Taxonomies & Controlled Vocabularies SIGI'll be attending the national conference (yea! after an absence of two years...) and I look forward to seeing familiar...
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...
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! ...
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...
"Taxonomies and Controlled Vocabularies" is a new online workshop offered to the public through the continuing education program of Simmons College Graduate...
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...
"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...
Hi, A new page listing "Courses and Workshops" is now available via the SIG website, under "Resources" - see: http://www.taxonomies-sig.org/resources.htm Is...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
Neither Synaptica nor Data Harmomy are priced for the individual user; they are for corporations. Has anyone tried using the free Protégé ontology editor...
Hello everyone, I am currently working for a person who owns rights to Pulitzer prize- winning political editorial cartoons and syndicated comic strips. I ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Welcome to the new Taxonomies & Controlled Vocabularies SIG discussion group. I got the idea for starting a new special interest group within the American...