Action Heroes vs. Super Heroes
How could I not share this little gem? Labeled the "action hero manifesto", this wheel classifies the various attributes that surround a super hero. For instance, an action hero is not a superhero.
Alice Redmond-Neal Crosses the 30,000-Abstract Threshold for IFEBP and Access Innovations, Inc.
Access Innovations, Inc. is proud to announce that one of its devoted staff members has crossed a large indexing and abstracting milestone.
A Short Roundup of Recent Taxonomy Books
Over the past couple of decades, the field of knowledge organization systems (such as taxonomies and thesauri) has matured. This maturation has led KOS experts to write books that consolidate and share the theories, insights, and techniques that have emerged. Below is a roundup of some of the more recent books in the area of taxonomies and related knowledge organization systems.
Using Taxonomy to Save a Butterfly
The monarch butterfly is a beautiful sight, whether it’s fluttering through a garden or resting on a flower. Understandably admired, it’s the state insect of Alabama, Idaho, Illinois, Minnesota, and Texas. It’s also the state butterfly of Vermont and West Virginia.
Transparency Reduces Conflict
The Wellcome Trust and Digital Science have introduced a 'contributor role taxonomy' in an effort to provide classification of the roles performed by individuals in the work leading to published academic research. The purpose of the CRediT Taxonomy is to provide transparency in contributions to scholarly published work.
Last Week for Taxonomy Boot Camp Proposals
Taxonomy Boot Camp is the only conference dedicated to exploring the successes, challenges, products, and development of taxonomies. You have the opportunity to share your experiences, knowledge, and work with taxonomies, ontologies, folksonomies, content labeling systems, and other mechanisms for organizing information at this one-of-a-kind boutique learning and networking event.