It's no longer enough to be really good at traditional
technology-based roles. We need to own the problem as well as the solution.
Six kinds of problems that hold opportunities for information professionals.
This month's entries include articles on metadata
management software, user-defined software, service oriented architecture
(SOA), and desktop fabrication.
Don't miss the opportunity to discuss information
infrastructure with Denise Bedford, senior information officer at the
World Bank Group and instructor at Catholic University and Georgetown
University. Attendance is limited, so reserve your spot soon.
Members get-together September 13, 2005 (Enfield,
CT)
Get acquainted with other Society members and brainstorm
ideas that will shape the future of the information disciplines. Registration
is free, but we ask that you contribute one idea or topic for the agenda.
A hands-on course that shows you how to develop,
evaluate, and use information models and metadata management tools.
Models and tools include ontologies, topic maps, thesauri, metadata
repositories, crosswalks and metadata maps, XML schema and style sheets,
and application interfaces.
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.
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.
