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Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Content Management - 10 Steps to take into consideration
Hello all,
I'm sure some of you have given up on me, wondering if I am going to post anything to the blog or not. It's been really busy out here lately. The application I am working on is not a very stable one and we are constantly stepping two steps forward and one backward. Its tough to get caught up in that situation.
I did promise my presentation copy from Vancouver and it is linked in the title.
I learned some interesting things at the conference. Library Sciences professionals are really cool folks. I should know, I have worked with some for many years.
When we did the content management study at APQC a few years ago, best practice organizations had all involved their librarians as taxonomists, they included them in creating the taxonomy for managing their content. That's one of their critical success factors.
At the conference however, the librarians are not yet seeing themselves in that light. They are not playing a role in classifying the content and creating taxonomies mainly because the business has not yet realized that they can.
This conference was therefore an awareness building session to make them aware of the potential of content management in their careers.
I met some really wonderful people, some of whom I am sure I will keep in touch with for a long time and get to meet again.
Vancouver, of course is an incredibly beautiful little town. I spent a lot of time walking the streets and the sea walk and the island and had a great time.
My most memorable moment however was my trip to the Lush store. Its a bath and body soaps and shampoos store that is built like a deli because all the products are made from fresh ingredients. It was sooooo cooool. A complete delight to the senses. It will break your wallet though, but the experience was worth it.
I'm sure some of you have given up on me, wondering if I am going to post anything to the blog or not. It's been really busy out here lately. The application I am working on is not a very stable one and we are constantly stepping two steps forward and one backward. Its tough to get caught up in that situation.
I did promise my presentation copy from Vancouver and it is linked in the title.
I learned some interesting things at the conference. Library Sciences professionals are really cool folks. I should know, I have worked with some for many years.
When we did the content management study at APQC a few years ago, best practice organizations had all involved their librarians as taxonomists, they included them in creating the taxonomy for managing their content. That's one of their critical success factors.
At the conference however, the librarians are not yet seeing themselves in that light. They are not playing a role in classifying the content and creating taxonomies mainly because the business has not yet realized that they can.
This conference was therefore an awareness building session to make them aware of the potential of content management in their careers.
I met some really wonderful people, some of whom I am sure I will keep in touch with for a long time and get to meet again.
Vancouver, of course is an incredibly beautiful little town. I spent a lot of time walking the streets and the sea walk and the island and had a great time.
My most memorable moment however was my trip to the Lush store. Its a bath and body soaps and shampoos store that is built like a deli because all the products are made from fresh ingredients. It was sooooo cooool. A complete delight to the senses. It will break your wallet though, but the experience was worth it.
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