MORE 'CORE-REFERENCE-TOOLS' POSTS
From an Oxford University Press Blog Post by Dennis Barron: The Supreme Court is using dictionaries to interpret the Constitution. Both conservative justices, who believe the Constitution means today exactly what the Framers meant in the 18th century, and liberal ones, who see the Constitution as a living, breathing document changing with the times, are […]
Direct to: Core Concepts in Library and Information Science (LIS) Published in 2005 and still an excellent resource. by Birger Hjørland, Royal School of Library and Information Science Copenhagen Hat Tip: The Noisy Channel, Daniel T. Reference: Glossary: Core Concepts in Library and Information Science (LIS)
First, three new intialisms have added to the OED: + OMG + LOL + FYI + WAG (an acronym) Wag [WAG n./4] is notable for the extremely fast journey from its introduction to the language to its use as usual English vocabulary. In 2002, the Sunday Telegraph reported that the staff at the England footballers’ […]
Conference Presentation: Dr. Thomas C. Rindflesch from NLM Discusses "Semantic MEDLINE An Advanced Information Management Application for Biomedicine:
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Dr. Rindflesch is an Information Research Specialist at the National Library of Medicine. He spoke at the 2011 NFAIS (National Federation of Advanced Information Services) annual conference at the end of February in Philadelphia, PA. Title: “Semantic MEDLINE: An Advanced Information Management Application for Biomedicine“ Direct to 23 PowerPoint Slides See Also: Direct to Semantic […]
From the Wikimedia Foundation Web Site: The strategic plan is the culmination of a collaborative process undertaken by the Wikimedia Foundation and the global community of Wikimedia project volunteers through 2009 and 2010. The process aimed to understand and address the critical challenges and opportunities facing the Wikimedia movement through 2015. It has culminated in […]
Update: Here’s a Complete List of the New Words (With Definitions) From an Article Appearing in The Telegraph: Gabby Fletcher, a spokeswoman for Oxford Dictionaries Online, said: “The rapid development of technology creates multiple new products, services, and functionalities, which all need new terms to describe them. “We are also seeing the very fast circulation […]
This glossary (free) and list of materials (free) are part of the new Taxonomy Guide (fee-based) from the iSchool Institute at the University of Toronto. From SemanticWeb.com The iSchool Institute goes on to explain that The Taxonomy Guide is both a reference resource and a learning tool “designed to help you master the concepts, relationships […]
