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July 2009

ARTICLES
MOSS 2007: More tips from the trenches
Using SharePoint lists to index documents and merge similar data from two different departments, using wikis to streamline the publication process, and other useful ideas in this case study of American Nuclear Insurers.
 
DIGEST
Knowledge Base Editor's Digest
This month's entries include an announcement about the New York Times thesaurus and the Linked Data Cloud, an article about fact checking, an academic paper on roles in collaborative information seeking, and a comparison of traditional journalism with social publishing.
 
ROUNDTABLES & SEMINARS
Managing SharePoint metadata: The HP/EDS experience (July 22, 2009 via teleconference)
Mike Gardner of HP/EDS tells how his organization uses an in-house metadata tool to enforce consistency and to update metadata values across all SharePoint site collections in the enterprise.
 
Customizing — and governing — SharePoint search (August 25 - 26, 2009 via teleconference)
How to customize SharePoint search and create guidelines that ensure enterprise search effectiveness.
 
The Semantic Web in practice (September 22 - 24, 2009 via teleconference)
Introduction to the Semantic Web, case study (Semantic Web at O'Reilly Media), how to transition from a database to the Semantic Web.

Taxonomies, Search and SharePoint How-to (October 20 - 22, 2009 via teleconference)
Three-part teleconference series on the nuts-and-bolts of how to set up MOSS 2007 for navigation and search.
 
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 July 15, 2009