Taxodiary – research

The Ins and Outs of Researcher and Contributor Data

By Melody Smith|October 1st, 2014|metadata, News|Comments Off on The Ins and Outs of Researcher and Contributor Data

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.

The End of an Era

By Melody Smith|May 15th, 2014|News, reference|Comments Off on The End of an Era

The future of the more than 130-year old Oxford English Dictionary (OED) may be moving to cyberspace. The sheer number of English words put into use since the 20-volume, second edition was published in 1989 could make version 3.0 too big and too expensive to print. The next edition is expected to be at least twice the size of the last. Because of this, it may be published digitally only.

Who’s the Boss?

By Melody Smith|March 26th, 2014|News, reference|Comments Off on Who’s the Boss?

In case you haven't read the press release that came out last week from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the title should give you reason for pause, "NTIA Announces Intent to Transition Key Internet Domain Name Functions."

The Ghost of Research Past

By Melody Smith|December 9th, 2013|Access Insights, Featured, reference|Comments Off on The Ghost of Research Past

There are a good many professional organizations that take their knowledge organization and dissemination responsibilities seriously. One good example, appropriately enough, is the International Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO), which maintains a free online bibliographic service covering knowledge organization literature.

Ontologies Strengthen Data

By Melody Smith|October 31st, 2013|News, ontology|Comments Off on Ontologies Strengthen Data

User profiles play an important role in information retrieval systems. This "revelation" came from a software engineer study, but really, is it a big surprise?

Semantic Research

By Melody Smith|March 12th, 2013|News, semantic|Comments Off on Semantic Research

Genetic research continues to explore and discover, all with the help of technology. The ability to conduct genome-wide association studies (GWAS) has enabled new […]

Market Research Company Sees Benefit of Social Media

By Melody Smith|December 23rd, 2011|News|Comments Off on Market Research Company Sees Benefit of Social Media

Dialego has launched a new social media division. This German research agency recognized that social media market research is a huge and important part of market research. Leading this new division is Annette Stucken from Unilever.

Gift Giving Idea

By Melody Smith|December 15th, 2011|indexing, News|Comments Off on Gift Giving Idea

Still looking for that perfect gift for the historian or librarian in your life? How about a mobile scanner? This fun and useful product from Flip runs on four AA batteries and has a 2 GB SD memory card installed. The appearance is deceptive with only a 6.5x10 flatbed scanner, but it runs well and the quality of the images stood up to various forms of testing, according to one writer.

New Online Research Tool Features

By Melody Smith|November 18th, 2011|News, search|Comments Off on New Online Research Tool Features

Elsevier has released new features for its online research tool BrainNavigator. In this new version, BrainNavigator 3.2, Elsevier added new content and functionality to give researchers additional tools to accelerate their research.

What The Future Holds

By Melody Smith|August 18th, 2011|News, Technology|Comments Off on What The Future Holds

Only twenty or already twenty years ago – depending on how you look at it – the world wide web was christened. No, not by Al Gore, but by a British computer scientist, Tim Berners-Lee.