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March 2010

ARTICLES
Tales from the trenches: Knowledge integration
Description of the usability, application integration, data integrity, and policy issues encountered in a knowledge integration project.
 
Forthcoming book: Customizing & Governing the SharePoint Search System
Scheduled for publication late spring, early summer of 2010, this enterprise electronic book combines high-level strategic concepts with detailed how-to instructions.
 
DIGEST
Knowledge Base Editor's Digest
This month's entries include an article by David Gelernter about the Internet's impact on information quality and two product announcements: a mashup for data about the U.S. Congress and a file-fetching service based on cloud computing.
 
ROUNDTABLES & SEMINARS
Taxonomies, Search & SharePoint How-to (April 14 - 16, 2010 via teleconference)
A 3-part teleconference devoted to the nuts-and-bolts of how to set up SharePoint search and navigation, including a preview of how things will change in the next release of SharePoint 2010.
 
SharePoint 2010: Search system preview (May 19, 2010 via teleconference)
Jean Graef, Montague Institute founder, leads a detailed exploration of new search and metadata features in SharePoint 2010.
 
How to define excellence when libraries go virtual (June 13, 2010 face-to-face)
A workshop at the Special Libraries Association annual conference in New Orleans.
 
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 16, 2010