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June 2007
ARTICLES
Taxonomists in the organization chart
This informal Member Q&A survey shows that most taxonomists reside in the IT function, but there's a wide variation in job titles, scope of influence, and responsibilities.
 
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.
 
DIGEST
Knowledge Base Editor's Digest
This month's entries include articles on "document engineering," a new human-assisted search engine, and tips for evaluating search performance from the user's point of view.
 
ROUNDTABLES & SEMINARS
Tools and techniques for tuning up search (July 18, 2007 via teleconference)
Dr. Marcia Kerchner of MITRE Corporation will tell how the IRS improved the user search experience through usability studies, document engineering, query enhancement, and results improvement.
 
Primer: Ontologies & the Semantic Web (September 4, 2007 via teleconference)
This teleconference is designed as a backgrounder for the September 5 roundtable "Migrating metadata to the Semantic Web." Its purpose is to orient you to the roundtable context and help you understand the concepts and tools discussed. This session takes a big-picture view of the topic and is designed for the layman, not the computer scientist.
 
Migrating metadata to the Semantic Web (September 5, 2007 via teleconference)
Barbara McGlamery of Time Interactive will tell how her team used a Semantic Web standard called RDF (Resource Description Framework) to add new kinds of relationships to enhance search and navigation on the Entertainment Weekly Web site.
 
Primer: Folksonomies & taxonomies (October 16, 2007 via teleconference)
This teleconference is designed as a backgrounder for the October 17 roundtable "Integrating folksonomies with Google." Its purpose is to orient you to the roundtable context and help you understand the concepts and tools discussed. This session takes a big-picture view of the topic and is designed for the layman, not professional indexers or taxonomists.
 
Integrating folksonomies with Google (October 17, 2007 via teleconference)
Rich Hoeg of Honeywell will tell how his organization is using a product called ConnectBeam to allow engineers to tag articles they find via searches conducted using the Google Search Appliance.
 
REGULAR FEATURES
Best of the Lists (collected wisdom of the world's information experts)
Best business blogs (update)
 
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.
 
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