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Call for Speakers for Enterprise Search & Discovery 2015
Here is an opportunity to share your experiences and perspective at the Enterprise Search & Discovery 2015 in Washington, DC on November 3-5, 2015.
Read MoreTaxonomy and Tagging in SharePoint Webinar
Another learning opportunity for corporate librarians or information architects or those working on creating a corporate taxonomy or a managed metadata project in SharePoint. This webinar is focused on those struggling with the challenge of tagging documents with relevant metadata in SharePoint or dealing with complaints about the difficulty in searching content and documents in SharePoint.
Read MoreWanted: Experienced Taxonomist
Even if you know what taxonomies are and how they can help make your content findable, where do you find one when it is time? Heather Hedden, author of The Accidental Taxonomist, speaks to this issue in her blog post, “How to Find a Taxonomist.”
Read MoreLearn More About Big Data Solutions
Managing big data is a constant topic these days. There are varied solutions available to be sure your organization’s data is safe, but accessible. There is an upcoming webinar that addresses data solutions offered by the National Federation of Advanced Information Service (NFAIS). It is titled, “Research Data Publication, Part I: Where We Are Now.”
Read MoreSecond Chance at Learning Opportunity
This opportunity for learning is much like a mulligan in golf. The three-part webinar series on “Practical Taxonomy Creation” by Heather Hedden, was actually held in January, but they were recorded and are available for a replay purchase.
Read MoreBack to School
Ever considered pursuing a graduate degree? Maybe now is the time to make that dream come true. Columbia University’s Master of Science in Information and Knowledge Strategy is designed to prepare knowledge practitioners to plan and lead knowledge and information services, improve collaboration and networks, and create innovative knowledge products.
Read MoreKnowledge Management Opportunities in Germany
To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, ontology, etc., we are sharing career opportunities that we find with our readers. Even if you are not in the market for a career move, it is always good to stay on top of what is available and how the fields are evolving.
Read MoreGoogle It
Google has started on an adventure that could change health care and medicine as well as add a whole new avenue of work. Google’s Head of Life Sciences, Andrew Conrad, recently announced that the company is building a nanoparticle platform that could one day be used to continuously measure a person’s health through ingestible nanoparticles.
Read MoreMeet-Up in the UK
Facet Publishing is bringing a very interesting learning and networking opportunity to knowledge professionals in the United Kingdom. “Findability and information management in the corporate workplace” This particular meetup will celebrate the launch of Facet Publishing’s new “A Handbook for Corporate Information Professionals”. This is an overview of the issues and opportunities for information professionals in rapidly-changing environments, and contains contributions from a wide range of sectors and specialisms.
Read MoreNot Quite HAL
It sounds like fictional television or the latest science fiction thriller. However, with software-defined networking (SDN), networks are taking advantage of the benefits of cloud-based virtualization and through many steps that are so much more complicated than I am making them sound, they are on the cusp of enabling networks to remain self-aware, self-defending, and self-healing – all the time.
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