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Using technology in a public library to promote literacy may sound like a pretty basic service, but to 11-year-old Lucy, it's much more than that. Lucy is a familiar face [...]

It wasn't long ago that professionals had simple tools for their jobs: a typewriter for journalists, a card catalog for librarians, and a Rolodex for salespeople. OK, those may be [...]

In these days of information overload, workers in niche professions are looking for ways to cut through the noise quickly and get to the heart of the data they need. [...]

Blaise Simqu has been a part of the SAGE organization for nearly 2 decades. During that time, he's seen the organization from myriad angles as he worked his way up [...]

With the tumultuous year of 2009 still a recent memory, the SIIA members who took trains, planes, and automobiles to the 9th annual Information Industry Summit Jan. 26--27 in New [...]

The NFAIS 2008 Annual Conference and 50th Anniversary Gala started off with a bang. The city of Philadelphia declared Feb. 24, 2008 (the official start of the conference), as 'NFAIS […]

As the rest of the nation wrestled with the possibility of a recession, the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) members sat down for the 7th annual 2-day Information Industry […]

As we close the last issue of Information Today for 2006, I asked a few industry notables a key question that has been on my mind: What person or event […]

Think about how many times you've searched for your car keys, rummaging in pockets and drawers and under papers. Then imagine what it would be like to have your keys […]

While statistics don't lie, the actual state of the ebook industry depends on which facts and figures you view. When the Association of American Publishers (AAP) released its StatShot report [...]

Tim Collins has been at the helm of EBSCO Publishing for more than a quarter of a century. As founder and president of EBSCO Publishing, Collins is no stranger to [...]

Initially, it was just a nuisance. I tried to log into my online checking account in January 2013, but I kept getting a prompt saying that my request couldn't be [...]

Change. It's something that Mike Sweet, CEO of Credo, is getting used to these days. In fact, he now considers it the new normal. In the first quarter of 2013, [...]

Savvy content providers and librarians realize that applying analytics and metrics can help improve the quality and relevance of their businesses, from the products and services they deliver to the [...]

Researchers today are working with a new set of digital tools in their quest for innovation. R&D is no longer just an abbreviation for research and development; R&D also stands [...]

Disruption is challenging the very core of workflows in nearly every industry. Though technology has helped in developing better systems for a decidedly BYOD world, we're still at the crossroads [...]

Ron Mobed is no stranger to technology. Early in his career as a petroleum engineer at Schlumberger Ltd., Mobed worked with a Nokia modem that ferried data to him in [...]

The new year rolled in with a bang for the information industry. On Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, Elsevier B.V. (www.elsevier.com) announced that it had acquired Knovel Corp. (http://why.knovel.com). The global [...]

Seen any good trends lately? Just ask Patricia Sabosik, president of Elm City Consulting, LLC, who has been monitoring the vital signs of the information technology industry; here are just [...]

After 16 years as CEO, chairman, and co-founder of Alacra, Inc., Steven Goldstein still remembers what first sold him on the potential power of the internet: Netscape. At the time, [...]

'We've been lucky,' says Thane Kerner, president and CEO of Silverchair Holdings, Inc. While he may attribute some of Silverchair's success to luck, it's safe to say that Silverchair has [...]

* With the world of information at our fingertips 24/7, most users don't have a clue about what goes into creating and maintaining a wellspring of quality content. They simply [...]

While there is light at the end of the proverbial tunnel, libraries are still feeling the pinch of the recent economic turmoil. These details and more about the library industry [...]

While the mantra for real estate agents may be location, location, location, the mantra for R&D researchers these days is timing, timing, timing. Timing is critical for researchers, who depend [...]

When Clare Hart first joined Infogroup in July 2010, she knew her role as president and CEO would be a challenge. That's one of the reasons she agreed to come [...]

Ken Bado is the first to say that MarkLogic Corp.'s time has come. Since Bado stepped in as CEO in April 2011, he's been busy laying the groundwork for the [...]

If you have a lot of history, people always equate you with it, says Michael Hansen, CEO of Elsevier Health Sciences. Indeed, Elsevier is the world's leading publisher of STM [...]

In 1944, Elton B. Stephens started a company at the height of World War II. In this entrepreneurial venture, he teamed up with his wife, Alys Robinson Stephens, to sell [...]

This month, Scott Schulman is celebrating his first year as president of corporate markets at Dow Jones & Co. But he's far from being a newcomer to the company. He [...]

Judging from the ongoing conversations at the 52nd Annual NFAIS conference (Feb. 28-March 1) in Philadelphia, the information revolution continues to transform users and providers everywhere. Throughout history, the sheer [...]

For most businesses, the past year hasn't been easy. And the turnout at the information industry's top conference was proof of the pudding: The tough times aren't over yet. In [...]

Elsevier, long-known as a global leader in STM publishing, has been making a few headlines lately. But the buzz hasn't focused on a new product; rather, the intrigue emerged from […]

Those who made it to the SIIA NetGain this year were treated to 2 days of thought-provoking discussions and user-friendly take-aways in content and technology. A core of industry Tweeters […]

As rallies and setbacks continue to percolate throughout the global economy, the information industry has been weathering the turbulence rather well overall for the first 6 months of 2009. 'The […]

NFAIS structured its 51st annual conference in late February around the born-digital generation. The conference--titled Barbarians at the Gate? The Impact of Digital Natives and Emerging Technologies on the Future […]

The packed audience at the 2007 InfoCommerce meeting, billed as the conference for data publishers, gathered at the Park Hyatt in Philadelphia, Sept. 25-26, as data publishers channeled trends and […]

'There was a whole lot of networking going on' at the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) Content Forum April 15-17 in San Francisco. Handshakes, introductions, and business cards kept […]

On Jan. 30 and 31, the early morning foot traffic near Grand Central Station scurried across a busy 42nd Street to the revolving doors of the Cipriani for the start […]

It's not every day that a company celebrates its centennial. Such a milestone is rare in business and nearly unheard of in the information technology industry. So kudos are in […]

The crowds filtering in and out of the Baltimore Convention Center for the SLA conference held June 11-14 ferried an arsenal of necessities: SLA 2006 Conference REPORT Guides, signature totes, […]

Life for Jim McGinty may have started in Brooklyn, N.Y., but it now stretches around the world. His name conjures up the image of a man with a firm handshake […]

* Big Data, analytics, metrics, and data mining are terms on everyone's lips these days. With data pouring into companies at record-breaking speed, enterprises are trying to find ways to [...]

Open the front door to Knovel's new offices in Manhattan, and you won't see rows of cubicles or a maze of hallways. What you will see is one huge room, [...]

After surviving Chicago's blistering heat at the Special Libraries Association's (SLA) annual meeting in 2012, attendees and exhibitors had little to complain about at the SLA 2013 Annual Conference & [...]

Open the doors to a meeting room, usher in 300 attendees, add some key industry players and a bit of digital disruption, and let the networking begin. The Software & [...]

For the past 11 years, The Software & Information Industry Association's Information Industry Summit (better known as the SIIA IIS) has served to monitor the pulse of the information industry [...]

From June 5-7, an estimated 30,000 visitors strolled through the crowded aisles at New York City's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center for BookExpo America (BEA). The expo, which is heralded [...]

The annual WebWise Conference, the initiative of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, will gather representatives from museums, libraries, archives, and other fields to explore opportunities that digital technologies [...]

* Mark Gross, president, CEO, and co-founder of Data Conversion Laboratory (DCL), Inc., likes a good challenge. For the past 3 decades, he has kept DCL on the cutting edge [...]

Vivisimo, Inc. is certainly not a newcomer to the information industry. The company, with its unique search and analytics engine, was a pioneer in creating faceted results and put the [...]