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The article discusses the challenges and priorities in data and analytics management for businesses, emphasizing the importance of balancing data safety, driving business value, and shaping a data-centric organizational culture. Topics include the growth of data in the cloud, the emergence of Artificial Intelligence and robotics in business, and the significance of data governance and security in the face of cyber threats.

The article offers information on how the digitized thesis and improved discovery. Topics include tracing its origins from accession and early digitization through to continuing consolidation and cleanup of decades' worth of data, the benefits of providing open access to the scholarship in the theses, and the inclusion in the institutional repository (IR) has been advantageous.

The article focuses on the increasing market consolidation of data management and database systems. The significant evolution of data management using different technologies and the clear signs of database marketplace consolidation in response to the great demand in the market is discussed. The need for companies to carefully choose the right platform in light with the emergence of multi-model and hybrid database architectures that promise to offer a one size fits all solution is emphasized.

The article offers 2017 news briefs related to the informations profession in the U.S. A free layer of content called ScienceDirect Topics is being launched by Elsevier. A new online space is being created by the Library of Congress (LC). Michael Rai has been appointed as the new general manager of ProQuest.

The article offers several tips to improve the performance of a database. These tips include adapting a database lifecycle management approach, examining server and storage architecture, leveraging cloud options, implementing virtualization, and understanding and managing database access patterns. It also suggests taking advantage of built-in efficiencies and features of older database and operating systems.

The article presents a list of vendors that offer various products and services in library automation including 3M Library Systems, Aaron Cohen Associates Ltd., and ADLIB Information Systems Ltd.

The article focuses on Project Lefty, a search system that adds a layer on top of traditional search tools. According to the author, the system improves search queries and relevance rankings for web-scale discovery tools to make the results themselves more relevant to the specific query of the researchers. It notes that in Project Lefty, selecting the correct databases for the specific query of a particular user is accomplished in an automated way, through understanding the contents of the database themselves. INSET: ABOUT THE CONTEST.

The article offers information on the open access Terrorism Knowledge Base (TKB) from the national Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism (MIPT) and the database International Security and Counter-Terrorism Reference Center from Elton B. Stephens Co. (EBSCO). TKB, which has six sections, was created from databases and print sources of several intelligence agencies and other government departments. According to the author, the database of EBSCO contains 2.3 million indexing/abstracting/full-text records and is made freely available courtesy of MIPT.

The article presents highlights of the Spring 2007 meeting of the Association of Scientific Information Dissemination Centers (ASIDIC) and recalls other past meetings. The meeting entitled Information Networks on September 25-27, 1974 discussed current problems associated with acquiring and processing databases and providing information service from those databases. The meeting in March 2007 focused on content and technology services issues faced by publishers.

The article provides information on the new databases in citation searching. PsycINFO is the premiere database for psychology and behavioral sciences and, with more than 2 million records, is among the largest of all subject databases. Produced by the American Psychological Association (APA), it is available directly from the APA as well as from several vendors. The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, is the premier database of education literature in the world. ERIC provides a public Web site for searching more than a million citations going back to 1966 and, with contributor permission, users can access full-text sources at no charge.

This article details the creation of EBSCO's DynaMed database for evidence-based medical practioners. This database has a compelling creation story, involving content selection and evaluation critical to human health -- as any point-of-care resource for medical professionals should have. EBSCO's Health Library continues to add more offerings for patient information and EBSCOhost has announced additional databases and full-text sources that expand its medical and health content. Clearly, EBSCO is not standing still in its search for quality content, products, and services in the field of health and medicine. Just as EBSCO Publishing has secured DynaMed and two complementary databases, GIDEON and Evidence-based Complementary Medicine, to serve the needs of physicians, it also offers the Health Library for the latest patient information. INSET: EBSCO Health Library.

This article discusses the act of capturing statistics for database usage, analyzing and interpreting subscription-based database, which has emerged as an important task among librarians. In a rapidly evolving information environment, it is necessary to examine the end user's usage patterns and needs on a periodic basis. The article investigates whether there are differences among user groups, both in their amount and frequency of subscription database use, based on user characteristics such as gender, location of network access, and participation in user instruction. Findings include no statistically significant difference in database use based on gender and a statistically significant difference in the frequency of using the subject-specific databases based on location of accessing the computing network.

This article suggests several projects where librarians can take the lead in helping history and English teachers see the potential databases. The range of subscription databases grows more astonishing each day, as librarians well know. Databases can inspire novel approaches to creating curriculum. As teachers become familiar with them, their thinking about lesson planning and student research often moves in innovative directions.

This article highlights the benefits of open source databases for businesses and libraries. No matter what size your library is, databases play an important role in providing services. The reason for this is simple: libraries exist to organize information, and databases make it easy to store and retrieve information. Setting up and maintaining open source databases is easier than most people realize. Not too long ago, only systems experts had the skills to install and use a database server. Nowadays, graphical tools have made it a snap to administer databases in a production setting. Open source products are widely used and do not require you to pay licensing fees, so chances are you will be able to apply what you learn in a variety of setting. There is an excellent chance that existing open source products contain all the functionality you need--that is why millions of people, businesses, and libraries use them. The learning curve for open source database is about the same as for most types of software. Because so many people use them, it is easy to find someone who can help you when you encounter challenges. Once you have created your first database, you may discover that you can improve services, gather statistics, or help staff in just a few minutes.

This article details several dictionary services and spelling aids for Web searching. A dictionary technology was developed to be used in a variety of applications, such as orthographic verification, writing aid, natural-language processing and information storage and retrieval. The design of the technology allows building complex applications using the components developed in the earlier phases of the work in a modular fashion without extensive rewriting of computer code. Since many of the potential applications envisioned for this work have online or Web-based interfaces, the dictionaries and other computer components must have fast response and must be adaptable to open-ended database vocabularies, including chemical nomenclature. ChemSpell is an adaptation of standard spelling aid technology to large, unbounded chemical nomenclature databases. Chemical names differ substantially from normal English vocabulary, can exceed 700 characters in length, and may include embedded spaces and punctuation. Unlike traditional dictionaries that have several hundred thousand words, chemical databases may have several million chemical names. One final aspect is the ease with which the spelling aid mechanisms can be maintained. Basically, when a database is updated, keys must be generated for each chemical name and the corresponding spelling aid indexes need to be updated with the new entries. This is easily supported by databases such as Oracle, which makes it possible for ChemSpell to provide the newest entries in the database as spelling aid candidates when appropriate.

Focuses on managing electronic resources in libraries. Growth of the number of electronic journals, citation databases and full-text aggregations held by libraries; Information on how libraries subscribe to electronic content; Fundamental aspects to managing electronic resources.

Offers strategies on the best way to migrate to a new library catalog system. The importance of involving the library staff in the selection process; Designating one person to be responsible for the migration; What an efficient migration will involve; The importance of having data prepared for testing and a checklist of potential problems items; Things that can be done ahead of time; Things to look for when testing data. INSET: Things to Look for When Testing Data.

The article discusses that the Searchable Museum of the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) is a recent and major addition to the world's roster of virtual museums. It mentions that the NMAAHC opened in 2016, and it was at once a handsome addition to the National Mall and a major resource for the African American experience.

The article presents an interview with Matti Shem, chief executive officer at ProQuest. He discusses characteristics of company that make it unique. He explained about merging of ProQuest and Ex Libris which both involved in the process. He explained about dealing of Ex Libris and ProQuest with same librarian.

This section offers news briefs relating to the information discovery and technology industry as of July 1, 2015. These include update on article sharing and hosting policies made by academic publishing company Elsevier, launch of text mining solution RightFind XML for Mining by the Copyright Clearance Center Inc. (CCC), based on its cloud-based workflow platform, and the appointment of Daniel Hook as managing director of research technology developer Digital Science.

Reports on the information that INVESTEXT provides. File facts; Epidemiologic data; Background on legislation and regulation.

The article discusses several factors which are significant in the reshaping of data centers and information technology (IT) enterprises in the U.S. For large systems sites, it notes that there will be a continuing evolution away from single, large general-purpose processors toward more distributed workloads on more cost-effective platforms. Since virtualization likewise plays a major role in green IT, it suggests that such connection needs to be further explored. Moreover, it says that enterprise resource planning (ERP) and enterprise applications have long been hampered by insufficient reporting capabilities, a gap that gets increasingly filled by business analytics tools.

Features three psychology-related information sources. PsycARTICLES database from the American Psychological Association; Psycline journal locator; Mental Health abstracts database.

Comments on the need for simplicity when planning for information technology (IT). Vague generalizations often made in IT planning due to lack of foresight about its future; Need to expand disk space to accommodate greater amounts of data; Acquisition of data from third-party information vendors; Role of conferences to gather information on user's needs; Popularity of open source software.

The article discusses the study regarding the use of data virtualization for enterprise database environments. Topics discussed include the expansion or extension of virtualization process with a cloud-based service, the dramatic transition of storage technology, and the use of flash for backup storage.

In this article, the author presents his views on evolution in the information landscape with time. It mentions information on peer-reviewed journals which are making available the research datasets on which their articles are based, and libraries are curating collections of high-quality open access; and also mentions information on deep searches in fee-based online services, which offer powerful search functions, consistent indexing of reputable published sources, and documented coverage.

Considers some of the pressures and choices to be made by customers of bibliographic and other traditional databases, as of October 2003. Choices for cancellation of print collections; Considerations in searching big databases; Recommended databases; Comparison of the use of bibliographic databases within larger companies.

Presents an update on database linking and archiving as of October 2003. Service links provided by Elsevier and two divisions of the American Chemical Society--Chemical Abstracts Service and Publications; Improvements in the Dialog Company Profiles service; Launch of the PAIS Archive, a retrospective database from the OCLC.

Focuses on the trends for personal digital assistant (PDA) device within the U.S. medical sector as of August 2003. Types of content found in the PDA used by physicians; Benefits of PDA device for doctors and other medical personnel; Companies that integrate data in hospital databases with the PDA.

Presents information on several full-text databases. Mental Health Collection of Ovid company; Version of the Educational Resources Information Center database developed by the Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation; A&E Biographies.

This article focuses on the future of database publishing. If one thinks about these products as decisionbases, not as databases, one will begin to understand the major goals, and they are very clear: to bring the salient points into focus for the decision maker, which will immediately eliminate distractions, and to deliver the findings in a timely manner by not demanding that the decision maker massage a lot of the data. Presenting data in this kind of coherent, targeted manner will require decisionbase publishers to enhance their systems at three different levels. At the ground floor, databases must have the value-added coding needed both to identify the most important information and to cut out useless information. The next level of the decisionbase must offer visual summaries of the data. Such summaries will help the reader grasp general trends or spot irrelevant informational static. At the third and final level, a decisionbase must offer analytical assistance to the decision maker.

The article focuses on issues related to education. Learning is increasingly thought of as a reciprocal process where students of all ages must be more actively involved. Understanding the means by which information is retrieved, in olden times by lectures on the use of indexes and directories and now by instruction in the use of databases and networks, is still partially beside the point. Learning how to use media centers, libraries, computer centers, and databases is a secondary skill. The primary accomplishment is to know how to sift and winnow the information most valuable for the particular occasion. That is the process that results in scholarship. The physical compression of information, format, speed of retrieval, and method of delivery are all important. The Information infrastructure and Technology Act of 1992, introduced into the Congress by Senator Albert Gore and others, will establish a multiagency information infrastructure program to ensure the widest possible application of high-performance computing and high-speed networking technology.

This article reports that since its introduction in October 1991, OCLC's end-user searching system, FirstSearch, has already made waves. Its impact among end users will have a ripple effect among librarians, online services, database producers, and CD-ROM producers. FirstSearch is not significant for what it does but instead for how it does it. It is an end-user interface to a collection of familiar book and periodical bibliographic databases. FirstSearch's importance lies in its delivery mechanism. Unlike many end-user products, which subtly purport to replace libraries, FirstSearch is designed to be an integral part of them. FirstSearch's databases provide extensive bibliographic coverage of virtually any subject. The most comprehensive database is the OCLC union catalog, which has 24 million records representing books and media items held in thousands of U.S. libraries. WorldCat records also include holdings information. indicating if the home library has the item and listing other holdings libraries in the state and beyond. For periodical literature, FirstSearch has a growing set of general and discipline-oriented indexes. The first category includes Wilson's Readers Guide and Readers Guide Abstracts, UMI/Data Courier's Newspaper and Periodical Abstracts, and Pierian Press' Consumer Index.

This article presents information on DataPerfect, a powerful database management system useful for simple or complex data management projects. Its power and flexibility is most evident in the management of complex projects which require several files and multiple uses of the same data. DataPerfect should be especially attractive to those who want the power of a relational database but who do not wish to learn a programming language. DataPerfect falls into the following categories: input screen oriented, fixed-field, relational, menu driven, and non-programmable.

This article provides information on optical disc database company SilverPlatter Information Services. The fledgling Wellesley, Massachusetts-based company already has all but bagged five trophy sized databases that are now being tested on CD-ROM systems. Leading the pack of upcoming SilverPlatter products is the bread and potatoes of library reference, the database assembled by the Educational Resources Information Center. The company's strategy is clear: Focus tightly on a familiar, early-developing market, make an irresistible offer to a respected group of databases to get them in the stable, and then trade off their status to attract customers and other information providers.

The article offers news briefs related information technology as of December 2013. It offers information on the customer service application launched by Zappix Inc. It presents information on the Cochrane Learning, professional development resource launched by Wiley and the Cochran Collection. Information on the Foilo, ebook solution launched by HighWire Press is presented.

The article discusses the information services industry as of July/August 2013, with a focus on a merger between EBSCO Publishing (EP) and EBSCO Information Services (EIS) and EP-EIS President Tim Collins. Topics include integration between product offerings, electronic resource (e-resource) management, and growth in the EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS).

This section offers online search-related news briefs as of September-October 2014. The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) has unveiled the Lyon Declaration for Access to Information and Development agenda. The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) is implementing a new process for identifying journals for listing in its directory. Data Conversion Laboratory (DCL) and Elsevier are jointly pursuing a conversion initiative for pre-1996 articles in Scopus.

Big Data Analytics is bridging many worlds. By exposing all data to the user in a consumer-friendly manner, it bridges Big Data, Enterprise Data, and transactional data stored within the enterprise. Through the ability to iterate large volumes of data and rendering them to decision makers, it bridges the gap between the data deluge and decisions. It has also converged to provide a heterogeneous mix of traditional Business Intelligence and Data Exploration capabilities. With the maturing of business requirements and technology like Hadoop and NoSQL alternatives, enterprises are weighing the capabilities required from their Analytic Infrastructure. The need is for easily deployable, flexible and extensible Big Data hardware set up with Data Management, Visualization and Analytic software that helps manage and explore the Big Data with transparency. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents information on the growth of database services industry. It mentions about the administrative challenges faced by database industry, such as, keeping databse at current patch levels, management of larger number of databases with limited resources, and handling manual repetitive tasks and processes.

The article discusses the misconceptions about encryption code. Companies with databases from different vendors expect encryption to be expensive. In addition, many companies believe that if a company follows data security standards and other compliance rules then their data will be secure. The third misconception is that adding security requirements will increase data storage and capacity requirements. The fourth misconception is that knowing what needs to be encrypted for security reasons can also limit loss of performance. The fifth misconception is that adding encryption will put strain on database performance during queries and loads.

The article examines several file types that exist outside database platforms Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server and IBM DB2, as well as those containing sensitive data. It notes the use of diagnostic logs and alert logs to report errors and provide information about the database when retrieving data. It also cites the function of catalog files in defining the IBM DB2 initialization parameters. Moreover, it mentions the association of online logs with the database.

The article discusses the implementation of Angel.com's Outbound interactive voice response (IVR) system in spas and salons. Angel.com's system automated the booking process and handles the calls for Lifebooker, which assists clients in setting appointments and availing discounts from spas, salons, and related businesses. Rich Scarbath, senior account executive at Angel.com, said that there is no code needed with their system which has a basic layout for companies to link their databases to the Angel.com system quickly.

The article discusses how new tools in database integration can help consolidate data by automating the data relationship discovery function. Metadata is the detailed description of data relation and transformation as it flows within the system, and not just a simple description of data. It is believed that metadata documentation is time-consuming, error prone, and an expensive process. Therefore, automation is needed to solve these problems. Businesses have an abundance of structured data sources that are shared and managed across the organization.

The article talks about the factors to consider in selecting a High Availability Large Database (HALDB), a new database structure introduced by IBM. HALDB uses partitions to enable large databases to have the features of full-function databases. The need to consider the benefits, such as more space and availability, and the costs of maintaining a very large database before moving to HALDB is discussed. Other advantages of using HALDB, including data distribution and the design of partitions, are also discussed.

The article reports on the increasing size of databases used by companies. Alex Spinelli, chief technical officer of TheStreet.com, states his company's addressing of the problem of having numerous amount of information on several data servers by cutting them into smaller segments. The increasing proportions in databases associated with distributed computing, such as the Microsoft SQL Server, is discussed. The article also talks about the challenge faced by companies in managing extremely huge databases.

The article offers a report relating to the importance of database load balancing in delivering performance on low-cost servers. Database load balancing is used to improve the reliability and performance of server farms for Web and application servers. It also ensures scalable performance, continuous availability, and data consistency for transactional databases. It states that such lower-cost commoditized systems are more efficient, utilize resources more effectively, and squeeze all the performance and capacity possible from the infrastructure.

The article focuses on managing XML data. XML has a flexible, neutral format that offers a straightforward way to exchange data among different applications, devices and systems. It also has a self-defining, semi-structured nature wherein it can easily adjust to the needs of businesses that makes it an important enabling technology for enterprise application integration (EAI), Web services and others. Database management system (DBMS) products allow users to store XML documents as binary or character large objects wherein data are made available to applications and other forms of SQL data. Moreover, it doesn't need to be changed and plotted into multiple columns.

The article highlights the role of data professional. The expanding roles of the data professionals include business intelligence and compliance wherein they must learn the data lifecycle and the database administrators (DBAs) must spend less time with the administration. These professionals handle more data with fewer resources while the DBAs need to learn the definition of the data they handle, technological underpinnings of the DBMS and others. Moreover, roles of DBAs and other data professionals change to strategic priorities including securing the database, accessibility of the data and others.