The Society for Classical Studies is inviting applications for a one-year Fellowship from July 2015 through June 2016. The Fellowship will enable an American scholar to participate in the work of the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae Institute (TLL) in Munich.
The Association for Information Management (ASLIB) is offering a course on Thesaurus Basics. It is a distance learning platform and is scheduled for October 15, 2014. This course introduces the ideas behind the thesaurus, the most sophisticated gold-standard controlled vocabulary for information organization and retrieval. It enables participants to understand what thesauri are, why and how they are used, and why they are worth the intellectual effort needed to construct and maintain them.
A new twist in using technology to take shortcuts lands in universities, where students are using a thesaurus app to procure changes on essays copy-and-pasted from the internet. Their belief is that it no longer falls under plagiarism after they make a few changes. However, the results are often hilariously inept.
A peek into the past is what Words in Time and Place provides its readers. Exploring the language and terminology of days gone by and using the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary as the source.
I like games, all types but especially word games. My love of Scrabble was developed early on as my mother and I would play for hours on end. My siblings had no interest so it was quality mom and me time that we still take advantage of when time and situations allow. That doesn't happen as often as I'd like, but I do appreciate her passing on a passion for words, books and vocabulary to me.
Google is out to revolutionize your writing and editing experience. From a writer's perspective, that may be more difficult to do than they realize. The release of Thesaurus for Google Documents is designed to help you explore synonyms and antonyms while in Google Docs. So if you are looking for that ambiguous term that no one else will know what it means just to prove your superior intellect, this just might be the revolution you are looking for. They have added some new features including multi-language support.
We are always excited to share with our readers career opportunities in the world of taxonomy, metadata, and semantic technology. Even if you aren’t in the market for a career move, it is good to stay on top of what is available and how the fields are changing.
As we know, a thesaurus lists words grouped together according to similarity of meaning. In the past I have entertained you with interesting taxonomies, so know that I am equally excited to share this unique thesaurus, called the Color Thesaurus, with you.
Have an old dictionary lying around? If you follow in this girl's footsteps you just might have a new wardrobe.
I recently had the opportunity to see webinars featuring a couple of software systems for taxonomy construction/management and content categorization. The systems were both impressive and, if I didn't have 20 years in the business, I would have been totally awed ... and snowed. It's easy to be overwhelmed by a slick appearance and professional presentation.