February 2015

More Webinars for This Week

By |February 24th, 2015

School is in session as there are more webinar and learning opportunities to share. The Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM) is conducting webinars in partnership with leading industry analysts and consulting firms. Your questions and comments are welcome for live Q&A during each event. These webinars are free and last about one hour.

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Start Planning Now

By |February 24th, 2015

KMWorld 2015 seems far away in November, but the planning is already underway. The planning team is seeking experienced and knowledgeable experts who can provide practical, hands-on information, case studies, and instruction that will maximize the value of the conference attendees’ technological investments. Topics should include search, content, enterprise, and knowledge management, but the core component should be around agility. Agile can mean applying an incremental and iterative approach, or evolving through collaboration between self-organizing and cross-functional teams to promote early delivery, continuous improvement, and encourage rapid and flexible response to change.

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Making Connections

By |February 23rd, 2015

The 11th annual Data Harmony Users Group (DHUG) meeting just wrapped up, and as we reflect on the week-long event, making connections is the […]

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Webinar Opportunity This Week

By |February 23rd, 2015

We always like to share learning opportunities with our readers and the latest is an interesting webinar titled, "5 Key Elements to a Successful Ecommerce Product Taxonomy." This is scheduled for Wednesday, February 25 at 11:00 a.m. (EST).

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The End

By |February 20th, 2015

Building a solid taxonomy takes time, lots of time. However, a well-constructed and systematically applied taxonomy can unify all of the various assets, and in the process can itself become a valuable repository of institutional knowledge and a source of competitive advantage for the organization.

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Hands-on Learning

By |February 19th, 2015

The Data Harmony Users Group Meeting continued today with a presentation by Paul G. Kotula of the Materials Characterization department at Sandia National Laboratories. In the presentation, "Six Months of Work in the Lab will Save You Half a Day in the Library or 30 Minutes Online", Kotula shared his experience as both a consumer and a producer of peer-reviewed, published scientific literature.

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Digital Technologies for Research

By |February 18th, 2015

With the Data Harmony User's Group in full swing, today started the case studies. Personally, I find these the most interesting because it is a real life application of all the technology, including the hurdles and bumps along the way.

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Back to School

By |February 18th, 2015

If you are looking to expand your education and broaden your knowledge spectrum, this Masters of Science program might interest you. Columbia University’s M.S. in Information and Knowledge Strategy program prepares knowledge practitioners to plan and lead knowledge and information services, improve collaboration and networks, and create innovative knowledge products.

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