September 1, 2010 – 12:48 pm
Semantico’s Dictionarium app is available for download from the app store now (short link at http://bit.ly/dictionarium)
We’re really pleased with how quickly we managed to get this live in the app store. The app was approved on first submission – a testament to our internal QA.
Creating a dictionary has given us the perfect opportunity to refine [...]
August 26, 2010 – 12:07 pm
The COUNTER project recently announced that vendors wishing to remain compliant to the code of practice for books and reference works must now undergo a mandatory annual audit. Previously an audit was only required after the first year of delivering the usage reports.
This will be good news for those librarians who are concerned that the figures [...]
August 25, 2010 – 10:00 am
The Semantic Web has taken significant steps towards reality in recent months, with the powerful triumvirate of Google, Facebook and Twitter moving to integrate elements of semantic technology into their operations.
All of a sudden, a development that for too long appeared to be stalled by the chicken-and-egg problem of how website owners could be induced [...]
Making information searchable has never really been the point. Instead, our goal as online publishing specialists is to make our client’s information findable! After all it isn’t really the users’ fault if they can’t find relevant results. Even if they’re not using quite the right search terms or operators, it is our job to deliver [...]
Many publishers want to monetise their books and reference content by making these materials available online. And a common strategy to drive sales is to combine book and journal content within a single platform; synergies between different types of content should drive discovery and increase usage.
Some publishers choose to adapt an existing off-the-shelf journals platform [...]
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Richard Padley
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Semantico