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January 2001

ARTICLES

"Tagging content" (abstract)
What is "tagging," why is it done, and three ways of doing it. Includes comments from Society members on what works (or doesn't work) for them.
 
2000 review, 2001 preview (full text)
What we did in 2000, what we plan for 2001.
 
COURSES
Introduction to content management March 6, 2001 (Enfield, CT), April 24 (Cleveland, OH)
A vendor-neutral, hands-on introduction to the tools and techniques of acquiring, organizing, and publishing information in print, Web, and database formats. Take home a single user license for our content management prototyping software.
 
Introduction to business taxonomies May 15 (Bedford, MA), June 19 (Enfield, CT)
A vendor-neutral, hands-on introduction to the tools and techniques of creating, maintaining, and deploying taxonomies in business applications. Take home a single user license for our content management prototyping software.
 
ROUNDTABLES
Content management strategies March 7, 2001 Enfield, CT
Where to assign responsibility for different content management functions and the pros and cons of centralized, decentralized, and hybrid strategies.
Content integration April 25, 2001 Cleveland, OH
How to integrate information from multiple internal and external sources so that content is easier for employees to find and use.
 
Taxonomy creation: man vs. machine May 16, 2001, Bedford, MA
When do you use software, when do you use manual methods in creating a taxonomy?
 
Taxonomy applications June 20, 2001, Enfield, CT
What makes a taxonomy really useful when deployed in an application? How do you determine user needs and assess the effectiveness of your taxonomy?
 
REGULAR FEATURES
Best of BUSLIB-L (collected wisdom of the world's expert researchers)
Content management software (New January 2001)
 
Digest: Managing intellectual assets
Annotated links to articles and Web sites. 
"Fulfilling the vision of the virtual library" (Online, 09/01/2000)At Compaq Computer Corporation in Littleton, Massachusetts, the library is a virtual service that excels in content integration, user-based system design, and the development of a high degree of synergy between library and IT functions
 
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