Posts Tagged ‘Reference’
Conference on Digital Libraries and Knowledge Organization on February 14-16
Management Development Institute will be organizing the International Conference on Digital Libraries and Knowledge Organization (ICDK 2011) in association with INDEST-AICTE Consortium, Ministry of HRD, Government of India and Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC) during 14-16 February, 2011 at Gurgaon campus.
Read MoreCall for Classification and Ontology Papers
Classification and Ontology is the third biennial conference in a series of UDC Seminars organized by the Universal Decimal Classification Consortium (UDC Consortium) and hosted by Koninklijke Bibliotheek (The National Library of Netherlands).
Read MoreMark Your Calendars
There are several exciting educational opportunities available this year for professionals to enhance their skills and topical knowledge. Take a moment to review the event descriptions to find the one(s) that fill your needs.
Read MoreA Well-Constructed Thesaurus
A thesaurus is a special type of controlled vocabulary, which is itself a list of specifically selected terms to represent a set of concepts – concepts described in an electronic collection of documents, podcasts, captioned photos, emails, or other types of content.
Read MoreData Entry: The File Becomes a Reality
In previous columns, we have discussed many of the basics of preparing the data for a computerized file. We have stressed being sure that the editorial policy and individual rules are set consistently so that the data may be easily retrieved once it is entered into that big black box called the computer. The next and very important step is computerization of the data, or converting already-computerized data to match the specifications of the hardware and software system you are going to run your file on–an exciting but exacting task. The data can be made to match your machine by using photocomposition tapes, MARC tapes, floppies, hard disks, paper, forms, catalog cards, brochures, and any number of other information sources.
Read MoreDatabase Production: Determining the Cost
by Marjorie M.K. Hlava Fiirst published as part of Information Today’s Private Files Series, Volume 1, Issue 7. The costs of database production are extremely variable depending on what kind of data you are dealing with and what you want to do with it. So let’s consider the variables from beginning to end and then…
Read MoreDatabase Building Options and Costs
by Marjorie M.K. Hlava Note: This white paper was first published as part of Information Today‘s Private Files Series, Volume 1, Issue 7. People often comment that the cost estimates for database construction seem exceedingly high. In response to those surprised voices, this paper will explore various options available to those who are building a…
Read MoreCross Language Retrieval – English / Russian / French
Marjorie M.K. Hlava, President, Access Innovations, Inc. Dr. Gerold Belonogov, Professor and Head of Department, VINITI, Moscow, Russia Dr. Boris Kuznetsov, Head of Department, VINITI, Moscow, Russia Richard Hainebach, Director, EPMS bv-Ellis Publications, The Netherlands Note: This Working Paper was presented at the 1997 American Association for Artificial Intelligence Spring Symposium Series, March 24 –…
Read MoreBest Practices for Creating and Maintaining a Thesaurus with Thesaurus Master or MAIstro
by Barbara Gilles, Access Innovations thesaurian Observing the practices described below for building a thesaurus will help ensure: Effective searches to enable actual retrieval A rich and functional network of relationships among terms A standards-compliant thesaurus and taxonomy Efficient development of a controlled vocabulary that meets users’ needs 1. Background: The Building Blocks of a…
Read MoreRepositioning Information Science
One of the sessions I attended while at the 2010 meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) in Pittsburgh recently was presented by Michael Buckland, Fidelia Ibekwe-Sanjuan, and Kiersten Latham. This interesting session was actually three coordinated presentations that individually and together questioned the accepted view of information science as an emerging, scientific discipline closely tied with information technology and, mainly, textual data.
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