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May 2002

ARTICLES
"A - Z Indexes on the web: a sampler" (full text)
Annotated list of twenty A - Z indexes on the web.
 
Usability from three angles (abstract)
Review of two books on usability, assessment of their value based on usability principles, discussion of usability in a corporate context. Full text available to Society members (how to become a member).
REGULAR FEATURES
Best of BUSLIB-L(collected wisdom of the world's expert researchers)
Where to find shell companies
 
Digest: Managing intellectual assets
Annotated links to current articles and interesting Web sites. 
 
Top 20 articles
Links to the 20 most popular articles on this site based on last month's server statistics.
 
SEMINARS(see also the complete calendar for 2002)
Introduction to content management June 25 & 26, 2002 (Mt. Kisco, NY))
The seminar is a vendor-neutral introduction to the tools and techniques of acquiring, organizing, and publishing information in print, Web, and database formats. The emphasis is on the special requirements of companies in chemistry-related companies, including pharmaceuticals, high performance materials, and others.
 
Introduction to business taxonomies July 23 & 24, 2002 (Enfield, CT)
A vendor-neutral introduction to the tools and techniques of creating, maintaining, and deploying taxonomies in business applications. Includes a single-user license for our taxonomy database software. Practicum on the second day is a hands-on session where participants will create taxonomy structures and applications.
 
Advanced business taxonomies, August 5 & 6, 2002 (Enfield, CT)
For people already familiar with the basics of business taxonomies, this vendor-neutral workshop focuses on such advanced topics as the metadata warehouse, centralization/decentralization strategies, the role of metadata in the firm's information architecture, in-depth look at various tools, and how to develop a "digital availability" model. Includes a single user license for our taxonomy database tool. Practicum on the second day is a hands-on session where participants will create taxonomy structures and applications.