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February 2008
SPEAKERS FOR SHAREPOINT & SEARCH SEMINAR
We are pleased that Joanna Naratil of Air Products & Chemicals and Paul Rosenberg, an intranet search specialist at a casualty insurance company will talk about their experiences with taxonomies and MOSS 2007 search on day 2 of the Taxonomies, search, and Sharepoint seminar.
 
ARTICLES
How to shorten the learning curve for Sharepoint search
Things to do before and during MOSS 2007 search implementation to shorten the learning curve for you and your colleagues.
 
Sharepoint search: An enterprise contender? (free but requires registration)
Montague Institute founder Jean Graef thinks that MOSS 2007 will suffice in some situations — but by no means all.
 
DIGEST
Knowledge Base Editor's Digest
This month's entries include a discussion of Web 2.0 applications, an article citing problems using Sharepoint for both collaboration and content management, a collection of search screen shots, and a report on emerging technologies of interest to knowledge-intensive organizations.
 
ROUNDTABLES & SEMINARS
Demonstrating taxonomy value to senior managers (February 20, 2008 via teleconference)
Jean Graef of the Montague Institute will show how concepts from everyday life and real-world demos can be used to communicate taxonomy value. Then Jie-Hong Morrison of Computer Technologies Consultants and Luigi Canali of Canali, Inc. will show examples of successful demonstrations they've used in a multi-year search project for an Executive Branch federal agency.
 
Taxonomies, search, and Sharepoint seminar (March 26 - 27, 2008 Washington DC)
Learn how to plan a search function in MOSS 2007 and use taxonomies and metadata to enhance information retrieval.
 
Managing bi-lingual media taxonomies (April 15, 2008 via teleconference)
Julia Daniel, taxonomist for the General Motors Media Archive, will describe how they manage the taxonomies of multiple media collections with metadata in English and German.
 
Using third-party products to enhance MOSS 2007 search (May 6, 2008 via teleconference)
Marcia Morante talks about her experience with Ontolica at a major financial services firm and her Sharepoint experience in other large organizations.
 
REGULAR FEATURES
Best of the Lists (collected wisdom of the world's information experts)
Faceted taxonomy examples
 
How to get the most from our Web site (tutorial)
17 slides that contain an overview of our content and tips on how to use it.
 
Top 20 articles
Links to the 20 most popular articles on this site based on our server statistics.
 
How to get university credit for Montague Institute courses
Nearly all graduate level programs offer the option for an independent study, practicum, or field experience. Montague Institute courses fit into any of these categories for degrees in information management, knowledge management, and similar interdisciplinary programs.
 
Last updated on March 12, 2008