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The Danger of Ordinary Taxonomies

By |June 22nd, 2021|News|Comments Off on The Danger of Ordinary Taxonomies

Many standards and non-customized taxonomies are the result of one vendor becoming dominant in a market or sector. Diginomica brought this interesting topic to […]

Controlled Vocabularies and Taxonomies

By |February 15th, 2021|Access Insights, Featured|Comments Off on Controlled Vocabularies and Taxonomies

When we talk, we speak in natural language. This language is raw, rich, sometimes messy, but real. When we organize our information and label […]

COVID-19 Mini Thesaurus Available

By |June 1st, 2020|Access Insights, Featured|Comments Off on COVID-19 Mini Thesaurus Available

Access Innovations has created a COVID-19 mini-thesaurus and it is freely available to everyone. It can be downloaded here.

This valuable resource will help those […]

Taxonomies in Information Science

By |August 20th, 2018|Access Insights, Featured, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Taxonomies in Information Science

Taxonomists are often asked about the work they do. For those outside the world of information science and management, it can be hard to […]

Mastering the Subjects

By |July 23rd, 2018|Access Insights, Featured, indexing, reference, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Mastering the Subjects

Creating a taxonomy often begins with input from subject matter experts (SMEs) and by evaluating other taxonomies or thesauri already being used in the […]

Take Advantage of Taxonomy 101, a Full Day Workshop Taught by Experts at the SLA 2018 Annual Conference

By |June 4th, 2018|Access Insights, Autoindexing, Featured, indexing, search|Comments Off on Take Advantage of Taxonomy 101, a Full Day Workshop Taught by Experts at the SLA 2018 Annual Conference

Taxonomies organize a collection of information – structured or unstructured – and they underpin search in many applications. Taxonomy 101 provides the basics for […]

Annual Conference of American Society for Indexing

By |March 19th, 2018|indexing, News|Comments Off on Annual Conference of American Society for Indexing

Cleveland is hosting the American Society for Indexing (ASI) for their annual conference on April 26-28, 2018. With the theme, “Indexer’s Rock”, Cleveland, the […]

Classifying the Un-classifiable

By |January 22nd, 2018|Access Insights, Featured, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Classifying the Un-classifiable

Traditional classifications of animals, medicine, diseases, and other vastly dense topics can feel like reciting pi – infinite data with infinite possibilities.

While there may […]

Ghost of Taxonomies Present

By |December 25th, 2017|Access Insights, Featured, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Ghost of Taxonomies Present

Much they saw, and far they went, and many homes they visited, but always with a happy end. The Spirit stood beside sick beds, […]

Words Reveal Much

By |November 24th, 2017|News, reference|Comments Off on Words Reveal Much

Words matter. They reveal who you are and reflect your character. Every child has heard the rhyme, “Sticks and stones may break my bones
But […]