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10 things knowledge managers should know about SharePoint 2011
Knowledge managers need to be familiar with SharePoint's customization features, the strengths and weaknesses of its metadata management system, and the ecosystem necessary to supercharge its knowledge sharing capabilities.

What librarians should know about SharePoint 2011
What does SharePoint, the wildly popular end user development platform, mean for corporate librarians?

SharePoint Thesaurus Web Part 2010
Description of the Montague Institute Thesaurus Web Part for SharePoint.

Where will semantic content come from? 2009
Semantic Web technology is maturing, but who will provide the semantic content and editorial oversight?

SharePoint Search - An Enterprise Contender? 2008
Though Google may rule the wide-open web, many organizations are heavily invested in Microsoft technologies behind the firewall. Therefore it is worth considering whether or not the search component of Microsoft's SharePoint suite is a viable option for enterprise search.

How to shorten the learning curve for SharePoint search 2008
Things to do before and during MOSS 2007 search implementation to reduce the learning curve.

MOSS 2007: Tales from the trenches 2007 (registration required, but it's free)
Comments from members on MOSS 2007 implementation plus annotated list of helpful resources.

Web site makeover: Legacy retrieval tools save time for users 2007
See how four different kinds of legacy tools implemented via a metadata repository can save time for both users and content managers on a well known Web site.

Best of Both Worlds 2006 A case study on enterprise search in practice.

Managing knowledge in law firms 2004 (registration required, but it's free)
Summary of comments from members on KM and taxonomies in law firms.

Linguistic tools for knowledge discovery 2004 (registration required, but it's free)
Example and demonstration of linking concepts from two world views (domains).

Taxonomies for the triple bottom line 2004
Taxonomies, glossaries, thesauri, and visualization tools for triple bottom line reporting.

RSS Primer 2003
Introduction to news syndication using the RSS standard.

A - Z Indexes on the web: a sampler 2002
An annotated list of twenty A - Z indexes on the web.

Dublin Core Corporate Circles of Interest 2002
Report on corporate use of the Dublin Core metadata standard.

Ten taxonomy myths 2002
Discussion of ten misconceptions about business taxonomies.

Managing taxonomies strategically 2001
Why taxonomies are more than just a way to organize a corporate intranet. Excerpts from a presentation at Smith College.

Upstream knowledge management 1999
Benefits of a decentralized knowledge management model, where information is organized and value is added when a source is identified or a document is written.

Why is metadata a hot topic? 1998
Highlights of a panel discussion on metadata presented last month by the Boston chapter of the Special Librarians Association (S.L.A.), a professional association for corporate and subject-oriented librarians.

Measuring intellectual assets 1997
12 techniques used to value corporate intellectual assets.

Using the Internet for competitive intelligence 1995
A primer for beginners, originally published in CIO magazine