Up Close with Taxonomies

Recently, our own Bob Kasenchak, Director of Product Development at Access Innovations, was interviewed by PLOS Staff Researcher, Elizabeth Seiver, on her podcast in the episode titled, Building Taxonomies: An interview featuring Bob Kasenchak. In today’s digital age, it’s important to be able to sift through a lot of content and find what you’re looking for. With…

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Finding Credibility

In November I wrote an article about deciphering fact from fiction but I didn’t cover the whole fake news craze. Perhaps in my naivety I hoped the issue would go away. That after the elections the whole craze would die down and everyone would be more diligent in what they post on social media. Unfortunately…

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Information Architect Position Available

To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, semantic technology, digital archiving, etc., we are sharing with our readers any career opportunities that we find. Even if you are not in the market for a career move, it is always good to stay on top of what is available and how the…

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Collaborative Efforts Towards Standards

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for humanity. They recently announced the launch of a new IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) Industry Connections (IC) program: Digital Inclusion through Trust and Agency. Yahoo brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “IEEE Standards…

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Digitally Consistent

Most would agree that having an enterprise data management strategy is vital for digital transformation. This interesting information came to us from MIS Asia in their article, “Why an enterprise data management strategy is vital for the digital age.” Strategy gives you a plan and a starting point. Even though most organizations have a data management strategy,…

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An Elite Group

The term “Copy editors” conjures up images of wire-framed bespectacled people hunched over their desks furiously scratching and swiping with their pencils (always pencils, never pens). Columbia Journalism Review brought this interesting and humorous news to us in their article, “Revenge of the copy editors: Grammar pros find internet stardom.” Copy editors of today will likely…

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Standards Were Affirmed by the Courts

The American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the coordinator of the U.S. standards and conformity assessment system, was pleased to support the recent U.S. District Court ruling in favor of ASTM International, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), and the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), whose standards are incorporated into federal law. This…

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Standards Across Subjects

Vocabulary standards are important, this we know. This is true regardless of the subject matter – be it medical coding or liquor. This interesting topic came to us from Digitalomnium in their article, ‘Bourbon Whiskey, Controlled Vocabularies, and Library of Congress Subject Headings.” A few years ago one of our staff wrote a comprehensive feature regarding…

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