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New Grant Funds Digital Research Center

By Melody Smith | April 18, 2011

Emory University is soon to have a coffeehouse-like environment in which students can work in cross-discipline collaboration and allow researcher access to the library’s vast experts on all things library. This will differ from other digital research centers because of the cross-discipline collaboration potential.

2011 Bio-IT World Conference to Feature Semantics

By Melody Smith | April 6, 2011

Cambridge Semantics is presenting at the 2011 Bio-IT World Conference in Boston on April 14th. Vice President Steven Kludt will discuss how semantic technology and cloud computing can be leveraged in pharmaceutical and healthcare organizations to address specific data management challenges.

Wine Application Also a Great Teaching Tool

By Melody Smith | April 4, 2011

Another piece of software using semantic technology to help our dining experience be just a little bit better. I don’t know about you, but this gets my attention.

From Ink to Digital

By Melody Smith | March 11, 2011

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) marked a milestone recently when it officially reached 150 years of producing and delivering government documents for all three branches of the Federal Government and the public.

Three Webinars on Metadata and Standards

By Melody Smith | March 2, 2011

The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) and the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) have announced they will be continuing their educational partnership in 2011 with three joint webinars on topics related to metadata, linked data, and RDA vocabularies.

Taxonomy Information Sources

By Melody Smith | February 21, 2011

I am often asked where can I find out more about software and taxonomies to reuse? There are a number of attempts to organize taxonomy resources on the web. Some are more up to date than others.

SLA Partners with Information Today for Conference Discount

By Melody Smith | February 21, 2011

Planning on attending the upcoming Computers in Libraries conference in D.C. next month? The Special Libraries Association (SLA) has partnered with Information Today to provide members with an exclusive discount. SLA members who register before February 25th will pay the reduced rate of $249 for the full three-day conference on March 21-23, 2011.

MarkLogic Keynote Speakers Announced

By Melody Smith | February 18, 2011

The 2011 MarkLogic User Conference will be held in San Francisco, CA, at the Palace Hotel on April 26-29, 2011. The event will be keynoted by Gartner Analyst Donald Feinberg and best-selling author Bob Sutton.

Knowledge Organization Must Reads

By Melody Smith | February 15, 2011

The new issue of Knowledge Organization Literature (bibliography), edited by Ia McIlwaine, is now published on ISKO website.

Thesaurus from – and for – the Farm

By Melody Smith | February 1, 2011 |

The USDA has announced release of the 2011 edition of the on-line NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (NALT). This release adds 3,441 new terms and 321 definitions to these vocabulary tools.