ASIS&T, Access Innovations to Co-Host Four-Part Webinar Series on Taxonomy Uses

From Access Innovations, Jan. 26, 2011:

The American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T), a leading network and professional development society for information professionals since 1937, and Access Innovations, Inc., a leader in the data management industry, are co-hosting a four-part webinar series on taxonomy uses. The webinars will take place from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on four successive Thursdays: Jan. 27, Feb. 3, Feb. 10, and Feb. 17, 2011. Each webinar session is free for ASIS&T members and costs $49 for others. Anyone signing up for all four webinars will receive a 20 percent discount. To register, persons can go to:

http://www.asis.org/Conferences/webinars/2011/taxonomy_uses.html.

During the first webinar, “Leveraging the Taxonomy,” Hlava will introduce the myriad uses for different parts of a taxonomy with actual website examples. She will also discuss how to turn a traditional thesaurus (taxonomy) into a semantic web resource. Additionally, Hlava will talk about the power of content links; connecting people, places and ideas; implementing up-to-the-minute alerts for specialized interests; and tips for designing a thesaurus to inform rich sites.

Additional webinar topics will include “Taxonomies in Search,” scheduled Feb. 3, 2011 and presented by Hlava; “Setting up the Store: Taxonomies in E-Commerce,” scheduled Feb. 10, 2011 and presented by Jay Ven Eman, Ph.D., chief executive officer of Access Innovations; and “People Directories and Author Networks Based on Taxonomies,” scheduled Feb. 17, 2011 and presented by Bert Carelli, vice president of business development for Access Innovations.

For more information, visit http://www.accessinn.com/library/leveraging-your-taxonomy-webinar-series.html.