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The Role Search Plays

By Melody Smith | May 22, 2014

How important is search to you? Search is important, but is it a key component in information governance? These and other questions were posed in a SharePoint metadata survey conducted by Concept Searching.

Most Searched Words

By Melody Smith | May 21, 2014

I always find it interesting to learn about the behaviors of others. Airports, shopping malls, and sports venues always provide entertainment to me as I muse on the reasoning behind some wardrobe choices, quirky behavior, or companions. That might be why social media has always intrigued me as it is like people watching from home. So when Dictionary.com compiled a list of words looked up the most around the country, I was fascinated.

SharePoint Fest Coming to New York City

By Melody Smith | May 19, 2014

information governance in Office 365 at SharePoint Fest New York City. The event is scheduled for June 18th – 20th at the Javits Convention Center, Manhattan.

Taxonomy for Academic Publishers

By Melody Smith | May 13, 2014

The School of Library and Information Science at San José State University (SJSU) is partnering with RedLink, a Silicon Valley startup, to develop a new taxonomy for academic publishers.

Expanding Databases

By Melody Smith | May 7, 2014

EBSCO Information Services recently released Communication Source as a resource for communication research. Communication Source was developed from a merger of EBSCO databases, Communication and Mass Media Complete and Communication Abstracts (formerly published by SAGE).

Achieving True Findability Requires Standards

By Melody Smith | April 23, 2014

WAND has launched its WAND Taxonomy Library Portal that provides resources for companies who are developing a taxonomy strategy by giving access to more than 100,000 pre-built taxonomy concepts developed by experts.

Search – Tout de Suite

By Melody Smith | April 16, 2014

A French search engine, Yatedo, has transformed its user experience by implementing CDNetworks’ Web Content Acceleration service. Based on their innovative technology, using semantics, phonetics, and a streamlined interface, Yatedo can distinguish between homonyms and present search results as profiles.

April Fools’ Day

By Melody Smith | April 1, 2014

Today is the day of pranks, jokes, and trickery. Some people go to outlandish and extravagant efforts to pull a prank on others. But how did it get started? I went to the Library of Congress to find some answers.

The Social Powers

By Melody Smith | March 28, 2014

Yandex has announced that it is adding public Facebook data to the index of data mined for queries handled by the Russian Internet search company.

Semantic Search Enhances Results

By Melody Smith | March 24, 2014

Vodacom SA has deployed Ontology Systems to enhance their service assurance operations. By providing Vodacom with a comprehensive service assurance solution for change management and fault management operations, they can accurately assess the impact of change requests and reduce the cross-network impact of ad hoc transmission infrastructure fault management.