[nfais-l] NFAIS Webonar - Moving from Taxonomies to Ontologies

[Bonnie Lawlor]

NFAIS Webinar: Moving from Taxonomies to Ontologies - What, Why, When, and
How

Is your organization using the most effective tools to ensure the
discoverability of its content? What are the differences between ontologies
and taxonomies?  Which is best suited to help you meet your content
objectives in a web-based environment?

 

To help you answer these questions, NFAIS has scheduled a 90-minutes
webinar, Moving from Taxonomies to Ontologies:  What, Why, When, and How,
that will take place on July 17, 2013 from 11:00am - 12:30pm EDST. The
speaker for this session will be Dan Segal, Senior Taxonomist, Marcinko
Enterprises, Inc. (MEI).  While both taxonomies and ontologies are designed
to manage relationships among terms, ontologies offer support for managing
the more complex relationships that are used in today's retrieval systems.
This session will take a look at the structure of ontologies and how they
are managed using ontology management software; the differences in the
software currently available, including open source software for ontology
management; and when and how to migrate from a taxonomy to an ontology.

 

This is a stand-alone webinar, but if you missed the first 90-minute session
on this topic, Taxonomies and Ontologies: Definitions, Differences, and Use,
you can still register to view the archived recording at your leisure and
receive a 10% discount off both registrations.  The first session was led by
Gale Hodge, Senior Information Scientist, Information International
Associates, who has extensive experience in developing knowledge
organization systems.  Her presentation provided participants with an
understanding of taxonomies and ontologies and the value that each offers.
Attendees were extremely positive in their feedback:

 

                "Thanks so much for the interesting webinar.  It was a very
helpful introduction to all the

                 confusing terms related to classification and ontologies."

 

                "This was exceptionally useful to me.  Thank you!"

 

"The seminar was very well-structured and the speaker talked very clear and
not too fast. Very knowledgeable person!"

 

If you or your staff want to learn more about the role that taxonomies and
ontologies play in organizing content for maximum discovery, retrieval and
use, register for one or both webinars today.  The fee for a single webinar
is as follows: Individuals: NFAIS members, $105; Sister Society members,
$115, and non-members, $125. Groups (3 or more): NFAIS; $255; Sister
Society, $275; and non-member, $295. Group registrations and are ideal for
organization-wide professional development. All groups receive the link to
the archived recording(s) for viewing at any time. Registrants for the
series receive a 10% discount. The registration form can be accessed at:
<http://nfais.org/event?eventID=524> http://nfais.org/event?eventID=524 and
can be used to register for the archived recording of the first webinar.

 

For more information contact Jill O'Neill, NFAIS Director, Communication and
Planning, 215-893-1561 (phone); 215-893-1564 (fax);
mailto:jilloneill at nfais.org or go to http://www.nfais.org/.

 

 

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