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March 2004

ARTICLES
Linguistic tools for knowledge discovery (Full text is free, registration required)
The gaps between subject and functional boundaries are some of the best sources of breakthrough innovation. Yet for a variety of reasons, it's often difficult to exploit them. In this article we use an example from our own research to show how linguistic tools can promote knowledge discovery. Includes a demo of two mapped thesauri using our Web-based Lab.
 
Transparency for profit: Information services and the "triple bottom line"
This new Briefing gives non-technical managers and information professionals a practical overview of the “triple bottom line” - a process for reporting the impact of business activity on environmental, social, and economic issues. New global reporting standards represent both a challenge and an opportunity for information professionals.
 
REGULAR FEATURES
Best of BUSLIB-L (the collected wisdom of the world's expert researchers)
Licensing intellectual property
 
Digest: Managing intellectual assets
Annotated links to current articles and interesting Web sites. 
 
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 last month's server statistics.
 
SEMINARS (see also the calendar listing)
Knowledge base editing retreat June 7 - 11 (Amherst, MA)
Five days of hands-on activities covering 5 topics — trends, creating quality content, basic taxonomies, advanced taxonomies, application integration.
 
Taxonomy maintenance April 19/20 (Enfield, CT)
Corporate taxonomies are not static structures. They need to be continually updated due to new content, organizational changes, and new business strategies. This two day workshop will define the issues associated with taxonomy maintenance and will help you develop a change control process that is customized to meet the needs of your organization. Includes hands-on activities with Web-based Lab.
 
Creating and using business taxonomies any time (Web-based course)
A hands-on course that covers the fundamentals of business taxonomies: how to do a needs analysis, create a controlled vocabulary, develop a thesaurus, and use taxonomy components in navigation. Includes personalized assistance from our instructors and supervised work on a real project in the Web-based Lab.
 
Integrating taxonomies any time (Web-based course)
A hands-on course that covers the creation and use of authorities as well as the development of two independent thesauri that are linked through cross references. Includes personalized assistance from our instructors and supervised work on a real project in the Web-based Lab.