4, which will be available in late September of this year. This latest release includes deepened integrations with Microsoft® SharePoint®, Laserfiche® Records Manager, Kofax Capture and oneilBridge™, as well as improvements to the data presentation, reporting capability and application interface.

Recruiting a New Generation

By Melody Smith | September 23, 2014

The American Library Association (ALA) is asking for your help in recruiting a new generation of Library and Information Science (LIS) professionals. They are currently accepting applications for the ALA Scholarship Program which includes over 12 different scholarship opportunities, many of which make multiple annual awards.

Access Innovations, Inc. Releases Data Harmony® Metadata Extractor Version 3.9

By Melody Smith | September 15, 2014

Access Innovations, Inc. announces that the Data Harmony Metadata Extractor is available as an extension of MAIstro™, the flagship thesaurus and indexing application in the company’s Data Harmony software line. Metadata Extractor is a managed Web-based service for revealing the hidden structure in an organization’s content, through superior data mining of publication elements, to normalize and automate document metadata tagging for the benefit of the organization.

Preserved Until When

By Melody Smith | September 11, 2014

Records management up to this point has been straightforward – preserve certain categories of paper records for time periods according to a retention schedule determined by applicable legal rules.

Linked Open Data Brings Data Together

By Melody Smith | September 9, 2014

The Getty Research Institute has released the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN) as Linked Open Data.

Data for Data

By Melody Smith | September 9, 2014

Organizations constantly try to get their arms around an ever-increasing amount of data in their networks and in doing so, some are turning to metadata to more effectively manage their big data.

Finding the Proverbial Needle

By Melody Smith | September 8, 2014

New technologies are responsible for the electronic storage of information. Interestingly enough, though, 90% of businesses are still storing documents in paper format, according to a study by JSE-listed storage management provider Metrofile.

What the Future Holds

By Melody Smith | September 5, 2014

Russia invading the Ukraine, Israel’s assault on occupied Gaza, extreme weather flare-ups, airplane catastrophes—these are just some of the geopolitical and natural events that threaten the stability of the world system. With the chaos in the world of late, what lessons are there to learn to survive in the future? And I am not necessarily referring to the apocalyptic zombie future.