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  • Members: 165
  • Category: Indexing
  • Founded: Sep 16, 2007
  • Language: English
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Taxonomies & Controlled Vocabularies SIGI'll be attending the national conference (yea! after an absence of two years...) and I look forward to seeing familiar...
1 Feb 24, 2008
2:38 pm

Lucie Haskins
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At the American Society of Indexers (ASI) annual meeting in Denver April 30 - May 3, there is a time set aside for SIGs to have meetings, with their members...
4 Feb 22, 2008
2:59 pm

pmccoy@...
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I'm going to be at the SI annual conference in the UK in Winchester this July - if there are British taxonomists who are also going, perhaps we could meet up! ...
1 Feb 21, 2008
1:18 pm

Kate Mertes
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I have noticed the lack of entry level jobs in this field and have a question regarding volunteer/DIY projects as a possible source for experience. If I took a...
3 Feb 19, 2008
9:10 pm

Heather Hedden
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"Taxonomies and Controlled Vocabularies" is a new online workshop offered to the public through the continuing education program of Simmons College Graduate...
1 Feb 15, 2008
5:56 pm

Heather Hedden
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Hi, Most of you will remember that at the end of 2007 we held two polls: one on textual layouts for the banner on the SIG website; the other on a new logo to...
3 Feb 15, 2008
3:29 pm

Heather Hedden
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"Taxonomy and Thesaurus Creation" full-day workshop Wednesday, April 30, 8:00 – 5:30, at the Warwick Hotel, Denver, CO A pre-conference workshop of the...
1 Feb 7, 2008
4:02 pm

Heather Hedden
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Hi, A new page listing "Courses and Workshops" is now available via the SIG website, under "Resources&quot; - see: http://www.taxonomies-sig.org/resources.htm Is...
1 Jan 8, 2008
11:47 pm

Rebecca Linford
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What experience do any of you have with stand-alone desktop thesaurus/taxonomy creation software, such as MultiTes, Term Tree, Webchoir TCS, and the freeware...
2 Dec 28, 2007
8:57 pm

Sue Dryer
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In case you are wondering the status of the pending approval of the Taxonomies & Controlled Vocabularies SIG as an officially affiliated SIG with the American...
1 Dec 19, 2007
3:38 am

Heather Hedden
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We've had several new members join this list in the past few weeks. I'd like to invite these people to introduce themselves. --Heather -- Heather Hedden ...
6 Dec 12, 2007
2:21 pm

Marianne Iauco
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The following taxonomies poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: Please vote for your preferred textual layout (font, style etc) for...
3 Nov 22, 2007
1:28 am

Heather Hedden
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Neither Synaptica nor Data Harmomy are priced for the individual user; they are for corporations. Has anyone tried using the free Protégé ontology editor...
2 Nov 11, 2007
3:37 am

Sue Dryer
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Hello everyone, I am currently working for a person who owns rights to Pulitzer prize- winning political editorial cartoons and syndicated comic strips. I ...
3 Nov 8, 2007
12:12 am

pmccoy@...
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Hi everyone, I'm the webmaster for the Taxonomies & Controlled Vocabularies SIG website. I have put together 4 draft ideas for the website banner - each one ...
3 Nov 5, 2007
5:52 pm

Rebecca Linford
rebelina2002
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Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the taxonomies group: Please vote for your preferred "logo" for the website banner. Note: There is a...
2 Nov 5, 2007
4:51 pm

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Hi all, I'd like us all to contribute to a list of the various types of taxonomy, thesaurus, and controlled vocabulary work that we do. The compiled list will...
1 Nov 4, 2007
12:53 am

Heather Hedden
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If you have not noticed, our new Taxonomies & Controlled Vocabularies SIG is now listed on the ASI web site's page of SIGs: ...
1 Oct 28, 2007
1:11 am

Heather Hedden
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Hello, I am looking for articles about taxonomies and controlled vocabularies in...
4 Oct 26, 2007
4:34 am

Jan Jursa
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Hi all, If there is no more discussion on the SIG Mission statement, we can submit it now for approval of the ASI Board. I made a very slight revision, by...
2 Oct 23, 2007
7:38 pm

Jean Jesensky
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Hi, I am new to this group and want to introduce myself briefly: My name is Jan Jursa, I am an Information Architect from Berlin (born in Prague though). I am...
1 Oct 21, 2007
7:36 pm

Jan Jursa
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Hi all, I am pleased to announce that Rebecca Linford has volunteered to be webmaster of the new Taxonomies & Controlled Vocabularies web site. Rebecca lives...
1 Oct 18, 2007
11:51 pm

Heather Hedden
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Hi all, I have added most of your names (if I could verify you as an ASI or affiliated indexing society member) to the members page of the new web site of the...
2 Oct 18, 2007
4:48 pm

Fred Leise
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Hi all, In order for the Taxonomies & Controlled Vocabularies SIG to become an affiliated SIG of the American Society of Indexers (and by extension its...
3 Oct 13, 2007
4:14 pm

pmccoy@...
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Hi all, I started creating a web site for the SIG: http://www.taxonomies-sig.org Additional work on it is still need, and I hope that others will be willing ...
1 Oct 9, 2007
2:44 am

Heather Hedden
hbhedden
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Thanks Heather. I'll be happy to provide a summary. Probably after the meeting. Also thanks for giving the link to the website with more information. I am...
1 Oct 5, 2007
10:50 am

Linda Dunn
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Hi, I thought any of you who might live nearby Richmond Indiana might be interested in the Heartland Chapter meeting on October 20th where I will be giving two...
2 Oct 5, 2007
1:55 am

Heather Hedden
hbhedden
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Hi all, A recruiter phoned me today about this position. Although the company is based in New York, he told me that work can be done from home anywhere with...
1 Sep 27, 2007
7:26 pm

Heather Hedden
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Here is an update on the formation of the new ASI Taxonomies & Controlled Vocabularies SIG. We definitely have enough good interest for the formation of the...
1 Sep 25, 2007
3:38 pm

Heather Hedden
hbhedden
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Welcome to the new Taxonomies & Controlled Vocabularies SIG discussion group. I got the idea for starting a new special interest group within the American...
8 Sep 21, 2007
3:13 pm

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