Posts Tagged ‘Search’
In the Middle
Artificial intelligence (AI) has blurred the lines between the virtual world and the real world. With AI largely being academic or theoretical in nature for three score plus a few years, it is easy to see why many question the potential of it being truly useful in our world. In reality, AI’s virtual world has real-world…
Read MoreAI in Search
Quertle is the developer of the first artificial intelligence (AI) biomedical big data discovery platform (BioAI) for biomedical literature. Together with Elsevier, they have announced that searching of the full-text biomedical and life science content on Elsevier’s information source, ScienceDirect, that has over 14 million publications, will be integrated into Quertle’s AI discovery product Qinsight. Knowledge Speak brought…
Read MoreThe Choice of Words
Words and language in general have always been of interest to me. Dictionaries, thesauri, and as I grew older, the AP Stylebook usually resided on my desk. Now we tend to rely more on the Internet and technology in general for these references. For instance, I receive a “word of the day” in my email.…
Read MoreBrowse Aware
With the increase in cyber crimes, it is important to remember that personal identification may be at risk based on the metadata you leave behind while browsing the Internet. Sys-Con Media brought this information to us in their blog post titled, “Automatic identification of users based on page metadata.” One of the key features of Dynatrace…
Read MoreDigital Catalog Records Now Accessible
Valuable information is stored in the treasure trove of library catalogs. They are important to making information findable, particularly as the amount of information expands every day. The San Francisco Chronicle brought this interesting news to our attention in their article, “The Library of Congress opened its catalogs to the world. Here’s why it matters.” But what…
Read MoreOrganization is Key
Information professionals are learning that having a data classification process in place can make your data smart enough to know what to do with itself. This is exceptionally helpful when it comes to storage. Tech Target brought us this interesting information in their article, “Classification of data can solve your data storage problems.” Data classification is…
Read MoreTwo Part Educational Opportunity
The Professional/Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Division of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) is offering a unique two-part educational opportunity available in person or via webinar on July 26th at 12:30-2:30 p.m. EST. The first part is titled: “The Changing Discovery Landscape – Part 1: Librarians and Researchers.” This session will give an overview of the…
Read MoreThe Messy Business of Metadata
Wait, I thought the purpose of metadata was to bring order and make the search process cleaner and thus make findability achievable. How can it be messy? The workflow in digital collections is evolving to accommodate the needs of linked data. This can get messy – like any change process will be. While many tasks are…
Read MoreIt’s All Semantics
Semantic search is search that understands the meaning of a natural language query as opposed to viewing search terms as keywords. Simplicable brought this interesting information to us in their article, “What is Semantic Search?” To properly use semantic search, a search engine back end is required that can discover, rank and index knowledge resources. In addition,…
Read MoreAccountability in Open Access Publishing
A recent United States court ruling awarded publisher Elsevier $15m in damages for copyright infringements by Sci-Hub, the Library of Genesis (LibGen) project and related sites. This interesting news came to us from The Bookseller in their article, “Elsevier awarded $15m from Sci-Hub in copyright case.” The Association of American Publishers (AAP) and the International Publishers…
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