Barrett Jones, systems analyst at the IMF-World
Bank Library, gives tips on how to make the IT relationship
more productive in four areas: communication, education, vendor support,
and strategy.
This month's entries include articles on how to measure
the hazards inherent to collaborative systems, a new Microsoft feature
called Live Clipboard, and a book review that cautions CFOs to be wary
of computer systems in which context and meaning are "lost in a fog
of detail and complexity."
What's the best way to provide enterprise-wide access
to information stored on collaborative Web sites? In this 3-hour teleconference
roundtable, Rob Joachim of the Mitre Corporation will describe how his
organization uses Google to search Sharepoint content.
Metadata and productivity. (Teleconference, May 18,
2006)
Metadata is everywhere. The problem is that it may
not be complete, up-to-date, in the right place, or in the right format
— a drain on productivity for enterprises, work groups, and individuals.
In this roundtable, Montague Institute Founder Jean Graef describes how
her organization uses a metadata repository along with integration tools
and techniques to increase the productivity of authors, editors, and users.
How to identify, describe,
and measure high-impact areas of expertise, business
processes, or corporate functions. How to set "porous" domain
boundaries and gather data needed for planning a knowledge base publication.
In this course, you'll learn the basic needs analysis techniques required
for subsequent courses in this series.
How and when to use a full
text search engine in conjunction with other retrieval and navigation
tools. How to integrate a taxonomy with a metadata-aware search engine
such as Ultraseek. Create search metadata with the Montague Institute
Lab.
How to create and modify an
organization scheme for electronic images. How to set up an efficient
image archive. How to manipulate and transform images for print, Web,
and database publishing. Create image metadata with the Montague Institute
Lab.
