Hi there, FYI, our January 7th call on taxonomy issues will discuss issues and limitations of applying taxonomies in MOSS. Full session description at:...
(Sorry for cross posts...) Hi there, This is going to be a terrific session. We will be hearing from Austin Govella, Stephanie Lemieux and Rich Tomlinson. ...
The issue of posting job announcements has come up (on another discussion group: Taxonomy Community of Practice), and it's been decided to create a new group...
There is still space available, but last fall's workshop filled up... "Taxonomies and Controlled Vocabularies" Saturday, March 28, 2009, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00...
The Taxonomies & Controlled Vocabularies Special Interest Group of the American Society for Indexing (ASI) now has a kind of sub-account of the ASI's bank...
This year's American Society for Indexing (ASI) conference in Portland, Oregon, has several sessions on taxonomies. *Pre-conference workshop: **Building...
Hello,I am a new member and wanted to introduce myself. I am currently the Search Vocabulary Team Lead at Getty Images in Seattle, so I often feel that...
Hello ASI Taxonomies & Controlled Vocabularies SIG members, One of the SIG-related events at the ASI national conference in Portland is to have the leader of...
I'm curious whether anyone has heard of ebook publishers enhancing search with thesauri. I'm guessing that while there will be some demand for embedded indexes...
Good job getting that updated, Heather. I think I found broken links there in the past. I'll see if I have any thesauri bookmarked at work that might fit the...
Here's a thesaurus to add the website list: http://agclass.nal.usda.gov/agt.shtml This is the thesaurus prepared by the USDA Library. Margot Cengage Learning...
Hi Margot, Yes, this is a good thesaurus. In fact, I recently ran across it and thought it would be good one to add. I really overburdened the ASI webmaster...
Invitation Please join us for our monthly Taxonomy Community of Practice Call. This month's topic is Auto Tagging Requirements & Advances. Date: Wednesday,...
Hi Margot, This thesaurus link has been added now at http://www.asindexing.org/site/thesonet.shtml It's at the bottom of the page (alphabetically under U). ...
The Taxonomies & Controlled Vocabularies SIG will be having an informal face-to-face networking meeting during the ASI national conference in Portland, OR,...
Heather and Rebecca, Since I ama member of both groups I see no reason to not help out. Count me in. Linda Sloan ... Linda Kenny Sloan informationuniverse.com ...
Hi Margot, Thanks for sharing this thesaurus. I'm not sure, though, if it's quite up to the standards and general usefulness of what I would want to see on the...
Linda, Many thanks for volunteering - it's much appreciated. Anyone else attending the conference who would be able to help out for half an hour at Friday...
Hi Heather, Good critique of that specialized thesaurus. I think you examined the hierarchical view. Some of the flaws that you observed are in good...
Hello all, I would highly recommend taking Heather's course. I recently completed the online version -- it provided a broad overview of everything you need to...
Anyone looking for a roommate to help reduce that room rate? Am willing to take an offer for a room. Linda Kenny Sloan informationuniverse.com 17701 S. Avalon...
What do you think the Taxonomies & Controlled Vocabularies SIG should be doing? The Taxonomies & Controlled Vocabularies SIG will be having an open meeting...
I won't be at the conference, but I'd love more discussion on freelance taxonomy work: what applications are appropriate for offsite freelancers (database CVs,...
For what is it worth, I can comment on my own experiences as a contractor, doing freelance taxonomy work. Both jobs were working remotely out of my home using...
