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February 2010

ARTICLES
SharePoint & Office 2010: Too many options?
SharePoint and Office 2010 offer so many overlapping features that knowledge-intensive firms need to offer guidance on their selection and use.
 
Forthcoming book: Customizing & Governing the SharePoint Search System
Scheduled for publication late spring, early summer of 2010, this enterprise electronic book combines high-level strategic concepts with detailed how-to instructions.
 
DIGEST
Knowledge Base Editor's Digest
This month's entries include three articles about the end user development trend: how USAA customers can deposit checks by smart phone, how a new drug company uses "do-it-yourself" development techniques to fight cancer, and how Web sites allow people to create customized gifts.
 
ROUNDTABLES & SEMINARS
Primer: Ontologies & the Semantic Web (March 17 - 18, 2010 via teleconference)
Designed for the metadata-savvy layman, this teleconference approaches the topic from both a big picture, business-oriented perspective (i.e. the what and why) and a nuts-and-bolt view (i.e. the how).
 
Taxonomies, Search & SharePoint How-to (April 14 - 16, 2010 via teleconference)
A 3-part teleconference devoted to the nuts-and-bolts of how to set up SharePoint search and navigation, including a preview of how things will change in the next release of SharePoint 2010.
 
SharePoint 2010: Search system preview (May 19, 2010 via teleconference)
Jean Graef, Montague Institute founder, leads a detailed exploration of new search and metadata features in SharePoint 2010.
 
How to define excellence when libraries go virtual (June 13, 2010 face-to-face)
A workshop at the Special Libraries Association annual conference in New Orleans.
 
REGULAR FEATURES
Best of the Lists (collected wisdom of the world's information experts)
Faceted taxonomy examples
 
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 our server statistics.
 
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.
 
Last updated on February 28, 2010