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Text Mining Digs Deep (Oct 18 2003 10:59 GMT) - Always helpful Gary Deane notes A NYTimes Piece on "text mining,'' a technique that academics have been experimenting with for years but for which tools have only recently become commercially available. The prospect of rapidly scanning through reams of documents is stirring interest among researchers and analysts faced with more material than they can handle. To the uninitiated, it may seem that Google and other Web search engines do something similar, since they also pore through reams of documents in split-second intervals. But, as experts note, search engines are merely retrieving information, displaying lists of documents that contain certain keywords. Text-mining programs go further, categorizing information, making links between otherwise unconnected documents and providing visual maps (some look like tree branches or spokes on a wheel) to lead users down new pathways that they might not have been aware of. |
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More students taking advantage of libraries (Oct 18 2003 10:59 GMT) - Nice News From The Michigan Daily where Recent trends suggest the notion that students use the libraries only as study places is holding less true than ever. Changing this perception and increasing awareness of library resources has been a goal for administration members of the University Library, which comprises 19 libraries and collections including the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library and the Shapiro Undergraduate Library. |
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